Sale High School (formerly known as Sale Agricultural High School) was a secondary school in

Sale, Victoria Sale is a city situated in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria and the council seat of the Shire of Wellington. It had an estimated urban population of 15,682 according to the 2021 census. The total population including the ...

, Australia.

History

It amalgamated with the Sale Technical School in 1996 to become the

Sale College Sale College is a public day school located in Sale, in the state of Victoria, Australia. It is a high school broken up into two campuses. The Mac campus(senior) and guthridge campus (junior). History It was formed in 1996 through the merg ...

, Sale. The Sale Agricultural High School operated on the property known as the High School farm on the Desaily's Flat to the west of Sale and from the Mechanics’ Institute building. In 1917 a new purpose built building was opened for the school on the corner of Raymond St and Foster St (now the site of the Wellington Entertainment Centre, the Adult Continuing Education Centre, the Sale Special School and McMillan Institute). It operated in Sale from April 1907 as an

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until 1928,Gippsland's Lucky City- A History of Sale, 1st Edition, Timesprint, 1994. pages 111-112 when the agricultural section was closed down. The farm was purchased by a local Sale butcher, John G. Wakely, and is now the site of the

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. The

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continued to operate until the number of students required a new premise, and the Guthridge Parade campus was opened in 1973. The High School continued to operate until 1996 when it amalgamated with the Sale Technical School. The

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campus operates to this day for years 7 to 9, while years 10 to 12 attend the senior campus on the corner of Macalister and York St, Sale. The senior campus site being the old

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and still has on its grounds the original Mechanics’ Institute building.

School Logo

The original Sale High School's logo included a representation of a

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, which is the symbol of Sale. The school moto – "Prorsum Semper Honeste" - "Onwards Always Honorably"

Educational Offerings

Although Sale High School no-longer exists, Sale College offers a wide range of subjects.

References

External links

City of Sale homepage

Sale College homepage
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