Ballarat High School
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Ballarat, Victoria, Australia  |
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| Coordinates | 37°33′16″S 143°49′05″E / 37.55444°S 143.81806°ECoordinates: 37°33′16″S 143°49′05″E / 37.55444°S 143.81806°E |
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| Type | Public, Co-educational, Secondary, Day school |
| Established | 1907[1] |
| Enrolment | ~1,398 (7–12)[2] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue, Green and Light Blue |
| Website | www.ballaraths.vic.edu.au |
Ballarat High School is a government secondary school located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The school was opened in 1907 as an agricultural college before transitioning to an academic focus in 1925.
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[edit] History
The School moved from its initial location in the Ballarat central business district to its present site in Sturt Street West, Ballarat in 1910. As part of the agricultural focus of the school, students and staff undertook the building of sheds around a central three-storey red brick building. A large concrete silo was also built and remains next to the existing school grounds and is listed on Heritage Council of Victoria's register. Of particular significance within the main building is Peacock Hall, named after Sir Alexander Peacock (a former Premier of the State of Victoria). The hall is located on the second floor and features large stain glass windows across both ends of the hall. Honour boards listing students who served in World War I are mounted across the front of the hall, along with boards listing school captains, school council chairs, and school dux. A large mural dedicated to those who served in World War I is also within the hall. A major renovation of the original building was undertaken in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with its main role now being the housing of the school's administration with a limited number of classrooms.
[edit] Sports
Since 1996, the School has been a Specialist Sport School and is a member of the Ballarat Public Schools' Association. Students represent the school in a range of sports across all year levels including Australian rules football, rowing, tennis, basketball, netball, Field hockey, and cricket.
[edit] Music
Ballarat High School has a number of student bands, including the Concert Band and two stage bands; The Whizbang and BoB bands. Performances are frequently shown throughout the year to a range of audiences, with the BoB band performing at a Cabaret once every year and both stage bands performing at the quarterly whole school assemblies. Both the Concert and Whizbang bands release an annual CD made possible by Right Click Records, a local recording company.
[edit] Old Boys
- Edgar James Bartrop,[3] Businessman and community leader
- Prof. Geoffrey Blainey, Professor of History in the University of Melbourne and Chair in Australian Studies, Harvard University
- Sir William Bridgeford, Soldier, Royal Military College, Duntroon graduate and C.E.O. of the organising committee for the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games
- Wilfred Graham Burchett,[4] Journalist with London Financial Times and the New York National Guardian, and accused Soviet KGB spy
- James Stuart Campbell,[5] Actor
- Lieutenant Arthur Herbert Curwen-Walker,[6] Soldier, Royal Military College, Duntroon graduate and related to Ballarat's Law firm, Curwen-Walker, Solicitors
- Harry Leslie Ewen Dunkley,[7] Soldier, Military Cross awardee and Schoolmaster at Geelong College
- Francis Gordon Elford,[8] Ornithologist at the National Museum of Victoria, and Deputy Registrar of University of Melbourne
- Hon. Tom Evans MLA,[9] Businessman and Member of Parliament
- Frank Lionel Fitzpatrick,[10] Soldier, Businessman, and President Australian Institute of Management
- William Charles Groves,[11] Anthropologist and educationist, Director of Education, Territory of Papua-New Guinea and Fellow of the Australian National Research Council
- Very Rev. Prof. William Hewitson,[12] Professor of English Bible and Practical Training, University of Otago and Minister of Religion in the Presbyterian Church
- Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Lockwood CBE MVO DSC MD (Melb) BS FRACP FACMA RAN,[13] Medical Director-General to the RAN, Honorary Surgeon to HM King George VI and HM Queen Elizabeth II, and VFL footballer with Melbourne University Football Club
- Sir Kenneth Luke, Businessman and President of the Carlton Football Club and the Victorian Football League, and inductee of the AFL Hall of Fame in 1996
- Prof. William Bowie MacDonald,[14] Medical Practitioner and lecturer in Paediatrics, Harvard Medical School
- Wes Walters,[15] Artist and Archibald Prize winner
- Dr. Robert Norman Wardle,[16] Veterinarian and Director of the Division of Veterinary Hygiene, Commonwealth Department of Health, Australia
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "A Brief History of Ballarat High School". School History. Ballarat High School. http://www.ballaraths.vic.edu.au/. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "Ballarat High School". Schools Online. Victorian Government. http://www.education.vic.gov.au/schoolsonline/Details.asp?LocationID=01754001&PG=1&PGD=1&SN=&SS=ballarat&SP=&SR=-1&SG=-1&SNM=&ST=&SAW=&SEP=&SOW=&SPH=Default.asp:Home:Search.asp:Search:Results.asp:Results&StartWith=A&SDI=. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ E.J.Bartop Biography
- ^ W.G.Burchett Biography
- ^ J.S.Campbell obituary
- ^ A.H.Curwen-Walker Family Biography in JACK KEITH CURWEN–WALKER (1888 – 1918) entry.
- ^ H.L.E.Dunkley Biography
- ^ F.G.Elford Biography at CSIRO.
- ^ Hon. T.Evans Obitury in the The Courier (Ballarat)
- ^ F.L.Fitzpatrick Biography
- ^ W.C.Groves Biography
- ^ Very Rev. W.Hewitson Biography
- ^ L.Lockwood JMVH Biography
- ^ W.B.MacDonald Biography at Royal Australian College of Physicians
- ^ W.Walters University of Ballarat Honour Roll
- ^ R.N.Wardle Biography
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