{{Short description|High school in Perth, Western Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = {{wikidata |property |P1448 }} | logo = | image = File:Bob Hawke College, August 2021 02.jpg | image_size = | caption = Bob Hawke College in August 2021 | motto = Extraordinary Together | motto_translation = | location = Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia | country = Australia | coordinates = {{coord |region:AU-WA_type:edu_dim:{{wikidata |property |qualifier |raw |P625 |P2386 |format=%q}} |name={{wikidata |property |P1448 }} |display=inline,title |format=dms}}{{EditAtWikidata|pid=P625}} | other_name = Inner City College | type = Public co-educational partially selective high school | established = 2020 | school_code = 4213 | principal = Rohan Smith | grades = 7–12 | grades_label = Years | enrolment = 2,000 | campus_type = Urban | colours = | test_average = | yearbook = | alumni = | website = {{official URL}} | enrolment_as_of = 2025 estimate }}
'''Bob Hawke College''' is a public high school in the state of Western Australia, Australia and situated in the suburb of Subiaco.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/education/perths-new-school-at-former-kitchener-park-site-to-be-bob-hawke-college-ng-b881211049z|title=Perth's new school at former Kitchener Park site to be Bob Hawke College|date=2019-05-25|website=The West Australian|language=en|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref> The school opened on 3 February 2020 with 250 Year 7 students, and {{update after |2026 |text=has expanded to around 2,100 students from Years 7 to 12 in 2026.}}<ref name="dot20">{{cite web |title=Bob Hawke College |url=https://www.education.wa.edu.au/bob-hawke-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321161136/https://www.education.wa.edu.au/in/bob-hawke-college |archive-date=2020-03-21 |website=Department of Education |publisher=Government of Western Australia |date=2020-03-21 |quote=More than 250 Year 7 students made history on Monday 3 February 2020 as they walked through the doors of the newly completed Bob Hawke College. |access-date=2020-03-29 }}</ref><ref name="gub19">{{cite web |url=https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-27/bob-hawke-college-wont-solve-perth-western-suburb-school-squeeze |title=Why the new Bob Hawke College in Subiaco won't solve Perth's western suburbs school squeeze |last={{title case|GUBANA}} |first={{title case|BENJAMIN}} |date=2019-08-27 |website= |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=2019-11-22 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
The school integrates the playing surface of the former Subiaco Oval stadium, which was demolished in December 2019, into its campus.<ref name=BHCollege>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-27/bob-hawke-college-set-to-welcome-first-perth-students-next-week/11903136|title=Bob Hawke College, Perth's new inner-city public school, prepares to welcome first students|work=ABC News|date=27 January 2020}}</ref> The refurbished oval was open to students in May 2020, and to the general public the following month.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/subiaco-takes-another-step-towards-its-new-life-with-subi-oval-reopening-20200604-p54ziw.html|title=Subiaco takes another step towards its new life with Subi Oval reopening|work=WAToday|date=4 June 2020}}</ref>
== History == In 2017, the government of Western Australia proposed to move students from Perth Modern School to a new high-rise building in the Perth central business district. This proposal was opposed by many members of the Perth Modern School community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-27/perth-high-rise-school-parents-reject-labor-plan/8308370|title=Perth CBD high-rise school: Parents at war with Labor over 'stifling, sterile' plan|last=Gartry|first=Laura|date=2017-02-27|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> On 13 June 2017, the plan was changed to instead build a new school at Mueller Park, which is close to Perth Modern School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-13/perth-modern-school-move-plan-abandoned-by-wa-government/8610540|title=Perth Modern School parents win relocation fight|last=Powell|first=Graeme|date=2017-06-13|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref> The college was expected to take pressure off{{citation needed|date=March 2020|reason=Citation does not support this part of the statement.}} Churchlands Senior High School, Mount Lawley Senior High School, Shenton College and Dianella Secondary College.<ref name="dot-ctlia20">{{cite web |title=Changes to local-intake area |url=https://www.education.wa.edu.au/bob-hawke-college/changes-to-local-intake-areas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616110851/https://www.education.wa.edu.au/bob-hawke-college/changes-to-local-intake-areas |archive-date=16 June 2019 |website=Department of Education |publisher=Government of Western Australia |date=2020-03-29 |access-date=2020-03-29 }}</ref> During its planning and early construction, the college was known as ''Inner City College''. After the death of Bob Hawke in May 2019, the school was confirmed to be named in honour of him.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== *{{official website}} {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Public high schools in Western Australia}}
Category:Bob Hawke Category:Educational institutions established in 2020 Category:Public high schools in Perth, Western Australia Category:Subiaco, Western Australia Category:2020 establishments in Australia