Look at what we've lost - School closures and mergers in the Coburg area over the last 18 years

Here is a list of secondary schools closed down or merged in the Coburg area over the past 18 years: 

Moreland City College (below)- closed 31 December 2004 - see Sacrificing Schools the the Numbers Game, The Age 04/08/2004 - the building now houses Coburg Senior High School – which caters to years 10 to 12 only. 

Coburg High School (below), see history here, - closed 31 December 1993. The buildings have been demolished and the site has had permit approval for a housing development. 

Newlands High School (below)- closed 19 December 1992 -The buildings have been demolished and the site is now part of Pentridge Prison development.

Coburg Technical School - now Coburg Special Development School .

Hadfield Secondary College – closed on 31 December 1992 - The buildings were demolished and the site is now a retirement village. 

Moreland High School – closed on 31 December 1991 - now Kangan Batman TAFE 

Oak Park Secondary School – closed 31 December 1992 

Moomba Park Secondary College, Glenroy High School, Glenroy Technical School, Hadfield Secondary College and Oak Park Secondary College merged on 1 January 1993 to form Box Forest Secondary College, now Glenroy College. 

Brunswick High School, Brunswick Technical School (below) (see here for some history) and Brunswick East High School merged on 1 January 1993 to form Brunswick Secondary College 

St Joseph’s College – closed 31 Dec 2009.

Images are from Picture Victoria, Individual links are as follows - Moreland City College, Coburg High School,  Newlands High School and Brunswick Technical School.