Sydney TAFE, Technical education institution in New South Wales, Australia

Sydney TAFE, formerly the Sydney Institute of Technology, is one of Australia's largest education and training institutions, with seven colleges across eight campuses, including the design school at Enmore. Its main campus is in Ultimo, and its colleges include Eora College in Redfern, Petersham, Randwick, St George, Sutherland with Gymea and Loftus campuses, and Ultimo. Courses range from architecture and automotive to fashion, graphic arts, hairdressing and beauty, hospitality and information technology.

TAFE NSW traces its origins to over 180 years of vocational training in New South Wales. Technical education was renamed TAFE and made its own educational body with the creation of the Technical and Further Education Commission (TAFEC) and Commonwealth funding. The Eora Centre for the Visual and Performing Arts opened in July 1984 on Regent Street, Chippendale, founded by Aboriginal playwright Bob Merritt with support from Education Minister Rodney Cavalier. All TAFE NSW institutes were united as one registered training organisation on 1 January 2019.

The Eora campus at Darlington grew from the Eora Centre for the Visual and Performing Arts, founded in July 1984 by Aboriginal playwright Bob Merritt on Regent Street, Chippendale. Merritt wanted to train Aboriginal students in the arts as an alternative to NIDA and the Australian Film and Television School. Teachers included Bob Maza, Brian Syron and George Ogilvie, and singer Jimmy Little worked there in the 1980s.

Sydney Metro institutes run 130 campuses statewide, with the main Sydney Institute campus at Ultimo and others at Enmore, Petersham, Randwick, St George, Gymea, Loftus and Darlington. Check the exact campus address before travelling, since sites sit in different suburbs. Eora campus is on Abercrombie Street, Darlington. Training spaces are staffed on weekdays during the day; times vary by course.

The institution partners with hundreds of businesses to provide students with real work experience in their chosen fields. These partnerships allow participants to develop practical skills in actual workplace settings while completing their training.