Contact details: Services UNE, Function Co-ordinator
Ph: (02) 6773 5174 / Email: venues@services.une.edu.au

The Courtyard Cafe

The Courtyard Cafe is a perfect place to watch the changing seasons of Armidale, providing protection from winter's easterly winds and shady umbrellas during our hot summer.

Offering snacks, light meals and a range of cakes and Barista coffee, tea and other beverages, The Cafe in the Booloominbah Collection is an ideal alfresco dining venue during the week. The Courtyard Cafe is also the ideal spot to sit during The Limerick Bar's Happy Hour on Fridays.

The Courtyard Cafe is open from 8.30am to 2.30pm Monday to Thursday and Friday 8:30am to 6:30pm.

The Brasserie

Everyone is welcome at this affordable, informal and quick place to eat, The Brasserie offers a choice of hot and cold buffet, open grills, char grills, salads, pasta and daily specials.

Click on the images below to view our current lunch and beverage menus

Monday's Menu | Tuesday to Fridays Menu
Open: Monday to Friday from 12noon to 2pm. Blackboard specials daily.


Gourmet Sandwich Bar

Have you tried the fresh sandwich bar at Booloominbah?
Enjoy a selection of fresh fillings of your choice on daily baked bread, focaccia or baguette.
Open: Monday to Thursday from 11.30am to 2pm.


The Limerick Bar

An informal area where patrons can relax in comfortable armchairs and enjoy a drink or coffee.
The Limerick bar is open from 12noon until 2.30pm Monday to Friday and from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm Friday afternoon. The Limerick Bar offers specials during happy hour, every Friday afternoon from 4.30pm to 6pm

Services UNE can provide you with a comprehensive range of services to make celebrating your special event a breeze.

Be it an 18th or 21st birthday, wedding, anniversary, or a family get together,
let us take all the hassle out of planning and arranging your occasion.

Whether you require a small and intimate venue, space for 550 for a formal dinner, or something in between, Services UNE has the venue to meet your requirements.

The Booloominbah Collection, with its historic ambiance, is ideal for formal occasions of up to 100, or cocktails for up to 250. Our experienced staff will work with you to plan and organise a truly memorable celebration.

We can provide a full range of services such as catering, bar, DJ, dance floor & security, thus allowing you to relax and enjoy the evening.
With prices and packages to suit all budgets, let us take the hassle out of your next special event by contacting the Functions Office on (02) 6773 5174.

Booloominbah is a grand country gentleman's house designed by Horbury Hunt for prominent colonial grazier, Frederick White, who decided to establish his family of seven children in Armidale because the cooler, fresher, drier air of the Tablelands was good for their health. He and his wife Sarah had already lost five children in infancy and during their time at Booloominbah tragedy struck again when another daughter, Ethel, drowned while on a picnic near Armidale at the age of 22.

The White family moved into their expansive house on a hill overlooking Armidale in 1888 and occupied it until Sarah White died in 1933. During World War I between 1916 and 1919 it became an important centre as a Red Cross convalescent home for wounded men.

After the death of Mrs White at the height of the Depression none of the family members wanted to take over and maintain the huge homestead which came to be regarded as something of a 'White elephant'. During this period the movement to create a university in Armidale had gathered momentum and in 1936 her son-in-law T R Forster began his negotiations to buy Booloominbah from the family estate and donate it as a spur to gain government support for the initiative.

When UNE began as a college of Sydney University in 1938 Booloominbah became the centre of the scholarly life and student activities and has been symbolically regarded as the heart of the university ever since.

Surrounded by magnificent grounds the historic building has taken on many roles in evolution of the University. When Vice-Chancellor Professor Ingrid Moses took up her position she made it a priority to find funding to restore Booloominbah to its original elegance and has moved her secretariat to the beautifully refurbished upper floor of the building.
Creating the Booloominbah Collection in the west wing as a meeting place on campus for staff and students, the local community and visitors in the area of the original College dinging room was sited is the realisation of a dream.