Key information
- Address:
- 1726 Sturt Street, Lake Gardens 3355
- Opened:
- 16 April 1907
- School type:
- Secondary
- School number:
- 7540
- Other names:
- Ballarat Continuation School, Ballarat Agricultural High School
- Email:
- ballarat.hs@education.vic.gov.au
- Phone:
- 03 5338 9000
- Status:
- Open
How to find enrolment records
If your school is open: contact the school directly to access your records.
If your school has closed: contact the Archives and Records branch via email archives.records@education.vic.gov.au or 1800 359 140 and they will assist you.
Details
1907: The school opened in 1907 as a continuation school. Continuation schools, so named because they continued from primary school, were an early type of secondary education.
They mainly trained teachers, but some students studied other academic subjects too.
Name change 1910: The school became Ballarat Agricultural High School. An early type of secondary school that was started in rural centres to train future farmers. Although they taught both academic and vocational subjects.
Name change 1925: The school became Ballarat High School and has stayed as that ever since.
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