Key 2: The University Council 1853
The first Council as nominated and appointed by the Lieutenant Governor Charles Joseph La Trobe on 11th of April, 1853 was:
His Honor Redmond Barry | Hon. William Lonsdale |
Colin Campbell | Lachlan MacKinnon |
Norman Campbell | The Bishop of Melbourne |
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers | Rev. Alexander Morison |
James Croke | Francis Murphy |
Right Rev. James Alipius Goold | Hon. James Frederick Palmer |
Edward Grimes | Robert Williams Pohlman |
William Clarke Haines | John Pearson Rowe |
Rev. Irving Hetherington | George William Rusden |
Godfrey Howitt | Hon. William Foster Stawell |
[Source:Victorian Government Gazette, 1853, p.510]

[Source: University of Melbourne Archives, Accession No: 93/44]
In the extensive records pertaining to Council meetings and an ever-expanding number of committees and sub-committees can be found the framework which underlies and informs every aspect of the history of the University.

[Source: University of Melbourne Archives Catalogue, UMA-I-985]