Eastside Lutheran College (ELC) is located in
Warrane
Warrane is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, within the City of Clarence local government area. It is approximately from Hobart's CBD. It is located between Rosny Park and Mornington and runs parallel to the Tasman Highway.
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, in Australia. It is a co-educational
Lutheran college, catering for Kindergarten to Year 12. ELC has approximately 400 students.
When St Peter's Lutheran school was relocated to Warrane, it expanded to become a primary and secondary school under the current name.
History
Eastside Drive-In
Built on former farmland, a
drive-in cinema
A drive-in theater or drive-in cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles. Within this enclosed area, customers can view movie ...
designed by Cheesman Doley Brabham & Neighbour architects opened as the ''Eastside Drive-In'' on the site in 1966. Accommodating 418 cars, the screen measured in size, then the largest in Australia. The
Australian Red Cross
The Australian Red Cross, formally the Australian Red Cross Society, is a humanitarian aid and community services charity in Australia. Tracing its history back to 1923 and being incorporated by royal charter in 1941, the Australian Red Cro ...
received all the revenues from the opening picture, ''
The Sound of Music
''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. S ...
'' starring
Julie Andrews. The drive-in was highly profitable in the years following the
Tasman Bridge disaster
The Tasman Bridge disaster occurred on the evening of 5 January 1975, in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when the bulk carrier ''Lake Illawarra'', travelling up the Derwent River, collided with several pylon ...
, which separated the eastern shore from the
Hobart CBD. After 18 years of operation,
Village Cinemas
Village Cinemas is an Australian-based multinational film exhibition brand that mainly shows blockbuster, mainstream, children and family films and some arthouse, foreign language and documentary films. Since 2003, its Australian sites becam ...
shut down the venue in 1984. The former projection room and café survives as part of the Eastside Lutheran College, housing the institution's administrative offices.
Establishment of the college
Eastside Lutheran College (originally named St Peter's Lutheran School) was established in 1982 by St Peter's Lutheran Church in
Hobart.
ELC was originally located in the home next to the original Lutheran church in
Davey Street. In 1985, when student enrolment numbers increased, ELC moved to its new property on the eastern shore of the
Derwent River and became known as Eastside Christian School Lindisfarne. By the end of 2002, the school moved towards a secondary curriculum. In November 2004, it was decided to change the name from Eastside Christian School to Eastside Lutheran College. The college is affiliated with the
Lutheran Church of Australia
The Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) is the major Lutheran denomination in Australia and New Zealand. It counts 540 congregations and 30,026 members according to official statistics. It was created from a merger of the Evangelical Lutheran Chu ...
and is supported by Lutheran Education Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania.
House system
As with most Tasmanian schools, Eastside Lutheran College utilises a
house system. The college houses are:
* Bass - gold
* Flinders - green
* Mawson - blue
These house teams are used in school sport events, including the primary school swimming carnival, college sports carnival, and cross country.
Co-curriculum
Eastside Lutheran College offers a variety of co-curriculum programs. As the college has continued to expand, the college has been able to establish new programs, such as:
* Cheerleading
* Choir
* Drama
* Instrumental music
* Extracurricular sport teams
* Duke of Edinburgh Award
Arts
There is a wide range of programs and electives offered to the students, such as short courses in visual arts, photography and sculpture, extension academic programs, psychology, philosophy, outdoor education, and a Nature Play Kindergarten.
Music
The college has an instrumental tuition program, in which students can learn a variety of instruments in an individual and small group learning environment. The college also offers a band program, and many performance opportunities at school assemblies, eisteddfods, and community events. The college junior choir and senior choir perform in the local community events, Clarence City Eisteddfod, and the Festival of Voices.
Sport
The college is active in local interschool athletics and swimming events in Tasmania. The college runs a cheerleading program that regularly participates in local cheerleading competitions run by World Cup Cheer and Dance and with an Olympic coach. It has a number of extracurricular sport teams that change each year depending on need and interest.
See also
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Drive-in theatres in Australia
Drive-in theatres (also known as ''drive-in cinemas'' or ''drive-ins'') were once very popular in Australia. Although considered an American invention there is evidence of outdoor cinemas in Western Australia where some patrons attended in the ...
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List of Lutheran schools in Australia
Lutheran schools in Australia are educational institutions set up under or affiliated to the Lutheran Church of Australia. This affiliation is via Lutheran Education Australia, through its three district offices (Lutheran Education Queensland, Lu ...
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List of theatres in Hobart
This is a list of theatres in Hobart in Tasmania, Australia. The Hobart City Centre has several theatres in continuous operation, including live theatre venues, picture theatres, a single multiplex operated by Village Cinemas
Village Cinem ...
References
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{{Cinematic and theatrical buildings in Tasmania
Private primary schools in Hobart
Private secondary schools in Hobart
Lutheran schools in Australia
Educational institutions established in 1982
1982 establishments in Australia
High schools and secondary schools affiliated with the Lutheran Church
Elementary and primary schools affiliated with the Lutheran Church