Christ College Trivia
- Christ College is the oldest tertiary institution in Australia, older than the University of Tasmania.
- The playing of rugby football (Cambridge Rules) at Christ College in Bishopsbourne in 1847-49 places it as the first rugby contests of any kind played anywhere beyond Great Britain, and amongst the earliest outside of Rugby School itself.
- The first rugby game in modern Tasmania was played at the Christ College Ground (now called Parliament Street Reserve) in Sandy Bay, Hobart on 8 July 1933.
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