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Buses #431, #433 and #434. At the southern end of Glebe Point Road, the extensive grounds of Sydney University take up a suburb-sized area between Parramatta Road, and City Road running up to King Street, Newtown. Australia's oldest tertiary educational institution, the university was inaugurated in 1850 and today has 35,000 students; the Main Building, built of stone and complete with gargoyles and a quadrangle, conjures up the architecture of Oxford or Cambridge, especially in its cedar-ceilinged, stained-glass-windowed Great Hall , which makes a glorious concert venue. Two museums, of antiquities and of natural history, plus an art gallery, can be visited free of charge (tel 9351 2222 for details). Famous alumni include Germaine Greer, Clive James, Jane Campion and the current prime minister John Howard. Just east of the university, on Broadway, the recently relandscaped Victoria Park has a very pleasant outdoor heated swimming pool , complete with a sophisticated cafe.
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