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Flinders University

Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the Australian and South Australian coastline in the early 19th century.

Flinders University
Latin: Universitas Flinderiana
Former name
The Flinders University of South Australia[1]
(1966-1991)
Motto
Fearless (English)[2]
TypePublic research university
Established1 July 1966; 57 years ago (1966-07-01)[3]
AccreditationTEQSA
Academic affiliation
EndowmentA$893.43 million (2022)[4]
BudgetA$516.79 million (2022)[5]
ChancellorJohn Hood [6]
Vice-ChancellorProf Colin J Stirling[7]
Academic staff
907 (FTE, 2022)[8]
Administrative staff
1,147 (FTE, 2022)[8]
Total staff
2,882 regular (2022)[9]
4,142 casual (2022)[10]
Students25,247 (2022)[8]
Address
Sturt Road
, , ,
5042
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CampusSuburban, parkland and regional, 156 hectares (1.6 km2) (Bedford Park campus)
Named afterCaptain Matthew Flinders
ColoursFlinders Gold and midnight blue[2]
Sporting affiliations
MascotTrim the Cat[12][13][14]
Websiteflinders.edu.au

Flinders' main campus at Bedford Park in Adelaide's south is set upon 156 acres of gardens and native bushland, making it a verdant university. Other campuses include Tonsley, Adelaide Central Business District, Renmark, Alice Springs, and Darwin. It is a member of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) Group.[15]

Flinders University led the nation in postgraduate employment outcomes [16] according to the 2021 Graduate Outcome Survey - Longitudinal,[17] released by the Australian Government's Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching.[18]

History edit

Origins and construction edit

By the late 1950s, the University of Adelaide's North Terrace campus was approaching capacity. In 1960, Premier Thomas Playford announced that 150 hectares (370 acres) of state government-owned land in Burbank (now Bedford Park) would be allocated to the University of Adelaide for the establishment of a second campus.[19]

Planning began in 1961. The principal-designate of the new campus, economist and professor Peter Karmel, was adamant that the new campus should operate independently from the North Terrace campus. He hoped that the Bedford Park campus would be free to innovate and not be bound by tradition.[19]

Capital works began in 1962 with a grant of £3.8 million from the Australian Universities Commission. Architect Geoff Harrison, in conjunction with architectural firm Hassell, McConnell and Partners, designed a new university that, with future expansions, could eventually accommodate up to 6000 students.[19]

Independence and opening edit

In 1965, the Australian Labor Party won the state election and Frank Walsh became premier. The ALP wished to break up the University of Adelaide's hegemony over tertiary education in the state, and announced that they intended the Bedford Park campus to be an independent institution.[19]

On 17 March 1966, a bill was passed by state parliament officially creating the Flinders University of South Australia.[20] Although the Labor Party had favoured the name "University of South Australia", academic staff wished that the university be named after a "distinguished but uncontroversial" person. They settled upon British navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in 1802. Its original coat of arms, designed by a professor in the Fine Arts faculty, included a reproduction of Flinders' ship Investigator and his journal A Voyage to Terra Australis, open to the page in which Flinders described the coast adjacent the campus site.[19]

Flinders University was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on 25 March 1966.[20] Peter Karmel was the first Vice-Chancellor and Sir Mark Mitchell the first Chancellor. The university commenced teaching on 7 March 1966 with a student enrolment of 400.

A significant early initiative was the decision to build the Flinders Medical Centre on land adjacent to the campus and to base the university's Medical School within this new public hospital – the first such integration in Australia. Flinders accepted undergraduate medical students in 1974, with the FMC opening the following year.[20]

Expansion and restructuring edit

 
View of Flinders University main campus, with central plaza and lakeside area visible.

In 1990, the biggest building project on campus since the mid-1970s saw work commence on three new buildings – Law and Commerce; Engineering; and Information Science and Technology. Approval for the establishment of a School of Engineering was given in 1991 and degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering,[21] and Biomedical Engineering[22] were established shortly afterwards.

In 1991, as part of a restructuring of higher education in South Australia, Flinders merged with the adjacent Sturt Campus of the former South Australian College of Advanced Education.[23]

In 1992 a four-faculty structure was adopted.

In 1998, the Centre for Remote Health, a rural teaching hospital based in Alice Springs, was established jointly with the Northern Territory University (now Charles Darwin University). This was expanded further in 2011 with the establishment of the Northern Territory Medical Program.[24]

Since 2000 the university has established new disciplines in areas including Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and more disciplines of Engineering.[25][26]

In 2011, the bacteria genus Flindersiella was named after the university after the strain was found on a tree on campus grounds.[27]

In 2015, the university opened a new campus at Tonsley,[28] the former site of the Mitsubishi Motors Australia plant in Southern Adelaide. This campus houses the university's School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics,[29] along with the Medical Device Research Institute,[30] the Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology (now known as the Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology)[31] and Flinders technology start-up company Re-Timer.[32]

In 2016, the university celebrated its 50th anniversary with a calendar of public events,[33] and a publication[34] summarising the highlights of the university's history, research, and alumni achievements over the last 50 years.[35] 2016 also saw the opening of the award-winning student hub and plaza, transforming the central campus.[36]

The university's strategic plan Making a Difference - The 2025 Agenda released in 2016 set an ambitious vision for the coming decade for Flinders to reach the top ten of Australian Universities, and the top one per cent in the world.[37]

On 1 July 2017, the university restructured from a two-tier academic system of four faculties and 14 schools, to a single-tier structure consisting of six colleges.[38]

In 2019 the university announced an additional $100 million investment in research and a further $100 million in education over a five-year period to support it to meet its strategic goals.[39]

The university also in 2019 announced plans for a substantial development on a tract on land on the northern portion of the Bedford Park Campus adjacent to the Flinders hospitals precinct. Known as Flinders Village the decade-long development will deliver research facilities, student accommodation, commercial premises and amenities.[40] The catalyst for the initiative was the extension of the Clovelly Park rail line to the Flinders precinct. The $141m rail line and Flinders Station project began operation in December 2020.[41][42] Stage one of the Flinders Village development is the construction of a Health and Medical Research Building. Construction began in December 2021 and the building, which will be home to Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, is scheduled for completion in 2024.[43]

In 2021 the university announced it would be expanding its Central Business District presence, establishing a vertical campus as the anchor tenant in Festival Tower, a major development scheduled for completion in 2024 adjacent to Parliament House and the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace.[44]

In 2022, the newly elected state Labor government led by Peter Malinauskas proposed setting up a commission to investigate the possibility of a merger of South Australia's three public universities UniSA, University of Adelaide and Flinders University.[45] The University of Adelaide and University of South Australia have indicated their intention to merge. Flinders University chose to remain an independent entity.[46]

Campuses edit

The university's main campus is in the Adelaide inner southern suburb of Bedford Park, about 12 km south of the Adelaide city centre.[47] The university also has a presence in Victoria Square in the centre of the city,[48] and Tonsley.[49] It also maintains a number of external teaching facilities in regional South Australia, south-west Victoria and the Northern Territory. As of 2020 international students made up 19.5% of the on-campus student population[50] and a number of offshore programmes are also offered, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region.

Organisation edit

 
View of the courtyard of the Humanities building of the Flinders University.

Flinders University offers more than 160 undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as higher degree research supervision across all disciplines. Many courses use new information and communication technologies to supplement face-to-face teaching and provide flexible options.

Colleges edit

  • College of Business, Government and Law[51]
  • College of Education, Psychology and Social Work[52]
  • College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences[53]
  • College of Medicine and Public Health[54]
  • College of Nursing and Health Sciences[55]
  • College of Science and Engineering[56]

Chancellory edit

 
Sir Eric Neal, Chancellor of Flinders University (2002–2010)
 
Prof. Colin Stirling, Vice Chancellor (2015–present)

Flinders University has been served by seven Chancellors and eight Vice Chancellors since its establishment in 1966. They are:[57]

Name Years Position
Peter Karmel AC CBE 1966–1971 Vice Chancellor
Sir Mark Mitchell 1966–1971 Chancellor
Sir Charles Hart Bright 1971–1983 Chancellor
Roger Russell 1972–1979 Vice Chancellor
Keith Hancock AO 1980–1987 Vice Chancellor
Francis Robert Fisher AO 1983–1988 Chancellor
John Francis Lovering AO 1987–1994 Vice Chancellor
Deirdre Frances Jordan AC 1988–2002 Chancellor
Ian Chubb AC 1995–2000 Vice Chancellor
Anne Edwards AO 2001–2007 Vice Chancellor
Sir Eric Neal 2002–2010 Chancellor
Michael Barber AO 2008–2014 Vice Chancellor
Stephen Gerlach AM 2010–2023 Chancellor
Colin Stirling 2015–present Vice Chancellor
John Hood 2023–present Chancellor

Affiliates edit

Academic profile edit

Rankings edit

Flinders University is amongst the world's top 300 institutions at 266 according to the 2022 Times Higher Education rankings.[68]

Student life edit

Student Union edit

Flinders University Students Association (FUSA) is a student union, formerly Student Association of Flinders University (SAFU).[69][70][71]

Housing edit

Flinders has two options regarding on-campus accommodation:

  • University Hall (catered)
  • Deirdre Jordan Village (self-catered).

For off-campus accommodation, Flinders Housing run a free, up-to-date accommodation service which lists private accommodation available on the rental market.

Media edit

Empire Times was published by the Students' Association of Flinders University (SAFU) from 1969 to 2006. The founder and first editor of the newspaper was Martin Fabinyi, and the newspaper was originally printed in the back of his house by fellow student Rod Boswell. Empire Times had a history of controversial humour and anti-establishment discussion. Notable former editors and contributors included Martin Armiger and Greig (HG Nelson) Pickhaver, Steph Key and Kate Ellis. Empire Times ceased publication in 2006 as a result of voluntary student unionism, but resumed in 2013.[72]

Sports edit

Flinders University has many sports teams that compete in social and competitive competitions.

Flinders University has 22 affiliated sporting clubs including Aikido, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Fencing, Football, Hockey, Judo, Kendo, Korfball, Lacrosse, Men's Soccer, Muay Thai, Netball, Squash & Racquetball, Table Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Underwater, Volleyball and Women's Soccer.[73]

Additionally, Flinders University students have the capacity to go away to annual university games events and compete in a range of sports while representing the university.

Notable people edit

Entertainment edit


Humanities edit

Medicine edit

Politics edit

Sciences edit

Sports edit

Literature edit

Flinders has produced one Australian of the Year[79] in Richard Harris, one Fields Medalist[80] in Terry Tao, five Rhodes scholars.[81] and 26 Fulbright scholars.

See also edit

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Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide South Australia with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory Founded in 1966 it was named in honour of British navigator Matthew Flinders who explored and surveyed the Australian and South Australian coastline in the early 19th century Flinders UniversityCoat of armsLatin Universitas FlinderianaFormer nameThe Flinders University of South Australia 1 1966 1991 MottoFearless English 2 TypePublic research universityEstablished1 July 1966 57 years ago 1966 07 01 3 AccreditationTEQSAAcademic affiliationAUCAACSBACSAIPSAMCCSICA ANZCAPACPAEAIRUICPSRIATULOUAUAEndowmentA 893 43 million 2022 4 BudgetA 516 79 million 2022 5 ChancellorJohn Hood 6 Vice ChancellorProf Colin J Stirling 7 Academic staff907 FTE 2022 8 Administrative staff1 147 FTE 2022 8 Total staff2 882 regular 2022 9 4 142 casual 2022 10 Students25 247 2022 8 AddressSturt Road Adelaide South Australia 5042 Australia 11 CampusSuburban parkland and regional 156 hectares 1 6 km2 Bedford Park campus Named afterCaptain Matthew FlindersColoursFlinders Gold and midnight blue 2 Sporting affiliationsUniSportEAENMascotTrim the Cat 12 13 14 Websiteflinders edu auFlinders main campus at Bedford Park in Adelaide s south is set upon 156 acres of gardens and native bushland making it a verdant university Other campuses include Tonsley Adelaide Central Business District Renmark Alice Springs and Darwin It is a member of the Innovative Research Universities IRU Group 15 Flinders University led the nation in postgraduate employment outcomes 16 according to the 2021 Graduate Outcome Survey Longitudinal 17 released by the Australian Government s Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching 18 Contents 1 History 1 1 Origins and construction 1 2 Independence and opening 1 3 Expansion and restructuring 2 Campuses 3 Organisation 3 1 Colleges 3 2 Chancellory 3 3 Affiliates 4 Academic profile 4 1 Rankings 5 Student life 5 1 Student Union 5 2 Housing 5 3 Media 5 4 Sports 6 Notable people 6 1 Entertainment 6 2 Humanities 6 3 Medicine 6 4 Politics 6 5 Sciences 6 6 Sports 6 7 Literature 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory editOrigins and construction edit By the late 1950s the University of Adelaide s North Terrace campus was approaching capacity In 1960 Premier Thomas Playford announced that 150 hectares 370 acres of state government owned land in Burbank now Bedford Park would be allocated to the University of Adelaide for the establishment of a second campus 19 Planning began in 1961 The principal designate of the new campus economist and professor Peter Karmel was adamant that the new campus should operate independently from the North Terrace campus He hoped that the Bedford Park campus would be free to innovate and not be bound by tradition 19 Capital works began in 1962 with a grant of 3 8 million from the Australian Universities Commission Architect Geoff Harrison in conjunction with architectural firm Hassell McConnell and Partners designed a new university that with future expansions could eventually accommodate up to 6000 students 19 Independence and opening edit In 1965 the Australian Labor Party won the state election and Frank Walsh became premier The ALP wished to break up the University of Adelaide s hegemony over tertiary education in the state and announced that they intended the Bedford Park campus to be an independent institution 19 On 17 March 1966 a bill was passed by state parliament officially creating the Flinders University of South Australia 20 Although the Labor Party had favoured the name University of South Australia academic staff wished that the university be named after a distinguished but uncontroversial person They settled upon British navigator Matthew Flinders who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in 1802 Its original coat of arms designed by a professor in the Fine Arts faculty included a reproduction of Flinders ship Investigator and his journal A Voyage to Terra Australis open to the page in which Flinders described the coast adjacent the campus site 19 Flinders University was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on 25 March 1966 20 Peter Karmel was the first Vice Chancellor and Sir Mark Mitchell the first Chancellor The university commenced teaching on 7 March 1966 with a student enrolment of 400 A significant early initiative was the decision to build the Flinders Medical Centre on land adjacent to the campus and to base the university s Medical School within this new public hospital the first such integration in Australia Flinders accepted undergraduate medical students in 1974 with the FMC opening the following year 20 Expansion and restructuring edit nbsp View of Flinders University main campus with central plaza and lakeside area visible In 1990 the biggest building project on campus since the mid 1970s saw work commence on three new buildings Law and Commerce Engineering and Information Science and Technology Approval for the establishment of a School of Engineering was given in 1991 and degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering 21 and Biomedical Engineering 22 were established shortly afterwards In 1991 as part of a restructuring of higher education in South Australia Flinders merged with the adjacent Sturt Campus of the former South Australian College of Advanced Education 23 In 1992 a four faculty structure was adopted In 1998 the Centre for Remote Health a rural teaching hospital based in Alice Springs was established jointly with the Northern Territory University now Charles Darwin University This was expanded further in 2011 with the establishment of the Northern Territory Medical Program 24 Since 2000 the university has established new disciplines in areas including Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy and more disciplines of Engineering 25 26 In 2011 the bacteria genus Flindersiella was named after the university after the strain was found on a tree on campus grounds 27 In 2015 the university opened a new campus at Tonsley 28 the former site of the Mitsubishi Motors Australia plant in Southern Adelaide This campus houses the university s School of Computer Science Engineering and Mathematics 29 along with the Medical Device Research Institute 30 the Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology now known as the Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science amp Technology 31 and Flinders technology start up company Re Timer 32 In 2016 the university celebrated its 50th anniversary with a calendar of public events 33 and a publication 34 summarising the highlights of the university s history research and alumni achievements over the last 50 years 35 2016 also saw the opening of the award winning student hub and plaza transforming the central campus 36 The university s strategic plan Making a Difference The 2025 Agenda released in 2016 set an ambitious vision for the coming decade for Flinders to reach the top ten of Australian Universities and the top one per cent in the world 37 On 1 July 2017 the university restructured from a two tier academic system of four faculties and 14 schools to a single tier structure consisting of six colleges 38 In 2019 the university announced an additional 100 million investment in research and a further 100 million in education over a five year period to support it to meet its strategic goals 39 The university also in 2019 announced plans for a substantial development on a tract on land on the northern portion of the Bedford Park Campus adjacent to the Flinders hospitals precinct Known as Flinders Village the decade long development will deliver research facilities student accommodation commercial premises and amenities 40 The catalyst for the initiative was the extension of the Clovelly Park rail line to the Flinders precinct The 141m rail line and Flinders Station project began operation in December 2020 41 42 Stage one of the Flinders Village development is the construction of a Health and Medical Research Building Construction began in December 2021 and the building which will be home to Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute is scheduled for completion in 2024 43 In 2021 the university announced it would be expanding its Central Business District presence establishing a vertical campus as the anchor tenant in Festival Tower a major development scheduled for completion in 2024 adjacent to Parliament House and the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace 44 In 2022 the newly elected state Labor government led by Peter Malinauskas proposed setting up a commission to investigate the possibility of a merger of South Australia s three public universities UniSA University of Adelaide and Flinders University 45 The University of Adelaide and University of South Australia have indicated their intention to merge Flinders University chose to remain an independent entity 46 Campuses editThe university s main campus is in the Adelaide inner southern suburb of Bedford Park about 12 km south of the Adelaide city centre 47 The university also has a presence in Victoria Square in the centre of the city 48 and Tonsley 49 It also maintains a number of external teaching facilities in regional South Australia south west Victoria and the Northern Territory As of 2020 international students made up 19 5 of the on campus student population 50 and a number of offshore programmes are also offered primarily in the Asia Pacific region Organisation edit nbsp View of the courtyard of the Humanities building of the Flinders University Flinders University offers more than 160 undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as higher degree research supervision across all disciplines Many courses use new information and communication technologies to supplement face to face teaching and provide flexible options Colleges edit College of Business Government and Law 51 College of Education Psychology and Social Work 52 College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences 53 College of Medicine and Public Health 54 College of Nursing and Health Sciences 55 College of Science and Engineering 56 Chancellory edit nbsp Sir Eric Neal Chancellor of Flinders University 2002 2010 nbsp Prof Colin Stirling Vice Chancellor 2015 present Flinders University has been served by seven Chancellors and eight Vice Chancellors since its establishment in 1966 They are 57 Name Years PositionPeter Karmel AC CBE 1966 1971 Vice ChancellorSir Mark Mitchell 1966 1971 ChancellorSir Charles Hart Bright 1971 1983 ChancellorRoger Russell 1972 1979 Vice ChancellorKeith Hancock AO 1980 1987 Vice ChancellorFrancis Robert Fisher AO 1983 1988 ChancellorJohn Francis Lovering AO 1987 1994 Vice ChancellorDeirdre Frances Jordan AC 1988 2002 ChancellorIan Chubb AC 1995 2000 Vice ChancellorAnne Edwards AO 2001 2007 Vice ChancellorSir Eric Neal 2002 2010 ChancellorMichael Barber AO 2008 2014 Vice ChancellorStephen Gerlach AM 2010 2023 ChancellorColin Stirling 2015 present Vice ChancellorJohn Hood 2023 present ChancellorAffiliates edit Australian Science and Mathematics School Flinders Medical Centre The Adelaide Theological Centre Brooklyn Park comprising the Catholic Theological College and the Uniting College for Leadership and Theology replacing the Adelaide College of Divinity 58 Helpmann AcademyAcademic profile editRankings edit University rankingsGlobal rankingsQS 59 425THE 60 251 300 266 ARWU 61 401 500U S News amp World Report 62 435Australian rankingsQS 63 23THE 64 18 22ARWU 65 23U S News amp World Report 66 24ERA 67 21Flinders University is amongst the world s top 300 institutions at 266 according to the 2022 Times Higher Education rankings 68 Student life editStudent Union edit Main article Flinders University Student Association Flinders University Students Association FUSA is a student union formerly Student Association of Flinders University SAFU 69 70 71 Housing edit Flinders has two options regarding on campus accommodation University Hall catered Deirdre Jordan Village self catered For off campus accommodation Flinders Housing run a free up to date accommodation service which lists private accommodation available on the rental market Media edit Main article Empire Times Empire Times was published by the Students Association of Flinders University SAFU from 1969 to 2006 The founder and first editor of the newspaper was Martin Fabinyi and the newspaper was originally printed in the back of his house by fellow student Rod Boswell Empire Times had a history of controversial humour and anti establishment discussion Notable former editors and contributors included Martin Armiger and Greig HG Nelson Pickhaver Steph Key and Kate Ellis Empire Times ceased publication in 2006 as a result of voluntary student unionism but resumed in 2013 72 Sports edit Flinders University has many sports teams that compete in social and competitive competitions Flinders University has 22 affiliated sporting clubs including Aikido Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Cricket Fencing Football Hockey Judo Kendo Korfball Lacrosse Men s Soccer Muay Thai Netball Squash amp Racquetball Table Tennis Ultimate Frisbee Underwater Volleyball and Women s Soccer 73 Additionally Flinders University students have the capacity to go away to annual university games events and compete in a range of sports while representing the university Notable people editEntertainment edit Mario Andreacchio film director and producer Benedict Andrews theatre director Donald Brook Emeritus Professor of Visual Arts Matt Crook actor 74 Alex Frayne film director Noni Hazlehurst actress Scott Hicks film director Victoria Hill actress writer and producer Aimee Horne actress and singer Craig Lahiff film director Nina Landis actress Caleb Lewis playwright Sam Mac radio and television personality Anthony Maras film director writer and producer Louisa Mignone actress 75 Doc Neeson singer songwriter and front man of The Angels Greig Pickhaver also known as H G Nelson actor comedian and writer Dario Russo film director and writer 76 Xavier Samuel actor John Schumann Michael Atkinson Verity Truman Chris Timms founding members of Redgum Wendy Strehlow actress Eddie White animation writer and director Humanities edit Jack Barbalet professor of sociology Carl Bridge professor of history at King s College London Marion Maddox author and professor of history at Macquarie University Haydon Manning political scientist Andrekos Varnava writer and professor of history Wesley Wildman professor of theology at Boston University Graham Hill associate professor of missiology and World Christianity at the University of DivinityMedicine edit Nazira Abdula pediatrician and Mozambican Minister of Health Richard Harry Harris anaesthetist and 2019 Australian of the Year Sally Goold First Indigenous nurse in New South Wales and 2006 Senior Nurse of the YearPolitics edit John Bannon former South Australian Premier Zoe Bettison South Australian state politician and Minister Susan Close South Australian state politician Minister and Deputy Premier David Cox Member of the Australian House of Representatives Kate Ellis Member of the Australian House of Representatives and Minister Bronwyn Halfpenny Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Ian Hunter South Australian state politician and Minister Tom Kenyon South Australian state politician and Minister Stephanie Key South Australian state politician and Minister Jenny Leong Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Brendan Nelson former Australian Leader of the Opposition Chris Picton South Australian state politician and Minister Mike Rann former Premier appointed as a Flinders University professor Amanda Rishworth Member of the Australian House of Representatives Don Russell former Australian Ambassador to the United States Robert Simms Australian Senator Andrew Southcott Member of the Australian House of Representatives Gayle Tierney Member of the Victorian Legislative Council Sialeʻataonga Tuʻivakanō Prime Minister of Tonga 77 Lynne Walker Northern Territory Deputy Leader of the Opposition Pratikno Minister of State Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia Nicolle Flint Member of the Australian House of RepresentativesSciences edit Rod Boswell professor Plasma Research Laboratory ANU Philip Bourne professor of pharmacology at UCSD Rodney Brooks professor of robotics at MIT Sabine Dittmann marine biologist Mohammad Kaykobad Computer Scientist Professor of CSE BUET Mamoru Mohri retired astronaut scientist and engineer Colin Raston professor of green chemistry SA Scientist of the Year inventor of the Vortex Fluidic Device Cori Stewart associate professor and innovator Women in AI manufacturing winner 2022 Terence Tao Fields Medalist professor of mathematics at UCLA Tony Thomas professor of physics at the University of AdelaideSports edit Matthew Liptak Adelaide Crows footballer Agnes Milowka technical diver and author Nigel Smart Adelaide Crows footballerLiterature edit Mem Fox children s author Hannah Kent author winner of the Stella Prize Sean Williams multi awarded author of novels and short stories for adults young people and children 78 Peter Martin economics journalist and commentator Distinguished Alumnus 2016 Sudesh Mishra poet Christopher Pearson journalist founder of the Adelaide Review and speechwriter for Prime Minister John Howard Mark Peel Australian historian Petar Pjesivac Serbian poet and essayistFlinders has produced one Australian of the Year 79 in Richard Harris one Fields Medalist 80 in Terry Tao five Rhodes scholars 81 and 26 Fulbright scholars See also edit nbsp South Australia portal AusStage Flinders University AusStage Prize List of universities in AustraliaReferences edit https www legislation sa gov au legislation lz c a flinders 20university 20act 201966 current 1966 23 auth pdf a b https staff flinders edu au content dam staff documents brand flinders university fearless style guide pdf https www 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