staff, and guests of the university. In February 2016, the Student Village in Maidstone was replaced with the newly built UniLodge Victoria University, a 13-story apartment building across the road from the Footscray Park Campus on Ballarat Road, Footscray. International House, a traditional residential college located at the University of Melbourne, also offers places to Victoria University students. Notable people Staff Tony Birch, poet, novelist, author Peter Dixon, economist Craig Emerson, former Australian politician Gary Foley, Indigenous activist and historian Ian Gray, magistrate Michael Kirby, retired High Court judge Alan Kohler, financial journalist and editor Chris Maxwell QC, barrister Nyadol Nyuon, lawyer and regular media commentator and advocate for South Sudanese community Robert Richter QC, barrister Christopher Sonn, social psychologist Robert Stary, criminal law specialist Alumni Sukhbold Sukhee, Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Mongolia Ali Abdo, Olympic wrestler Liam Adams, long-distance running champion Ngconde Balfour, former South African sport and recreation minister Ron Barassi, Australian Football League legend Nathan Brown, former AFL player and commentator Marion May Campbell, author and Associate Professor of Professional and Creative Writing at Deakin University Doug Chappel, comedian and actor Bianca Chatfield, netballer, media and sports presenter Jeffrey Cheah, founder of the Sunway Group Simon Garlick, CEO of the Western Bulldogs Andrew Gaze, former basketballer Brad Green, former Melbourne footballer and current Carlton Football Club development coach Alwyn Jones, national champion triple jumper Alan Kohler, financial journalist Telmo Languiller, Victorian MP Tammy Lobato, Victorian MP Mike McKay, Olympian and member of the "Oarsome Foursome" Pia Miranda, actress Danny Morseu, first Torres Strait Islander to represent Australia at the Olympics Nyadol Nyuon, litigation lawyer and regular media commentator and advocate for South Sudanese community Campbell Rose, former CEO of the Western Bulldogs Larry Sengstock, former basketballer Fatai Veamatahau, finalist in The Voice, 2012 Mitch Wallis, footballer, Western Bulldogs Kim Wells, Victoria State Government Treasurer Deepak Vinayak, Community Leader, Melbourne Easton Wood, Western Bulldogs AFL premiership captain See also List of universities in Australia References Further reading Rasmussen, Carolyn (1989), Poor Man's University: 75 years of Technical Education in Footscray, Melbourne: The Press of the Footscray Institute of Technology 90 Years, 90 Legends (2006), Melbourne: Published by Victoria University External links Australian vocational education and training providers Universities in Melbourne TAFE Colleges in Melbourne 1990 establishments in Australia Educational institutions established in 1990 Universities established in the 1990s