Charles Sturt University, a state-owned institution founded in 1989, is Australia's largest regional university. It employs approximately 4,230 people and operates from six main campuses in New South Wales (Bathurst, Wagga Wagga, Orange, Albury-Wodonga, Dubbo, and Port Macquarie), along with additional specialist campuses in Canberra, Goulburn, Manly, and Parramatta. The university also maintains study centers in the state capitals of Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.