Mornington Secondary College
History
Mornington Secondary College was established in 1993 as a dual-campus institution after a merger of Mornington Technical School and Mornington High School. The latter institution opened in 1956 in a temporary location, before moving to a new building on the corner of Nepean Highway and Wilsons Road the next year. In 1999, the two campuses were consolidated into the old Mornington Technical School; the old Mornington High School site, which by then was the junior campus, was closed and its buildings were then demolished.
Extracurricular activities and athletics
The school offers Hands On Learning, The Victoria Police Youth Corp and Drum Corp, and many other extra-curricular programs to its students.
This particular college is well known for its sports swimming team, which is currently ranked at number 2 on the Australian leader boards. It also was the only state school in victoria to compete in the state inter-school athletics competition.
Notable alumni
These people either attended Mornington Secondary College or its predecessor institutions:
- Lac Edwards, player of American football
- Michelle Hamer, author and journalist
- David Larwill, visual artist
- Andrew Olle, television and radio broadcaster
- Bruce Scates, historian, academic, and novelist
- Hayden Young, Australian Football League player
- Lachie Young, Australian football league player, elder brother of Hayden young
References
- ^ Annual report 2010 through 'College Data and Information' link, retrieved 28 January 2012
- ^ "Lost Schools of the 1990s". Learning from the Past. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Stephen (10 May 2016). "Punter lands a first for Australia". MPNEWS. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ Hamer, Michelle (17 May 2004). "The power to shape minds and lives". The Age. p. 6.
- ^ Thomas, D., 'Biographical Notes', in G. Ramsay, Stuff that matters, Ballarat Fine Art
- ^ Masters, Chris (2019). "John Andrew Olle (1947–1995)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Professor Bruce Scates | School of History". Australian National University. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ "Sports News". Mornington Secondary College. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "VFL/AFL Players from Mornington Secondary College". Draftguru. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
