Flying Fruit Fly Circus School

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The Flying Fruit Fly Circus School is the only primary and secondary-level circus school in Australia. It was founded in 1987 as the educational arm of The Flying Fruit Fly Circus.

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The school was originally located on the grounds of Wodonga High School, but in 2003 a fire destroyed the entire Wodonga High School facility. Police considered the fire suspicious. [1] The school was relocated to nearby Wodonga West Secondary College, [2] now known as Wodonga Middle Years College Felltimber Campus due to a merging of the three public schools in Wodonga (Wodonga High School, Wodonga West Secondary College, and Mitchell Secondary College) in 2005–2006. [3]

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  1. "Flying Fruit Fly Circus's School Destroyed". The Age. 3 February 2003. ISSN   0312-6307 . Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  2. www.dpc.vic.gov.au
  3. www.dpc.vic.gov.au Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine

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