About Us

AVONDALE is a Christian higher education provider, located in the Hunter/Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Nestled between the Watagan Mountains and Lake Macquarie, its rural setting and diverse lifestyle has drawn many from across Australia and overseas. Our Nursing campus is based on the grounds of the Sydney Adventist Hospital, one of Australia’s most highly regarded hospitals.

Avondale is unique among Australian tertiary educational institutions.
• Small—with about 1,300 students
• Private—ensuring high-level professional tuition
• Christian—encouraging a strong service ethic in professionally qualified graduates.

Degree programs are available in Education, Nursing, Arts, Business, Science, and Theology. We also have Vocational programs in Outdoor Recreation.

ONE MISSION aims to mobilise volunteers of Avondale College and the community by providing carefully selected community development projects within Australia and developing countries around the world. In doing so, individuals are enabled to share valuable resources and expertise in a world outside their own. By reaching out in service, proactive volunteers will gain as much as they give through new understanding, new friendships and a greater love for the people in our world.

ONE is an endorsed initiative of Avondale and the Adventist Volunteer Service in the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.