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IDENTITY AND TRADITIONS



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             NAPOLEON AND BISHOP’S WILLOW

             FINDS NEW HOME AT HALE






             When Hale School moved from Havelock Street to the   Sadly, this willow did not survive. However, last year, Hale
             Wembley Downs campus, there was some concern that the   School was kindly given another cutting from the same tree.
             history of the School would be lost with the relocation. An   It was planted by Headmaster, Dean Dell’Oro; Father Tom
             idea was put forward that would physically transplant some   Couper, Chaplain; Captain of School, Alex Perin and Year 7
             of the history to the new campus.                 student, Kingsley Jones near the Chapel of St Mark, as part of
                                                               our Founder’s Day celebrations in June.
             Bishop Hale was a keen gardener. Amongst many features of
             his garden was a row of willow trees that lined the road at the   In continuation of the willow tree story, in 1910 Hale student
             foot of his property, Bishop’s House. These trees were grown   EM Riley (1902-11) made a cricket bat out of wood from the
             from slips of the willow tree growing at the head of Napoleon   original willow tree planted by Bishop Hale. This cricket bat
             Bonaparte’s grave on the island of St Helena. It is thought that   was used by the 1st XI team and is part of the Hale School
             Napoleon considered the shade of the willow tree a place of   Archives collection.
             quiet reflection, and that slips of this tree were taken   Napoleon’s Willow originally planted by Bishop Hale on
             and planted all over the world.
                                                                       his arrival in Perth in 1858 is a continuing symbol
             As a symbol of perpetuating Hale School                     of the history of the School from its beginnings
             history as it relocated to Wembley Downs,                    on St Georges Terrace to the Wembley Downs
             it was decided that a cutting from                            campus in 2022. We hope that our ‘new’
             ‘Napoleon’s Willow’, from Bishop Hale’s                       willow tree matures and provides our school
             House, would be planted at the new                            community with a continued place of quiet
             campus. On Arbour Day 1961 the School                         reflection.
             hosted a tree-planting ceremony, during
             which Bishop CL Riley planted a cutting.



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