Alexander Mackie College was a tertiary education institution that trained school teachers in Sydney, Australia. It existed from 1958 to 1974 ^[1] continuing as Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education from 1975 to 1981. ^[2] In January 1982 the college was reformed into two institutes, St George Institute of Education ^[3] and City Art Institute ^[4] under the umbrella of the new Sydney College of Advanced Education. ^[5]

History

Alexander Mackie College (AMC) was established in 1958 at Paddington. ^[1] Mr. W. E. Hart was its first principal and Dr Campbell the deputy principal. ^[1] The college initially trained primary and infant school teachers. Later it became a college training teachers in art, music, science and social science. ^{[6] [1]}

Due to increasing student numbers the main teaching campus in Albion Avenue was too small and the college conducted classes at five different sites in inner-Sydney. ^[1]

From 1 September 1971, Alexander Mackie College was declared a college of advanced education within the Department of Education, NSW. ^[7]

Notable people

Students:

• David Keeling, artist
• Frances Phoenix, feminist artist

Teachers:

• Maurice Saxby, literary critic

References

Further reading

• Alexander Mackie (1975), The Art School, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education, retrieved 28 January 2015