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- 1852 - The Victorian Legislative Council determines the principles leading to the establishment of the University
- 1853 - Appointment of the University Council (11 April 1853)
- 1853 - Sir Redmond Barry appointed the first Chancellor of the University (1853 - 1880)
- 1853 - The University Act receives Royal Assent
- 1855 - The Professorial Board was constituted
- 1867 - Establishment of the Senate
- 1880 - Women admitted to study at the University on equal terms with male students in March 1880
- 1901 - Dickson Fraud
- 1902-04 - Fink Royal Commission into University Affairs
- 1904 - Fink Royal Commission
- 1906 - Establishment of the Students' Representative Council
- 1921 - Establishment of Melbourne University Press
- 1938 - Grainger Museum established
- 1944 - Melbourne University Staff Association founded
- 1959 - Baillieu Library opened
- 1965 - The appointment of (Dr) Ray D. Marginson to the new position of Vice-Principal
- 1968 - Centre for the Study of Higher Education established
- 1971 - The Master Plan
- 1974 - The University Assembly was established
- 1978 - The Professorial Board was renamed the Academic Board
- 2008 - Establishment of the Melbourne Model
- 2015 - Announcement by W. M. Hughes at the University of Melbourne that results in the creation of the CSIR/CSIRO (22 December 1915)
- 2017 - Global Universities Engagement Summit
- 2019 - Release of the Green Paper on developing a strategy for student life - 'Belonging to Melbourne: enhancing student life and success'