Golden Square High School in Australia was established in temporary accommodation at Camp Hill Primary School in 1960. It moved to its current site in 1962, providing for years 7-12. In 1978 it became a 7-10 school and was one of the original feeder schools to Bendigo Senior High School

Bendigo Senior Secondary College

Bendigo Senior Secondary College is an Australian state school for Year 11 and Year 12 students in Bendigo, Victoria.There are four state 7-10 colleges in Bendigo - Eaglehawk Secondary College, Bendigo South East Secondary College, Crusoe College and Weeroona College Bendigo...

. In 1986 a Hearing Impaired Unit was established and in 1990 it underwent a name change to become Golden Square Secondary College. The school's name is currently pending. A temporary name has been set as "Bendigo South East Secondary College- Golden Square Campus".

The college caters for students from a range of backgrounds, drawn from around thirty rural and urban primary schools.

Former students of the school include Bendigo West MP Bob Cameron, former Richmond footballer Wayne Campbell

Wayne Campbell

Wayne Campbell is a retired Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club of the AFL.-Richmond career :...

 and First Lady of East Timor Kirsty Sword Gusmão

Kirsty Sword Gusmão

Kirsty Sword Gusmão is married to Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister and former President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste or East Timor...

 and The Age

The Age

The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...

journalist Adrian Lowe.

Merger and closure

As part of the Bendigo Education Plan, Golden Square Secondary College will merge with Flora Hill Secondary College

Flora Hill Secondary College

Flora Hill Secondary College was a co-educational secondary college, catering for students in years 7 to 10, located in Flora Hill, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia....

 and Kangaroo Flat Secondary College, with new schools to be built on the existing Kangaroo Flat and Flora Hill sites. This and the redevelopment of Bendigo's other two 7-10 colleges is expected to be complete by 2010. http://www.bendigoweekly.com/articles/3843/1/School-plan-brought-forward/Page1.html