TAFE Queensland North was formed on 1 July 2013 by the merger of
Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE
Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE was a government-owned Technical and Further Education college with 17 campuses across North Queensland, Australia. It catered to domestic and international markets with a wide range of academic programs at the Certi ...
and
Tropical North Queensland TAFE
Tropical North Queensland TAFE was a TAFE institute which delivered vocational education and training programs across a 268,000 square kilometre area of north-eastern Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a s ...
.
It services
North Queensland
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its tropical northern part has been ...
and
Far North Queensland
Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf C ...
, and is the largest TAFE region in
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
with close to 20 campus locations in sixteen localities, covering an area of 52'000 kilometres.
[https://tafeqld.edu.au/courses/study-locations/north-queensland/index.html?
https://tafeqld.edu.au/courses/study-locations/far-north-queensland/index.html?]
In 2017
TAFE Queensland
TAFE Queensland is the statutory authority parent body for TAFE technical and further education training in the Australian state of Queensland.
Established in 1882, TAFE Queensland is one of Australia's largest education providers with 120,000 ...
commenced consolidating TAFE Queensland North and its five other regional registered training organisations (RTOs) into a single RTO. TAFE Queensland North now no longer exists as a separate RTO.
Campus locations
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Atherton
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Northern Peninsula Area (Bamaga)
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Bowen
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Burdekin
The Shire of Burdekin is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia in the Dry Tropics region. The district is located between Townsville and Bowen in the delta of the Burdekin River.
It covers an area of , and has existe ...
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Cairns
Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
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Cairns
Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
- Great Barrier Reef International Marine College
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Charters Towers
Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits under ...
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Cloncurry
Cloncurry is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cloncurry had a population of 2,719 people.
Cloncurry is the administrative centre of the Shire of Cloncurry.
Cloncurry is known as ...
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Ingham
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Innisfail
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Mareeba
Mareeba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia. Between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning ''meeting of the waters'' ...
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Mount Isa
Mount Isa ( ) is a city in the Gulf Country region of Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because of the vast mineral deposits found in the area. Mount Isa Mines (MIM) is one of the most productive single mines in world history, bas ...
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Normanton
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Palm Island
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Thursday Island
Thursday Island, colloquially known as TI, or in the Kawrareg dialect, Waiben or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. TI is located approximately north of Cape ...
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Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
(Aitkenvale)
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Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
(Bohle - Trade Training Centre)
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Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
(Pimlico)
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Whitsundays
The Whitsunday Islands are 74 continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Brisbane. The northernmost of the islands are off the coast by the town of Bowen, while the southernmost islands are ...
See also
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TAFE Queensland
TAFE Queensland is the statutory authority parent body for TAFE technical and further education training in the Australian state of Queensland.
Established in 1882, TAFE Queensland is one of Australia's largest education providers with 120,000 ...
References
External links
TAFE Queensland
TAFE Queensland
Education in Queensland
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