Wellington College (New Zealand)
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| Motto | Lumen accipe et imperti |
| Type | Single Sex-Boys State Secondary (Year 9-13) |
| Year established | 1867 |
| Address | Dufferin Street, Wellington |
| Principal | Roger Moses |
| School roll | 1500 (maximum roll) |
| Socio-economic decile (10 is high) | 10 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 275 |
| Website | www.wellington-college.school.nz |
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Wellington College is a boys-only state secondary school in the suburb Mount Victoria in Wellington, New Zealand.
[edit] About
The school's website claims a "proud tradition dating back to 1867". Sir George Grey gave the school a deed of endowment in 1853 but no teaching occurred. Instruction began in 1867 as Wellington Grammar School on Woodward Street. In 1874 it opened at its present location.
The school has an enrolment scheme. Previously, it had a selective entry scheme.
It also had boarding students until the school's boarding hostel was demolished in 1981.
Each year its rubgy team plays in a competition with Nelson College, Christ's College, and Wanganui Collegiate School known as the "Quadrangular".
[edit] Notable alumni
- Lord Freyberg of Wellington, Governor-General
- Sir Paul Reeves, Governor-General
- Sir Michael Hardie Boys, Governor-General
- William Pickering, former Head of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (space scientist)
- Don Hunn, State Services Commissioner.
- Dr William Ball Sutch, New Zealand public servant put on trial for espionage.
- Karl Urban, Actor
- Marc Ellis, All Black, Entertainer, Businessman
- Raybon Kan, Writer
- Jonathan Sarfati, Christian Scientist
- Rex Mason, Politician
- Thomas Gault, Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
- John Campbell, Current events TV host.
