Editing Flinders University (section)

===Origins and construction===
By the late 1950s, the University of Adelaide's North Terrace campus was approaching capacity. In 1960, Premier [[Thomas Playford IV|Thomas Playford]] announced that {{convert|150|ha|acres}} of state government-owned land in Burbank (now [[Bedford Park, South Australia|Bedford Park]]) would be allocated to the University of Adelaide for the establishment of a second campus.<ref name="history1">{{Cite web |title=1958 - 1965 From the ground up |url=http://www.flinders.edu.au/about/our-university/our-history/1958---1965-from-the-ground-up.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715023452/http://www.flinders.edu.au/about/our-university/our-history/1958---1965-from-the-ground-up.cfm |archive-date=15 July 2009 |website=Flinders University}}</ref>

Planning began in 1961. The principal-designate of the new campus, economist and professor [[Peter Karmel]], was adamant that the new campus should operate independently from the North Terrace campus. He hoped that the Bedford Park campus would be free to innovate and not be bound by tradition.<ref name=history1/>

Capital works began in 1962 with a grant of £3.8 million from the Australian Universities Commission. Architect Geoff Harrison, in conjunction with architectural firm [[HASSELL|Hassell, McConnell and Partners]], designed a new university that, with future expansions, could eventually accommodate up to 6000 students.<ref name=history1/>