16 September 1907, Protectorate University, Woolwich, Sydney
Caroline Plantagenet was happy to officially open what would be Australasia's 18th university. Politics was always a balancing game and it was, of course, located in a marginal electorate. It was a rare thing for her to become partisan herself in the political process, but she had indicated that she thought it would be better located out of Melbourne.
As it was , the University would focus heavily on both politic and law. In all, there were 18 Universities, namely: Sydney, Melbourne, Otago, Canterbury, Australasian School of Mines (Ballarat), Adelaide, Auckland, Tasmania, Wellington, Capricornia, West Sydney, East Melbourne, Institute of Technology(Armidale), Swan River, Glass Private , Defense Force (Albury), Pacific (Fiji) and now Protectorate (Sydney). All were public universities, aside from the Defense Force University and Glass Private University in Burnley.
University places were filled by a combination of 25% fee paying students and 70% general admission, the later based on secondary school results. Tuition was free, although books and accommodation were not. The remaining 5% was reserved for overseas students, chiefly from the Polynesian Confederation and China, although lately increasing numbers were coming from Singapore.