St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide)

St Mark's College
The University of Adelaide
The college as seen from Pennington Terrace
LocationNorth Adelaide
Coordinates34°54′46″S 138°35′52″E / 34.912847°S 138.597706°E / -34.912847; 138.597706
MottoSpernit Virtus Humum[1] (Latin)
Motto in EnglishExcellence Reaches for the Stars (lit. Excellence spurns the dry earth)
Established1925
Named forMark the Evangelist
GenderCo-educational since 1982
HeadDonald Markwell
Residents245
Websitestmarkscollege.com.au

St Mark's College is an Australian university co-residential college in North Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1925,[2] it is affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia. It is the oldest residential college in South Australia and is associated with the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and Flinders University.[1][3] Located next to St Peter's Cathedral on Pennington Terrace, the college houses 245 tertiary students in both dormitory and apartment accommodation.

  1. ^ a b "St Mark's College". Archived from the original on 30 April 2006. Retrieved 20 June 2006.
  2. ^ Kerr, 1983
  3. ^ "UniSA Accommodation Services, Residential Colleges". Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2006.