Bob Hawke College is a

public high school State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...

in the

City of Subiaco The City of Subiaco is a local government area in Western Australia. It covers an area of approximately 7 km² in inner western metropolitan Perth and lies about 3 km west of the Perth CBD. The City includes the historically working- ...

and situated in the suburb of

Subiaco, Western Australia Subiaco (known colloquially as Subi) is an inner-Western suburbs (Perth), western suburb of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is approximately west of Perth's central business district, in the City of Subiaco local government area. H ...

. The school opened on 3 February 2020 with 250 Year 7 students, and is scheduled to expand to 1,500–2,000 students from Years 7 to 12 in 2025. The school integrates the playing surface of the former

Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval (; nicknamed Subi) was a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of Subiaco. It was opened in 1908 and closed in 2017 after the completion of the new Perth Stadium in Burswood. Subiaco Oval was the high ...

stadium into its campus, which was demolished in December 2019. The refurbished oval was open to students in May 2020, and to the general public the following month.

History

In 2017, the government of Western Australian proposed to move students from

Perth Modern School , motto_translation = Knowledge is Power , location = Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia , country = Australia , coordinates = , mapframe-stroke-colour = #C60C30 , mapframe-marker-co ...

to a new high-rise building in the

Perth central business district Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is p ...

. This proposal was opposed by many members of the Perth Modern School community. On 13 June 2017, the plan was changed to instead build a new school at

Mueller Park Mueller Park is a park in Subiaco, Western Australia, situated next to Bob Hawke College between Perth Modern School and Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval (; nicknamed Subi) was a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of ...

, which is close to Perth Modern School. The new college is expected to take pressure off

Churchlands Senior High School Churchlands Senior High School is an independent public secondary school located in Churchlands, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, approximately northwest from the Perth central business district. It is the largest school in Western Aus ...

Mount Lawley Senior High School Mount Lawley Senior High School is a public co-educational high day school in the City of Stirling, located in Mount Lawley, a northern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school consists of three separate sub-schools: Middle School for Yea ...

Shenton College Shenton College is a public co-educational partially selective high school, located in Shenton Park, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. History Shenton College was established in January 2001 through the amalgamation of Swanbourne and Holly ...

and Dianella Secondary College. During its planning and early construction, the college was known as ''Inner City College''. After the death of

Bob Hawke Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...

in May 2019, the school was confirmed to be named in honour of him. The Schools Principal is John Burke and the Associate Principals are Kara Beecham and Adrian Lee.

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* {{Public high schools in Western Australia Bob Hawke Educational institutions established in 2020 Public high schools in Perth, Western Australia Subiaco, Western Australia 2020 establishments in Australia