Salisbury Campus

The Salisbury Campus was situated in spacious grounds 20 kilometres north of Adelaide. Established in 1968 as a Teachers College, it was proclaimed a College of Advanced Education by Act of Parliament in January, 1973. As an autonomous institution the College expanded and diversified in response to the changing educational needs of the community. In January, 1982 the College was amalgamated with Adelaide College of the Arts and Education, Hartley College of Advanced Education and Sturt College of Advanced Education to become the Salisbury Campus of the South Australian College of Advanced Education (SACAE).

The facilities which were provided on the Campus were among the most modern in the state. They included a colour television studio, a radio studio, film workshops, science laboratories, art and music studios, a professionally equipped theatre, a teaching resource centre, a communication laboratory, an observation classroom, a large gymnasium and an Olympic-size swimming pool. Facilities and equipment continue to be augmented and upgraded to improve the teaching and research capabilities of the College. Additions to the facilities include an outdoor ecology laboratory, a sociology laboratory complex, a library extension and a wheelchair lift for the disabled. The existing computer facility had been upgraded and the swimming pool adapted to solar heating the first outdoor pool to be heated by solar energy in South Australia.

In 1991, SACAE became the University of South Australia.