and establishment of a female orphan school provides an understanding of the cultural history of the local area. The site is of state heritage significance for its continuity of provision of sporting and leisure facilities to the people of Sydney and NSW. Sport also has been an important factor in University student life and in the use of the University grounds. The sporting facilities at the University contributed significantly to the retention of open space and green buffers between the built forms of the campus. The site has held socially and nationally significant sporting events such as horse racing (pre and post university), rugby football (oldest club in Australia), cricket, tennis and hockey (including inter-state and international matches) and Sydney's first in-ground public pool (King George VI, Victoria Park). Victoria Park has been a place of continuous children's play & leisure activities for over 130 years, with a playground being a feature of the Park since 1912. The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history. The University of Sydney, University Colleges and Victoria Park has state significance for its association with a large number of notable people who were involved in the development and expansion of the University, its lands, the buildings, landscape and grounds. These include the initial land owners, those responsible for and involved in the initial establishment of the University as an institution, and the architects and designers who have designed and constructed the principal buildings and landscapes throughout each campus and developed the master plans for the place. In regard to the University of Sydney as an historic cultural landscape, there are a number of people who were involved in the initial establishment and subsequent development of the University and so have strong associations with the place. These include the following people, together with their association or contribution: Governor Arthur Phillipreserved part of "Kanguroo Ground" for future church, Crown and school usage; 1790 Lieutenant Governor Francis Groseoriginal leaseholder; 1792 Edmund Blacket (former NSW Colonial Architect)First architect for the University of Sydney and responsible for the core buildings the Quadrangle Building; 1854-1862 Charles MooreFirst Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens - responsible for the design of the plantings in Victoria Park and University Place in front of Quadrangle; 1880 Walter Liberty Vernon (NSW Government Architect)architect for the University