Place Names Register Extract
Rosebery Secondary School
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Rosebery Secondary School |
|---|---|
| Type Designation | School |
| Place Id | 24188 |
| Place Type | Infrastructure |
| Status | Assigned |
| Date Registered | 28 June 2011 |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -12° 30' S (Decimal degrees -12.510357) | |
| Longitude: 130° 59' E (Decimal degrees 130.99144) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Rosebery | |
| Local Government Area | |
| Palmerston City Council | |
| Alternate Names | |
| Palmerston College | |
| Rosebery Middle School | |
| History/Origin | Rosebery Secondary School takes its name from the suburb in which it is located, which is itself named after Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929), a British aristocrat and statesman. The school opened in 2011 as Rosebery Middle School and was amalgamated with Palmerston Senior College in 2018 to form the newly named Palmerston College. |
Register & Gazettal information
| Date | Gazettal | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 28/06/2011 | Date added to the Register. | |
| 06/07/2011 | NTG G27 | Naming of Rosebery Middle School. |
| 20/12/2017 | NTG G51 | Amalgamation with Palmerston Senior College and renaming as Palmerston College, effective 1 January 2018. |
| 09/12/2025 | NTG S77 | Closure (de-amalgamation) of Palmerston College and naming of Rosebery Secondary School. |