Our History
The Melbourne Education of today encompasses many of the institutions responsible for teacher education in Victoria. Teacher education on the Parkville site goes back to the 1880s. The institutions that make up Melbourne Education include:- The Training Institute
- Melbourne Teachers' College
- Secondary Teachers' College
- Melbourne College of Education
- Melbourne State College (formally known as the State College of Victoria)
- Melbourne College of Advanced Education, incorporating the SCV Institute of Early Childhood Development
- Melbourne Kindergarten Training College
- Technical Teachers' College, later known as SCV at Hawthorn, then the Hawthorn Institute of Education
- Institute of Education
- Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne.
150 years at a glance
| 1853 | Legislation establishing the University of Melbourne is passed through Parliament |
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| 1870 | The Training Institution offers the first two-year Trained Teacher's Certificate |
| 1888 | Construction commences on the 1888 Building, home of the Melbourne Teachers' College with the first intake of students in 1889 |
| 1893 | The Training Institution closes as part of depression retrenchment. The 1888 Building is leased to a private school until 1899 |
| 1899 | Frank Tate appointed principal of The Training College (formerly called the Training Institution) |
| 1900 | The Training College reopens |
| 1902 | John Smyth appointed principal of The Training College |
| 1903 | University offers its first Diploma of Education course, forging its first formal link with The Training College |
| 1913 | The Training College renamed the Teachers' College |
| 1917 | Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria begins a two-year independent training course |
| 1919 | John Smyth appointed to the First Professorial Chair of Education at the University of Melbourne |
| 1922 | The Melbourne Kindergarten Training College (of the Free Kindergarten Union of Victoria) opens at 'Mooroolbeek' in Kew |
| 1923 | The Faculty of Education formed at The University of Melbourne |
| 1926 | The first Master of Education degree is conferred by the University of Melbourne |
| 1936 | The first graduate entry Bachelor of Education degree is conferred by the University of Melbourne |
| 1942 | Major renovations are completed to Frank Tate Building |
| 1950 | The Secondary Teachers' Training Centre begins with Alice Hoy as its initial principal |
| 1952 | The Technical Teachers' College is established and later becomes the Hawthorn Institute of Education |
| 1953 | The Secondary Teachers' Training Centre becomes the Secondary Teachers' College |
| 1959 | Construction of the Alice Hoy Building commences |
| 1962 | The Alice Hoy Building officially opens and houses the Secondary Teachers' College |
| 1966 | First four-year course (Higher Diploma of Teaching Secondary) commences at the Secondary Teachers' College |
| 1967 | First students enrol in Bachelor of Science (Education) degree, a University of Melbourne course taught largely by Secondary Teachers' College staff |
| 1972 | The Victorian Education Department amalgamates the Melbourne Teachers' College and the Secondary Teachers' College forming the Melbourne College of Education |
| 1972 | Doug McDonell (who had been principal of the Secondary Teachers' College since 1958) is appointed principal of the Melbourne College of Education |
| 1972 | The 1888 Building achieves National Trust classification |
| 1973 | Melbourne College of Education becomes a constituent college of the State College of Victoria (one of 11 under the SCV banner) with the official title of State College of Victoria at Melbourne though known universally as Melbourne State College |
| 1973 | The Technical Teachers' College becomes the State College of Victoria at Hawthorn |
| 1973 | Melbourne Kindergarten Teachers' College becomes the State College of Victoria - Institute of Early Childhood Development located in Kew |
| 1973 | Hostel facilities close at the 1888 Building to make room for teaching and office space |
| 1974 | Graham Allen is appointed by the College Council to be the first principal of Melbourne State College |
| 1974 | The Victorian Government acquires the Abbotsford campus for the purpose of relocating the State College of Victoria - Institute of Early Childhood Development |
| 1978 | The Victorian Post-Secondary Education Commission is created. |
| 1980 | First Honorary Doctorate in Education is conferred by the University of Melbourne |
| 1981 | The Victorian Government disbands the State College of Victoria. Individual colleges remain as stand alone institutions |
| 1982 | The State College of Victoria at Hawthorn becomes Hawthorn Institute of Education |
| 1983 | The Melbourne College of Advanced Education Act amalgamates the Melbourne State College and the Institute of Early Childhood Development forming the Melbourne College of Advanced Education |
| 1989 | The Melbourne College of Advanced Education becomes amalgamated with The University of Melbourne |
| 1989 | Melbourne College of Advanced Education and the Faculty of Education of The University of Melbourne join to create the Institute of Education |
| 1991 | The Hawthorn Institute of Education becomes affiliated with the University of Melbourne |
| 1994 | Occupation of the 1888 Building by the University of Melbourne's School of Graduate Studies |
| 1995 | The Institute of Education is renamed the Faculty of Education |
| 1996 | Hawthorn Institute of Education is amalgamated with the University of Melbourne |
| 2003 | The 150th Anniversary of the Act of Parliament that established the University of Melbourne. |
| 2008 | The Faculty of Education becomes the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. |
While the School has used its best endeavours to ensure the accuracy of the dates and events, as with all history there is and always will be interpretation.