C. Y. O'Connor College of TAFE (also known as C. Y. O'Connor Institute), established in July 1994, is a

Technical and Further Education Technical and further education or simply TAFE () is the common name in Australia for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational courses. Colloquially also known ...

institute servicing the Wheatbelt region of

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

. The institute is based in the town of Northam east of the state capital,

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

. It was named for engineer C. Y. O'Connor who designed the

Goldfields Water Supply Scheme The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is a pipeline and dam project that delivers drinking water, potable water from Mundaring Weir in Perth to communities in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, particularly Coolgardie, Western Australia, Coo ...

, which has served Northam and other towns in the central and eastern Wheatbelt since the 1900s. The college won awards in 2006 for its training activities.
Australian Training Award 2006 - Innovative Business Award and Australian Training Initiative

Locations

;Campuses * Northam *

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* Merredin * Moora (completed 2000) ;Satellite centres * Jurien Bay * Kellerberrin * Kondinin * Pingelly * Quairading

References

External links

* TAFE WA Educational institutions established in 1994 Wheatbelt (Western Australia) 1994 establishments in Australia {{Australia-university-stub