South Sydney High School

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South Sydney High School
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Address
South Sydney High School
O'Sullivan Avenue

Maroubra
,
New South Wales
,
2035

Australia
Coordinates 33°56′40.42″S151°14′7.00″E / 33.9445611°S 151.2352778°E / -33.9445611; 151.2352778
Information
Type Public, co-educational, secondary school
Motto Latin: Spectemur agendo
(Let us be known by our deeds)
EstablishedJanuary 1953 [1]
PrincipalJanice Neilsen
Enrolment804 (7–12) [2]
CampusPaine Street
Houses
  •   Banks
  •   Dutton
  •   Lawson
  •   Northcott
Colour(s)
  • Green and Lemon    (Juniors, Yrs 7–10)
  • White   (Seniors, Yrs 11–12)
YearbookThe Southerner
Website South Sydney High School

South Sydney High School is a public school in Maroubra, Sydney, Australia. Established in 1953 as a boys high school, it is today a co-educational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education for students from Year 7 to Year 12. It primarily serves those coming from South Eastern Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs regions.

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History

Following the Second World War it was determined that the Maroubra Junction Technical School would be crowded out of its premises on Anzac Parade. A site for a new school, bounded by Paine Street in the north, and Walsh and O'Sullivan Avenue in the south, had been selected in 1945. This area was originally taken over by the Commonwealth Government for defence purposes. It was cleared as early as 1948 and preparations made for what was to be known as South Sydney Technical School. The building foundations were laid on 27 May 1950 by then Minister for Education, Bob Heffron.

Due to long delays the first portion of the school was not ready until July 1952, with the school not being occupied until February 1953. On 5 April 1954, South Sydney Junior Technical High School was officially opened by the Governor of New South Wales, Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott.

At the beginning of 1959 it was decided that South Sydney Junior Technical High School would be renamed South Sydney Boys' High School, with the name taken from the reconstituted Maroubra Bay High School nearby. [3] The end of 1961 saw the retirement of the school's first principal, William Dutton. In his place Thomas Tasker, who was headmaster of Northmead High School, was appointed. [4] In 1962 the annual school magazine, "Southerner", was published for the first time. [5] That same year, in honour of the contribution made to the school by Heffron, the library was named the "R. J. Heffron Library".

In August 1980 the Minister for Education Paul Landa announced that South Sydney Boys' High School and Maroubra Junction Girls High would be partly co-educational in 1981 and fully co-educational in 1983 to become South Sydney High School and Maroubra High School respectively.

Principals

TermSSJTHS
1953–1959William Dutton [6]
TermSSBHS
1959–1961William Dutton
1962–1969Thomas Tasker MSc Dip.Ed.
1969–1973Ray Cocking B.A. L.T.C.L.
1973–1975Eric Barnett
1976–1977John Frederick
1978A. Moore
1979–1983Don Brown
TermSSHS
1983–1986Don Brown
1987–1996T. Edwards
1997–2005Lindy Taylor
2006–2013Ross Fitzpatrick
2013–2018Robyn Matthews
2019–dateJanice Neilson

Houses

A House system was established by the early 1960s, dividing all students into four houses named after one representative from four main educational disciplines:

Notable alumni

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