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, Australia, each campus with a co-located a Little Beacons Learning Centre. Beaconhills was established in 1982 by the Anglican and

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to serve the education needs of the Christian community in the greater Pakenham area. The college celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2012.

College history

Inception

The idea to establish a local, independent, Christian school was conceived by a group of parishioners a
St. John's Anglican Church
in Upper Beaconsfield in 1980. By March 1981 a steering committee had been established with John McConchie appointed as chairperson. The steering committee called a public meeting at the Pakenham Hall on 11 March 1981 where the proposal to establish an ecumenical, co-educational, low-fee secondary school was ratified in the presence of some 250 people. In 1981, as the steering committee continued to hold public meetings seeking support for the new school, a site on Toomuc Valley Road, Pakenham was purchased and portable classrooms obtained from St. Catherine's School in Toorak, and Frank Millett was appointed as founding principal. On 3 February 1982 Beaconhills Christian College opened with 34 students and five staff. A dedication service was held at St. James Church on 28 March 1982. Frank Millet led the college as principal until 1988, by which time the college community had grown to include 388 students and a teaching staff of 30. John McConchie, having led the steering committee, was chairperson of the board until 1986.

Sport

Beaconhills is an associate member of the Association of Coeducational Schools (ACS).

Notable former students

* Tom Bugg - AFL Footballer * Matthew Buntine - AFL Footballer *

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