Grafton High School (New South Wales)

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Grafton High School
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Grafton High School (New South Wales)

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Coordinates 29°40′58″S152°55′59″E / 29.682698°S 152.933059°E / -29.682698; 152.933059
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Type Government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school
MottoLatin: Enitere ad finem
(Strive to the end)
Established1912;112 years ago (1912)
School districtRural North [1]
Educational authority NSW Department of Education
PrincipalScott Dinham [2]
Teaching staff72.2 FTE (2018) [3]
Years 712
Enrolment905 [3]  (2018)
Campus typeRegional
Colour(s)Navy and white   
Website grafton-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Grafton High School (abbreviated as GHS) is government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located in Grafton, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Established in 1912, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 15 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and four percent were from a language background other than English. [3] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Scott Dinham. [2]

History

Grafton High basketball team, pictured in 1926 Grafton High School - G.H.S. (Grafton High School) Basket ball 1926 - teacher Miss R. Collins (17413195485).jpg
Grafton High basketball team, pictured in 1926

Grafton High School was established on 1 January 1912 and opened on 1 July of that year as a formal education system was being established in New South Wales. A new building opened on 17 May 1915. [4]

Since at least the 1960s, but according to an attached note since 1915, the school has been home to the head of an Egyptian mummy. [5]

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References

  1. "Contact Rural North – Grafton", education.nsw.gov.au
  2. 1 2 "Our staff". Grafton High School. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Grafton High School, Grafton, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. "GHS – Steeped in History". Grafton High School. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. Fennell, Marc; Baker, Nick; Ferguson, Zoe (27 June 2023). "The stolen head". Stuff the British Stole. Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 February 2024.