Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2004

1. UNIVERSITY ORGANISATION

Edith Cowan University (the University) is a Statutory Authority of the Government of Western Australia and is domiciled in Australia. The address of its registered office is 100 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia. The University is a public not-for-profit institution of higher education funded primarily through Commonwealth grant funding. Established in 1902 when it began as a teaching college, the University gained university status in 1991 and is the second largest university in Western Australia,
with approximately 23,000 students.

Its principal activities cover teaching, learning and research.

The University Council is the governing body which controls and manages the operation, affairs, concerns and property of the University.

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