 The new Aboriginal Education Unit also provided a bridging course for indigenous students, but was assigned facilities at Milperra campus which were so dilapidated students reportedly nicknamed them "the Mission".In 1981, the college faced a strong push from a "razor gang" set up by the Fraser federal government to amalgamate with either the Sydney College of Advanced Education or the Nepean College of Advanced Education.It opposed the merger proposal, and was supported in wanting to retain its independence by the state government and its education minister, Ron Mulock.