lands adjoining the river and Lake Hamilton have been subject to spasmodic tree-planting projects. Mount Napier the highest point on the Western District Plains is found south of Hamilton. Education Primary schools in Hamilton include Hamilton (Gray Street) Primary School, George Street Primary School, Hamilton North Primary School and Saint Mary's Primary School. Secondary schools include Hamilton and Alexandra College, Baimbridge College and Monivae College. There are two Primary to Year 12 schools: Hamilton and Alexandra College and Good Shepherd College. Hamilton Special School caters to primary school-age students who have special education needs, predominantly autistic spectrum disorders and communication difficulties. South West Institute of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) has a campus in Hamilton, offering post-secondary and trade courses and qualifications. RMIT maintains a training and research site 4 km from the centre of Hamilton, which is home to the Potter Rural Community Research Network. Vocational training at the site is delivered by South West TAFE while master's degrees and PhDs by research are facilitated by RMIT. Prominent people Sir Reginald Ansett, founder of Ansett Airways, started his first air service in Hamilton in 1936. Mark Day, born 1943, prominent journalist, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Australian. At Hamilton High School edited the school magazine - The Grange - in the late 1950s. Pat Dodson, Australian Labor Party Senator for Western Australia, attended Monivae College. Alfred Dunbavin Butcher, biologist, manager of natural resources and public servant, was born in Hamilton in 1915. Malcolm Fraser, a former Prime Minister of Australia and the former member for Wannon, lived at "Nareen" a station near Hamilton. David Hawker, former speaker for the Australian Parliament and former member for Wannon 1983 - 2010. Edward Kenna, the last living Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, born 1919 in Hamilton. Mark Orval, a former Australian rules footballer, also known as #angrydad. Liam Picken, born August 1986 is an Australian Rules football player. Picken began playing for Western Bulldogs in 2009 and in 2016 he played in the Bulldogs' premiership team. Xavier Samuel, actor, born 1983 in Hamilton. Clive Shields, medical practitioner and politician, born 1879. Jan Smithwick, Australian basketball player was born in Hamilton in 1952. Melissa Tapper, born 1990, an Australian table tennis player, the first Australian athlete to qualify for the Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics. Howard Taylor, artist Sir Winton Turnbull, an auctioneer and a politician, born 1899. Phil