Corporate Body

Dookie Agricultural College (1886 - 1983)

From
4 October 1886
Dookie, Victoria, Australia
To
1983
Functions
Agricultural college, Education and Agricultural Industry
Location
Dookie, Victoria

Summary

The Dookie Agricultural College was established in 1886, the first agricultural college for the state of Victoria and the second for Australia. In 1983 the Dookie Agricultural College became the Dookie Campus of the Victorian College of Agriculture.

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Timeline

 1886 - 1983 Dookie Agricultural College
       1983 - 1997 Dookie Campus
             1997 - Dookie College

Related People

Published resources

Books

  • Aldridge, Roger, Dookie College: the first 100 years (Melbourne: Victoria College of Agriculture and Horticulture, 1986). Details

Resources

See also

Ailie Smith

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