Hale School is the oldest boys’ school in Western Australia. An Anglican day and boarding school, it is constituted under the Hale School Act of the State Parliament. It provides that the governance of the School shall be in the hands of eleven Governors, of whom five shall be appointed by the Diocesan Trustees of the Anglican Church, and five shall be appointed by The Old Haleians' Association, all being appointed for a five-year term. The Act further provides that His Grace the Anglican Archbishop of Perth shall be a Governor.
The current Headmaster is Mr. SG Meade, who replaced Dr. RJ Inverarity in 2003.
History
An intrinsic part of the State's history, the school was founded in 1858 by the first Anglican Bishop of Perth, Dr Matthew Blagden Hale, a Cambridge alumnus, educator, and social pioneer. Modelled after England's public schools, it was then known as "The Church of England Collegiate School".
The first campus was established at The Cloisters, St George’s Terrace, in Perth. In 1914 the School (which was called "The High School" between 1878 and 1929), moved to a more spacious site at Havelock Street, within walking distance of the Western Australian Houses of Parliament. In 1961, having acquired the name Hale School in 1929, it moved to Wembley Downs, where it is currently situated on a 48 hectare site, north-west of Perth.
Alumni
Some prominent Old Haleians include (this list is not exhaustive):
- John, 1st Lord Forrest of Bunbury, the first Premier of Western Australia and Australia's first peer;
- George Leake, Premier of Western Australia;
- Sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia, Agent-General;
- Langley Hancock, mining tycoon who discoverered the Pilbara iron ore deposits, founder of the separatist WA First Party;
- Peter Dowding, Premier of Western Australia;
- Richard Court, Premier of Western Australia;
- Todd Pearson, sportsman and Olympics gold-medalist.
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Sources
Much of the information from this article was gathered from the School's website and from Haleian publications. Further information may be obtained from The Hale School Museum and Archives.
