Newcastle High School (Australia)

Newcastle High School
Location
160–200 Parkway Avenue, Hamilton South, Hunter Region, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	32°55′56″S151°45′28″E / 32.9322°S 151.7578°E / -32.9322; 151.7578
Information
Former name	Newcastle Girls' High School
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Remis Velisque (With Oars and Sails; with all one's might [1] [2] )
Established	1929;96 years ago (1929) (as Newcastle Girls' High School)
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Janene Rosser
Teaching staff	81.2 FTE (2018) [3]
Years	7–12
Enrolment	1,079 [3]  (2018)
Campus	Urban
Colour(s)	Red and blue
Website	newcastle-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Newcastle High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Newcastle West, ^[5] a suburb of Newcastle, in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

Newcastle High School was established in 1976, following the dismantling of the single-sex selective school system. In 2018 the school enrollment numbered approximately 1,080 students, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom nine percent identified as Indigenous Australians and nine percent were from a language background other than English. ^[3] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with the education curriculum, as determined by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority. Newcastle High School has one of the largest Special Education Unit in the Entire Hunter Region. As of October 2020 the principal is Janene Rosser. ^[4]

History

Newcastle High School is the last of several schools that shared a similar and sometimes common history:

• Newcastle East Public School  –established in 1906
• Newcastle Girls' High School –an academically selective girls' only high school which began its separate existence (from "The Hill") in 1929 at Hamilton
• Hunter Girls' High School which in 1957 replaced Newcastle Home Science High School (1944-1957) as the other academically selective girls' only high school
• Newcastle Boys' High School  –an academically selective boys' only high school which moved to Waratah in 1934

The school occupies the campuses previously occupied by two girls' high schools: Hunter Girls' High School and Newcastle Girls' High School. The campus of Newcastle Boys' High School became non-selective and co-educational in 1977 and changed its name to Waratah High School that same year. Later it became Waratah Technology High School, then Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus. Prior to the 1989 establishment of Merewether High School as a co-educational academically selective school, students from Newcastle High School consistently enjoyed considerable academic success at both School Certificate (now the Record of School Achievement) and Higher School Certificate (HSC) examinations.

Notable alumni

Newcastle Girls' High School

• Virginia Chadwick – former NSW Cabinet Minister and politician ^[6]
• Julie Sutton – former Mayor of Warringah Council ^[7]

Newcastle High School (1976–present)

• Jamie Brazier – Papua New Guinea cricketer ^[8]
• Belinda Clark – Australian women's cricket captain ^[9]
• Ben Gillies – drummer in Australian rock band Silverchair ^[10]
• Archie Goodwin – soccer player for the Newcastle Jets ^[11]
• Chris Joannou – bass guitarist in Australian rock band Silverchair ^[10]
• Daniel Johns – vocalist and guitarist in Australian rock band Silverchair ^[10]
• Miranda Otto – actress ^[12]
• Paul Woseen - songwriter and bass guitarist in Australian rock band The Screaming Jets
• Sarah Wynter – actress

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Schools portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P
• Education in Australia

References

1. "Definition of: remis velisque" . Retrieved 13 December 2010.
2. Stone, Jon R (2005). The Routledge dictionary of Latin quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs, and Sayings. Routledge. p. 201. ISBN   978-0-415-96909-3.
3. "Newcastle High School, Hamilton, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
4. "Our Team – Newcastle High School".
5. "Newcastle West". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information . Retrieved 13 March 2011.
6. "Distinguished NSW minister known as the Iron Maiden". The Sydney Morning Herald . 24 September 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
7. "Sutton, Julie (1937– )". The Australian Women's Register. 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
8. "Jamie Brazier Papua New Guinea Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
9. "Belinda Clark (134)". Southernstars.org.au. 5 February 2004. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
10. Branley, Alison (17 April 2010). "YouthRock taps Newcastle music scene". The Newcastle Herald . Retrieved 13 March 2011.
11. Dillon, Robert (13 April 2022). "School's out for teenage Newcastle Jets tyro Archie Goodwin". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
12. Strachan, Julieanne (28 September 2009). "Hunter stars as scene for new movie". The Newcastle Herald . Retrieved 13 March 2011.