Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT)
Established	1988 with historical antecedents from 1912
Type	TAFE Institute
Endowment	A$267.237million[1]
CEO	Brian MacDonald
Admin. staff	1,083(teaching) 1,724 (total) (2010)[2]
Students	44,500 (Australia) 23,000 (international)(2010)[3]
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Campus	multiple urban and rural - Preston, Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough, Heidelberg, Ararat
Website	http://www.nmit.vic.edu.au/

Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) is a TAFE institute located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has six city campuses located at Preston, Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough, Heidelberg, a country campus at Ararat, and country training facilities at Eden Park, Yan Yean and Kyneton.

A wide selection of study options in vocational education are offered from short courses, pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships and traineeships through to certificate, diploma, advanced diploma, and bachelor degrees under the Australian Qualifications Framework. In 2010 there were 1,083 teaching staff and 641 support staff employed by NMIT who delivered over 550 courses.^[2] There were 44,500 students in Australia and a further 23,000 off-shore students at 26 partner institutions.^[3]

NMIT claims it is the largest provider of primary industry training in Victoria and one of the largest in Australia offering a diverse range of courses from practical short-courses to Bachelor degrees in Agriculture and Land Management, Aquaculture, Equine Studies, and Viticulture and Winemaking.^[4][5]

International Partnerships

NMIT is a global vocational education and training provider and offers qualifications in partnership with institutions in China, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, The Republic of Korea, India, Pakistan, Columbia and New Zealand.^[6] Students graduated in 2009 from NMIT programs at the following partner universities and colleges: Dalian Jiaotong University, Hangzhou Vocational and Technology College, Insurance Professional College, IEN-Start Institute Minjiang University, Jiyuan Vocational College, Luoyang University, Nanchang Hangkong University, Ocean University of China, Shandong Economic University, Sichuan College of Architectural Technology, Suzhou Vocational College, Taiyuan University of Technology, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Yunnan Institute of Information Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhongshan College, Huainan Normal University, Hong Kong Universal Education, Ansan College of Technology, Changshin College, Kunjang College, Suncheon Cheongam College, Saekyung College.^[7]

History

Preston Campus building B housing NMIT Administration.

The direct antecedents of NMIT are Preston College of TAFE and Collingwood College of TAFE which amalgamated in 1988. The new organisation was called Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE. Initial campuses were at Preston, Collingwood and Parkville with the Institute developing new campuses at Heidelberg, Greensborough and Epping.

The Epping Campus was developed and built in 1992. At the time the Institute were planning delivery of part-time, night-time horticulture programs. The Victorian Government, as part of a policy direction, stipulated courses needed to be also delivered in agriculture. From that point NMIT developed the resources to become the pre-eminent agricultural training organisation in Victoria by 2005.^[5]

A further name change to Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE occurred in 1996, with the NMIT acronym adopted in 1999. Training centres at Eden Park and Yan Yean were developed. In 2002 a campus was opened in Ararat on the site of the Aradale Mental Hospital, and a new training centre at Yarra Glen in the Yarra Valley region. In 2004 the Parkville campus closed and a new campus opened at Fairfield on the site of the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital.

In 2005 NMIT upgraded its telephone system from a Fujitsu telephone branched exchange to a full internet telephony network at a cost of about A$5 million. To enhance its negotiating power and technical support base for implementing a Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) system, NMIT lead a consortium of regional TAFEs (Gordon Institute of TAFE from Geelong, Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE, Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE and Wodonga Institute of TAFE) in migrating to the new telephony system.^[8]

The first Higher Education graduates from NMIT Bachelor degree programs were awarded their bachelor degrees in Applied Aquaculture, Viticulture and Winemaking and Equine Studies at the 2009 NMIT Graduation Ceremony.^[9] With the expansion of Bachelor degree programs NMIT is becoming a Dual sector education institution.

Collingwood Technical School

The antecedents of NMIT date back to a trade skills crisis in Victoria in the initial years of the twentieth century resulting in the passing of the 1910 Education Act No 2301 in the Victorian Parliament. This act allowed the establishment of technical schools.

Collingwood Campus of NMIT

Collingwood Technical School was established in July 1912 at 35 Johnston street. The bluestone buildings were originally built during the gold rush period in 1853 as the Collingwood Town Hall and Court House. Initial subjects studied included preliminary carpentry and pattern-making, plumbing, engineering, sheet iron work and bricklaying with students studying 2 hours per night, 3 nights a week.

Juniors enrolled at the start of 1913, and the school was classified as a trades school by the Victorian Education Department, offering courses in carpentry, fitting and turning, plumbing, bricklaying and plastering. Two years later electrical wiring and electrical and mechanical engineering were introduced.

During the first World War the school was also used for retraining returning servicemen.

In 1935, the junior school was the largest technical school in Melbourne with 788 enrolments, and with a total enrolment of 1769, but the establishment of Preston Technical School in 1937 reduced subsequent demand.

The school was renamed Collingwood Technical College in 1968.

To address a shortage of skilled gardeners, the college started its horticultural studies program at Parkville in 1979, with an initial 96 apprentices enrolled. The following year, 1980, the new nine story Otter Street Campus building was completed. The school had 8000 full-time and part-time students enrolled in TAFE courses at Collingwood.

The Minister of Education announced the closure of the school at the end of 1987 citing falling enrolments from 800 in 1963 to 200 in 1985, to 100 in 1987.^[10]

Preston Technical School

The Victorian Government opened the Preston Technical School in 1937 on land provided by Preston Council on St Georges Rd, and also supported by Northcote Council. After World War Two substantial expansion occurred with new workshop premises opened in 1947, followed by a Girls' Technical School in the mid 1950s. In 1951 Preston was the largest technical school in Victoria.

The 1950s also saw the introduction of the Preston Diploma School offering tertiary Diploma courses in engineering and science. By 1977 the combined school offered 100 courses. By 1987 the school was known as Preston College of TAFE and had 17,000 students enrolled prior to its amalgamation with Collingwood Technical College in 1988 to form the Northern Metropolitan College of TAFE.^[11]

Preston Campus Quadrangle at lunch time

Campuses

The Institute’s main campus and administration is located at Preston on St Georges Road.

Preston

Set on the site of Preston Technical School, this campus offers a variety of courses and facilities, including a Gym and football oval. Courses include information technology, hospitality and tourism, business and office administration, massage and hairdressing. The Hospitality Department runs a Tourism and Hospitality Training Centre which provides training bars, commercial kitchens and a simulated hotel foyer, front desk, hotel suite and the St Georges Restaurant and bistro which is run as a successful commercial venture.

The Centre of Excellence for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing is based at the Preston Campus. The centre was setup in 1993 by the Office of Training and Further Education (OTFE), later renamed Skills Victoria. The Centre's aim is to provide leadership, support and research to the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector on the needs of Deaf and hard of hearing students in Victoria.^[12]

An IELTS centre is based at Preston to test English language proficiency for academic and general purpose.^[13]

Collingwood

Located in an 8 story tower in Otter street, close to Smith Street, the Collingwood campus offers courses in information technology, multimedia, video production, hairdressing and contains the International Students office. A Cafeteria is located on the 3rd floor along with the Level 3 Bistro which hospitality students run during term times. IELTS testing is also conducted at Collingwood.

Fairfield

Fairfield Campus is set amidst picturesque Yarra Bend parklands close to the Yarra River and only a few kilometres from the CBD. Located on the site of the former Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, and many of the hospital's original buildings converted for student use. Facilities at the Fairfield Campus include photography studios and darkrooms, recording studios and fully equipped computer laboratories. Courses in illustration, visual arts, performing arts and horticulture are based at Fairfield.

The Fairfield plant nursery, run by horticulture students, is open to the public for sales Wednesday to Saturday 10 - 4 pm, near the Fairfield Nursery Cafe.^[14]

In 2008 and 2009 Yarra House on Fairfield campus is being redeveloped for residential student accommodation.^[15]

There is an AIDS Memorial Garden located in parklands adjacent to the campus where the ashes of at least 50 people are scattered. The garden was established on 22 April 1988 as a place of tranquillity and respite for patients in the AIDS Ward at the former Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital and their families and friends.^[16][17]

Greensborough

Greensborough Campus has a hilltop position which offers sweeping views of the distant city and surrounding area. Located in the heart of a residential growth area 25 kilometres north east of Melbourne, the Greensborough Campus caters to a diverse student base. The Greensborough Campus has gardens which are developed and maintained by students of the Landscape Gardening course.

Heidelberg

The Heidelberg campus contains the Manufacturing, Engineering and Building Industry Training Centre which was custom built in 1994. The technologically advanced training facilities provides workshops for each trade area allowing students to learn in an environment similar to real work situations using equipment and fittings donated by industry. The plumbing training facilities are recognised as a national industry benchmark including a plumbing sandpit, simulated house stations and an advanced gas training laboratory.^{[citation needed]}

NMIT provides the only locksmithing apprenticeship course in Victoria at its Heidelberg campus which attracts students from as far afield as Tasmania, South Australia, the Northern Territory and New Zealand.^[18]

Heidelberg Technical Education Centre (TEC), one of four established in the state, was established at NMIT Heidelberg campus. The $8 million Heidelberg Technical Education Centre was opened in May 2010.^[19]

Epping

The campus was initially developed in 1992 with State Government funding. NMIT has become the largest provider in Victoria of training to the agriculture sector^[5] with courses delivered from the Epping Campus located on Melbourne's northern rural fringe. Epping Campus is home to award winning courses in beef, goat, sheep and grain production. The campus also has welding workshops, a forklift training area, glass houses for herb production, a winery and hosts one of Victoria's few indoor recirculating aquaculture facilities. Students at courses at Epping also use the training facilities of a farm at Yan Yean and Northern Lodge, a 60 hectare horse stud and 8 hectare vineyard at Eden Park.

Green Skills Centre

The Epping campus has been home to NMIT’s centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainability with state-of-the-art facilities for courses in renewable energy.^[20] In 2009/2010 a Green Skills Centre of Excellence was constructed on the Campus with $9.5million of Federal Government funding.^[21][22]

The building was opened in November 2010 and features green building design; renewable energy sources including Geothermal heat pump for heating and cooling and solar panels (25 kW); Rainwater harvesting and recycling; green concrete with low cement content; and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) timber. Eighty per cent of the construction waste was recycled.^[23] The building has a Green Building Council of Australia GreenStar rating of 5 signifying 'Australian Excellence' in sustainable building design. The building is used for a range of courses teaching sustainable practices and technologies including in "carbon trading, solar power and solar water heating, wind power generation, geothermal exchange heating and cooling, black water and grey water treatment, rainwater harvesting, waste management and waste recycling, water resources management for horticulture, and agricultural and horticultural land conservation."^[24]

Green Skills Centre on Epping Campus

Ararat

In November 2002 a new campus and 30 hectare vineyard and 10 hectare olive grove and olive processing facility was opened at the former Aradale Mental Hospital site near Ararat, near the Pyrenees wine region. The campus was established to provide in Victoria a world-class wine and hospitality training facility. The campus accommodates up to 120 students, focusing on practical aspects of Wine Making, Marketing, Vineyard management and Food Processing (wine) subjects for its Certificate, Diploma and Bachelor degree courses.

Rural Training Centres

Eden Park

NMIT Northern Lodge Equine Stud with Melbourne CBD on the horizon

Northern Lodge is NMIT's 320 hectare farm and horse stud at Eden Park located 40 kilometres north of Melbourne in the foothills of Victoria's Great Dividing Range. The farm provides dedicated training for thoroughbred racing and viticulture. Northern Lodge was established in 1993 and includes irrigated pastures, stables, barn, a 1400 metres running track, and other facilities to enable a high standard of thoroughbred training. The first vineyard was planted by students in 1996 which has grown to 10 hectares including the varieties chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, semillon, riesling, pinot noir, shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and merlot.

During 2011 there have been community protests to stop the Eden Park Kangaroo Cull on the NMIT Eden Park property.^[25][26]

Yan Yean

NMIT operates a fully operational farming property at Yan Yean which is located 25 kilometres north of Melbourne. The 200 hectare property is dedicated to training students in cattle and deer farming, aquaculture and the production of medicinal herbs and essential oils.

Yarra Glen

NMIT has 12 hectares of Vineyards located at the Yarra Valley Racing Centre, with a 100-tonne winery constructed there in 2003.

NMIT Kyneton Park

NMIT entered into a joint agreement with the Kyneton District Racing Club in 2009 to use the facilities of the Kyneton Racecourse as an educational training facility running short courses from 1 August 2009. Courses will include weed identification and control, vermin control, gardening with natives, irrigation for the water-wise gardener, operating and maintaining chainsaws to fell small trees, tree and shrub pruning techniques, horse nutrition, pasture production and maintenance, wine appreciation, native plant identification, farm chemicals and whole farm planning. The racing facilities and associated infrastructure will also be incorporated in NMIT's equine studies programs.^[27][28]

Faculties

NMIT is structured with seven faculties each containing a number of Vocational education and training (VET) Teaching Departments and some containing Higher Education (Bachelor and Associate degree) programs.^[29] Many of the Bachelor degree courses have associate degrees embedded within them for an interim qualification and exit point after 2 years study.^[30]

Faculty	VET Teaching Departments	Higher Education
Arts and Social Sciences	Health & Community Studies Performing Arts Visual Arts	Creative Arts Bachelor of Illustration Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Music Industry Bachelor of Writing and Publishing
Building and Construction	Building Structures & Services Design, Drafting & Interior Fittings
Business	Business Enterprise Centre Commerce Information Technology Office Administration Sports & Recreation Work Education Centre	Business Bachelor of Accounting Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Information Technology Associate Degree in International Business Associate Degree in International Business Management
Earth Sciences	Agriculture & Animal Science Horticulture	Primary Industries Bachelor of Agriculture and Land Management Bachelor of Aquaculture Bachelor of Equine Studies Bachelor of Viticulture and Winemaking
Engineering	Computer Systems & Electrotechnology Mechanical Manufacturing
Further Education	Foundation Studies Koorie Services Vocational Pathways Youth Unit	Education Bachelor of Education (Early Years) Bachelor of Early Years Studies Associate Degree of Tertiary Studies
Tourism, Hospitality and Personal Service	Beauty Cookery Fitness Hairdressing Hospitality Massage Medical Tourism	Hospitality Bachelor of Hospitality Management

Courses

Academic staff of Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) on the stage at the 2009 Graduation Ceremony, with CEO Brian MacDonald speaking

Short Courses

Short vocational courses are offered in a wide variety of areas including: Beauty, Drafting, Multimedia, Hospitality, HR, IT, massage, Office Administration, Welding, Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Computer Aided Drafting (CAD), and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP). Courses in IELTS - International English Language Testing system - are constantly being run from Preston and Collingwood campuses to enhance the English skills of students from non-English speaking backgrounds, particularly international students.

Certificate and Diploma Courses

As a major vocational education provider in Melbourne NMIT offers a large variety of Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma Courses across all Faculties and teaching departments with many of the courses open for international students to enrol.

Degree Courses

In 2002 Victorian Education Minister Lynne Kosky announced that TAFEs would be able to offer Bachelor degrees in specialised vocational areas not catered for by universities.^[31] Legislation was passed in 2003 and NMIT became the first Victorian TAFE to offer an undergraduate degree in 2004: The Bachelor of Applied Aquaculture course with the first students enrolling at the start of 2005.^[32]

NMIT has since added undergraduate degree courses in Viticulture and Winemaking (2006), Equine Studies (2006), Australian Popular Music (2007),^[33] Hospitality Management (2008), Illustration (2008), Writing and Publishing (2008), Accounting (2011), and two in Early Years Education (2011).^[34] In 2012 new Bachelor Degrees are being launched in Business, Information Technology, and Music Industry.^[35]

Associate Degrees are also offered in Accounting, Agriculture and Land Management, Business, Early Years Studies, Equine Studies, Illustration, Information Technology, International Business, and International Business Management, Music, Music Industry, Writing and Publishing, and Tertiary Studies.

Bachelor of Aquaculture

The Bachelor of Aquaculture at NMIT was the first full-time course in applied aquaculture and aquatic environmental management at the Bachelor degree level to be offered by a Victorian TAFE institute.^[32] Aquaculture research has included captive breeding of Murray Cod and biodiesel from microalgae as part of this degree program.^[36][37]

Bachelor of Education (Early Years), Bachelor of Early Years Studies

In 2011 NMIT offered 2 Bachelor degrees in early childhood education: a 4 year Bachelor of Education (Early Years) degree, a 3 year Bachelor of Early Years Studies, and a 2 year Associate Degree in Early Years Studies. They are the first training courses run by a TAFE Institute in Victoria that has achieved registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.^[38]

Bachelor of Equine Studies

The degree in Equine studies has been hailed as the first course of its kind in Australia and a forerunner in higher education needed to professionalise the equine industry. Previous courses were only available at the Certificate or Diploma level at a variety of regional TAFEs. The course is based at NMIT's 300 hectares (741 acres) thoroughbred stud, Northern Lodge, north of Melbourne, which has sold its yearlings for up to $125,000 as part of its commercial activities.^[39] Northern Lodge was established in 1993 comprising 70 hectares (173 acres)plus an adjoining 270 hectares (667 acres) property on a long term-lease for the stud farm, training track and a vineyard.^[40]

Bachelor of Writing and Publishing

NMIT has established its own publishing arm - Flat Chat Press - to give hands on experience at writing, editing and management of the publishing process for Certificate IV and Diploma level Professional Writing and Editing students, as well as for Bachelor of Writing and Publishing students.^[41] Fantasy author Karen Simpson Nikakis was appointed in 2008 as the foundation head of the Bachelor Degree in Writing and Publishing.^[42][43]

Bachelor Music

The 3 year Bachelor degree include studies in jazz, classical, pop/rock, and world music and is structured around four strands : music tools and language; music practice; applying music technology and music and culture; and creativity and the music business.^[33] The course is taught by accomplished musicians and music educators: Nick Haywood, Greg Arnold, Eugene Ball and Adrian Sherriff. It joins the other music industry courses at the Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma levels that have been offered by NMIT since 1986 in sound production, music business, and music performance. NMIT has also introduced online courses in Songwriting, Arranging and Copyright for musicians which are units in its National Music Training Package.^[44]

Bachelor of Viticulture and Winemaking

NMIT has been running wine training at its Epping campus since 1993 and in the Yarra Valley since 1994.^[45] The Bachelor of Viticulture and Winemaking degree commenced in February 2006 using the facilities of the Australian College of Wine, established by NMIT in 2001 to enable state-of-the-art training in viticulture, winemaking and hospitality.

Graduation Colours

At the yearly graduation ceremony graduates (Diploma and above) are presented their qualification in academic dress. The NMIT board have approved the following colours to represent the different fields of study (colour samples are approximate)^[7]:

Academic Colour	Field of study	Sample
Ruby	Applied Art including Visual Arts, Vocational Pathways
Cherry	Building including Design, Drafting and Interior Fittings
Ultramarine	Business including Business Services, Commerce, Information Technology, Office Administration
Parma violet	Engineering including computer systems and electrotechnology, civil engineering, mechanical manufacturing
Burnt Orange	Koorie
Fuchsia	Performing Arts including music
Jade	Personal Services including Hospitality, Personal Services, Tourism
Spectrum Green	Rural Studies and Horticulture including Agriculture and animal science, Horticulture
Buttercup	Social and Community Services including Children's Services, Health and Community Studies

Australian College of Wine

A recent photo of Australian College of Wine Campus at Aradale. Photo by Liz Trevaskis.

In 2001 the Victorian Government provided $7.4 million to NMIT to establish the Australian College of Wine, announcing a new teaching facility with 12 hectares of vines in the Yarra Valley wine region and a new campus and 30 hectares (74 acres) vineyard and 10 hectares (25 acres) olive grove and olive processing facility at the former Aradale Mental Hospital site near Ararat, near the Pyrenees wine region. The College was established to provide in Victoria a world-class wine and hospitality training facility.^[46]

Some within the wine industry, such as the Yarra Valley Wine Growers Association, objected to the establishment of the Australian College of Wine, on the grounds that existing institutions: Charles Sturt University at Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, Adelaide University in South Australia and Swinburne University of Technology campus at Lilydale, produced enough graduates for the industry.^[45]

The NMIT Australian College of Wine campus at Aradale was officially opened by Education and Training Minister, Lynne Kosky in November 2002. The college accommodates up to 120 students, focusing on practical aspects of Wine Making, Marketing, Vineyard management and Food Processing (wine) subjects for its Certificate, Diploma and Bachelor degree courses.^[47]

NMIT has taught various courses associated with winemaking and viticulture at its Epping campus since 1993 which has a 100 tonne winery a470 hectares (1,161 acres) and a licence to market and sell wine. NMIT students planted vines in 1996 at the NMIT owned 470-hectare thoroughbred stud, Northern Lodge, at Eden Park 40 km north of Melbourne. The first vintage was bottled in 1998. The first Gold Medal, for a 2002 Shiraz, was awarded in 2003 at the prestigious Royal Adelaide Wine Show. Numerous wine show awards have since been won for wines produced by NMIT students with the Australian College of Wine.^[48]

In 2003 new wineries of 100-tonne at both Eden Park and Yarra Glen and 250-tonne at Aradale were constructed as part of the development of the Australian College of Wine.^[48] State and Regional Development Minister John Brumby announced that NMIT would run a $1 billion viticulture training project at Panzhihua University in China's south-west from 2004.^[49]

The college is a member of the Grampians Winemakers Association and is a major sponsor of the annual Grampians Gourmet Food and Wine Festival.^[50]

Institute Awards

• 2011 - A team of four NMIT cookery students won the Victorian Tafe Cookery Challenge^[51]
• 2010 - Australian Institute of Professional Photography Tertiary Institution of the Year Award^[52]
• 2008 - Australian Institute of Professional Photography Tertiary Institution of the Year Award^[53]
• 2007 Victorian Tourism Awards - Winner of Tourism Education and Training Award, Faculty of Hospitality, Tourism and Personal Services^[6]
• 2006 Best New Centre Award - IELTS Australia
• 2006 Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) Tertiary Institute Award^[54]
• Wines produced by NMIT students have won medals in the Australian Small Winemakers Show, Royal Hobart Wine Show, Royal Melbourne Wine Show, Victorian Wines Show, Royal Adelaide Show.^[55]

Alumni

Preston Campus Building E of NMIT, from St Georges Road

Some of the noteworthy people who have attended NMIT or its antecedents:

• Ron Barassi - Australian rules footballer and coach - student at Preston Technical Schooler
• Basic shape - folk/pop/indie band whose members attended NMIT music courses^[56]
• Amy Findlay of Stonefield is a 2010 Music Degree graduate.^[57]
• Jon Faine - ABC Broadcaster
• Frank Gibson - Professor of Biochemistry, Melbourne University, ANU - student at Collingwood Technical College
• Neil Harvey - vice-captained Australian cricket team - student at Collingwood Technical School
• Phil Heuzenroeder - musician and creative music director
• Bill Lawry - captained Australian cricket team - student at Preston Technical School
• Chris Lewis - Circus Oz music director
• John O'Hagan - Circus Oz music director
• Edmond Amendola, David Williams, Adam Donovan - founding members of band Augie March
• Michael Pratt recipient of the George Cross for bravery - student at Preston Technical School
• Jasmine Rae -Country singer and songwriter
• Lou Richards - Australian rules footballer - student at Collingwood Technical School
• Ron Richards - Australian rules footballer - student at Collingwood Technical School
• Stan Rofe - influential rock'n'roll disc jockey - student at Collingwood Technical School
• Paul Stoddart - airline magnate - studied at Preston Technical School
• Frank Wilkes - politician and Victorian parliamentary Labor leader - student at Preston Technical School
• Marcel Yammouni - musical director of Vanessa Amorosi

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