1. History
    Locations 

2. Campus
     Forrest Library    John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre    Middle school    Sporting facilities  

3. Academic standing

4. Publications

5. Headmasters

6. House system
     Hale School and the Australian Defence Force  

7. Image gallery

8. Notable alumni

9. See also

10. References

11. External links

Hale School is a selective independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

Founded by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale in 1858,^[1] Hale School is the oldest private boys' school in Western Australia. The school was originally situated at the Cloisters on St Georges Terrace in Perth, relocated to the Pensioner Guard Barracks at the top of St George's Terrace around 1880, and then to new Havelock Street premises in 1914 in West Perth. In 1961 the School moved to its current premises in Wembley Downs. The campus now consists of a junior school for Years 1 to 6, a middle school for Years 7 & 8 and a senior school for Year 9 to 12. The school also consists of sporting grounds, and boarding facilities for regional and international students.

The school is a member of the Public Schools Association and the Junior School Heads Association of Australia.

Hale's sister school is St Mary's Anglican Girls' School located in Karrinyup, a nearby suburb.

In 2008, Hale School celebrated its sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary.

History

An intrinsic part of Australia's colonial history, Hale School was the first high school in Western Australia^[5], and the school educated many prominent sons of the Swan River Colony. The school was originally known as Boys High School and the inaugural chairman was Archibald Paull Burt, a notable jurist and slaveholder (in the West Indies).^[6][7]

Modelled on England's prestigious public schools, it has sometimes been accused of being elitist. For example, in his biography of Sir John Forrest, Frank Crowley described the school's values throughout the 1870s as "a heady compound of social snobbery, laissez-faire capitalism, sentimental royalism, patriotic Anglicanism, benevolent imperialism and racial superiority".^[8]

In contemporary social commentary, for example Professor Mark Peel's study of class and schooling in Australia, Hale School was identified as one of the most rigorous and selective schools for boys.^[9] In recent times equity concerns have been addressed by a scholarship program, including the first full boarding scholarships in Western Australia for Indigenous students.^[10]

The school was initially known as "Bishop Hale's Collegiate 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 (1876) of the Parliament of Western Australia.^[11]

Locations

Bishop Hale's Collegiate School was designed by Richard Roach Jewell in 1858 and is situated on St Georges Terrace. The buildings eventually became known as The Cloisters. In 1914, the School moved to a more spacious site at Havelock Street, West Perth, opposite the Parliament of Western Australia. Finally, in 1961, the school relocated to its current 480 000 m² premises in Wembley Downs.

Campus

Hale School's campus is a 48-hectare site located in Wembley Downs. The administration building, Memorial Hall (including the redfoot youth theatre), Tom Hoar Dining Hall, Stowe Drama Centre, Forrest Library, Chapel of St Mark, cafeteria, clothing store, IT department and Old Haleians' Boardroom are all located on the south west corner of the campus near the main entrance.

General classrooms ('A-block' & 'B-block'), science laboratories and classrooms ('S-block') and mathematics classrooms ('N-block', currently being refurbished, and soon to be commerce classrooms) are all located opposite the main sports oval, Craig Oval, which sits in the centre of the campus. The now defunct 'L-block' is also located in this area as it was the former location of the English department, until they moved to the new 'F-block'. The refurbishment of this building began in October 2009, to integrate it with the new Middle School being built nearby. The new classroom building ('F-block') located in the new Teaching and Learning precinct houses the English, History and Languages departments

The Peter Wright Technology Building, which houses the Design and Technology Workshop as well as Computer and Design Suites sits adjacent to the Doug Poake Pool. Also adjacent to the swimming pool is the art complex, gymnasium and change-rooms.

The John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre is located on the western side of the campus facing Unwin Avenue. This building separates the Senior School from the Junior School which is located on the north west corner of the campus, along with the junior boarding residence, Brine House. The senior boarding house is located on the eastern side of the campus while the sports playing fields occupy the north east.

Forrest Library

The new Teaching and Learning precinct on the site of the old boarding houses near the south entrance to the campus was officially opened on 1 July 2009. The main feature of this project, a new Library Resource Centre includes a dedicated Year 12 study area and Gifted and Talented and Curriculum Support rooms facing a central courtyard. Beneath the library is a new clothing store, IT department and Old Haleians' Boardroom.

While the library was open for student use from February 2009 school year,^[12] the official opening ceremony was not held until 1 July 2009, when it was officially opened by Andrew Forrest and unveiled as the Forrest Library.^[13] It honours members of the Forrest family, from Sir John Forrest to Alexander Forrest, and on to Andrew Forrest himself, who had been educated at Hale.

Also included in this precinct is a new cafeteria with internal and external seating opposite the library and a new Teaching and Learning building. The classroom block ('F-block') consists of 17 teaching spaces for History, English and languages, as well as two language oral work rooms and new office space for teaching staff. Another important feature is a set-down and pick-up road that runs from a new 50-bay carpark adjacent to the chapel, along the front of the classroom block, past the Library undercroft, before rejoining the main drive.

In 2010 the Australian Institute of Architects awarded the Forrest Library an Architecture Award for Public Architecture.^[14]

John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre

The John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre comprises a large auditorium/theatre, backstage holding rooms, two main rehearsal studios, percussion and string studios, two large music teaching rooms and 19 music practice rooms. It was first opened for use in January 2001.

The centrepiece of the complex is the timber-lined recital auditorium which accommodates 353 patrons on stepped tiers with a flat performance area 17 m wide and 12 m deep. The auditorium design has been dictated by the requirements to have natural acoustics for music. This has been achieved through the use of a traditional ‘rectangular box’ design with a maximum ceiling height of 8 m. The auditorium can be tuned for different instruments and various music/drama performances to achieve desired acoustic qualities. This is accomplished by a system of moveable full-height wall reflectors, suspended ceiling reflectors and rotating wall panels with differing degrees of absorptive linings. The ceiling loft is mechanised with 27 variable speed automatic winch lines which give a great degree of flexibility for a range of shows.

Middle school

The construction of a new Middle School facility commenced in January 2009 and was completed in January 2010. The Middle School site is located adjacent to Unwin Avenue, between the John Inverarity Music and Drama Centre and the Memorial Hall. The building contains 16 classrooms for Year 7 and 8 students. The Year 8 Classrooms are on the ground floor and the Year 7 Classrooms are on the first floor. The main entrance, reception & administration offices for the Head of Middle School, Deputy Head, Head of Curriculum & Head of Pastoral Care are located on a separate intermediate level, which is at street level with Unwin Avenue. Other staff facilities are located on the ground floor. In addition, the facility incorporates one of the School's existing buildings ('L-block' classrooms) which were refurbished as music, drama and science classrooms for the Middle School. The ground level of this building was refurbished as a Middle School Science Classroom (and store room), with the upper level refitted to house a Drama classroom, Music classroom (with store room) & 4 music practice rooms.

The refurbishment of this building commenced in October 2009 but was not completed in time for the commencement of the school year in February 2010. The new building replaced the 'C-block' classrooms and Senior School Library that previously occupied the site and were demolished in December 2008.^[15][16]

Sporting facilities

Hale School campus includes various sporting facilities, including:^[17]

• an eight lane 25 metre heated swimming pool^[18][19]
• a ten lane 50 metre heated swimming pool^[18][19]
• a gymnasium, with basketball, badminton, volleyball, squash and rock climbing facilities
• weights room
• rowing ergo 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 facilities
• aquaturf surface hockey field with clubrooms
• 3 additional grass hockey ovals
• a rowing fleet housed at Cygnet Hall on the Swan River (off campus)

In 1885, the school entered a team into the West Australian Football Association (WAFA) for its inaugural season, but were forced to withdraw two rounds into the season due to a lack of players.^[20]

Hale School has hosted important teams over the years, including the English Rugby Team on occasions, namely for training during the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The school hosted the English Cricket Academy, including international cricketers Michael Vaughan, Owais Shah, Stuart Broad, Rikki Clarke and Jon Lewis for nets sessions and practice matches, as seen on the front page of The West Australian on 29 November 2006.^[21]

Hale also employs a number{{quantify|date=July 2013}} of coaches to lead and assist with their co-curricular program.

Academic standing

Since 2000, Hale School has won five of the Beazley Medals, awarded to the student obtaining the highest marks in the state administered tertiary entrance examinations.^[22][23]

The school appears regularly in the top 10 schools for the Western Australian Certificate of Education rankings.

Publications

Hale School's main publication is the school's official book, The Cygnet, which is released at the start of each year and includes about 250 pages of the previous year's major happenings, school photos and sports results. The school also publishes an alumni magazine, The Haleian, twice a year, usually around June and November.

• History of the School: W. J. Edgar (2008), From Slate to Cyberspace (Hale School, 150 years), Hale School, Wembley Downs, Western Australia
• Book: W. J. Edgar (1994), From Veldt to Vietnam, Haleians at War, Old Haleians' Association, Wembley Downs, Western Australia

Headmasters

House system

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

• Buntine – red (named after former headmaster Mr. MA Buntine)
• Faulkner (boarding) – light green (named after former headmaster Mr. FC Faulkner)
• Havelock – black and yellow striped
• Haynes (named after former teacher Paddy Haynes) – yellow
• Loton – orange and navy blue
• Parry – navy blue (named after the Parry family who made a large donation to the school)
• Riley – dark green
• St Georges – red and white
• Tregonning – maroon (named after former headmaster Dr. KG Tregonning)
• Wilson (boarding) – blue (named after former headmaster Mr. MA Wilson)

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.

Year 8 (and some Year 7) boarders are housed in Brine House, which is located between the Junior School and the Music and Drama Centre, they are however also members of either Faulkner or Wilson houses.

There are also 4 houses in Hale Junior School:

• Davy – Dark green
• Turnbull – Blue
• Rosier – Yellow
• Walker – Red

Hale School and the Australian Defence Force

Former students have served in all conflicts since the Boer War with many having distinguished military careers..^[31]

Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, Hale Class of 1995, son of Major General Len Roberts-Smith, is currently Australia's most decorated soldier, having been awarded the Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry.

One hundred and twenty four Old Haleians have died in conflicts since the Boer War. A Memorial Grove at the School site, honours these men with 124 plaques and a sculpture with an "eternal flame" theme. The great hall of the School has also been named Memorial Hall. The Hale School Museum contains important military and civilian records relating to the School and the state of Western Australia. A small Museum display is also located at the Old Hale School, now the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia, on Havelock Street, West Perth.

Image gallery

Notable alumni

An alumnus of Hale School is called an Old Haleian. Notable Old Haleians include:

• Matthew Ebden – professional tennis player
• Andrew Forrest – entrepreneur
• Sir John Forrest – first premier of Western Australia
• Michael Gardiner – AFL football player
• Lang Hancock – businessman
• Robert Juniper – painter
• Robert Drewe – author
• Matthew Lutton – theatre and opera director
• Geoff Marsh – cricket player and coach
• Sir Stephen Parker – Chief Justice of Western Australia
• Todd Pearson – Olympic swimming medallist
• Benjamin Roberts-Smith – Victoria Cross recipient
• Sam Roberts-Smith, operatic baritone
• Paul Royle – World War II pilot and Stalag Luft III Great Escaper
• Sharafuddin Idris Shah – Sultan of Selangor, Malaysia
• Rolly Tasker – sailor
• Tunku Ismail Idris – Crown Prince of Johor
• Peter Wright – mining magnate
• Dane Haylett-Petty – rugby union player
• Ross Haylett-Petty – rugby union player
• Justin Turner – rugby union player
• Ryan Hodson – rugby union player
• Luke Burton – rugby union player
• Nick Jooste – rugby union player
• Daryl Mitchell – Cricketer (New Zealand Blackcap)
• David Irvine (diplomat) – Head of ASIS 2003–09, Head of ASIO 2009–14
• Tom Mitchell, plays AFL football for Hawthorn

See also

• List of schools in Perth, Western Australia
• List of boarding schools

References

External links

• {{official|http://www.hale.wa.edu.au}}
• Hale School Act (1876) of the Parliament of Western Australia
• The Hale School Museum and Archives
• The former Havelock Street campus, now the Constitutional Centre
• The Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia
• Old Haleians website

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