The University of Tasmania is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. It was founded in 1890 and is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of its residential colleges, was first proposed in 1840 in Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Franklin's Legislative Council and founded in 1846, which makes it the oldest tertiary institution in the country. The university is a sandstone university and a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, and it has links with twenty specialist research institutes and co-operative research centres.
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Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university.
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In 1954, Reber moved to Tasmania, the southernmost state of Australia, where he worked with Bill Ellis at the University of Tasmania.
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