Mornington Secondary College

State, co-ed, secondary school in Mornington, Victoria, Australia

Mornington Secondary College
Address

1051 Nepean Highway Mornington , Victoria , 3931 Australia
Information
Type	State, co-ed, secondary
Motto	Inspirational Learning on the Mornington Peninsula
Established	1993
Principal	Linda Stanton
Staff	117^[1]
Teaching staff	91
Grades	7–12
Enrolment	1500^[1] (2014)
Website	www.mornsc.vic.edu.au

Mornington Secondary College is a secondary school in Mornington, Victoria, Australia serving the communities of Somerville, Tyabb, Moorooduc, Mount Martha, and Mornington on the Mornington Peninsula.

History

Mornington Secondary College was established in 1993 as a dual-campus institution after a merger of Mornington Technical School and Mornington High School. The latter institution opened in 1956 in a temporary location, before moving to a new building on the corner of Nepean Highway and Wilsons Road the next year. In 1999, the two campuses were consolidated into the old Mornington Technical School; the old Mornington High School site, which by then was the junior campus, was closed and its buildings were then demolished.^[2]

Extracurricular activities and athletics

The school offers Hands On Learning, The Victoria Police Youth Corp and Drum Corp, and many other extra-curricular programs to its students.

This particular college is well known for its sports swimming team, which is currently ranked at number 2 on the Australian leader boards. It also was the only state school in victoria to compete in the state inter-school athletics competition.

Notable alumni

These people either attended Mornington Secondary College or its predecessor institutions:

Lac Edwards, player of American football^[3]
Michelle Hamer, author and journalist^[4]
David Larwill, visual artist^[5]
Andrew Olle, television and radio broadcaster^[6]
Bruce Scates, historian, academic, and novelist^[7]
Hayden Young, Australian Football League player^[8]
Lachie Young, Australian football league player, elder brother of Hayden young^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Annual report 2010 through 'College Data and Information' link, retrieved 28 January 2012
^ "Lost Schools of the 1990s". Learning from the Past. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ Taylor, Stephen (10 May 2016). "Punter lands a first for Australia". MPNEWS. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ Hamer, Michelle (17 May 2004). "The power to shape minds and lives". The Age. p. 6.
^ Thomas, D., 'Biographical Notes', in G. Ramsay, Stuff that matters, Ballarat Fine Art
^ Masters, Chris (2019). "John Andrew Olle (1947–1995)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Professor Bruce Scates | School of History". Australian National University. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Sports News". Mornington Secondary College. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "VFL/AFL Players from Mornington Secondary College". Draftguru. Retrieved 27 November 2023.