History and Traditions
University Motto
For the public good
The name of the University honours the noted explorer, soldier and public servant Charles Sturt.
Commenting on his own commitment to exploration, Sturt wrote:
A wish to contribute to the public good led me to undertake those journeys which cost me so much ... I sought that career, not, I admit, without a feeling of ambition as should ever pervade a soldier's breast, but chiefly with an earnest desire to promote the public good, and certainly without any hope of any other reward than the credit due to the successful enterprise.
In the traditional of exploration, learning, inquiry and discovery as embodied in the life and work of Charles Sturt, the University has as our motto - for the public good.