The term Training Centre, in Victoria, described an institution for people with an intellectual disability. Its use dates back to the Mental Health Act 1959. Before the passage of the 1959 act, institutions for children with intellectual disabilities were known as ‘colonies’.
Training centres are not to be confused with Day Training Centres, another type of institution for the disabled, that did not provide residential accommodation. They are also different from a Youth Training Centre, which was for juvenile offenders.