Menzies College, La Trobe

Coordinates: 37°43′18″S 145°03′07″E / 37.721739°S 145.051924°E / -37.721739; 145.051924 Menzies College is an Australian secular residential college for undergraduate students at La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus. Established in 1968,^[1] Menzies College is named after Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia, and the nation's longest-serving Prime Minister. Menzies College is located on the southern side of the Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus. The college is made up of single bedrooms with shared bathrooms, and includes a café and a fitness centre and gymnasium for use of the residents.^[2] Menzies College houses a capacity of 385 residents. Dale Trendall, Australia’s first Professor of Archaeology and La Trobe’s only resident fellow lived at Menzies College from 1969, until his death in 1995.^[3]

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