The UDA presented university proposals to government and, in 1961, the Queensland government reserved 161 hectares (400 acres) of government land at Parkhurst (North Rockhampton) on the Bruce Highway near the Yeppoon turnoff as a tertiary education site.
The UDA ນໍາສະເຫນີຂໍ້ສະເຫນີວິທະຍາໄລຂອງລັດຖະບານແລະ, ໃນ 1961, ລັດຖະບານລັດຄະວີນສະຫງວນ 161 ເຮັກຕາ (400 acres) ຂອງທີ່ດິນຂອງລັດຖະບານຢູ່ໃນ Parkhurst (North Rockhampton) ກ່ຽວກັບ Bruce Highway ໃກ້ turnoff ຮໍສະແກພເປັນເວັບໄຊສຶກສາຂັ້ນສູງ.