History
The school was founded in 1913 through a bequest from Peter Waite, a South Australian pastoralist and public benefactor, as a school to teach agriculture to boys. In 1972 it enrolled its first two female students, and in 2002 it achieved its first year-level that was equally represented by both genders.
The Urrbrae Old Scholars Association was established in 1934.
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