page_title: Federation University Australia
section_title: 1870–2013
hierarchical_section_title: Federation University Australia / History / 1870–2013
caption_attribution_description: English: Lydiard Street, SMB campus.
context_page_description: Federation University Australia is a public, dual-sector university based in Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The university also has campuses in Ararat, Horsham, Stawell, Churchill, Berwick, and Brisbane, as well as online technical and further education courses and Horsham's Higher Education Nursing program.
  Federation University is the fourth oldest tertiary education institution in Australia, having begun under predecessor institutions in 1870, during the Victorian gold rush. With the merger between the University of Ballarat and Monash University's Gippsland campus in 2013, the university changed its name to Federation University from 2014.
context_section_description: Tertiary education at Ballarat began in 1870, making it Australia's fourth oldest tertiary institution.
caption: SMB Campus on Lydiard Street South.
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