Wellington College (New Zealand)

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Wellington College
Motto	Lumen accipe et imperti - Receive The Light And Pass It On
Type	Single Sex-Boys State Secondary (Year 9-13)
Year established	1867
Address	Dufferin Street, Wellington
Coordinates	41°18′12.65″S 174°46′56.94″E / -41.3035139, 174.7824833
Principal	Roger Moses
School roll	1550
Socio-economic decile (10 is highest)	10
Ministry of Education Institution no.	275
Website	www.wellington-college.school.nz

Wellington College is a secondary school in Mount Victoria in Wellington, New Zealand.

1 History
2 About
3 Notable alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Firth Hall on the left with the new school hall on the right.

It opened in 1867 as Wellington Grammar School in Woodward Street, though Sir George Grey gave the school a deed of endowment in 1853. In 1874 it opened at its present location. The former boarding establishment at the college, Firth House, was named after Joseph Firth, the headmaster from 1892 to 1921.

Wellington College's Pavilion, Firth House and the Gifford observatory were opened on Monday, 1st December, 1924. The War Memorial Hall was opened on 2nd March, 1928, financially supported by £6000 from the Old Boys' Association ^[1]. The War Memorial Hall was demolished by the Ministry of Works and replaced in the 1960s.

[edit] About

Wellington College's zone mainly covers the central and western parts of the city.

Each year the school's rugby team plays in a competition with Nelson College, Christ's College, and Wanganui Collegiate School known as the "Quadrangular Tournament".

The school also competes in a local athletics competition known as "McEvedy Shield".

It is next to Wellington East Girls' College, also in Mount Victoria, and shares with that college the Gifford Observatory.

Each year in Dunedin, a de facto reunion is held by old boys of the college studying at Otago University.^{[citation needed]}