Aurora College, Invercargill
Aurora College is a state coeducational Year 7–13 secondary school located in Invercargill, New Zealand.
| Aurora College | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
234 Regent Street Invercargill 9812 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 46.4312°S 168.3831°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State Co-Educational Secondary (Year 7–13) |
| Motto | It's not just the stars that shine |
| Established | 2004 (formerly Mount Anglem College) |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 548 |
| Principal | Robyn Hickman |
| School roll | 592[1] (April 2023) |
| Socio-economic decile | 2E[2] |
| Website | www |
It is New Zealand's southernmost stand-alone secondary school, and second southernmost secondary school after The Catlins Area School in Owaka.
History
Aurora College opened in 2005, although it has a history extending back to 1912. It was formed from the merger of Mt Anglem College and Tweedsmuir Junior High School, on the former Mt Anglem site.[3] Mt Anglem College had operated for only six years, having opened in 1999 following the merger of Kingswell and Cargill High Schools on the existing Kingswell site.[4] Cargill High School was the successor school to Southland College (formerly Southland Technical College[5][6]) after the latter site become part of Southland Polytechnic in 1978.[7] Kingswell High School, which was established in 1971,[8][9] was built to the S68 plan which is characterised by single-storey classroom blocks of concrete block construction, with low-pitched roofs and internal open courtyards.[10]
| Southland Technical College (1912–67) | Tweedsmuir Intermediate / Tweedsmuir Junior High School (1943–2004) | ||||||||||||||||
| Southland College (1967–78) | |||||||||||||||||
| Cargill High School (1978–98) | Kingswell High School (1971–98) | ||||||||||||||||
| Mt Anglem College (1999–2004) | |||||||||||||||||
| Aurora College (2005–now) | |||||||||||||||||
Notable staff
Notable staff of Aurora College or its predecessor institutions include:
- Jack Alabaster, cricketer and educator
- Austin Brookes, mountaineer and educator[11]
- William (Bill) James Reed, artist[12]
Notable alumni
People educated at Aurora College or its predecessor institutions include:
- Rex Austin, politician
- Johnny Checketts, World War II air ace
- Simon Culhane, rugby union player
- Ruth Dallas, writer and poet
- Bill Kini, boxer
- Jean McKenzie, diplomat
- Trevor Moffitt, artist
- Mils Muliaina, rugby union player
- Cliff Skeggs, businessman and politician
- Jeff Wilson, rugby union player and cricketer
References
- "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- Sonti, Chalpat (27 November 2004). "Goodbye Mt Anglem College". Southland Times.
- Baird, Nicky (12 December 1998). "Kingswell school's out forever". Southland Times. p. 3.
- Southland Technical College: Silver Jubilee. Invercargill: Jubilee committee. 1937.
- Southland Technical College Golden Jubilee, 1912-1962. Invercargill: Jubilee committee. 1962.
- Cargill High School Commemorative Magazine, 1978-1998. Invercargill: Cargill High School. 1999.
- "School's over". Southland Times. 21 June 1997. p. 27.
- "Post-primary (secondary) schools in Otago & Southland" (PDF). Hocken Library, University of Otago. February 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- Category:New Zealand secondary schools of S68 plan construction
- "Adventurer with a social conscience". DominionPost. Wellington. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- "William James Reed". Ferner Galleries. Retrieved 27 April 2015.