Princes Hill Secondary College

Princes Hill Secondary College is a coeducational state secondary school, located in Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[2] The school is 2 kilometres from the Melbourne City Centre.[1]

Princes Hill Secondary College
Address
Arnold Street, Princes Hill[1] Melbourne , Victoria , 3054 Australia
Information
Type	co-educational government school[2]
Motto	Latin: Labore et fide
Established	1889[3][4]
Principal	Trevor Smith
Years offered	7-12
Enrollment	850[1]
Website	phsc.vic.edu.au

The school was formerly known as Princes Hill High School.[5] Princes Hill Secondary College is non-selective and accepts students from over 30 primary schools in the City of Yarra, City of Melbourne, City of Moreland and City of Darebin.[6]

History

The school was opened by the acting headmaster on 2 September 1889 with several hundred pupils.[7][3][4] It was the continuation of the Lygon Street, North Carlton school, established in the 1860s.[8]

Ivor Evans, a 13-year-old student at Princes Hill, won the 1901 Australian flag design competition. It was displayed over the Royal Exhibition Building.[9]

A fire destroyed the original structure on 8 February 1970.[4] Teachers at the school sent a telegram to the then Prime Minister, John Gorton, to ask for financial aid for the school. 410 pupils were left without classrooms.[10]

The school was rebuilt in 1973 by Daryl Jackson in a Brutalist architectural style.[11] New wings have been added since 1983, and a gymnasium in the 2000s[5]

The school has a no-uniform policy.[12] Students have not worn uniforms since 1971.[13]

Campus

Princes Hill Secondary College is one of the few late-20th-century buildings on Arnold Street.[14]

In 2005, parts of the school were refurbished: the performing arts centre, textiles and food facilities, year 11 and 12 classrooms and science laboratories. A gymnasium was later established in 2006.[15]

The school has small theatre seating 150 and a camp in Mirimbah, located at the foothills of Mount Buller in the Victorian Alps.[1]

Academics

VCE studies offered by the school:
Art, Australian and Global Politics, Biology, Business Management, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Drama, English, English (EAL), English Language, Foundation Mathematics, French, Further Mathematics, General Mathematics, Global Politics, Health and Human Development, History: 20th Century (1900-1945), History: 20th Century (since 1945), History: Revolutions, Italian, Literature, Mathematical Methods (CAS), Media, Music Investigation, Music Performance, Philosophy, Physical Education, Physics, Product Design and Technology, Psychology, Specialist Mathematics, Studio Arts and Visual Communication Design.[16]

In 2008 and 2012 VCE Media and Art students' work was selected for the Top Arts Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.[17][18]

Princes Hill Secondary College was ranked in the top 200 public secondary schools (equal 9th) in Australia based on academic results in 2009.[19]

In 2013, 32 of 111 students achieved an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank over 90 (29%), almost 50% of students achieved over 80, and 67% achieved over 70.[20]

In 2014, the Victorian Certificate of Education median study score was 33. 16.4 percent of students achieved over 40 study scores.[21]

Princes Hill Secondary College was ranked 14th out of all state secondary schools in Victoria based on VCE results in 2018.[22]

Notable alumni

'Princes Hillians' include:

• Attila Abonyi, Australian association football player, member of the Australia national association football team for the 1974 FIFA World Cup[23]
• Rupert Balfe, Australian rules footballer
• Steve Bastoni, Australian actor
• Tony Birch, Indigenous Australian author, academic and activist
• John Bluthal, British film and television actor[23]
• Jack Brake, Australian football player[24]
• Arnold Briedis, Australian rules footballer[23]
• Lily Brett, Australian novelist, essayist and poet[23]
• Sir William Brunton, Australian politician, and Lord Mayor of Melbourne
• Vin Catoggio, Australian rules footballer[23]
• Kelvin Coe OBE, Australian ballet dancer of the Australian Ballet[23]
• Alan Crawford, Australian rules footballer[23]
• Matt Day, Australian actor
• John Dugdale, Australian rules footballer[23]
• Geoffrey Edelsten, Australian medical entrepreneur, philanthropist, former owner of the Sydney Swans
• Ivor Evans, Australian co-designer of the Australian flag[23]
• Brandon Ellis, Australian rules footballer
• Fred Freer, Australian cricketer[23]
• Mikey Goldsworthy, Australian bassist for Years & Years
• Jack Hale, Australian rules footballer[23]
• Bob Heatley, Australian rules footballer[25]
• Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer[23]
• Annette Klooger, Australian singer
• Ben Lewin, Australian-American film director and screenwriter[23]
• Sam Lipski, Australian journalist[23]
• Ian Macfarlan, Australian politician, deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia in the state of Victoria, and the 35th Premier of Victoria[26]
• Paul Meldrum, Australian rules footballer[23]
• Gretta Ray, Australian singer-songwriter (graduated 2016)
• Angourie Rice, Australian actress starring in The Nice Guys, Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows and Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Adam Richard, Australian comedian, actor and media personality
• Wendy Saddington, Australian blues, soul and jazz singer
• Sir David Smith KCVO, AO, Australian public servant[23]
• Victor Smorgon AC, Australian businessman and philanthropist[23]
• Dr Lachlan Strahan, Australian High Commissioner to Solomon Islands
• Maria Vamvakinou, Australian politician, ALP member for Calwell in the Parliament of Australia
• Frank Warne, Australian cricketer[23]
• David White, Former Australian politician
• Arnold Zable, Australian writer[23]

References

1. "Right School Right Place - Victorian Government Schools". State of Victoria, Department of Education and Training. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.
2. "Princes Hill Secondary College". vrqa.vic.gov.au. State of Victoria, Department of Education and Training.
3. "The Argus". The Argus. Trove. 23 May 1939.
4. "The Age". The Age. Trove. 24 November 1971.
5. "Princes Hill High School, former". Victorian Heritage Database.
6. The National Education Directory Australia
7. "AMONG THE SCHOOLS". Trove. The Age. 15 August 1939. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
8. "PRINCES HILL SCHOOL REUNION". Trove. The Age. 26 June 1933. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
9. "Shape: Designs for life". The Age. 29 November 2013.
10. "Aid plea". The Canberra Times. Trove. 11 February 1970.
11. Jackson, Daryl (1996). Daryl Jackson: selected and current works. Images Publishing. ISBN 1875498524.
12. "Students enter school uniform debate". The Australian. 17 July 2010.
13. Parliament of Victoria - Dress Code Submissions
14. "Best streets: Princes Hill". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 July 2012.
15. Princes Hill Secondary College website Archived 2012-11-29 at Archive.today
16. "School Studies Search". Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
17. "Young Starlets - Minnis Journals". Education Today.
18. "Top Arts 2012". National Gallery of Victoria. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
19. "National Top Public High Schools - 2009". Better Education.
20. "2013 Annual Report". vrqa.vic.gov.au. State of Victoria, Department of Education and Training.
21. "Top state high schools boost property prices". News.com.au.
22. "VCE Public School Ranking - 2018 - Better Education". Better Education. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
23. Vlahogiannis, N. (1989). Prinny Hill: The State Schools of Princes Hill, 1889-1989.
24. "Biography - John Brake". Australian Dictionary of Biography.
25. "Personalities" (PDF). Melbourne University Football Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
26. "Biography - Ian Macfarlan". Australian Dictionary of Biography.

External links

• Princes Hill Secondary College website