The Sunraysia Institute of TAFE, also known as SuniTAFE, is a vocational education and training services provider in north-west Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1980, it has campuses in

Mildura Mildura ( ) is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 at the 2021 census. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point, Merbein and Red ...

and

Swan Hill Swan Hill is a List of cities in Australia, city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River, Victoria, Loddon River. At the , ...

, and a training farm in Cardross.

History

The institute was established in 1980 as the Sunraysia College of TAFE. Sunraysia College of TAFE was the first purpose designed

TAFE 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 ...

college in Victoria. It was renamed to the Sunraysia Institute of TAFE on 2 October 1995. From its inception the Institute aimed to provide training to meet the needs of the local community, including more remote locations in the region such as Ouyen, Manangatang and

Werrimull Werrimull town in the Rural City of Mildura, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The place by road, is situated about 10 kilometres west of Karawinna, Victoria, Karawinna and 10 kilometres east of Bambill, Victoria, Bambill. It is west s ...

. The institute was also established with a tri-state focus due to its unique location near the border of the three states of Victoria,

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

and

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

Campuses

The institute has two main campuses located at

and

, . There were formerly campuses at Robinvale and

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, which appear to have closed down by January 2022. The service the Institute provides extends over a large geographic area, generally bounded by Pooncarie in NSW (150 km to the North); Balranald in NSW (200 km to the east); the Riverland region in SA (150 km to the west); Murrayville in Victoria (230 km to the south west on the SA border); and in a region 375 km south and south east of Mildura including the communities of Ouyen, Robinvale, Sea Lake, Swan Hill, Ultima and Kerang.

Courses

Study areas offered by the Institute in its first years of operation included Automotive Studies, Business Studies, Engineering, and Rural Studies. Today the institute offers training in areas of Automotive, Transport & OHS, Health and Wellbeing, Business & Environment, Education and Media, Hospitality & Personal Services, Industry & Energy & Environment and Language, Literacy & Work Skills. Some modules include providing services at the nearby Australian Inland Botanic Gardens.

References

External links

Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
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