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A new arts precinct for Melbourne

A former Collingwood TAFE college looks set to become Melbourne’s next arts precinct under current plans being developed by Arts Victoria.
3 May 2013 12:00
Richard Watts

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A former Collingwood TAFE college looks set to become Melbourne’s next arts precinct under current plans being developed by Arts Victoria.

The 8,700m2 (approximately 0.87 hectare) site at 35 Johnston Street, Collingwood, previously occupied by the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT), was vacated in 2004/2005 in a staged withdrawal.    

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts

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