 An alternative proposal, whereby it would instead open a second campus at rapidly growing Campbelltown, was accepted by the federal government.As a result, it was renamed the Macarthur Institute of Higher Education from 1 July 1983, and operations in Campbelltown commenced that year.A temporary campus (initially a "Business Studies Centre") opened in the "Maryfields" monastery, which was leased from the Franciscan friars.