List of oldest universities in continuous operation
Oceania

List of oldest universities in continuous operation

Section Title: Oceania
Table Section Text: None

Location	Current name	Year	Notes

Current	Original

Australia ( New South Wales)	New South Wales	University of Sydney	1850	oldest in New South Wales, Australia and Oceania

Australia ( Victoria)	Victoria	University of Melbourne	1853	oldest in Victoria

Australia ( South Australia)	South Australia	University of Adelaide	1874	oldest in South Australia

Australia ( South Australia)	South Australia	University of South Australia	1889	UniSA was formed in 1991 by the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology with three South Australian College of Advanced Education campuses

Australia ( Tasmania)	Tasmania	University of Tasmania	1890	oldest in Tasmania

Australia ( Queensland)	Australia ( Queensland)	University of Queensland	1909	oldest in Queensland

Australia ( Western Australia)	Australia ( Western Australia)	University of Western Australia	1911	oldest in Western Australia

Australia ( Australian Capital Territory)	Australia (Australian Capital Territory)	Australian National University	1946	oldest in Australian Capital Territory

Australia ( New South Wales)	Australia ( New South Wales)	University of New England	1954	first established outside of a state capital

Australia ( Northern Territory)	Australia ( Northern Territory)	Northern Territory University	1989	oldest in Northern Territory, amalgamated as part of Charles Darwin University in 2004

Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru Niue Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu	Fiji Colony of Fiji	University of the South Pacific	1968	Regional university, operating in (and owned by the governments of) 12 Pacific island nations. Main campus in Fiji.

Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	University of Papua New Guinea	1965	first university in Papua New Guinea

New Zealand ( Otago)	-	University of Otago	1869	oldest in New Zealand and the South Island

New Zealand (Canterbury)	New Zealand (Canterbury)	University of Canterbury	1873	oldest in Christchurch

New Zealand (Auckland)	New Zealand (Auckland)	University of Auckland	1883	oldest in Auckland and the North Island

-	New Zealand (Wellington)	Victoria University of Wellington	1899	oldest in Wellington

Sentence(s)

The University of Canterbury is New Zealand's oldest university.

final_sentence: The University of Canterbury is New Zealand's oldest university.