The Sydney Technical College, now known as the
TAFE New South Wales Sydney Institute, is a
technical school established in 1878, that superseded the
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts. The college is one of Australia's oldest technical education institutions.
Forebears
The Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts was founded in 1833. In 1878, the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts formed the Working Men's College, which eventually became the Sydney Technical College in 1882.
In 1911, the
high school
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operations of the college became
Sydney Technical High School
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.
In 1949, the
New South Wales University of Technology
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was founded on its main site, as a separate institution. As the
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...
, this is now one of the most prestigious universities in Australia.
In 1969, part of the college became the New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT). This institute was reconstituted as the
University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in 1988.
The college continued to operate, eventually becoming part of the New South Wales Technical and Further Education (
TAFE) system. It became known as
Ultimo College, due to its location. This then became part of the
Sydney Institute of Technology, which was later renamed
Sydney Institute. This college is the largest TAFE campus in
New South Wales
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Architectural students
Many prominent Australian architects studied
architecture
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at Sydney Technical College before there was a
university
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architecture course available in
Sydney, but also attended architecture lectures in the Engineering Faculty at the
University of Sydney
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.
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John Allen
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Sydney Ancher
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Arthur Anderson
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Henry Budden
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Walter Bunning
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Hedley Norman Carr
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J Burcham Clamp
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Bruce Dellit
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Jean Fombertaux
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Carlyle Greenwell
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Eric Heath
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Edward Hewlett Hogben
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Archer Hoskings
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Russell Jack
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Colin Madigan
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William Monks
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Glenn Murcutt
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Sir John Overall
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Lord Livingstone Ramsay
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Lindsay Gordon Scott
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Emil Sodersten
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Florence Mary Taylor
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Thomas Tidswell
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Birth and education
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Alfred Warden
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B J Waterhouse
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William Hardy Wilson
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Gallery
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References
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Educational institutions established in 1843
University of Technology Sydney
1843 establishments in Australia
Schools of Arts in New South Wales