Hi Everyone always ask about australian university ranking, hence i found very good ranking for people to judge what kind of university they are landing in

Prestige Star Ratings by Good University Guides
The Prestige Star Ratings by Good University Guides (The only ratings recognised by the Australian Government) -

5 STAR UNIVERSITIES

University of New South Wales
University of Queensland
University of Sydney
University of Melbourne
University of Western Australia
University of Adelaide
Australian National University
Monash University

4 STAR UNIVERSITIES

University of Tasmania
Macquarie University
Griffith University
University of Wollongong

3 STAR UNIVERSITIES

RMIT University
La Trobe University
Queensland University of Technology
Curtin University of Technology
University of Technology Sydney
Bond University

2 STAR UNIVERSITIES

Central Queensland University
University of Southern Queensland
University of South Australia
University of Canberra
University of Western Sydney
Swinburne University of Technology
Deakin University
University of Notre Dame

1 STAR UNIVERSITIES

Victoria University of Technology
University of Ballarat
Charles Sturt University
Charles Darwin University
Edith Cowan University
Australian Catholic University

NOTE - These Star Ratings have been published on this website from The Good University Guides 2005 edition.

For people interested in doing Research following is more information

Top 15 Research Australian Universities

The Federal Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, owned by the Australian Department of Higher Education, has published its report detrmining the research centric universities in Australia. The FCQA analysed the research activites at 36 australian universities

. The following are the rankings of the Top 15 research universities as per FCQA report.
Rank 1 - Australian National University
Rank 2 - University of Melbourne
Rank 3 - University of New South Wales
Rank 4 - University of Sydney
Rank 5 - University of Queensland
Rank 6 - University of Western Australia
Rank 7 - Monash University
Rank 8 - University of Adelaide
Rank 9 - Flinders University
Rank 10 - Griffith University
Rank 11 - University of Tasmania
Rank 12 - La Trobe University
Rank 13 - University of New England
Rank 14 - Macquarie University
Rank 15 - Queensland University of Technology

SOURCE - FCQA

Please also note the above mentioned research universities ranking was also quoted by TIME
HES world famous british journal.

cheers

Sid