Roseworthy Campus facilities
Campus Life
Students and staff at Roseworthy take full advantage of excellent facilities,
which are also used by many agricultural groups for training programs and
residential schools.
Campus facilities include:
- laboratory facilities for research in biotechnology, molecular biology,
microbiology, animal nutrition, meat quality and wool biology
- Roseworthy
Farm, a commercial farm providing examples of most aspects of farming
practice, livestock husbandry and general land use found in South Australia
- 1,535ha of land providing a practical training environment for students
and resource for postgraduate research
- plant nursery and olive trial plantation
- aquatic reserve, ephemeral swamp and fauna park, offering students access
to practical experience in handling and management of aquatic and terrestrial
native fauna, ranging from micro-organisms to birds, native marsupials and
reptiles
- state-of-the-art pig and poultry research units
- Australia's pre-eminent wheat breeding program, which seeks to provide
high yielding, high quality, disease resistant wheats with wide adaptation
for commercial production
- an 80ha deer farm
- modern facilities for laboratory, glasshouse and field-based studies
including specialised equipment for crop and pasture agronomy
- modern domestic livestock research facility
- Roseworthy Library
- computing
facilities
- conference facilities and video conferencing centre
- residential
accommodation
- Child Care Centre
- Roseworthy
Agricultural Campus Student Union Council
- Roseworthy Old Collegians' Association
- Maitidli Café
- swimming pool
- sports playing areas
- chapel (see the virtual tour)
- Montessori School
Conference Facilities
Roseworthy Campus is a unique conference venue with comfortable, fully-catered
accommodation provided by the Roseworthy
Residential College at a sensible price for groups of all sizes. The
wide range of facilities available on the Campus include: lecture theatres
and tutorial rooms with audio visual equipment, a tele-conference venue,
rooms suitable for practical workshop activities.
For recreation there is a fully-licensed tavern and bistro, a 25-metre
swimming pool and floodlit ovals and courts. At the end of the day there
are thousands of acres of superb countryside at your doorstep. Stroll around
the Roseworthy Farm, visit the native fauna sanctuary, watch the cows being
milked, inspect the deer research farm or just sit under a tree and relax.
For further information on conference facilities, please contact the
secretary by Phone (08) 8313 7888, Fax (08) 8313 7960 or write to: Roseworthy
Residential College, Roseworthy SA 5371.