University of Notre Dame Australia
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The University of Notre Dame Australia (known simply as Notre Dame, NOT-rə-DAHM, French for 'Our Lady') is a private Catholic university with campuses in Perth, Sydney and Broome. It was established in 1989 by the Parliament of Western Australia with early support from its founding partner and namesake, the University of Notre Dame (NDUS) in the United States. It was originally conceived as a means to train teachers and nurses for the Archdiocese of Perth's Catholic education and healthcare network, but has since expanded into other disciplines. Its campuses include heritage places, mostly built in the mid-19th to early-20th centuries. Its founding campus is in Perth, where it expanded into colonial-era maritime buildings in the Fremantle West End heritage area, later becoming ubiquitous with the precinct as a university town. Its restoration work and the influx of students has formed a symbiotic relationship with the local economy, culture and tourism industry. It also has a campus in Sydney, divided between two sites in the city's Inner West. The main Blackfriars site on Broadway is located between the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney. The smaller Darlinghurst site is focused on medicine and is affiliated with the wider St Vincent's Integrated Healthcare Campus. It also has a regional campus in Broome and seven clinical schools across New South Wa
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