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Hampton High School, Melbourne

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|motto = Summa Pete

|motto_translation = Aim for the Highest

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|city = Hampton, Melbourne

|state = Victoria

|postcode = 3188

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Hampton High School is a former secondary school located in the Hampton suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The school occupied the block bounded by Ludstone, Favril and Passchendaele Streets. Established in 1935, the school was closed in 1988. Alumni are known as Old Hamptonians.{{cite web|url=http://www.oldhamptonians.org.au/history.php |title=History of Hampton High School and of the Old Hamptonians Association – a very special club, for ex-students and staff members of the former Hampton High School, Ludstone Street, Hampton, Victoria, Australia 3188 |publisher=Oldhamptonians.org.au |accessdate=16 August 2013}}

History

In 1924, the Education Department purchased land in Ludstone St Hampton from the War Service Homes Commission.{{cite web|url=http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01584b.htm |title=War Service Homes – Entry – eMelbourne – The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online |publisher=eMelbourne |date=25 February 2010 |accessdate=16 August 2013}} The land had previously been a part of the Castlefield Estate, which later became Haileybury College. Following the purchase, a single story building designed by architect Percy Everett was built.{{cite web |url=http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/walksandtrails_heritagewalks_castlefield_walk.htm |title=Heritage walks – Castlefield Walk, Hampton – Bayside City Council |publisher=Bayside.vic.gov.au |date=12 January 2012 |accessdate=16 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016105844/http://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/walksandtrails_heritagewalks_castlefield_walk.htm |archivedate=16 October 2013 }} The school campus also included a sporting oval on the western side of the property. While the sports field was utilised for various sporting activities, football and cricket were played on the Castlefield Reserve. In 1952, a two-storied Manual Arts Block in the modernist style (again designed by Percy Everett) was built to provide additional accommodation, as well as provide facilities for teaching art, craft, woodwork, metalwork and domestic science.{{cn|date=June 2013}}

In 1957, a fire destroyed the majority of the main building. A newly renovated building was opened in 1959, which was representative of the style of the original 1930s building. During this time, a new single-storied building was erected on the western side of the main building to support the growing number of matriculation students. This building became the prototype for many Victorian high schools that were built to support other schools throughout Victoria. In 1966, the boys' locker room at the southern end of the west wing building was partly demolished to make way for new science laboratories, which were funded through a federal government grant.{{cn|date=August 2013}}

Notable alumni

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Category:Educational institutions established in 1935

Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 1988

Category:Defunct public high schools in Victoria (state)

Category:1935 establishments in Australia

Category:Defunct schools in Melbourne