What is the history of Monash University?

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Tasneem Hoda | Contributor-Level 10

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Monash University was established by the Act of the State Parliament of Victoria in the year 1958 as a result of the Murray Report. This is the first university that has been named after a person, rather than a city or state. Monash University’s Clayton’s campus is known to be the university’s foundation campus that had its first student enrollment in the year 1961, making it the first university that was established in Victoria. The university started growing rapidly after the enrollment at Clayton's campus and reached to an enrollment of more than 20,000 students since it was established.

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