History
Kangan Institute dates back to 1925 was involves the merger of three major institutes - John Batman, Broadmeadows College and the Richmond automotive campus of Barton Institute of TAFE.
- 1925 — Richmond Technical School established, delivering motor mechanics training as part of the post-Depression Youth Employment Scheme
- 1969 — Overcrowding splits Richmond Technical School's secondary education and TAFE functions into Richmond Technical School and Richmond College of TAFE
- 1970 — Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) transfers its automotive training programs to Batman Automotive College, Coburg. Batman College changes its name to John Batman Institute of TAFE
- 1985 — Broadmeadows College of TAFE established
- 1994 — Moorabbin and Richmond Colleges of TAFE merge to form the Richmond Automotive Campus of Barton Institute of TAFE
- 1995 — Broadmeadows College of TAFE changes its name to Kangan Institute of TAFE, in honour of Myer Kangan OBE AO, the founder of Australia's TAFE system
- 1997 — John Batman and Kangan Institutes of TAFE amalgamate to form Kangan Batman TAFE
- 1998 — Kangan Batman TAFE acquires Richmond automotive campus of Barton Institute of TAFE
- 2006 — Kangan Batman TAFE opens its newest campus - Automotive Centre of Excellence - Docklands
- 2010 — Officially relaunched as Kangan Institute on the 18th February.
- 2011 — Kangan Institute opens Centre for Better Living department in Moonee Ponds.
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