Menzies College, La Trobe University

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37°43′18″S 145°03′07″E / 37.721739°S 145.051924°E / -37.721739; 145.051924 Menzies College is an Australian secular residential college for undergraduate students at La Trobe University, Bundoora campus. Established in 1968,^[1] Menzies College is named after Sir Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia and the nation's longest-serving prime minister. Menzies College is located on the eastern side of the Melbourne (Bundoora) campus. The college is made up of single bedrooms with shared bathrooms and includes a café, fitness centre and gymnasium for use of the residents.^[2] Menzies College has a capacity of 385 residents. Dale Trendall, Australia's first Professor of Archaeology and La Trobe's only resident fellow lived at Menzies College from 1969 until his death in 1995.^[3]

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