History

Early Years

The establishment of a secondary school in the Greenmount-Swan View area east of Governor Stirling Senior High School was originally raised in 1972.

At the time, Governor Stirling Senior High School maintained a consistent position of being a school amongst the highest enrolment figures throughout Western Australia. The increased residential development east of Midland supported the establishment of a secondary school and would relieve the overcrowding at Governor Stirling SHS.

The view that the development of a secondary school is necessary was also strongly supported by the wider community in the Greenmount-Swan View area. The Swan View Primary School Parents and Citizens Association established a Committee to work towards the early development of a secondary school.

In 1973, the Tonkin Labor Government announced the proposed development of a secondary school in Swan View with the first stage ready for students in 1975.

During this time, parents at Eastern Hills High School were advocating for the school to be upgraded to a senior high school as the population in the area was increasing.

In August 1974, the Court Liberal Government deferred the proposed development of Swan View High School citing the considerable increase in costs in building a new secondary school. Instead the Government opted for the upgrading of Eastern Hills High School with the introduction of Year 11 students at the school in 1975 followed by Year 12 in 1976. It was viewed at the time that this would ease the enrolment position at Governor Stirling SHS.

The Greenmount-Swan View community were disappointed by the decision of the Government particularly as the new school was proposed to open at Swan View in 1975. Moreover, they viewed the two schools as being different and therefore could not see the connection between the two proposals.

A Public Meeting was organised by the local community in the Greenmount Hall on 15 August 1974 to discuss the announcement by the Hon. Graham MacKinnon MLC, Minister for Education, and to plan a way forward. The meeting was well attended: Dr David Mossenson, Education Department; James Moiler MLA, Mundaring; Hon. Gordon Masters MLC, West Province; and John Skidmore MLA, Swan. Also present were approximately 80 interested parents and representatives from the following organisations: Eastern Hills District Parents and Citizens Council, Governor Stirling SHS Parents and Citizens Association, Greenmount Ratepayers Association, Parents and Citizens Association representatives from nearby schools, Shire of Mundaring, and the Swan Districts Parents and Citizens Council.

After a great deal of discussion, the meeting recommended that a delegation committee be formed, consisting of represented organisations, to further advocate for a secondary school at Swan View. The Swan View High School Deputation Committee was subsequently established; comprising the following members: James Moiler MLA, Mundaring; Hon. Gordan Masters MLC, West Province; Tom Broz, President – Shire of Mundaring; K Wylie, President – Governor Stirling SHS Parents and Citizens Association and Vice President – Swan District Council Parents and Citizens Association; Lee Struthers, President – Swan View Primary School Parents and Citizens Association; and Margaret Taylor, President – Eastern Hills District Council Parents and Citizens Association and President – Darlington Primary School Parents and Citizens Association.

Margaret Taylor was elected Chair of the Deputation Committee.

During the ensuing months the Committee organised regular meetings to discuss and plan ways to progress the development of a secondary school at Swan View. Evidence was continually gathered to assist in the preparation of a submission that would be presented to Minister MacKinnon MLC.

In October 1974, Minister MacKinnon MLC accepted an invitation to visit Governor Stirling SHS to examine the matter of overcrowding at the school. During his visit, the potential utilisation of classroom accommodation at Midland Technical School was raised as an option to relieve the overcrowding at school. It was suggested at the time that first year Swan View HS students could be commenced at Midland Technical School in 1975. This would allow for the first and second stage of the proposed Swan View HS to be built and opened in February 1976.

The Midland Technical School option was rejected by Minister MacKinnon based on the financial capacity of the State Government to build the school. In the opinion of the State Government it was more cost effective to extend Year 11 classes at Eastern Hills HS and defer the opening of the proposed Swan View HS.

In November 1974, Margaret Taylor resigned as Chair of the Deputation Committee due to family and other community commitments. She was succeeded by Lee Struthers. In March 1975, the organisation was renamed the Swan View High School Committee.

In November 1975, the Education Department announced plans to build a secondary school in Swan View for the commencement of the 1977 school year. The decision came after a disciplined and ongoing campaign by parents, community organisations, the Shire of Mundaring and the State School Teachers Union of Western Australia.

In preparing for the building of the proposed school in 1976, 140 students from the primary schools at Bellevue, Greenmount, Helena Valley, Koongamia and Swan View and students living east of the standard gauge railway who attended Midvale travelled by a special bus to Forrestfield High School. The school was selected due to its proximity and surplus accommodation.

These students became the nucleus of the future Swan View High School as the Year 8 and 9 cohort.

A New School

Swan View High School formally opened on 7 February 1977. There were 346 foundation students in Years 8 and 9 that enrolled in the school. This was more than the 328 students estimated by the Planning Branch of the Education Department of Western Australia. The contributory primary schools included: Bellevue, Greenmount, Helena Valley, Koongamia, and Swan View. Darlington and Glen Forest Primary Schools had the option in 1977 and in 1978 to attend either Swan View High School or Eastern Hills Senior High School.

Each student was placed in a School House (or Faction). The Houses were named after explorers who explored Western Australia. They included: Eyre (red), Forrest (green), Giles (yellow) and Grey (blue). In 1984, Grey was changed to Canning (blue).

The first Year 10 cohort at the school graduated in 1978. These students continued their education in Year 11 and 12 at either Eastern Hills Senior High School or Governor Stirling Senior High School.

In 1985, the school commenced the academic year as a senior high school. The school became Swan View Senior High School with the first Year 12 cohort graduating in 1986. A new emblem was developed for the school’s change in status to a senior high school and the motto Learning for Living became synonymous with the new direction.

Building Program

The proposed site for the new secondary school was a former vineyard and chicken farm. Large yellow sand pads were constructed as part of the foundation work. Strong Easterly winds experienced at the foot of the Darling Scarp caused major problems stabilising the sand and developing playing fields.

The tender for the construction of the proposed school was awarded to GKW Construction Co. Stage One of the Program would cost $1.4 million and included: the Administration Block, Canteen, Commerce and Social Studies, Gymnasium, two Home Economics classrooms, Library, Manual Arts, and Maths and Science.

Stage Two of the Building Program was completed in February 1978. The buildings completed included: English Block, Performing Arts Theatre, and an extension of one room to the Home Economics Block.

The first two stages cost $2 235 758.00 which included equipment, furnishing, landscaping, a bore for reticulation and electrical equipment.

In 1985, extensions to the Administration building, Library, Manual Arts and Performing Arts Theatre were completed. They were officially opened on 18 October 1985 by Hon. Bob Pearce MLA, Minister for Education.

Stage Three was completed in 1988 and involved the Art Block and extensions to various parts of the school. There was an extension in the Science Block where a Science Staffroom was built together with an additional classroom. The Laboratory Preparation Room was extended into the former Science Staffroom. A ramp was constructed connecting the Administration Building to the Science Block. New toilets were built at the ground level of the Science Block. Two transportables were moved and the Common Room in the English Block became a classroom.

Foundation Staff

School ExecutiveSenior Leadership Team
Michael B. Martin  BA Dip.EdEric J. McAleer  Dip.Ed. MA
Ivor C. Jumeaux  B.EdTerrence E. March  B.Sc B.Ed
Yvonne D. Hocking  AIT Art Dip. PTC ArtKathleen M. Pepall
Kenneth J. Ross  A.App.Sc. Physics
Bettie L. Roberts  B.Ed.
Teaching Staff
Pamela L. Babb  B.Phys.Ed. Dip.Ed.Ruth L. Howie  B.Sc.
Jason Braunstein BA Dip.Ed. Dip.Lib.Joseph S. Hrabar
Rafe C. BudiselicMary R. Knezovic  BA
Adrian C. Colley  BA Dip.Ed.Margaret R. Lonnie  Dip.H.Sc.
Grazyna CritchErica H. Mummery
James W. CrouchleyJohn L. Solosy  BA Dip.Ed.
Prisonio Dias  BA  PhDRhonwen L. Thomas
Robyn L. Douglas  Dip.Tch.Graham T. Hawkes
Support Staff
Phyllis J. Chadwick
Rose McAullay
Sandra Pressman

Foundation Students

David AquilinaColleen HarveyMarisa Pieri
Paul AquilinaNeil HarveyPauline Pietrzyk
Terry AtkinsWarren HawkinsNigel Pilbeam
Michelle BagleyPatricia HayesHelen Pollard
Steven BallLaurence HaynesWayne Polmear
Susan BarnacleBevan HearneCarol Price
Anthony BarrettMurray HegneyMelanie Price
Wayne BarryWayne HerbertIvy Poore
Mark BascombeWendy HezfeldRex Pritchard
Donna BaumgartenKaren HewettCarol Proszenyak
William BayleyAngela HeymansEric Proszenyak
Philip BealesGregory HigginsRobert Puren
Leslie BeattySharon HiggsIrena Purvinskis
Tina BeechingCathy HillLidija Purvinskis
Jacqueline BellMaureen HillAnthony Quilty
Jenny BerichWayne HillBoris Radalj
Phillip BerminghamAndrew HillisWilma Radalj
Mena BeugelaarJoy HillmanPatricia Rathbone
Alan BlackfordDenise HillsRanjit Ray
Shane BlandClinton HodgeMichelle Raynor
Amanda BlightAnn HoulihanMark Read
Mark BondPatrick HoulihanShelley Reindl
Dennis BowersGavan HowarthMarta Renzullo
Hazel BradleyKevin HughesAngus Richards
Kevin BrandisGlenn IllichNicholas Riggs
Michelle BrandwoodAnne IrvineSuzanne Riggs
John BrimmerCharmaine IrwinBrian Risbey
Penelope BryceChristine IthierTrevor Rivers
Craig BuchananMark JohnsonTracy Robertson
Deborah BuckSharon JohnstonGillian Robins
Michael BuckleyChristopher JonesJoanne Robinson
Theresa BuckleyFiona JonesLisa Rossiter
Carolyn BuismanGary JonesYvonne Russell
Jennifer BullScott JonesSharon Sampson
Beth BurnsJulie JonkerDianne Sanford
Gerard BurttMartin JordanJanine Sara
Ricky BuxtonPaul JoyceTimothy Schmidt
Timothy BuxtonScott KeableDebbie Scoffern
Ainsley CalladineJohn KelleherIan Scott
Christopher CanuteMark KendleRodney Scott
Bruce CapornTracey KickettWayne Scott
Anthony CasellasDale KilgannonAllan Scroop
Tony CelimaRaymond KilpatrickTanya Segec
Gary ChapmanJulie KingKim Shanahan
Silvana CherubinoSusan KingDeborah Sheppard
Joanne ChisolmGeorge KittsGraeme Sims
Glenda ChristensenPamela KittsGregory Sims
Paul ClarkSusan LakeBryce Sinclair
Mark CliftonKieran LathamJustine Skeet
Heather CoccettiJasmin LavellGwendalyn Skipper
Rachael CoeLouise LavtasErica Smith
Stephanie ColbertPeter LawsonKathryn Smith
Russell ColeAndrew LeachMichael Smith
Shauna ColeLeanne LeaneyJulie Soulsby
Caryn CollinsGavin LeederMark Spargo
Neil ConeyVictoria LintonAnthony Sparks
Paul CoombesNeil LittelyShaun Speak
Faye CooperAndrew LobbLance Stannard
Jackie CopleyMalcolm LockyerFaye Steer
Karen CorkhillChristopher LynnDavid Stribley
Wayne CounselKevin LynnJulie Ann Sturgeon
Timothy CousinsPaula ManningJerome Sutton
Justin CoxAdrian MansfieldShaun Sutton
Caryn CraigPaul MansfieldCarla Swanson
Donna CreedSandra ManzoneySuzanne Sweeney
Michelle CroweSteven ManzoneyAntoinette Szumilak
Robert CroweSheralee MarchRobert Szumilak
Craig CurtisWayne MarchShayne Talbot
Jenice DalyAnthony MarkhamVictoria Tate
Jeffrey DawsonRhonda MartinShane Taylor
Murray DayMaria MartinoStacey Templeman
Mark DenhamJacqueline MatthewsJanelle Thomas
Joanne DerrickDavid McAllanJudith Thorn
Bruce DevereuxBrian McDonaldSara Trown
Craig DickmanKaren McEwanLeesa Troy
Terrence DomneyPhillip McGhieDebra Tuson
Michael DouglasTrevor McGlewSusan Ugle
Dennis DowJeanne McIntoshGarry Vanderlaan
Andrew DuffyMargaret McIntoshAnthony Ventresca
Jo-anne DunneKathleen MiddletonAnnette Vonk
Cheryl DuplexShane MillerPhillip Walker
Malcolm DurrantSonja MillerTracey Wallace
Warren EastherDenise MillsPaul Walsh
Warren EdmondsSarah MillsAngela Walters
Naomi EdmundsGary MitchellTony Webb
Janette EgglestonJames MitchellShane Wedlake
Brian ElderPeter MitchellDarren-Lee Weinbrecht
Mandy ElliottJudith MoirLaura Westmacott
Susan EndeNigel MorganCaroline Weston
Peter EverettVictoria MorrowSean Weston
Craig FawellLisa MulderJane Whitting
Tracey FellowsGayna MummeJulie Williams
Wayne FerrellPeter MurrayDean Willmott
Michael FitzpatrickShayne NedselskySusan Willmott
Eric FrancisShirley NetherwayAmanda Winterburn
Roger FrisBrett NichollsYolanta Woldendorp
Murray FullerAlison NicholsonDavid Wood
Derek GaleMorag NicholsonMichael Wood
Joan GardnerAnne NolanJulie Wood
Holly GartrellJohn NormanRonald Woods
Ian GaynorPhillip NormandaleMichelle Woodcock
Dzintra GersmanisFiona NoskeLorelle Wright
Tracey GibbonsLorraine O’DonnellTony Wroblewski
Cathryn GillLinda OffenAllan Zahra
Paula GlendenningBrian Oldham
Amanda GloverAnita Olson
Eric GoderAshley Oobagooma
Fiona GordonPeter Otway
Sue GrafhamMark Owen
Sharon GreenshieldsKaren Palmer
Amanda HackettRonald Palmer
Lois HaggartyJody Parkes
Sandra HampsonKevin Passmore
Tracy HampsonCorina Pavlinovich
Warren HannaganColin Payne
Chris HansenWilliam Pekaar
Rolf HansenMarisa Perich
Lorna HaroldYvonne Perich
Alan HarrisWendy Peters
Robert HartSusan Pettit
Susan HartJulian Pieri

Executive Team Roll of Honour

Swan View High School

PrincipalDeputy PrincipalDeputy PrincipalRegistrar
Michael B. MartinIvor C. JumeauxYvonne D. HockingPhyllis J. Chadwick
1977 – 19811977 – 19821977 -19841977 – 1984
Yvonne D. Hocking (A)Ian W. MurrayRhonda Bracey (A)
19811983 -19841981
Douglas H. LovePhilip N. King (A)Jeanette M. Dalla-Costa (A)
1982 – 198419841984
Yvonne D. Hocking (A)
1984

Swan View Senior High School

PrincipalDeputy PrincipalDeputy PrincipalDeputy PrincipalDeputy PrincipalRegistrar
Douglas H. LoveIan W. MurraySusan K. RodwayAnne Hudson-BrownKaren J. ScrivenLyn Mohr
1985 – 19901985 – 19861985 – 1987; 1991 – 199320112018 – 20191985 – 1989
Ian W. Murray (A)Bernard M. Higgs (A)Karen B. Wearn (A)Debra A. McNeilRenee L. BowellAlexander Watt
19871987; 19891988 – 199020142020 – present1990 – 1992
Barbara WebsterMichael J. McGarryDonna L. Miller (A)Chris HatzisMarilyn Jones
19911988 – 198919942018 – 20191993
John F. CooperWilliam I. MelvilleMaureen M. Duddy (A)Pamela MossRodney W. Primrose
1992 – 19971990 – 19951994 – 19952019 – present1994 – 2007
Paul B. Housley (A)William A. Mann (A)Charmaine P. Harris
1998; 200019951996 – 2009Business Manager
Neil P. HuntDomenic CandeloroColleen J. Wright (A)Maxine D. Smith
1998 – 20021996 – 200320082007 – 2008
Michael L. Young (A)James E. Kent (A)Kathleen WallaceRita Walker
200320012009 – 20102008
Robert W. NairnEleanor M. HughesSuzanne H. SomervilleBeverley N. Westcoast
2003 – 20072004 – 2007; 2008; 20092011 – 20132008 – 2016
Eleanor M. Hughes (A)Elizabeth A. Smith (A)Charles R. CoffmanManager Corporate Services
2007 – 200820072013 – 2018Bronwyn J. Jacobson
Peter G. Wilson Latiefa AdamsKaren J. Scriven2016 – 2023
2008 – 20112008 – 20142020 – presentIan M. G. Gilles
2021 (A), 2022-2023 (A)
2023 –
Damian R. Shuttleworth Kate Wilson
2011 – 20142015 – 2017
Melesha J. SandsKaren J. Scriven (A)
2014 – 20182017
Tony I. Granich (A)Debra C. Unwin
20182018 – 2019; 2020-2021
Dr George P. SekullaHelen M. Hawley
2019 – present2020 (A); 2021 (A)

2022-present

Student Numbers

YearNumbers
1977346
1978493
1979548
1980
1981
1982609
1983586
1984631
1985800
1986962
19871050
19881054
1989976
1990912
1991850
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997930
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002813
2003
2004
2005
 2006
 2007
 2008
 2009
 2010
 2011
 2012
 2013
 2014
 2015
2016
 2017
 2018
 2019 618
 2020 645
2021 593
 2022 626
 2023 627