Key information
- Address:
- 1 Fussell Street, Ballarat East 3350
- Opened:
- 1 January 1955
- Closed:
- 31 December 1993
- School type:
- Secondary
- School number:
- 7545
- Other names:
- Ballarat East High School
- Status:
- Closed
Details
1955: Ballarat East High School opened.
Name change: In 1990, Ballarat East High School became Ballarat East Secondary College.
Merger in 1993: The following schools merged to form Ballarat Secondary College No. 8828:
- Wendouree Secondary College No. 8464
- Midlands Secondary College No. 7025 and
- Ballarat East Secondary College No. 7545.
Each school remained in its location and became a campus of Ballarat Secondary College No. 8828.
De-merger in 2019: The Ballarat Secondary College No. 8828 demerged as follows:
- The Wendouree campus kept the school number but became Mount Rowan Secondary College No. 8828.
- The Midlands campus closed.
- The Ballarat East campus became Woodmans Hill Secondary College No. 8491.
Location of records
Records from closed schools are transferred to the schools they merged into.
Digital records for these schools should be kept at Woodmans Hill Secondary College. To request access, contact the school directly. See Woodmans Hill Secondary College's page for contact details.
Most hard copy records are stored in the Department of Education’s archive. To request access, contact the department’s records team.
If you’re not sure whether the records you need are digital or hard copy, the records team can check for you.
Contact the Department of Education records team
Email: archives.records@education.vic.gov.au
Phone: 1800 359 140
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