was a conscious statement of the importance of the University. Victoria Park is unique within NSW as a contemporarily planned setting for a major 19th century university campus. Overall, many features of this large site retain their integrity from the date of their establishment. Such features include the alignment of the site boundaries and their treatments, the internal layout of many of the roads, the configuration of buildings and gardens and the uses of the buildings and precincts; and Is held in high esteem by the local community, local council, students, graduates, academics, staff, benefactors and sporting club members as an iconic place of historic, academic, cultural, sporting, recreational and social pursuits and events. Gallery See also Parks in Sydney References Bibliography Attribution Further reading External links New South Wales State Heritage Register Parks in Sydney University of Sydney Camperdown, New South Wales City of Sydney New South Wales Heritage Database 1870 establishments in Australia Parks established in 1870