Yarra Hills Secondary College (formerly Pembroke Secondary College) is a secondary school in the outer eastern suburbs of
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropol ...
. The school has two campuses, one located in
Mount Evelyn
Mount Evelyn is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 37 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Mount Evelyn recorded a population of 9,799 at the 20 ...
and the other located in
Mooroolbark
Mooroolbark is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 31 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Mooroolbark recorded a population of 23,059 at the .
Moo ...
.
History
Pembroke High School opened in 1968 with 86 students and four teachers in temporary accommodation at Croydon West High School. In February 1970, the school opened on its Cambridge Road site. The school was officially opened by the Governor of Victoria - Sir Rohan Delacombe on 14 November 1972.
[''Pembroke High School 1968-1988 A Brief History'', booklet created for the school's 20th anniversary.]
A merger with Mooroolbark Secondary College followed by a merger with Mt Evelyn Secondary College resulted in the previous three-campus structure.
On 5 July 2010, a suspicious fire destroyed three classrooms that were to be demolished.
Modernisation Project - Mooroolbark Campus
In May 2009, the Victorian State Government announced funding (A$10.4million) for a two-part development of a new state of the art complex on the Reay Road site (current Mooroolbark site) to replace the previous Cambridge Road and Reay Road campuses.
[Victorian Schools Plan](_blank)
DEECD information on school upgrades. Stage one saw the demolition of the old senior buildings and construction of a new junior campus which temporarily housed the senior school. Stage two saw the construction of a new senior school into which the senior school moved. The stage one buildings became the home of the Cambridge junior school.
As a part of the modernisation project the school was renamed in 2013 to Yarra Hills Secondary College.
The modernisation project finished in August 2013, and saw the closure of the original Cambridge site in late October.
This resulted in the current two-campus structure.
References
External links
Yarra Hills Secondary CollegePembroke Alumni
Secondary schools in Melbourne
Educational institutions established in 1968
Buildings and structures in the Shire of Yarra Ranges
1968 establishments in Australia
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