Main Hall now known as Roseworthy College Hall, South Australia

            Roseworthy Agricultural College a Campus of the University of Adelaide, the first of its kind in Australia. 
Officially opened Tuesday 3 February 1885. 

In 1879 a motion by M P F Basedow was brought before South Australian Parliament regarding the necessity for South Australian farmers to have access to improved methods of agriculture. The first principal of the college was J D Custance, previously Departmental Professor of Agriculture. 
A great deal of work was done at this college on phosphate deficiencies, which led to the introduction of super phosphate, effecting a dramatic change in farming techniques and production levels throughout South Australia. 
Aside from superphosphate, the college fostered the practice of following good cultivation and drilling in agriculture. It also showed farmers how they could combine lamb raising with wheat-growing. 

The State Heritage listed Main Building, now known as Roseworthy College Hall, began early in 1883 to a design by Edward J Woods, Chief Architect from the Department of Public Works. It was completed in October 1884. It is constructed of Tarlee stone and red brick with freestone mouldings and brick quoins.
At a cost of £7,625 it contained accommodation for residential students, originally planned for 100 but reduced to 30 with the intention to add extra accommodation wings later. There was a lecture room, dining hall, reading room staff room and offices. A single storey laboratory was added in 1891. Included is a clock tower which lacked a clock mechanism for over 120 years.  In 2003 a Swiss precision clock that adjusts automatically by a global positioning system connected to Greenwich Mean Time was installed after a donation by Mr J H Newland.

Located on a 1600 hectare property 50km north of Adelaide, the campus includes a working farm on which students gain practical experience and training.

The Roseworthy campus of the University of Adelaide is the location of Australia's newest Veterinary School. The School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences provides education and training of animal and veterinary scientists in a research environment. The School offers three academic programs: Animal Science, Veterinary Bioscience and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM).

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