Hampton High School, Melbourne

Hampton High School
Location
Hampton, Melbourne , Victoria , 3188 Australia
Information
Type	State-run high school
Motto	Summa Pete (Aim for the Highest)
Established	1935 (1935)
Status	Closed
Closed	1988
Campus type	Suburban
Song	Aim for the Highest

Hampton High School is a former secondary school located in the Hampton suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school occupied the block bounded by Ludstone, Favril and Passchendaele Streets. Established in 1935, the school was closed in 1988. Alumni are known as Old Hamptonians.

History

In 1924, the Education Department purchased land in Ludstone St Hampton from the War Homes Commission. The land had previously been a part of the Castlefield Estate, which later became Haileybury College. Following the purchase, a single story building with Georgian style portico entrance was built. The school campus also included a sporting oval on the western side of the property. While the sports field was utilised for various sporting activities, football and cricket were played on the Castlefield Reserve. In 1952, the administration built a two-storied Manual Arts Block to provide additional accommodations, which also provided facilities for teaching art, craft, woodwork, metalwork and domestic science.

In 1957, a fire destroyed the majority of the main building. A newly renovated building was opened in 1959, which was representative of the style of the original 1930s building. During this time, a new single-storied building was erected on the western side of the main building to support the growing number of matriculation students. This building became the prototype for many Victorian high schools that were built to support other schools throughout Victoria. In 1966, the main building was partly demolished to make way for new science laboratories, which were funded through a federal government grant.

Notable alumni

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• Alan Wiburd - Advertising agency director
• Andrew Levy - Musician
• Alex Chernov – Governor of Victoria
• Jack Daniel – cricketer
• Ross Dimsey – film executive, producer, director, screenwriter
• Rhonda Galbally – disability advocate
• Tony Kyriacou - Lawyer & Human Rights Campaigner
• Sir Brian Murray – Governor of Victoria
• Frank Penhalluriack – business executive
• Bob Shearer – golfer
• Ross G. Smith – footballer,Brownlow medal winner
• Shane Warne – cricketer
• Garry Sebo -Victorian Freemasons Grand Master
• Glenda Raymond(Crawford)- opera singer
• Larry Rowe- Footballer
• Barry Cameron- Footballer
• Alan Hayes- Footballer
• David "Mac" Roberts- Australian tax Office London
• Jeffrey Hodgson- TV and Film actor
• Philip Hedley- London Theatre Co
• Pat Tudor- Inaugural Moomba Queen & Miss Victoria 1960
• Barrie Peel- Professor Latrobe University
• Allan Davis - VFL footballer, 250 games St. Kilda, Melbourne, Essendon, Collingwood, 1966-1980.
• John Stephens - VFL footballer (St. Kilda, 1971-73) and Sheffield Shield cricketer (Victoria, 1970/71-1971/72)