BUNTINEBuntine House was named after Dr Arnold Buntine, Headmaster of Hale School between 1931 and 1945. He arrived at a time when the Great Depression had reduced School numbers appreciably. It was he, along with the Chairman of the Board, Bill Brine, who instigated the purchase of the land at Wembley Downs. | FAULKNERFaulkner House was named after the Headmaster of the School from 1889 to 1914. Frederick Charles Faulkner came from New Zealand at a time when there were thoughts of closing the School down. Enrolments were around the same as on the first opening day, 28th June 1858. In a little over a year he managed to raise the numbers to 81 and the future of the School was assured. |
HAVELOCKAt the end of 1992, it was decided to introduce two additional day houses. These were named Havelock and St Georges - after the West Perth site of the School from 1914 through to 1960, and St Georges, after several sites the School occupied in St Georges Terrace during its formative years, from 1858 through to the mid-1880s. | HAYNESHaynes House was named after E.Y. ‘Paddy’ Haynes who re-started Bishop’s School (Hale) after it closed down temporarily in 1862. When the High School began operations in 1878 he marched his boys across St George’s Terrace to join the new fraternity, staying on as 2nd master. |
LOTONLoton House, first opened as a boarding house in 1966 - became the eighth day house.Loton House was named in honour of Sir Thorley Loton, Chairman of the Hale School Board of Governors, 1947-56. His sons and grandsons have attended the School. | Previously known as St Georges House, it's name changed to Meade House in 2020 to recognise the contribution made by Mr Stuart Meade, Headmaster of Hale School between 2003-2016. |
| RILEYRiley House was named after Charles Owen Leaver Riley, Bishop of Perth, 1895-1914; Archbishop, 1914-1929, Chairman of the Hale School Board of Governors. He had three sons attend the School - C.L. (‘Tom’), later Bishop of Bendigo, Eric and Frank (the 1912 Rhodes Scholar for Western Australia). Riley (senior) and his sons all attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, the campus featured in the opening scenes of the film, ‘Chariots of Fire.’ |
TREGONNINGIn 1988, with the retirement of Dr Ken Tregonning as Headmaster, the name of Stirling House was changed to Tregonning House. | WILSONThe Wilson House crest, not designed and implemented until 1995-6, denotes Mathew Wilson’s connection with Melbourne Grammar School, his membership/captaincy of the Essendon Football Club and his under-graduate period at Melbourne University. The bridge and the motto, ‘To Strive, To Seek, to Find’ are taken from Alfred Tennyson’s poem, ‘Ulysses’, denoting life’s endeavour. Wilson was Headmaster from 1915 to 1928. |
BRINE HOUSEThe Junior boarding house, is named after a Chairman of the Board of Governors, Bill Brine. It was he who negotiated the sale of the Wembley Downs site in 1939. |
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THE JUNIOR SCHOOL
The four Hale Junior School Houses are named after Haleian Rhodes Scholars; Thomas Arthur Lewis (Taddy) Davy, Stanley Bruce (Bruce) Rosier, Alexander Phipps (Phipps) Turnbull and James Leonard Walker.The symbols within the crests, moving clockwise, display in graphical form the main features of the lives of these four Haleian Rhodes Scholars. The crests follow the ancient heraldic tradition of display on the battlefield, in churches and assembly halls, to signal to their adherents the presence and influence of the person or body represented.
DAVY The four symbols in the Davy crest display, in graphical form, the story of ‘Taddy’ Davy’s outstanding life and career. Davy, while President of the High [Hale] School Old Boys’ Association in 1924, proposed that the name of the School should be changed to Hale. It was he who carried the proposition, even guiding it through parliament to fulfilment in 1929. In sequence on the shield, from the top and then left and continuing clockwise:
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Motto: ‘Striving for Excellence’ |