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Alfred Deakin College (formerly Deakin College) is a residential college at the
*Boyd - named after David Boyd, the last Principal of the State College of Victoria, Geelong (opened 1982)
*Collins and Laird - named after Arthur Collins, head of the Gordon Institute’s Architecture Department, and Ewen Laird, a member of the Gordon Institute Council (opened 1973)
*Evatt - named after Dr. Herbert Vere Evatt (joined from
Waurn Ponds
Waurn Ponds is a mainly residential southern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
The suburb is bounded by Rossack Drive, Princes Highway, the Geelong to Warrnambool railway, Reservoir Road, Draytons Road, Pigdons Road, Deakin University and ...
campus of Deakin University
Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia.
Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, ...
. The first of the Deakin colleges, it came to be in 1973 when the Gordon Institute Council (one of the councils responsible for the development of the University) formed a committee to oversee the construction of the original two unit blocks; the Collins and Laird units.
Between 1977 and 1985, the Wookey, Boyd, and Gordon Units (respectively) were constructed in the Deakin College. The Percy Baxter Common Room (opened in 1982) facilitates the college, named after Percy Baxter Charitable Trust, whom financed the building.
In 2017, the college became officially known as Alfred Deakin College rather than Deakin College, and the Evatt Units, formerly of the Barton College
Barton College is a private college in Wilson, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and enrolls about 1,200 students on campus.
History
Barton College was incorporated as Atlantic Christian College ...
, joined the college.
Residences
*Boyd - named after David Boyd, the last Principal of the State College of Victoria, Geelong (opened 1982)
*Collins and Laird - named after Arthur Collins, head of the Gordon Institute’s Architecture Department, and Ewen Laird, a member of the Gordon Institute Council (opened 1973)
*Evatt - named after Dr. Herbert Vere Evatt (joined from Barton College
Barton College is a private college in Wilson, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and enrolls about 1,200 students on campus.
History
Barton College was incorporated as Atlantic Christian College ...
in 2017)
*Gordon - named after Charles George Gordon
Major-general (United Kingdom), Major-General Charles George Gordon Companion of the Order of the Bath, CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and ...
(opened 1985)
*Wookey - named after Don Wookey, Manager of Shell and President of the Gordon Institute of Technology Council (opened 1977)
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See also
*Barton College (Deakin University)
Barton College is a residential college located at the Waurn Ponds campus of Deakin University. Established in 1989, the college is a residence made up of the Dawson, Evatt, and Hammond buildings.
Initially, the college had staff and acted as a ...
References
{{reflist Educational institutions established in 1973 Colleges of Deakin University