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General information about the Mildura Campus

The main campus at Mildura is located at 471 Benetook Avenue, between Eleventh and Fourteenth Streets, Mildura, and is three kilometres from the city centre and serviced by public transport.

The City campus at Mildura is located in the George and William Chaffey Building at 29 Deakin Avenue in the Mildura CBD.

The Visual Arts Research Studio is located in the Mildura arts precinct at 7 Chaffey Avenue, Mildura.

Student services

Student services include: counselling, disability support, Indigenous student support, student transition and peer mentoring, accommodation services, financial aid advice, language and academic skills assistance.

Office of the Director, Indigenous Education

The Indigenous Student Service Unit at Mildura is:

Support and guidance are available to students who are Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders. Please refer to the Office of the Director, Indigenous Education entry in this Handbook for details.

Campus facilities

The Brian Grogan Building at the Mildura Campus includes a 150-seat lecture theatre (with videoconferencing), tutorial/seminar rooms, computer resource laboratory, nursing laboratory, administration and lecturer offices. The building also houses the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Lower Basin Laboratory. Other facilities in or near the building include shaded outdoor areas, library, on-site student residential accommodation, book shop, food outlets, child care facility and free car parking.

The George and William Chaffey Building, (Deakin Avenue Campus) comprises lecture and seminar rooms, student lounge and courtyard, computer resource laboratory and Business and Social Work staff offices.

The Visual Arts Research Studio, (Chaffey Avenue) comprises individual work studios and exhibition spaces for postgraduate and honours students studying the visual arts.

Facilities, which are shared with the Sunraysia Institute of TAFE for fine art include extensive painting, print making, sculpture, drawing and photographic/multimedia studios associated with darkrooms for black and white and colour production. A networked Apple computer system, scanners, laser printers and digital video editing suite are utilised in the Visual Arts courses.

Library

The Gambetta Library is a shared facility of La Trobe University and Sunraysia Institute of TAFE, and provides core materials for all subjects and courses taught at the Mildura campus. Extra material may be sourced from the larger campuses via inter-campus loan and the Library’s growing collection of electronic resources is available to students at all campuses. Computer workstations are available for assignment preparation, and for accessing material held by the Library in electronic format. High-quality photocopying and printing facilities are available in the Library. Training and help is available for individuals and class groups to support research and information skills.

Subjects offered at Mildura

The programs offered at the campus are controlled by the faculties of The University and are delivered, in most instances, by staff located at the campus. In some cases visiting staff from other campuses deliver lectures, tutorials and other programs for students. In the following sections the programs offered at the campus are listed under the relevant faculties and schools. The names of contact people at the campus are provided for those seeking information about particular courses.

For full descriptions of all subjects taught at the campus, students should access the Subject Database at: www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.

For an explanation of teaching periods and campus codes see the ‘General Information’ chapters of this Handbook.