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Bundoora Secondary College
Bundoora Secondary College is a public secondary school for girls and boys in years 7 to 12 located in a residential block on the corner of Balmoral Avenue and Moreton Crescent in Bundoora, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. History Originally formed as "Greenwood High School" in an area where the closest existing schools were boys-only technical colleges, the school first took students in 1971, with an approximately 2:1 ratio of female:male students. The school was built on swampy state government land between the Greenwood Primary School and the Larundel Psychiatric Hospital. After protests by the primary school children, a remaining River Red Gum was preserved by shifting the planned building approximately 3m. As the first buildings had not been completed, classes started at the adjacent Greenwood Primary School (now Bundoora Primary School). The home-economics and the library wing (also used by School Administration at that time) were the first, and only, buildings to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundoora, Victoria
Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Banyule, Darebin and Whittlesea local government areas. Bundoora recorded a population of 28,068 at the 2021 census. Bundoora is the headquarters of La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) also has a campus situated in Bundoora. The word Bundoora is derived from "Kelbundoora", the name of a 19th-century Wurundjeri tribesman.http://www.darebin.vic.gov.au/Files/language_aboriginal.PDF History The Bundoora area was originally inhabited by the Kurnaj-berring tribe of the Wurundjeri clan. Prior to European settlement, there were several large wetlands that were utilised by members of the Kurnaj-berring tribe.La Trobe University, 'History of the area', ''La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary'' ebsite , accessed 29 Oct. 2015. Europeans first arrived in the Bundoora area, known at the time as the Parish of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
