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Warrane organises weekly community service events including visits to nursing homes and homeless people in the Sydney CBD, blood and plasma donations and the annual workcamp. In 2023 the college took a group to Espiritu Santo island in Vanuatu to build a classroom in a school affected by cyclones. In
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The majority of students are undergraduates, with almost half in their first year. While residents are from most university faculties, a large proportion belong to the faculties of Engineering, Science and Medicine, and the UNSW Business School. There are normally several residents undertaking higher
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Warrane fields teams for all sports of the UNSW Inter-College Sports Shield. The competition is staged over three terms and includes several major sports, such as Soccer, Basketball, Oztag and Tennis. The competition also includes several carnival days for various sports, including volleyball, cross
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One of the main features of college life is the weekly formal dinner, which normally features guest speakers, including politicians, sportsmen, academics and business leaders. The college hosts several faculty nights during the year with guest speakers in specific fields talking to residents about
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Warrane's Activities Committee organises a wide range of social activities. Traditional events include trivia nights, movies, televised sporting events, beach barbecues, ski trips and bushwalks. The annual social calendar includes harbour cruises and wine and cheese nights organised with colleges
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The college has an annual Sports Scholarship and welcomes elite sportsmen to Warrane, but its main focus is to promote community and participation by sports all-rounders and supporters alike. The culmination of the sports calendar is the final formal dinner of year, when a famous sportsperson is
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with special cuisine and entertainment. Each floor competes annually for the Cultural Cup. The competition includes a scavenger hunt, Band Night, a film festival and Orientation Week activities. Residents also often form a college band and musical performances are a regular feature of birthday
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degree programs at UNSW such as Masters and Doctoral programs and younger students benefit from their experience. There is an extensive academic tutoring programme in the college, with around half of the college achieving a Distinction or High Distinction average each term.
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Senior staff members live in the college and oversee the pastoral care of residents. Two residential tutors live on each residential floor. Tutors are mentors to the students, providing academic and personal support. Several academic tutors and
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area, "Warrang", highlighting the recognition by Warrane and UNSW of Australia's indigenous people as original inhabitants of the land on which they are located. In 2021, Warrane celebrated 50 years since its official opening.
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live in the College. They are distinguished academic staff or students of UNSW who conduct the academic program of the college, including formal tutorials and consultation times for different university subjects.
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Warrane began operating at its present site in 1971 in an eight storey building on Anzac Parade, Kensington, in the south-western corner of the UNSW campus. Warrane was officially opened by
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from UNSW and other universities in Sydney. The highlight of the college's social calendar is the Warrane College Ball, held annually at an upmarket city hotel or function centre.
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The Warrane College Chapel is open each day. Regular activities in the chapel include Mass, the weekly meditation by the College Chaplain and an all-night vigil every month.
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and a sample of their educational initiatives in Europe. Around that time, the Archdiocese had the desire to establish a Residential College at
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country, ultimate frisbee and netball. The college won the Inter College Sport Shield many times, including a ten-year run to 2021.
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And yes, because old traditions die hard, Warrane remains the proud owner of UNSW's (if not Sydney's) last $ 1 Coke machine.
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A good example of a formal dinner guest speaker, including a quote from Socrates, was that of Mr Kevin Bailey AM in 2017.
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in the Northern Territory, near Katherine, for a cultural immersion and to help remove and clear old buildings.
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Residents recognise the rich cultural diversity represented in the college by celebrating national days such as
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celebrations. The Activities Committee organises regular visits to cultural events such as concerts at the
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career options, the "big picture" of their profession and how to serve society through their work.
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The prehistory of Warrane can be traced to the 1950s, when the Catholic archbishop of Sydney,
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Residential College
University of New South Wales
Dean
Colours
warrane.unsw.edu.au
residential college
University of New South Wales
Sydney Cove
Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy
Opus Dei
UNSW
Opus Dei
Opus Dei

Sir Roden Cutler
residential fellows
St Patrick's Day
Chinese New Year
Anzac Day
Sydney Opera House
Binjari Community
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University of New South Wales
Art & Design
Arts and Social Sciences
Built Environment

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