Princes Hill Secondary College
| Princes Hill Secondary College | |
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| Address | |
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Arnold Street, Princes Hill Melbourne, Victoria 3054 Australia |
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| School type | co-educational Public Government School |
| Motto | Latin: Labore et fide |
| Established | 1889 |
| Principal | Trevor Smith |
| Enrolment | 850 |
| Website | www.phsc.vic.edu.au |
Princes Hill Secondary College is a state, coeducational secondary school, located in Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school is 2 kilometres from the Melbourne City Centre.
The school was formerly known as Princes Hill High School. 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. The school has a no-uniform policy.
The school was opened in 1889 by the acting headmaster.
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.
A fire destroyed the original structure on 8 February 1970. 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.
The school was rebuilt in 1973 by Daryl Jackson in a Brutalist architectural style. New wings have been added since 1983, and a gymnasium in the 2000s
Princes Hill Secondary College students have not worn uniforms since 1971, at variance with the surrounding schools (such as University High and Northcote Secondary).
In the late 1980s, the school introduced Irish language classes, but these were later cancelled.
Princes Hill Secondary College is one of the few late-20th-century buildings on Arnold Street.
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.
The school has 400 seat theatre and a camp in Mirimbah, located at the foothills of Mount Buller in the Victorian Alps.
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