Flying Fruit Fly Circus School

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} The '''Flying Fruit Fly Circus School''' is the only [[primary school|primary]] and [[secondary school|secondary]]-level circus school in [[Australia]]. It was founded in 1987 as the educational arm of [[The Flying Fruit Fly Circus]].

The school was originally located on the grounds of [[Wodonga High School]], but in 2003 a fire destroyed the entire [[Wodonga High School]] facility. Police considered the fire suspicious.<ref>{{Cite news | issn = 0312-6307 | title = Flying Fruit Fly Circus's School Destroyed | work = The Age | accessdate = 2008-10-03 | date = 2003-02-03 | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/02/1044122262259.html }}</ref> The school was relocated to nearby Wodonga West Secondary College,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310235919/http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/345b3ce0419f5953ca256e85001ff9fc!OpenDocument www.dpc.vic.gov.au]</ref> now known as [[Wodonga Middle Years College Felltimber Campus]] due to a merging of the three public schools in Wodonga ([[Wodonga High School]], Wodonga West Secondary College, and [[Mitchell Secondary College]]) in 2005–2006.<ref>[http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/52955dd4b7469c39ca2570900000d367!OpenDocument www.dpc.vic.gov.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310235838/http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/52955dd4b7469c39ca2570900000d367!OpenDocument |date=2007-03-10 }}</ref>

==See also== *[[Cirkidz]] *[[National Institute of Circus Arts]] *[[Lennon Bros Circus]] *[[The Flying Fruit Fly Circus]]

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==External links== * [http://www.fruitflyschool.vic.edu.au The Flying Fruit Fly Circus School]

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[[Category:Private secondary schools in Victoria (state)]] [[Category:Circus schools]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1987]] [[Category:Schools of the performing arts in Australia]] [[Category:1987 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Arts in Victoria (state)]]

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