Flora Hill Secondary College was a

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secondary school, catering for students in

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, located in , Bendigo,

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, Australia.FLORA HILL SECONDARY COLLEGE
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In 2009, the college had an enrolment of over 1200 students, supported by over 100 staf

Year 10 students have the opportunity to specialise in specific areas of interest. Senior students also have the opportunity to undertake some units of their

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(VCE) at the college. Most of the students who elected to go on to achieve the VCE do so at Bendigo Senior Secondary College. Before becoming co-educational, Bendigo South East was known as Flora Hill Secondary College, and before that both Flora Hill High School and The Bendigo's School for Domestic Arts, a Girls High School. Flora Hill Secondary College, in honour of it history, named their sporting houses after influential females in history. Gold was (Caroline) Chisholm, Red was Bronte after the three Bronte sisters, Blue was (Daisy) Bates and Green was (Florence) Nightingale. Flora Hill Secondary College amalgamated with Golden Square Secondary College in 2008. The new school, on the Flora Hill Secondary College site, is called

Bendigo South East College Bendigo South East College (BSE) is an Australian secondary school in Bendigo, Victoria, for year 7-10 students. History BSE occupies a building originally known as the Bendigo Girls' School. That school had been founded in 1916, originally loc ...

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