The creative arts faculty of the University of New South Wales (COFA), formed 1 January 1990 from the City Art Institute.
Teacher training college established in 1958. Classes were conducted at five different sites in inner-Sydney, with the main campus in Albion Avenue, an administrative campus was in Commonwealth Street and other venues ine in Flinders Street. In 1981 the fine arts training component became the City Art Institute in Paddington and the remainder moved to Oatley as the St George Institute of Education.
Incorporated by Act of the Parliament in 1949, its development can be traced back to the formation of the Sydney Mechanics Institute in 1843 and Sydney Technical College in 1878.