Prairiewood High School

Prairiewood High School
Location
203–215 Restwell Road, Wetherill Park, South Western Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°51′26″S150°54′16″E / 33.85722°S 150.90444°E / -33.85722; 150.90444
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Per Ardua (Through Striving)
Founded	1984;41 years ago (1984)
School district	Cowpasture
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Christine Roberts
Enrolment	~1,200 (2018< [1] )
Colour(s)	Green and yellow
Website	prairiewoo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Prairiewood High School is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school located in Wetherill Park, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ^[2]

Established in 1984, the school caters for approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12, including 74 percent of whom come from a language background other than English. ^[1] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education.

Campus

Prariewood High School is one of the only High Schools in Sydney to have an observatory, alongside an Astronomy elective. Inside the observatory is a 12" Meade LX200 Schmidt–Cassegrain Telescope on a computerised German Equatorial Mount. ^[3]

Prariewood High School has an Agricultural Facility, which houses livestock and various fruit and vegetables. ^{[4] [5]}

Noteable Alumni

• Elie Abwi (Toneshifterz) – Hardstyle DJ and music producer, attended Prairiewood High School from 2000 to 2006. Widely regarded as the face of Australian Hardstyle, he has performed at major festivals worldwide including Defqon.1, Tomorrowland and Electric Daisy Carnival, produced multiple official festival anthems, and pioneered the “PSYSTYLE” fusion of hardstyle and psytrance. ^[6]

See also

• Schools portal
• New South Wales portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• List of selective high schools in New South Wales

References

1. "Our school". Prairiewood High School. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
2. "Home". Prairiewood High School. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
3. "Science - Prairiewood High School". prairiewoo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
4. "Primary Industries Agriculture (VET) - Prairiewood High School". prairiewoo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
5. 7NEWS Australia (31 March 2025). Prairiewood High School students running their own farm | 7NEWS . Retrieved 22 May 2025– via YouTube.
6. "Toneshifterz – I AM HARDSTYLE". iamhardstyle.com. Retrieved 14 August 2025.