Woodleigh School, Melbourne

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Woodleigh School
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Woodleigh School, Melbourne
Minimbah Court, Frankston South (junior)
Golf Links Road, Langwarrin South (senior)

Melbourne
,
Victoria

Australia
Information
Type Independent, co-educational, day
MottoAdventurous Minds
Denomination Non-denominational
Established1856 [1]
ChairmanGerry Gogan [2]
HeadmasterDavid Baker [3]
Years offeredELC–12
GenderCo-educational
Enrolment934
Colour(s) Pine green and white
  
Affiliation Southern Independent Schools
Website www.woodleigh.vic.edu.au

Woodleigh School is an independent, co-educational, K-12 day school located in the Melbourne suburb of Langwarrin South, Victoria, Australia. It has two junior campuses; "Minimbah" ( 38°10′25″S145°06′49″E / 38.1735°S 145.1137°E / -38.1735; 145.1137 (Minimbah campus) ), located in Frankston South, and "Penbank" located in Moorooduc. Its senior campus, "Woodleigh" ( 38°11′31″S145°10′30″E / 38.192°S 145.175°E / -38.192; 145.175 (Woodleigh campus) ), is located in Langwarrin South.

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History

Woodleigh School was founded in 1856 as St Paul's School, [1] and operated out of a hall on the grounds of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Frankston. [1] It was the first school in Frankston, [1] as well as one of the earliest in the then colony of Victoria, [1] and is the oldest co-educational school in the state of Victoria. [1] [4]

In 1970, the school moved to a 3.5 ha property off Seaview Road in Frankston South (now Minimbah Court) which it named "Minimbah" – the Bunurong aboriginal word for "place of learning". [1] In 1975, it purchased the former 12.5 ha farm "Woodleigh" on Golf Links Road in Langwarrin South. [1] During this time, the Minimbah site became the junior campus and the Woodleigh site became the senior campus of the school. [1]

After acquiring further land at its Woodleigh site, creating a 22 ha campus, the school changed its name to Woodleigh School in 1999. [1]

Sport

Woodleigh is a member of the Southern Independent Schools (SIS).

SIS premierships

Woodleigh has won the following SIS senior premierships. [5]

Boys:

Girls:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Our History". Woodleigh School. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Board and Governance. Woodleigh School. Retrieved 04 March 2025
  3. ↑ Day One at Woodleigh School – A message to Families from our new Principal, MR David Baker. Woodleigh School. Retrieved 19 June 2020
  4. ↑ Co-Education. Woodleigh School. Retrieved 05 April 2014
  5. ↑ "Archives". www.sis.org.au. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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