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Hamilton Senior High School

Former high school in Western Australia

Summary

Former high school in Western Australia

Field	Value
name	Hamilton Senior High School
motto	Be True
established	1962
closed
status	Closed
type	Public co-educational high school
principal	Paul Bottcher
city	Hamilton Hill, , Western Australia
country	Australia
coordinates
campus_type	Suburban
enrolment	580
enrolment_as_of	2011
homepage
other_name	Hamilton Hill Senior High School

Hamilton Senior High School was a public co-educational high school on Purvis Street in Hamilton Hill, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school was often referred to as Hamilton Hill Senior High School, and educated students in Year 7 to Year 12 from its establishment in 1962 until its closure on .

Overview

After opening in 1962, an enrolment of 1350 students was reached by 1971. The large enrolment numbers and other factors led to the introduction of the "sub-school" system at Hamilton Senior High School from 1975, consisting of three lower-school sub-schools—Delta, Grinceri (later renamed Leda), and Omega—each containing students from years 8 to 10, with students in years 11 and 12 in a separate upper school.

The school enrolled 696 students in 2007, 675 in 2008, 711 in 2009, then fell to 622 in 2010 and to 580 in 2011. The fall in student numbers from 2010 is a result of the enrolment age changing for students entering high school in Western Australia.

On 12 December 1962 a worker, Velko Garbin, suffered fatal injuries sustained by a nail gun incident during the construction of the school. A plaque honouring him was placed in the entry of the school library.

The school suffered an arson attack in 2010 when a metal shed was set alight, causing A$100,000 in damage.

Plans to close the school and merge students with South Fremantle Senior High School as a new school were announced in December 2014. The larger number of students would allow for more opportunities and subjects for students. The school was closed permanently at the end of the 2017 school year. From 2018, Hamilton Senior High School students joined students of the also-defunct South Fremantle Senior High School to form Fremantle College.

The buildings of the former Hamilton Senior High School were earmarked for demolition and the land designated for housing.

References

(2010). "Department of Education Schools online".
(2019). "Landcorp Development Update".
(1982). "Schools within Schools: Sub Schools In Australian Secondary Schools". Education Department of South Australia.
(2010). "WA Today – Arson attack on public high school".
Perpitch, Nicolas. (15 December 2014). "Fremantle high schools to merge to create new school on existing South Fremantle site". ABC News.
Hiatt, Bethany. (14 December 2017). "Final siren signals end of era for high school". [[The West Australian]].

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