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Macquarie and University
Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park.
Macquarie University also has the largest student exchange programme in Australia.
Also affiliated with the university are several research centres, schools and institutes including the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, the Institute of Human Cognition and Brain Science, the Macquarie University Research Park and the Macquarie University Hospital.
Macquarie University was formally established in 1964 with the passage of the Macquarie University Act 1964 by the New South Wales parliament.
The fledgling Macquarie University Council decided that planning for the campus would be done within the university, rather than by consultants, and this led to the establishment of the architect-planners office.
In their book Liberality of Opportunity, Bruce Mansfield and Mark Hutchinson describe the founding of Macquarie University as ‘ an act of faith and a great experiment ’.
The first Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University was Alexander George Mitchell, who held the position until December 1975, when he was replaced by Edwin Webb, who served until 1986.
During 2007, Macquarie University faced a restructuring of its student organisation after an audit raised questions about management of hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds by student organisations At the centre of the investigation was Victor Ma, president of the Macquarie University Students ' Council, who had previously been involved in a high-profile case of student election fixing at the University of Sydney.
The Federal Court ordered on 23 May 2007 that Macquarie University Union Ltd be wound up.
Following the dissolution of Macquarie University Union Ltd, the outgoing student organisation was replaced with a new wholly owned subsidiary company of the university, known as U @ MQ Ltd.
The new student organisation originally lacked a true student representative union ; however, following a complete review and authorisation from the university Council, a new student union known as Macquarie University Students Association ( MUSRA ) was established in 2009.

Macquarie and showed
In 2010, astronomers Duane Hamacher and David Frew from Macquarie University in Sydney showed that the Boorong Aboriginal people of northwestern Victoria, Australia, witnessed the outburst of Eta Carinae in the 1840s and incorporated it into their oral traditions as " Collowgulloric War ", the wife of " War " ( Canopus, the Crow — pronounced " Waah ").

Macquarie and significant
The Albury / Wodonga market underwent significant change in 2005 when Macquarie Southern Cross Media bought 105. 7 The River from RG Capital Radio Network, and 2AY and Star FM from the DMG Radio Australia.
Lake Macquarie is classified as a " city ", but there is no significant distinction between the terms " city ", " shire ", and " municipality " as applied to Local Government Areas in New South Wales.
* Macquarie River a significant inland river in New South Wales which passes Bathurst, Wellington, Dubbo and Warren before entering the Macquarie Marshes and the Barwon River
After the success of this project he was emancipated by the Governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, and in the role of Acting Civil Architect and Assistant Engineer responsible to Captain J. M. Gill, Inspector of Public Works, went on to build many significant buildings in the new colony.
On 15 October 2010, the Stagecoach Group announced that is was re-acquiring the business from Macquarie for a sum of nearly £ 59 million, which represents a significant profit for Stagecoach since it sold the company to Macquarie for £ 263. 6 million in June 2006.
Indeed, Macquarie perch populations have failed in significant stretches of relatively pristine upland river that offer excellent habitat, are not silted, dammed or overfished, and where there are no possible explanations for their demise except introduced trout species.
Dietary studies have documented significant overlap between the diet of Macquarie perch and introduced trout species, and anglers have observed predation of Macquarie perch juveniles by introduced trout species.
Recent research ( Lintermans, 2006 ) records dietary overlaps that are significant by scientific criteria between Macquarie perch and introduced trout species.
Not only do these stockings threaten Macquarie perch by competition and predation, but rainbow trout fingerlings have been shown to carry significant levels of EHN virus.

Macquarie and 2007
In mid 2007, the university opened the Macquarie City Campus in the Sydney CBD, offering Macquarie University ’ s foundation studies, selected undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
According to the Good Universities Guide to Australian universities, starting salaries for Macquarie graduates have been ranked as the highest in Australia for ten consecutive years ( 1998 – 2007 ) and in 2009, the university received 5 star ratings in six different performance categories including non-government earnings, staff qualifications and toughness of admissions.
He was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives between March 1996 and November 2007, representing the Division of Macquarie, New South Wales.
Many of the retail shops and firms of Macquarie Centre have undergone extensions and / or renovations since early 2007.
During December 2007, the Tasmanian Government sold the Tasmanian Ports Corporation-owned subsidiary for A $ 350 million to the Tasmanian Gateway Consortium, a private consortium made up of Macquarie Capital ( one of Macquarie Group's infrastructure funds ) and Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund, the Retirement Benefits Fund.
On 5 November 2007, the network was officially purchased by the Macquarie Media Group.
It was anticipated that the network would be acquired by the Macquarie Media Group, following a A $ 1. 35 billion takeover recommendation made to shareholders by Southern Cross Broadcasting to shareholder on 3 July 2007, and on 5 November 2007 this purchase took place.
This small and critically endangered reserve, also known as the Macquarie Hospital Bushland ( it is registered as such on the Register of National Estate ), is one of the last remnants of the remaining 0. 5 % ( as at 2007 ) of original and endangered turpentine-ironbark forests on Wianamatta shale soil in Sydney.
The school was closed at the end of 2007 as part of a rationalisation of primary education across the ACT with most students moving to neighbouring schools in Aranda, Macquarie and Weetangera.
He has had appointments as artist-in-residence at the Australian Graduate School of Management ( in 2000-01 ), the University of New England ( in 2001-02 ), the Macquarie Dictionary ( in 2002-03 ), and the University of New South Wales ( 2007 ), where he was also visiting professor-at-large
Southern Cross Media was previously known as Macquarie Regional RadioWorks, prior to the absorption of the remaining assets of Southern Cross Broadcasting that were purchased by Macquarie Media Group in 2007.
* The Macquarie Trading Room, opened by the Hon Anna Bligh in May, 2007, providing finance and business students with a simulated trading environment.
Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007 and is currently a professor and holds the Chair in Environmental Sustainability at Macquarie University.
In 2007, Flannery became Professor in the Climate Risk Concentration of Research Excellence at Macquarie University.
Following a long-running dispute with her successor Steven Schwartz over expenses, occupation of the vice-chancellorial residence and ownership of several million dollars ' worth of art works, Yerbury left Macquarie University in February 2007.
Businesses that have previously operated in Macquarie Park include Mix 106. 5 ( until 2006 when it moved to Hornsby ), Network Ten ( until 1991 when it moved to Ultimo then Pyrmont in 1996 ) and Global Television Network Studios ( until mid 2007 ).
* Macquarie Bank Limited, name of the Macquarie Group ( a publicly-traded Australian financial-services corporation ) prior to its restructuring in 2007

Macquarie and World
The Academic Ranking of World Universities listed Macquarie as seventh among Australian Universities in its 2009 rankings.
The Shanghai Jiao Tong University ’ s Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2009 ranked Macquarie University as 7th in Australia ( following University of Western Australia and UNSW ), while the UK ’ s Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings published in October 2009 ranked Macquarie 9th in Australia ( behind the University of Adelaide and the University of Western Australia ).
* Macquarie Island, Tasmania, Australia, was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997, as the only known example of an ophiolite complex in the process of being formed and currently in its original geological setting.
The original version of the Macquarie Dictionary was based on Hamlyn's Encyclopedic World Dictionary of 1971, which in turn was based on Random House's American College Dictionary of 1947, which was based on the 1927 New Century Dictionary, which was based on The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language, which itself was based on Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language second edition of 1841.
Macquarie Ice Skating Rink ( located in Macquarie Centre ) was used for the 1991 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.
He competed in Ironman Australia at Port Macquarie where he missed out on qualifying for the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii by only one spot.
Vizard studied Law and Philosophy at the University of Melbourne ; he practiced as a lawyer and was a partner in a City Law firm ; he has written for and produced various Logie and AFI award winning television show-from Fast Forward to Kangaroo Palace ; he has hosted his own 5 night a week national Tonight Show, Tonight Live With Steve Vizard for which he was three times nominated for and won a Gold Logie in 1991 ; he has interviewed over two thousand major names, from Audrey Hepburn, Oliver Stone, Mel Gibson, Robin Williams, Sir Bob Geldof, Peter Allen, Patrick Swayze, Bob Hope, Sir Peter Ustinov, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Parkinson, Spike Milligan, Edward de Bono, Robert Ludlum, Sir Harry Secombe, and Prime Ministers and politicians ; he founded one of Australia ’ s largest independent Production houses, Artist Services, which was subsequently sold to Granada ; he has been the President of the National Gallery of Victoria and the Chairman of the Victorian Major Events Company, securing events such as the World Cycling Champioships and the World Gymnastics Championships ; he has appeared on the cover of Time and Rolling Stone ; he was an elected representative to the 1999 Constitutional Convention ; he was Father of the Year in 2001 ; he was embroiled in three highly publicised legal proceedings, involving the theft of moneys by his former accountant from the Vizard Companies, and Vizard's civil penalty in 2005 for breaching directors duties ; he has broadcast on the Austereo, Fairfax and Macquarie Radio Networks and in 2011 was nominated for best Talkback Presenter in Australia ; he was Chairman of the World Swimming Championships ; and he has written several books ranging on topics ranging from humour to Australia's population policy.
The city was officially recognised in 2010 as the " Bodyboarding Capital of Australia " and it is claimed by the Port Macquarie Bodyboarding Association to be the " Bodyboarding Capital of the World ".

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