Burton & Garran Hall
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Australian National University
Robert Garran
Sir Robert Randolph Garran GCMG KC was an Australian lawyer and public servant, an early leading expert in Australian constitutional law, the first employee of the Government of Australia and the first Solicitor-General of Australia...
Professor Herbert Burton CBE
Chanelle Carr-Janif
Burton and Garran Hall is a residential college of the Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
, in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It houses approximately 500 students and consists of five blocks.
Burton and Garran Hall was originally established as two separate Halls in 1965, and each Hall had separate administration. Both Halls combined in 1983 to form a single residential college.
History
Garran Hall was established as a Hall of Residence in 1965. It was named after Sir Robert GarranRobert Garran
Sir Robert Randolph Garran GCMG KC was an Australian lawyer and public servant, an early leading expert in Australian constitutional law, the first employee of the Government of Australia and the first Solicitor-General of Australia...
. Garran was the first employee of the Government of Australia
Government of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy under a parliamentary democracy. The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 as a result of an agreement among six self-governing British colonies, which became the six states...
and the first Solicitor-General of Australia
Solicitor-General of Australia
The Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the Second Law Officer to the Attorney-General of Australia. The holders of this office are not members of parliament....
. Garran spent thirty-one years as permanent head of the Attorney-General's Department
Attorney-General's Department (Australia)
The Attorney-General's Department is an Australian Government Department. Its role is to serve the people of Australia by providing essential expert support to the Government in the maintenance and improvement of Australia's system of law and justice...
, providing advice to ten different Prime Ministers
Prime Minister of Australia
The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
(from Barton
Edmund Barton
Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC , Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia....
to Lyons
Joseph Lyons
Joseph Aloysius Lyons, CH was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931...
). He played a significant behind-the-scenes role in the Australian federation movement
Federation of Australia
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia formed one nation...
, as adviser to Edmund Barton
Edmund Barton
Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC , Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia....
and chair of the Drafting Committee at the 1897–1898 Constitutional Convention
Constitutional Convention (Australia)
In Australian history, the term Constitutional Convention refers to four distinct gatherings.-1891 convention:The 1891 Constitutional Convention was held in Sydney in March 1891 to consider a draft Constitution for the proposed federation of the British colonies in Australia and New Zealand. There...
. Garran also served on the Council of The Australian National University from 1946 to 1951 and became the University’s first graduate when he was awarded an honorary law doctorate.
Burton Hall, also established in 1965, was named after Professor Herbert Burton CBE, a Rhodes Scholar who held numerous university roles. In 1949, Burton was appointed Principal and Professor of Economic History at Canberra University College. Burton was made Principal of the School of General Studies at the Australian National University in 1960, a position he retained until his retirement in 1965. Burton Hall was a beneficiary of Professor Burton’s will, which included a substantial bequest for the provision of student bursaries. The two Halls combined in 1983 to form Burton and Garran Hall.
Location
The Australian National University is located in the Australian Capital TerritoryAustralian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
with Burton and Garran Hall residing at the Clunies Ross Rd. end of the campus.
Leadership Team
The student leadership team includes 16 Senior Residential Scholars(SRs), 9 Academic Schoalars, 5 Canteen Scholars, 2 IT Scholars, 2 Transport scholars and 2 Sexuality officers.BAGMA
The Residents Committee are responsible for social activities throughout the college hall. Each position is an elected position where the successful candidate manages their respective portfolio in the year following their election. The committee also includes the Executive Committee which consists of the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The portfolios traditionally include, Arts Representative, Sports Representative, Social Sports Representative, International Representative, Post-Graduate Representative, Communications Representative and Cultural Representative. As of 2010, the BAGMA will include a Radio Representative, following the creation of the 24 hour B&G Radio.Elections for these positions are held annually in October, and a successful candidate will take control of their portfolio the following year.