Griffith High School

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Griffith High School
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Griffith High School
Griffith, Riverina, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates 34°17′30″S146°02′20″E / 34.29167°S 146.03889°E / -34.29167; 146.03889
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Type Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto Latin: Postera crescam laude
(We shall grow in the esteem of future generations)
Established1933 (1933)
(as Griffith Intermediate High School)
StatusClosed
ClosedDecember 2018
(Merged with Wade High School to form Murrumbidgee Regional High School)
Colour(s)Green and gold   

Griffith High School (abbreviated as GHS) was a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Griffith, in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Established in 1933, the school closed in December 2018 when it merged with the Wade High School to form Murrumbidgee Regional High School. The school was operated by the NSW Department of Education.

History

The school was opened in 1933 as "Griffith Intermediate High School" at the cost of A£15,000, with the foundation of the main building laid by the Minister for Education, David Drummond, on 8 March 1933. [1] [2] The school was upgraded to a fully comprehensive high school in July 1939. [3] The school's badge consists of a green shield with the school's abbreviation "GHS" inside in gold, set above a gold scroll containing the motto. The motto, Postera crescam laude ("Later I shall grow by praise" or, more freely, "We shall grow in the esteem of future generations") is from a line in Horace's Odes: "ego postera crescam laude recens". It is also the motto of the University of Melbourne.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "DOINGS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS". The Riverine Grazier . New South Wales, Australia. 10 March 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 19 March 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ ""CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE."". The Age . No. 24, 303. Victoria, Australia. 3 March 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 19 March 2019– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Griffith High – Cooper". History of New South Wales government schools. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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