Hale School

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Hale School

Duty
Established	1858
School type	Independent
Principal/ Headmaster	Stuart Meade
Location	Perth, W.A., Australia
Campus	Wembley Downs
Enrollment	~1100
School colours	Oxford Blue, Cambridge Blue and Gold
Homepage	www.hale.wa.edu.au

Hale School is the oldest boys’ school in Western Australia. It is home to over 1500 boys-with 300 in the junior school from years 1-7, and 1200 in the senior section. One of the founding members of the PSA or the Public Schools Association, it is an Anglican boarding and day school.

The present headmaster is Stuart Meade (Senior School), who replaced Dr John Inverarity in 2003. The current chairman of the Board of Governors is David Aitken.

The main mission of the school is: "...to provide a diverse and quality education for all of its students within a Christian environment, which emphasises the nurturing of sound character and strong moral sense, develops each individual's talents and capacities to the full and which is directed to the attainment of the higher intellectual, spiritual, moral, social, cultural and economic aspirations of mankind." - from Hale School homepage

"Duty" has been chosen as the School's motto. It represents a responsibility to one's community and country, above and beyond mere self.

Located in Wembley Downs, the school has some of the highest enrolment fees in Perth: ranging from AU$12 500 to $14 000 for day students, and in excess of $35 000 for overseas boarders.

1 History
2 Houses
3 Sporting Facilities
4 Future Developments
5 Alumni
6 Affiliations
7 External links

[edit] History

Hale School was founded in 1858 by the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Matthew Blagden Hale. An intrinsic part of Western Australia's colonial history, it was responsible for educating the vast majority of the colony's native-born men who later became influential members of "The Establishment". Modelled on England's elite public schools, it has sometimes been accused of being elitist. For example, in his biography of 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."

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 of the Parliament of Western Australia. The Act states, inter alia, that His Grace the Archbishop of Perth shall be one of the school's eleven Board Members.

During the 20th century, 120 Haleians lost their lives in the Boer War, WW1, WW2 and Korean Wars. A Memorial Grove honours these gentleman with 120 plaques and a sculpture with an eternal flame theme.

The first campus was established at The Cloisters, St George’s Terrace. In 1914, the School moved to a more spacious site at Havelock Street. Finally, in 1961, the school relocated to its current 480 000 m² premises in Wembley Downs.

[edit] Houses

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

Buntine - red

Faulkner (boarding) - light green

Havelock - black and yellow

Haynes - yellow

Loton - navy blue and orange

Parry - navy blue

Riley - dark green

St Georges - red and white

Tregonning - maroon

Wilson (boarding) - blue

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.

[edit] Sporting Facilities

Hale School has various sporting facilities to offer on its expansive campus. Some of these include:

Olympic size, eight lane, swimming pool
Gymnasium: basketball court, four badminton courts, three volleyball courts, four squash courts and an indoor rock climbing facility.
Fully equipped 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 Tracks for Athletics
Hockey state-of-the-art Aquaturf synthetics surface with clubrooms: one of the few in WA
3 additional grass Hockey ovals
Cygnet Hall on the Swan River (i.e. off campus): used for Rowing

Hale School has housed important teams over the years, including the English Rugby Team on occasions, namely for training during the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

[edit] Future Developments

As Hale School moves towards its 150th year celebrations in 2008 a number of major construction projects are planned for the school.

Construction on the new Health Centre has begun, it will be built alongside the boarding house in the area behind the gymnasium. Site works will start on the new Health Centre in late October 2006 with construction expected to take 7 months and completion due in late May 2007. The new facility will be a welcome replacement for the existing Health Centre which has served the school for last 45 years. The new Health Centre will be a seven (patient) bed centre with Doctor / Physio room, general treatment rooms and overnight accommodation for nursing staff. The building fabric will be rendered brickwork supported with structural steel and a parapet elevation to complement the existing Senior Boarding House, with wheelchair access and an ambulance parking bay.

This will enable the land occupied by the current Medical Centre, along with the old Wilson and Faulkner Houses, to be utilised for other purposes, including new English & LOTE classrooms and a massive new state-of-the-art library/resource centre.

[edit] Alumni

Some prominent Old Haleians include:

Various members of the Bussell family
Sydney "Sammy" Clarke, Australian rules footballer and double Sandover medallist
Robert Drewe, author of The Savage Crows, Our Sunshine and The Shark Net
David Irvine, Director General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Sir Ranslay Garland, Former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Former Australian Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs
Professor Colin Clarke, Rhodes Scholar and English Literature Critic
Professor BH Bennett, Rhodes Scholar and English Literature Critic
Todd Pearson, sportsman and Olympics gold-medalist (in swimming)
Thomas Davy KC, Rhodes Scholar, former Attorney-General of Western Australia
Septimus Burt QC, Former Attorney General of Western Australia, prominent landholder of 590,000 acres on the Ashburton River
Professor George Winterton, leading constitutional lawyer
Sir Colin Hannah, former Governor of Queensland, former Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force
Sir Stephen Parker, former Chief Justice of Western Australia
Sir Henry Cooke, Western Australian politician
Sultan Sharafuddin, Sultan of the Malaysian state of Selangor
Richard Court, Premier of Western Australia
Peter Dowding, Premier of Western Australia
Sir John Forrest, explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a Cabinet Minister in Australia's first Federal Government, sometimes referred to by courtesy as 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury
Alexander Forrest, explorer, John Forrest's younger brother
Senator Brian Greig, Australian Senator, former Leader of the Australian Democrats
Langley Hancock, mining tycoon who discovered the Pilbara iron ore deposits, founder of the separatist WA First Party
Air Marshall Sir Valston Hancock, Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force
Sir Walter Hartwell James KCMG KC, former Premier of Western Australia, Former Attorney-General for Western Australia, Former Agent-General for Western Australia in London
Senator Edward Bertram Johnston Western Australian MLA and Australian Senator
George Leake QC, former Premier of Western Australia, Attorney-General, Crown Solicitor and Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia
Sir Anthony Langlois Lefroy, former Chairman of the Board, Western Australian Newspapers Ltd
Sir Edward Lefroy (brother of Sir Anthony), former Chairman of the Dominion League
Sir Roderick Proctor, prominent financier
Sir Edward Wittenoom, former President of the Western Australian Legislative Counsel, former French Consul General for Western Australia
Dr Denis Dalmain Keall, Chairman of the Medical Board of Western Australia
Julian Lennon, sportsman and State Open Athletics Champion
Geoff Marsh, former vice-captain and coach of the Australian national cricket team
Paul Medhurst, Australian rules footballer
Mitch Morton, Australian rules footballer
Jason Norrish, Australian rules footballer
Brett Jones, Australian rules footballer
Tony Nutt, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, John Howard MP

[edit] Affiliations

The Public Schools Association
The Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia

[edit] External links

Public Schools Association of Perth

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