Talk:Moe High School

Verifiability
So far I find no reliable sources to verify this school. I found this, but its merely one person's experience of working at the school. So, while I think its very likely this school was real, I think it fails WP:V. Please add any sources you know of. --Rob 07:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC) I was a teacher at Moe High from 1976 to 1993. There was a major fire there just before I left and it was rebuilt with portables. Soon after the amalgamation of Moe High, Newborough High and Yallourn Tech was completed and moved to a green fields site in Newborough called Lowanna College. It is still running. The school song is correct and I was told the lyrics were written by Ivan Maddens daughter. Ivan was a well know educator in the region and taught at Moe High. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.173.213.72 (talk) 02:35, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

Would the existence of a School Magazine be satisfactory proof that the school existed. There is an active Moe High School Facebook group with many past student contributions. One of the items posted is a scan of the School Magazine for 1957 ′Numerella′ Volume 2. In it is some history, including giving the school opening date as February 1953. Also the National Library of Australia appears to hold issues for 1971 to 1977. Ajcashin (talk) 13:17, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

1953 and other info

 * 2003 reference to 50th anniversary of opening of school--A Y  Arktos 00:05, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2002 Environmental Protection Authority ref to building rubble from old Moe High School site--A Y  Arktos 00:08, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Moe residents' stories--A Y  Arktos 00:14, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The school seems to be one of three merged into Lowanna college--A Y  Arktos 00:18, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, please put them in the article per WP:CITE. Dpbsmith (talk) 16:53, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I did not put them in the article as the prose was in the form of an unverified school song. I was concerned to establish verifiability for the AfD debate.  I was not the author of the article.  I am concerned that the nominator for AfD took so little trouble to verify any fact.  I propose to merge this article into Moe.--A  Y  Arktos 19:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Removing material until source is found
I'm removing the following material until sources can be found:


 * It operated in 1980; the date that the school opened can be inferred from the school song:


 * We began, you'll agree,
 * In the year '53,
 * In the bush on the verge of Moe.


 * In a manner small,
 * Not great at all,
 * We were not the least bit showy.


 * But we worked with a will,
 * For culture and skill,
 * And the growth of our in-born powers.


 * You can keep all the rest,
 * We'll stick to the best,
 * And the best school of all is ours.


 * The school was demolished sometime between 1997 and 2003 to make way for residential development.

Dpbsmith (talk) 17:05, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Moe High School
Why does this redirect to Moe City? It should just be removed if there is no info. Eaglemist (talk) 23:32, 30 June 2018 (UTC)