MacGregor State High School

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MacGregor State High School
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Springfield Street side entrance, 2018
Location
MacGregor State High School
MacGregor, Brisbane
,
Queensland

Australia
Coordinates 27°33′56″S153°04′36″E / 27.5655°S 153.0766°E / -27.5655; 153.0766
Information
Type Independent public, co-educational, secondary, day school
MottoThe Best We Can Be
Established1969;56 years ago (1969)
PrincipalBrenden Barlow [1]
Staffc. 158
Years offered Year 7 – Year 12
Enrolment1,207 (2024)
Campus Suburban
ColoursRed, white and green
   
Website https://macgregorshs.eq.edu.au/

MacGregor State High School (MSHS) is an independent public, [a] co-educational secondary school located in the Brisbane suburb of MacGregor, Queensland Australia. [4] [5] It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education and, as of 2024, has an enrolment of 1,207 students, with 107 teaching staff and 51 non-teaching staff. [6] The school caters to students from Year 7 to Year 12 [4] [6] and was established in 1969.

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History

MacGregor State High School opened on 28 January 1969, [7] two years after the suburb of MacGregor was named, [8] with nine teachers and 203 students. [9] It was named after William MacGregor, a former Governor of Queensland. [1]

In November 2006, a video of a brawl between two MacGregor students was uploaded to YouTube, gaining over 1000 views before being taken down in March 2007. [10]

Awards

The school has won awards in a variety of fields. There were the Education Minister's Awards for Excellence in Art (2004, 2006), the BHP Billiton Science Award (Physics, Engineering and Technology) (2001) and the Queensland Youth Music Awards (2006). [11]

Notable people

Staff

Alumni

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ One of 250 independent public schools in Queensland; [2] It was one out of 54 public schools to be selected to become an independent public school in 2014. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Principal's welcome". MacGregor State High School. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Independent public schools list". Queensland Department of Education . 6 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Independent Public Schools for 2013 and 2014 – Independent Public Schools commencing 2014". Queensland Department of Education . Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2016. 54 schools have been selected to become Independent Public Schools in 2014. They are:...Macgregor State High School
  4. 1 2 "MacGregor State High School | Schools Directory". Queensland Department of Education . Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "School Location 2024". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  6. 1 2 "ACARA Data Access Program: School Profile 2008–2024". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority . Archived from the original on 3 March 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Macgregor State High School". Queensland State Archives . Retrieved 13 December 2025. MacGregor State High School opened on 28 January 1969.
  8. ↑ "MacGregor | Queensland Places". The University of Queensland . Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025. Two years later after MacGregor was named, a State high school was opened
  9. ↑ "Our school". MacGregor State High School. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  10. ↑ Molloy, Shannon (27 March 2007). "School brawl on YouTube". Brisbane Times. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "The Queensland Youth Music Awards: 2006 Winners". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "Kirby Short – Pro Cricketer *and* High School Deputy Principal". Teachstarter. Teach Starter Pty Ltd. 26 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Daniel's back on the radar". Newsbank. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  14. ↑ Geoff Shearer; Erin McWhirter (19 August 2009). "Daniel's back on the radar". The Courier-Mail (1 – First with the news ed.). Brisbane, Australia. p. 044. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  15. ↑ Read, Cloe (3 July 2021). "How Brisbane schoolboy became CEO of $50 billion US company". The Brisbane Times . Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2025. while in Year 11 at MacGregor High State High School.
  16. ↑ Fynes-Clinton, Jane (8 March 2003). "Children of the revolution - Smell of the greasepaint". The Courier-Mail (1 - First with the news ed.). Brisbane, Australia. pp. –11. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
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