Alexander Mackie College Calendars & Handbooks

This collection contains the Alexander Mackie College calendars / handbooks from 1959 - 1981. Initially known as a calendar, from 1976 - 1981 the publication was known as a handbook.

Alexander Mackie College (AMC) began life in September 1958 with its first intake of students, although it was not until 9 September 1959 that the first term began. It was officially opened on 20 November 1961.

As from 1 September 1971, under the terms of the Higher Education Act, 1969, no. 29, AMC was declared a college of advanced education within the NSW Department of Education. This, however, did not alter its main function as a single purpose teacher education college. Following the proclamation of the Higher Education Act, 1975, No. 40, AMC became the multi-disciplinary Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education (AMCAE). It was declared on 1 August 1974 within the Ministry of Education and incorporated on 1 December, 1974.

In 1975 AMCAE had in place two major schools, Art and Education, offering several degree and award courses. Towards the end of the 1970s, new courses in the field of General and Community Studies were introduced. 

Sydney College of Advanced Education Regulation, 1981 was the delegated legislation to the Higher Education Act, 1975, no. 40, which created the corporate entity known as the Sydney College of Advanced Education. Under the terms of the Regulation, AMCAE was reconstituted into two separate institutes, St George Institute of Education and City Art Institute and incorporated into the new Sydney College of Advanced Education. The new structure came into effect from 1 January 1982 and so AMCAE ceased to exist from this date.

Alexander Mackie College's successor institutions - St George Institute of Education and the City Art Institute - later amalgamated with UNSW in 1990.

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