Melbourne University, Dookie campus (formerly known as Dookie Agricultural College) is an agricultural campus of Melbourne University near the town of Dookie, Victoria. [1] It is the oldest agricultural college in Victoria. [2]
The campus has a broadacre farm, dairy farm, orchard and winery, alongside teaching facilities, supporting both research and the university's Bachelor of Agriculture and other courses delivered there. [1]
It was established as the Dookie Agricultural College on 4 October 1886, operated by the Council of Agricultural Education. [1] The establishment followed a decade of discussion about the possibility of establishing an agricultural college, with the pre-existing Dookie Experimental Farm site reserved in 1875. [3] It was the first of a planned series of agricultural colleges in Victoria and at its opening, had forty students undertaking a three-year course. [4]
The college became a College of Advanced Education with the introduction of CAEs in 1967. [5] It was amalgamated into the multi-campus Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture in 1983. [6] [7] It was then amalgamated with the University of Melbourne in 1997, becoming the university's Dookie campus. [2]
Melbourne University, Dookie campus (formerly known as Dookie Agricultural College) is an agricultural campus of Melbourne University near the town of Dookie, Victoria. [1] It is the oldest agricultural college in Victoria. [2]
The campus has a broadacre farm, dairy farm, orchard and winery, alongside teaching facilities, supporting both research and the university's Bachelor of Agriculture and other courses delivered there. [1]
It was established as the Dookie Agricultural College on 4 October 1886, operated by the Council of Agricultural Education. [1] The establishment followed a decade of discussion about the possibility of establishing an agricultural college, with the pre-existing Dookie Experimental Farm site reserved in 1875. [3] It was the first of a planned series of agricultural colleges in Victoria and at its opening, had forty students undertaking a three-year course. [4]
The college became a College of Advanced Education with the introduction of CAEs in 1967. [5] It was amalgamated into the multi-campus Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture in 1983. [6] [7] It was then amalgamated with the University of Melbourne in 1997, becoming the university's Dookie campus. [2]