Avondale College Avondale College is a Christian Co-educational institution with its main campus in the City of Lake Macquarie between the lake and the picturesque Watagan Mountains. The second campus is in Sydney's north shore suburb of Wahroonga adjacent to the Sydney Adventist Hospital. One of Australia's oldest providers of Christian Higher Education, Avondale was founded in 1897 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It has seven faculties that offer a wide range of courses at both graduate and undergraduate level in the liberal and fine arts, sciences, business, communication, nursing, religion, and teacher education.
Vocational training is also available in office administration, outdoor recreation and aviation.
Avondale has earned national and international recognition for teaching excellence with a focus on the development of the whole person. The Cooranbong campus is conveniently located just a few minutes drive from Lake Macquarie and the NSW Central Coast beaches. Newcastle is the closest provincial city and Sydney, the City of the 2000 Olympics, is just 60 minutes by train or freeway. This means that students can enjoy study in a rural setting but enjoy easy access to the surf and the city with its cultural and sporting events and activities. Modern facilities such as a heated swimming pool, sports centre, music centre, spacious library and shops, cater for the needs of the largely residential student body.