Mooroolbark Technical School

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mooroolbark Technical School (1962-1989) Mooroolbark Technical School opened in Reay Road in 1962 with 97 year 7 students. The nineteen and a half acres were purchased by the Education Department from Mr. and Mrs. Mackay, owners of the property since 1944, when they had bought it from the original owners, the McIlwraiths. The original property, consisting of 81 acres, was a Crown Grant issued to Mr. Hugh McIlwraith in 1857 and it became a highly productive dairy farm.The old homestead, built mostly of bush timber and blackwood, and covered with shingles and iron, stood adjacent to the school. It was "done up" for the Mackays to live in after the school was built. The "Lilydale Express" 1964, describes how the school building site was once an old horse works, where a draft horse would circle round and round grinding the chaff. When the school opened it was bursting at the seams, with all rooms capable of taking a class or even part of one being utilised, including storerooms and the staffroom. Extra portables were brought in, and stage two of the building programme began within two years of its opening. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mooroolbark Secondary College (1990-1993) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pembroke Secondary College (Senior Campus) (Years 11 & 12) (1994-2010) The senior campus offers extensive educational opportunities for students and a range of VCE, VET and VCAL options is available. The strong VCE results in the arts are a highlight of the program. The college is part of the Yarra Valley E-learning Community and is a leader in the use of ICT in the classroom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yarra Hills Secondary College (Senior Campus) (Years 11 & 12) (2011-Present) In May 2009, the Victorian State Government announced funding of A$10.4million as part one of a two-part development of a new. state of the art complex on the Reay Road site to replace the current Cambridge Road and Reay Road campuses. Stage one will see the demolition of the old senior buildings and construction of a new junior campus which will temporarily house the senior school. Stage two will see the construction of a new senior school into which the senior school will move and the stage one buildings will become the home of the Cambridge junior school. As a part of the modernisation project the school was renamed in 2011 to Yarra Hills Secondary College --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------