Princes Hill Secondary College

Princes Hill Secondary College is a coeducational state secondary school, located in Princes Hill, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school is 2 kilometres from the Melbourne City Centre. The school was formerly known as Princes Hill High School and prior to that, Princes Hill Central School. Princes Hill Secondary College is non-selective and accepts students from over 30 primary schools in the City of Yarra, City of Melbourne, City of Merri-bek and City of Darebin. History The school was opened by the acting headmaster on 2 September 1889 with several hundred pupils. It was the continuation of the Lygon Street, North Carlton school, established in the 1860s. Ivor Evans, a 13-year-old student at Princes Hill State School, was a co-winner of the 1901 Federal Flag Design Competition to design Australia's national flag. It was displayed over the Royal Exhibition Building.