▁temporary ▁prem ises ▁at ▁K ens ington . ▁Kn own ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁year ▁as ▁Re h ob oth ▁Christian ▁Second ary ▁School , ▁it ▁moved ▁to ▁its ▁current ▁location ▁at ▁Ken wick ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁becoming ▁Re h ob oth ▁Christian ▁High ▁School , ▁in ▁keeping ▁with ▁conventional ▁local ▁nom en cl ature ▁practice ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁For ▁many ▁years ▁the ▁Primary ▁and ▁Second ary ▁Camp uses ▁operated ▁distinct ly , ▁but ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁Primary ▁and ▁Pre - Primary ▁classes ▁also ▁comm enced ▁on ▁the ▁Ken wick ▁site . ▁An ▁earlier ▁second ▁Primary ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁southern ▁Per th ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Y ange b up , ▁comm enced ▁at ▁that ▁more ▁remote ▁location ▁from ▁its ▁core ▁population ▁because ▁of ▁restrictions ▁im posed ▁by ▁the ▁Haw ke - Ke ating ▁Labor ▁government ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁had ▁ultimately ▁failed ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁distance ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁camp uses , ▁and ▁closed ▁its ▁doors ▁after ▁ 1 0 ▁years . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁the ▁school ▁became ▁Re h ob oth ▁Christian ▁College . ▁ ▁The ▁philosophy ▁of ▁school ing ▁represented ▁by ▁Re h ob oth ▁was ▁taken ▁up ▁by ▁other ▁Christians ▁in ▁Western ▁Australia ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁as ▁several ▁parent ▁associations ▁were ▁established ▁in ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁Per th ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁similar ▁schools , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁several ▁country ▁cent res ▁across ▁Western ▁Australia