Hampton High School is a former secondary school located in the

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suburb of

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, 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

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. Following the purchase, a single story building designed by architect Percy Everett 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, a two-storied Manual Arts Block in the modernist style (again designed by Percy Everett) was built to provide additional accommodation, as well as provide 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 boys' locker room at the southern end of the west wing 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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– cricketer *

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– film executive, producer, director, screenwriter *

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– disability advocate * Sir Brian Murray – Governor of Victoria * Frank Penhalluriack – business executive/Crusaded for Sunday trading *

Bob Shearer Robert A. Shearer (25 May 1948 – 9 January 2022) was an Australian professional golfer and golf course architect. Early life and amateur career Shearer was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He won the 1969 Australian Amateur, having been a joint ...

– golfer * Ross G. Smith – footballer, Brownlow medal winner *

Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer, whose career ran from 1991 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-handed batsman for Victoria, Hampshire and Australi ...

– cricketer * Alex Chernov-Governor Victoria 2011-2015 * Garry Sebo - Grand Master Victoria Freemasons

References

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