Feature Story

Design drawings for constructing the COLTECH lathe were sent to the Central Drawing Office in Maribyrnong where it was to be modified and so could be used for other purposes; drawings were supplied to other States and New Zealand.

During this Decade

Great Depression hits Australia hard – at its peak in the early 1930s around one third of Australians were out of work.

NMIT Milestones

1930: Mr. Matthew Richardson, foundation Principal of Collingwood Technical School from 1912, retires.

The Rise of Vocational Education

In the 1930s, the Age Newspaper was adding its voice to the calls to invest in technical education as a way to improve the employability of youth and to combat youth unemployment, at a time when there was an identified lack of trades-qualified workers. A call that the echoes to the present day.

Student Enrolments

By 1939 Collingwood Technical School had 630 secondary and 1692 post secondary enrolments

Did you know?

Preston flagpole
The Australian Natives Association donated the flagpole for during the establishment of Preston Technical School.

Final Siren

In the VFL the Premiers were Geelong (1931), Richmond (1932), South Melbourne (1933), Richmond (1934), Collingwood (1935 and 1936), Geelong (1937), Carlton (1938), Melbourne (1939 and 1940).

Winning Post

Melbourne Cup winners for the 1930s were Phar Lap (1930), White Nose (1931), Peter Pan (1932), Hall Mark (1933), Peter Pan (1934), Marabou (1935), Wotan (1936), The Trump (1937), Catalogue (1938), and Rivette (1939).