Group of Eight (Australian universities)

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Group of Eight

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Established	1999
Members	8
Continent	Australia
Country	Australia
University Type	Public
Student Enrolment	260,000
Other Names	Go8

The Group of Eight (Go8) is a lobby group for eight Australian tertiary institutions which are the leading universities in Australia. It was established informally as a network of vice-chancellors in 1994 and was formally incorporated in 1999. The group is seen as Australia's version of the Ivy League, consisting of the most prestigious and wealthy universities in the country.

All members of the group except ANU, UNSW and Monash are known as "sandstone universities", and all of their primary campuses are based in the six largest Australian capital cities.

The group, in arguing for prioritisation of research funding and in lobbying for increased funding for the largest and most popular campuses, sometimes finds itself at odds with smaller, regional and rural universities.

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Member Universities
University	Location	Founded	Homepage
University of Adelaide	Adelaide, SA	1874	Website
Australian National University	Canberra, ACT	1946	Website
University of Melbourne	Melbourne, Vic	1853	Website
Monash University	Melbourne, Vic	1958	Website
University of New South Wales	Sydney, NSW	1949	Website
University of Queensland	Brisbane, QLD	1909	Website
University of Sydney	Sydney, NSW	1850	Website
University of Western Australia	Perth, WA	1911	Website