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Hale School, informally known as Hale, is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Founded by Bishop Hale in 1858,[1] Hale School is the oldest private boys' school in Western Australia. The school was originally situated on St Georges Terrace in Perth, relocating in 1914 to West Perth, and in 1961 to its current premises in Wembley Downs. The campus consists of a senior school for Years 8 to 12 and a junior school for Years 1 to 7, sporting grounds, and boarding facilities for regional and international students.

The school is a member of the Public Schools Association and the Junior School Heads Association of Australia. Hale's sister school is St Mary's Anglican Girls' School located in Karrinyup. In 2008, Hale School will celebrate 150 Years.

History

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Old Hale School at Havelock Street, opposite the Parliament of Western Australia

Hale School was founded in 1858 by the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Matthew Blagden Hale.[2] An intrinsic part of Australia's colonial history, it was responsible for educating the vast majority of the Swan River Colony's native-born men who later became influential members of "The Establishment" (see Alumni, below). Modelled on England's prestigious public schools, it has sometimes been accused of being elitist. For example, in his biography of Sir John Forrest, Frank Crowley described the school's values as "a heady compound of social snobbery, laissez-faire capitalism, sentimental royalism, patriotic Anglicanism, benevolent imperialism and racial superiority."[3] In contemporary social commentary, Hale School has also been identified as one of Australia's most selective schools for boys, [4] for example, the School featured significantly in the SBS Television Series, 'Class in Australia.'[5]

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Hale Boys at a Football Match in 1929 wearing traditional Double Blue hats and long socks. Long socks are still worn today during summer term

The school was initially known as "Bishop Hale's School", and later as "The High School". It has since been renamed "Hale School" in honour of its founder, and reconstituted under the Hale School Act (1876) of the Parliament of Western Australia.[6] The Act states, inter alia, that His Grace the Archbishop of Perth shall be one of the school's eleven Board Members.[7] Additionally, the Act exempts Hale School from state land and amenities taxes, making it one of the few institutions in Western Australia to enjoy this privilege.[8]

Historical grounds

Bishop Hale's Collegiate School was designed by Richard Roach Jewell in 1858 and is situated on St Georges Terrace. The buildings eventually became known as The Cloisters. In 1914, the School moved to a more spacious site at Havelock Street, West Perth, opposite the Parliament of Western Australia. Finally, in 1961, the school relocated to its current 480 000 m² premises in Wembley Downs.

Hale School and the Australian Defence Force

Hale School has also been important in the history of the Australian Defence Force.[9] Former students, reflecting the privileged character of the School, have served principally as Officers, but also honourably as enlisted men, in all conflicts since the Boer War. Many have had distinguished military careers. For example, Air Marshall Sir Valston Hancock DFC served as Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Australian Air Force[10] while Sir Colin Hannah served as Chief of the Air Staff.[11] During the 20th century, 120 Haleians lost their lives in the Boer War, World War I, World War II and Korean War.[12] A Memorial Grove at Wembley Downs honours these men with 120 plaques and a sculpture with an 'eternal flame' theme. The great hall of the School has also been named Memorial Hall. The Hale School Museum contains important military and civilian records relating to the School and the state of Western Australia. A small Museum display is also located at the Old Hale School, now the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia, on Havelock Street, West Perth.

Headmasters

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Hale School Sesquicentenary Logo
Period Details
1858 – 1863 Canon George Hallett Sweeting
1864 Acting Principal – Mr. John Bussell
1864 – 1869 Rev. FT Taylor
1869 – 1872 Rev. FA Hare
1872 – 1878 Col. EW Haynes
1878 – 1882 Rev. D Davies
1882 – 1888 Mr. T Beuttler
1888 – 1889 Mr. R Gee
1889 – 1914 Mr. FC Faulkner
1915 – 1928 Mr. MA Wilson
1929 – 1931 Mr. PR Le Coteur
1931 – 1946 Mr. MA Buntine
1940 – 1943 Acting Principal – Mr. C Hadley
1946 – 1960 Mr. VS Murphy
1960 – 1965 Mr. JR Prince
1966 Acting Principal – Mr. L Drake
1967 – 1988 Dr. KG Tregonning
1989 – 2002 Dr. John Inverarity
2003 – Present Mr. SG Meade

Campus

Hale School’s campus is located in Wembley Downs. Science laboratories and classrooms, the Tom Hoar Dining Hall, canteen, clothing store, Stowe Drama Centre, the Hale School Memorial Hall, library and the John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre, general classroom and the administrative building are all located on the south west corner of the campus.

The John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre

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John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre

The John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre comprises a large auditorium/theatre, backstage holding rooms, two main rehearsal studios, percussion and string studios, two large music teaching rooms and 19 music practice rooms.

The centrepiece of the complex is the timber-lined recital auditorium which accommodates 353 patrons on stepped tiers with a flat performance area 17 m wide and 12 m deep. The auditorium design has been dictated by the requirements to have natural acoustics for music. This has been achieved through the use of a traditional ‘rectangular box’ design with a maximum ceiling height of 8 m. The auditorium can be tuned for different instruments and various music/drama performances to achieve desired acoustic qualities. This is accomplished by a system of moveable full-height wall reflectors, suspended ceiling reflectors and rotating wall panels with differing degrees of absorptive linings. The ceiling loft is mechanised with 27 variable speed automatic winch lines which give a great degree of flexibility for a range of shows.

Sporting facilities

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Hale School Championship Rifle Team (1954), from the State Library of Western Australia History Archive

Hale School campus includes various sporting facilities, including:

  • an eight lane 50 metre swimming pool
  • a gymnasium, with basketball, badminton, volleyball, squash and rock climbing facilities.
  • weights room
  • 16 tennis courts: 12 plexipave, 4 grass
  • 4 football fields
  • 4 plexipave outdoor basketball courts
  • 5 cricket ovals with turf wickets
  • 32 cricket practice wickets: both synthetic and turf
  • 4 soccer fields
  • Cross country tracks
  • 2 rugby fields
  • Track and field facilities
  • Aquaturf surface hockey field with clubrooms
  • 3 additional grass hockey ovals
  • a rowing fleet housed at Cygnet Hall on the Swan River (off campus).

Hale School has hosted important teams over the years, including the English Rugby Team on occasions, namely for training during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The school also hosted the English Cricket Academy, including international cricketers Michael Vaughan, Owais Shah, Stuart Broad, Rikki Clarke and Jon Lewis for nets sessions and practice matches, as seen on the front page of The West Australian on November 29, 2006.[13]


Academic programs

Hale School has a comprehensive education program with major strengths in Literature and History, Science and Mathematics, Economics, Fine Arts, Sport and Information Technology.

Since 2000, Hale School has won four of the prestigious Beazley Medals, awarded to the student obtaining the highest marks in the state administered tertiary entrance examinations. Anthony Phillips won the Beazley Medal in 2000, followed by Antony Moser in 2001 who was followed by Dougal Maclaurin in 2003. Hale School student Christopher Mofflin received the 2006 Beazley Medal.[14]

Publications

Hale School most prominent publication is the school's official book, The Cygnet, which is released at the end of each year and includes about 250 pages of the year's major happenings, school photos and sports results. The school also publishes an alumni magazine, The Haleian, twice a year, usually around April and October.

House system

There are currently 10 houses at Hale Senior School. These include 8 day houses, and 2 boarding houses

  • Buntine - red (named after former headmaster Mr. MA Buntine)
  • Faulkner (boarding) - light green (named after former headmaster Mr. FC Faulkner)
  • Havelock - black and yellow
  • Haynes - yellow
  • Loton - navy blue and orange
  • Parry - navy blue
  • Riley - dark green
  • St Georges - red and white
  • Tregonning - maroon (named after former headmaster Dr. KG Tregonning)
  • Wilson (boarding) - blue (named after former headmaster Mr. MA Wilson)

Loton was changed from a boarding house to a day house in 2005, following the completion of the new boarding house. Prior to this Loton's colour was brown. Year 8 (and some year 7) boarders are housed in Brine House, which is located between the Junior School and the Music and Drama Centre, they are however also members of either Faulkner or Wilson houses.

There are also 4 houses in Hale Junior School.

  • Davy - dark green
  • Turnbull - blue
  • Rosier - yellow
  • Walker - red

Notable alumni

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Hale School Prefects (1953), from the State Library of Western Australia History Archive

Any leaver of Hale school is called an Old Haleian

Premiers
Governors and Flag Officers
  • Sir Colin Hannah, Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Australian Air Force, Governor of Queensland
  • Sir Stephen Parker, Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia
  • Sir Valston Hancock, Air Chief Marshall of the Royal Australian Air Force
  • Air Commodore Geoffrey Michael AO AFC, Air Commodore, Royal Australian Air Force
Judicial Officers
  • Sir Stephen Henry Parker, Chief Justice of Western Australia
  • George Leake CMG QC, at different times, Attorney-General, Crown Solicitor and Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia
  • Thomas Davy KC, Rhodes Scholar, Attorney-General of Western Australia
  • Septimus Burt QC, Attorney General of Western Australia, prominent landholder of 590,000 acres (2,400 km2) on the Ashburton River
  • Sir Walter Hartwell James KCMG KC, Attorney General of Western Australia
  • Justice Robert Nicholson AO, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia
Diplomatic Officers
  • Sir Ransley Victor Garland, Former Australian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Former Australian Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs
  • Sir Edward Wittenoom, French Consul General for Western Australia, President of the Western Australian Legislative Counsel.
  • Sir Walter Hartwell James KCMG KC, Agent-General for Western Australia in London
  • David Irvine AO, Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea (1996-1999) and Australian Ambassador to China and concurrently Ambassador to Mongolia and North Korea (2000-2003)
Prominent Australian Civil Servants
Regional Leaders
Business Leaders
Medical Officers
Authors and Artists
  • Robert Drewe, author of The Savage Crows, Our Sunshine and The Shark Net, winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Walkley Award for journalism. Past Literary Editor of the Australian newspaper.
  • Leon Pericles, prominent Australian painter.
  • Robert Juniper, prominent Australian painter.
Sportsmen
Federal Parliamentarians
Lord Mayors
  • Peter Nattrass, former Lord Mayor of the City of Perth between 1995-2007
  • Olympic Length 8 Lane Pool
    Olympic Length 8 Lane Pool
  • Chapel
    Chapel
  • Memorial Grove and eternal flame sculpture
    Memorial Grove and eternal flame sculpture
  • Senior Boarding House
    Senior Boarding House
  • The new Health Centre being constructed next to the senior boarding house (photo taken January 2007)
    The new Health Centre being constructed next to the senior boarding house (photo taken January 2007)
  • Artificial cricket nets. Turf nets are available in summer
    Artificial cricket nets. Turf nets are available in summer
  • Plexipave tennis and basketball courts
    Plexipave tennis and basketball courts
  • Craig Oval
    Craig Oval

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AISWA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ A. de Q. Robin, 'Hale, Mathew Blagden (1811 - 1895)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, pp 317-319 http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040359b.htm
  3. ^ Frank Crowley, Big John Forrest, University of Western Australia Press (2000)
  4. ^ Professor J McCartman with M Peel, 'Who Went Where: the Schooling of the Australian Elite', Melbourne University History Research Series no. 1. Melbourne Melbourne University Press (1992), p 103 and following
  5. ^ Class in Australia, SBS Broadcasting (2001)
  6. ^ Hale School Act (1876) (WA), see especially the Preamble "Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the establishment of a High School for the purpose of giving to Boys an education similar to that given in the Grammar and advanced schools in the other Australasian Colonies..."
  7. ^ Hale School Act (1876) (WA), section 5
  8. ^ Hale School Act (1876) (WA), section 12 “Vacant land held by the Board and land held by the Board and used exclusively or mainly for the purposes of the School shall be exempt from rating under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1995 and the Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage, and Drainage Act 1909 and from land tax imposed by the Land Tax Act 2002.”
  9. ^ See generally, William Edger, Veldt to Vietnam: Halians at War (2001)
  10. ^ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London, http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HANCOCK.shtml
  11. ^ C. D. Coulthard-Clark, 'Hannah, Sir Colin Thomas (1914 - 1978)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp 374-375 http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140427b.htm
  12. ^ See generally, William Edger, Veldt to Vietnam: Halians at War (2001)
  13. ^ November 29, 2006, Western Australian Newspapers Limited, page 1 http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=14&ContentID=14972
  14. ^ "Christopher Mofflin, 17, of Hale School at Wembley Downs, northwest of Perth, has won the 2006 Beazley Medal for the best result in the Tertiary Entrance Examination, with a score of 98.69." The Australian Newspaper (Online) 31 December 2006
  15. ^ "Peter M'Callum Dowding". Appointment of Senior Counsel by the Hon David K Malcolm AC CitWA Chief Justice of Western Australia. Supreme Court of Western Australia. 2002-11-13. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
  16. ^ Andrew Main 'Twiggy Richest Aussie on Share Surge' The Australian Newspaper (online) http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22982139-643,00.html

See also

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