The Don College
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The Don College is located in Don
, a suburb of Devonport
on the North-West coast of Tasmania
. "Don", as it is commonly known to residents of Devonport, is a college where one can study year 11 and 12 before attending the University of Tasmania
. Students come to study there from as far as Penguin, a small town about 30 km west of Devonport, and Deloraine, another small down about 50 km south of Devonport. It is one of only two public schools where one can study year 11 and 12 on the North-West coast, the only public school place being Hellyer College
.
In 2009, the Don College was renamed the Don Campus of the Tasmanian Polytechnic which delivers Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) Courses and also became the Don Campus of the Tasmanian Academy which provides courses for TCE qualifications in order to enter University.
Don College, built prior to 1973, was originally designed to have four large circular buildings, however there was no need at the time of construction for all four so there was a planned delay in completion of the final two. In later years, the changes to construction methods and reduction in overall costs made any expansion to four circles meaningless. All classrooms conveniently located in terrapins with sweeping views of endless bush land. The building and walkways of Don College are an excellent example of Brutalist Architecture in Devonport and Tasmania. Its scale makes it one of the largest examples of the style in Devonport.
The college has two common use rooms, northern and southern, the two being very different environments. The southern common room started out in the late 1970s as the "smokers" common room. The northern common room is named so because of the windows facing the north which fill the common room with light. Students also spend their free time outside on the northern lawn or in the library, the gym or the music room.
Don, Tasmania
Don is a suburb of Devonport Tasmania, situated on the Don River. It is home to the Don River Railway. Don also has a Presbyterian church....
, a suburb of Devonport
Devonport, Tasmania
-Sport:The Devonport Football Club is an Australian Rules team competing in the Tasmanian Statewide League. The Devonport Rugby Club is a Rugby Union team competing in the Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide League...
on the North-West coast of Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
. "Don", as it is commonly known to residents of Devonport, is a college where one can study year 11 and 12 before attending the University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
. Students come to study there from as far as Penguin, a small town about 30 km west of Devonport, and Deloraine, another small down about 50 km south of Devonport. It is one of only two public schools where one can study year 11 and 12 on the North-West coast, the only public school place being Hellyer College
Hellyer College
Hellyer College is one of eight senior secondary public education colleges in Tasmania, Australia. Hellyer College is the smallest college in Tasmania. Established in 1976, it provides academic and vocational training to around 700 students from around North-West Tasmania, including the West...
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In 2009, the Don College was renamed the Don Campus of the Tasmanian Polytechnic which delivers Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) Courses and also became the Don Campus of the Tasmanian Academy which provides courses for TCE qualifications in order to enter University.
Don College, built prior to 1973, was originally designed to have four large circular buildings, however there was no need at the time of construction for all four so there was a planned delay in completion of the final two. In later years, the changes to construction methods and reduction in overall costs made any expansion to four circles meaningless. All classrooms conveniently located in terrapins with sweeping views of endless bush land. The building and walkways of Don College are an excellent example of Brutalist Architecture in Devonport and Tasmania. Its scale makes it one of the largest examples of the style in Devonport.
The college has two common use rooms, northern and southern, the two being very different environments. The southern common room started out in the late 1970s as the "smokers" common room. The northern common room is named so because of the windows facing the north which fill the common room with light. Students also spend their free time outside on the northern lawn or in the library, the gym or the music room.
Productions
Don has a tradition of biennial musical productions, some of which include:- 2011 - Guys and DollsGuys and DollsGuys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure", two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably...
- 2009 - Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision
- 2007 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...
- 2005 - OliverOliver!Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
- 2003 - CarouselCarousel (musical)Carousel is the second stage musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II . The work premiered in 1945 and was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline...
- 2001 - Children of EdenChildren of EdenChildren of Eden is a two-act musical play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird. The musical is based on the Book of Genesis. Act I tells the story of Adam and Eve, Cain, and Abel, and Act II deals with Noah and the Flood...
- 1999 - PippinPippin (musical)Pippin is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto...
- 1985 - Bye Bye Birdie