About
About the Tours
Welcome to Discover UNE. These tours explore the unique history, houses, gardens, and collections of the University of New England. Visitors are welcomed to the country of the Anaiwan people and invited to explore UNE’s Armidale campus. The tours include:
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Welcome to UNE
Find the information you need about the services available when visiting UNE’s Armidale Campus. -
The 10₵ Tour
Don’t have a lot of time? This tour gives you an essential overview of UNE’s houses, gardens, and collections in just ten minutes! -
The Love of Land
Learn about the New England’s First Nations, the development of pastoralism, the White family who established Booloominbah, and the land and water management programs of UNE today. -
UNE: A History
Explore Booloominbah’s history as a family home, a WWI convalescent hospital, a University college, and as Australia’s first regional university. Uncover records that reveal how our heritage emblems (coat of arms, flag, mace, ceremonial robes, and graduation chairs) were designed, and rediscover UNE’s original graduation hymn. -
Heritage Houses
Meet Booloominbah and Trevenna, and discover the tours available for exploring them. This collection of tours uses current and archival footage to explore UNE’s stately heritage houses. -
Owner & Architect
Learn about the life and works of Horbury Hunt and the building of Booloominbah. Explore the mystery of Horbury Hunt’s extraordinary comment “keep drawings covered up – flies suck up ink.” -
Outside Looking In
This is an architectural adventure exploring the outside of Booloominbah. Discover the secret message hidden in Bool’s bricks, learn about Armidale’s puggers and sweeps, uncover an octagon and dot floor mosaic, and meet Booloominbah’s cheeky guardians. -
Heritage Rescue
Discover why Heritage is important, and the different heritage projects that have been completed on UNE’s houses and grounds. Get insider interviews with heritage architects and project managers to find out what’s old and what’s new. -
Trevenna
Use architectural plans, maps, and photos to explore Trevenna House, a Horbury Hunt homestead that is now the private residence of the Vice Chancellor.
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Gardens and Grounds
An introduction to the walking tours of UNE’s gardens and grounds, and the optional games and resources that accompany them. This collection of walking tours uses current and archival footage to explore UNE’s gardens and grounds. -
Walk 1: A Short Stroll
Discover the 19th century gardens surrounding Booloominbah and learn the history and meaning of their plants. Take the graduates walk to pioneers’ rock and the Ingrid Moses courtyard, stroll round the war memorial, Yarm Gwanga, and Arts oak trees. Learn more about Booloominbah’s original Rose garden in the bonus feature of this tour. -
Walk 2: A Long Walk
Discover the western end of the campus with its Natural Resources and Rural Sciences precincts, Natural History Museum, Trevenna, St Marks, Law School, Beadle Herbarium, and Mary White College. Meet some exotics and the UNE Deer Park on the way. -
Walk 3: A Very Long Walk
Discover the Bellevue Campus with its colleges, sporting facilities, boiler house, granite portals, and iconic Elm Avenue. Embark on an imaginative journey into the underworld and the realm of magic as you discover how the Elm tree is connected to the heroes and politics of the past. -
Walk 4: The Detour
This detour provides a mobility friendly alternative for completing Walk 2: A Long Walk. Visit the gardens of the Riggs, Stokes, and ITD Buildings, and meet some unique campus art along the way. -
Walk 5: Off The Beaten Track
This walk provides an alternative dirt-path detour within Walk 3: A Very Long Walk. If you have done the ‘Walk 3: A Very Long Walk’ before, or if you feel like a little ‘off-road’ adventure, you can take this circuit to gain a different perspective on the Bellevue Campus’ colleges, cricket and rugby playing fields, and Handel St. -
Meet the Collections
Discover UNE’s extensive cultural and scientific collections. Access a range of archival material, performances, mixed media presentations, and behind-the-scenes interviews. Meet some of the curators, managers, and researchers who work with UNE’s collections and centres.
