OzTennis

There used to be a catchment area, must still be. 3016 postcode and parts of 3015 guarantees inclusion. Some good suggestions about other areas to look at and not look at. Seaholme, 'Spotty', Newport etc - keep in mind that most of these areas wouldn't guarantee WHS places if that's important.

Good luck with the search. My personal preference would not be to commute from the other side FWIW.

Can you say what the employment opportunity is? eg Type of work, location

asher

You wouldn't need the west gate bridge from Williamstown you go under it. If you are working the other side go by train.

ukecadet

If you need accommodation I have a friend who will do mates rates for you if you give him my name(pm me).
It's on the the main street in Williamstown a minute from the marina.

RedDragon2008

There's Werribee Secondary College which is a selective high school. It's not in Williamstown but still in the same vicinity though http://www.werribeesc.vic.edu.au/index.php?p=home

OzTennis

I might just have gone to school and played tennis with the principal! What I will say is that the school is a lot better than the area would suggest. Werribee is a good distance from Williamstown but not much more of a commute than closer places on the other side of the CBD.

If considering paying fees, Westbourne Grammar School has a good reputation and a junior campus on the waterfront at Williamstown itself, the secondary campus is further west but pupils are taken to there by bus. The kids in Grades 5 and 6 could graduate to WHS from Westbourne junior campus or alternatively from any of the 3 state schools (which have good reputations but are quite hard to get in to). My 2 nephews attended Westbourne and they and their parents speak very highly of it.

http://www.westbournegrammar.com/page/home.htm

OzTennis

On just receiving a newly published book 'In the King's name: a history of Williamstown' it reminds everyone that:

'Williamstown was named after a king - William IV of Great Britain - while Melbourne took its name from a mere Prime Minister, albeit England's Viscount Melbourne'.

ukecadet

Just what I needed to hear'not' I'm living in an orange enclave.

OzTennis

I'm afraid so although William IV was half German and half English unlike William III of Orange who was all Dutch Orangeman.

It's one of life's mysteries when you are at an Old Firm match and part of the crowd bang on about 1690, the other part have Irish tricolours and Belfast still burns every 12th July.

He died a few years after they named Williamstown after him and it never became the main settlement as it was originally intended so I wonder if he never got over it?