The school intake catchment is provided by Cardiff Public, Cardiff South Public, Cardiff North, Hillsborough Public and Garden Suburb Public schools. In 2024 the enrollment was 722 students.[2]
The first principal, Mr L.T. Richardson, designed the school badge and chose its motto, “Know Thyself”. The shield within the badge, surrounded by a laurel wreath, contains representations of education – the stylus, (writing), the tree (knowledge), the lantern (learning) and the book (wisdom). With the schools colours of green and gold representing the wattle trees growing in the area.
History
In the 1950s the Department of Education instigated a program throughout the state which saw several new High Schools in the Newcastle district built.
Cardiff High was conceptionalised in 1957 and the plan formed to have the school up and running by 1961, on a dairy farm that had once belonged to the Edwards Family during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It wasn't until the last week of school in December 1962 that the first students arrived. Only the 1st and 2nd form (the equivalent of Years 7 and 8) students attended as the school was still being constructed.[3]
The school was officially opened on October 9, 1964, by Mr Wetherell, the minister for education with a population of 390.[4]
The growth of Cardiff High School continued with the construction of a new dedicated library building started in 1982 and opened to staff and students in 1984. 1986 saw extensions to the admin building, doubling the original size.
The names of the four sporting houses were chosen with particular care, based upon the four symbols on the original school badge.[6]
The four that were chosen were:
Valtiri, means a tree, and is represented by the colour green.
Yirrig is a writing implement, symbolized by the pen and the colour blue.
Kalori, means message stick, with its symbol the book and its colour, yellow.
Waru, means a fire stick, represented by the lantern and the colour red.
Notable events
In the 90s a forging of a sister-school relationship with Tanagura Junior High, in Japan. The first exchange students visited Tanagura in July 1991, beginning the tradition of regular group exchange visits which are still carried on today
The first school magazine, Munibung, was produced in 1962. It has a proud tradition of half a century of uninterrupted publication.
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