The State College of Victoria at Rusden was formed in 1973 by the merger of Larnook Teachers' College and Monash Teachers' College. On December 23 1981 the State College of Victoria at Rusden merged with the State College of Victoria at Burwood, The State College of Victoria at Toorak and the Prahran College of Advanced Education and became Victoria College. Works by these bodies are found under the name used at the time of publication.