Claremont High School (Tasmania)
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Claremont High School was a public high school for grades 7 to 10 located in Claremont
in the northern suburbs of Hobart
, Tasmania
, Australia
. Built in 1961 on the site of Windemere house, Claremont High School was the main high school for the Claremont area.
Claremont High School merged with Rosetta High School to become Montrose Bay High School in 2011.
Claremont, Tasmania
Claremont is a suburb of the City of Glenorchy, part of the greater Hobart area, Tasmania, Australia. It is named after Claremont House, which was built in the 1830s by local settler Henry Bilton, who named it after one of the royal homes of England. Claremont was the home of an Army training...
in the northern suburbs of Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Built in 1961 on the site of Windemere house, Claremont High School was the main high school for the Claremont area.
Claremont High School merged with Rosetta High School to become Montrose Bay High School in 2011.
See also
- List of schools in Tasmania
- Education in TasmaniaEducation in TasmaniaThe education system in Tasmania comprises two tertiary education institutions; the government run K-12 schooling system, and numerous independent private schools and colleges, most of which are controlled or sponsored by religious organisations....