Kerslake Hall
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Kerslake Hall is a residential college
for full time students of the University of Tasmania
and Australian Maritime College
. It is situated on the university's Newnham campus, Launceston
, Australia
. The residence is named after Irene Kerslake, a former lecturer at the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education and women's rights campaigner.
The residence offers 107 self-catered rooms.
Kerslake Hall is open to members of the public during university holidays, such as tourists and conference groups.
Residential college
A residential college is an organisational pattern for a division of a university that places academic activity in a community setting of students and faculty, usually at a residence and with shared meals, the college having a degree of autonomy and a federated relationship with the overall...
for full time students of the University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
and Australian Maritime College
Australian Maritime College
The Australian Maritime College is a tertiary education institution based in Launceston, Tasmania and is an institute of the University of Tasmania. AMC is Australia's national centre for maritime education, training and research...
. It is situated on the university's Newnham campus, Launceston
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
, 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...
. The residence is named after Irene Kerslake, a former lecturer at the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education and women's rights campaigner.
The residence offers 107 self-catered rooms.
Kerslake Hall is open to members of the public during university holidays, such as tourists and conference groups.