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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your... by daven11 on Saturday June 01, 2013 @07:18PM (#5806483)
We call them brownstones in australia - because they are all made of sandstone
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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your... by twelvechairs on Saturday June 01, 2013 @08:40PM (#5806755)
[edit] I think you mean 'sandstone universities' [1]. 'Brownstone' is generally a US word (plus most Australian sandstone is not brown).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandstone_Universities

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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your... by knackers on Sunday June 02, 2013 @04:11AM (#5807733)
Yeh it's sandstone. Group of 8 is also sometimes used because ANU and Monash wanted to be included :P
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