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Acacia College (2010–2012) was an Australian
co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
school located in
Mernda Mernda is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Whittlesea local government area. Mernda recorded a population of 23,369 at the 2021 census. Hi ...
,
Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...
. The school was owned by the
Uniting Church The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977, when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union ...
. Acacia College opened in January 2010 in one of Melbourne's new residential areas. Information sessions were held in the year before opening and interest in places at the school was strong. On 17 October 2012, the school announced that it would be closing on 14 December because its owners, the Uniting Church, had found the school was not financially viable. The site was sold and has become a second campus of
Gilson College Gilson College is a dual-campus, Independent school, independent Seventh-day Adventist Church, Seventh-day Adventist Mixed-sex education, co-educational Pre-school education, early learning, Primary school, primary and Secondary school, secondary d ...
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Educational institutions established in 2010 Private secondary schools in Victoria (state) Uniting Church schools in Australia 2010 establishments in Australia Educational institutions disestablished in 2012 2012 disestablishments in Australia Defunct schools in Victoria (state) {{VictoriaAU-school-stub