Ballarat Teachers' College

History

The Ballarat Teachers' College was one of two provincial teachers' colleges to be established. The first courses were concerned with primary teaching and manual arts but later the subject areas of Physical Education, Environmental Sciences, Music, Art and Craft became major strengths. Becoming the State College of Victotria at Ballarat (SCVB) it merged with the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education to become the Ballarat College of Advanced Education. The merger took place in 1976 and by 1980 all staff were located at the Mount Helen Campus. ^[1]The SCVB was established in 1925 by the Education Department as the Ballarat Teachers' College