page_title: Macquarie University
section_title: Sports facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Macquarie University / Campus / Sports facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Macquarie University Sport and Aquatic Centre
context_page_description: Macquarie University is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney.
  Established as a verdant university, Macquarie has five faculties, as well as the Macquarie University Hospital and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, which are located on the university's main campus in suburban Sydney.
  The university is the first in Australia to fully align its degree system with the Bologna Accord.
context_section_description: Located on the western side of the campus is the Macquarie University Sport and Aquatic Centre. Previously a sports hall facility, the complex was renovated and reopened in 2007 with the addition of the new gym and aquatic centre. It houses a 50-metre FINA-compliant outdoor pool and a 25-metre indoor pool. The complex also contains a gymnasium and squash, badminton, basketball, volleyball and netball courts.
  Macquarie also has seven hectares of high quality playing fields for football, cricket and tennis.  Situated to the north of the campus, the playing fields are used by the university as well as a number of elite sporting teams such as Sydney FC and the Westfield Matildas.
caption: Sport and Aquatic Centre
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