Merredin is located on Great Eastern Highway 268 kilometers east of Perth, 314 meters above sea level and is the most substantial settlement of the Wheatbelt. Merredin Residential College is situated a short walk away from Merredin Senior High School and within walking distance of all main town facilities. First settled in 1889, it started as a bush shanty used by gold prospectors on their way from Perth to the Eastern Goldfields. In 1893 the railway line to the goldfields made it to Merredin and around the same time settlement of farmland began. During World War 2, the first Australian general field hospital was established in the town and the first government school hostel built in Western Australia became known as Merredin Residential College. The College is available to male and female students. Merredin Residential College is one of the finest boarding colleges for rural students and boasts a swimming pool, recreation shed, tennis courts, computer room and tutors who give of their time to assist the students with their schooling. There is also affordable access to the online tutoring facility Your Tutor. Visit yourtutor.com.au for more information. The college provides a safe, homely environment where students attend a secondary education facility.