Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education

The Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education (DDIAE) was a tertiary education facility offering undergraduate (Bachelor level and below) degrees and certificates in

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Australia, from the 1967 until it was elevated to

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status (1990) and later University status (1992) as the

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. DDIAE was originally a campus of the Queensland Institute of Technology (later

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). In order to attract staff, DDIAE offered

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contracts in the 1960s, even to comparatively junior staff. Many of these early staff remained at Darling Heights until they retired in the late 1990s and early years of the 21st Century. Loss of the Administration Centre to fire in c. April 1979 has meant not only a loss of historical material, but great difficulty in tracing and verifying graduates from the early days. {{DEFAULTSORT:Darling Downs Institute Of Advanced Education Public schools in Queensland Toowoomba