Byron Bay High School

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Byron Bay High School
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Byron Bay High School
2 Arakwal Court

Coordinates 28°40′0.29″S153°36′57.1″E / 28.6667472°S 153.615861°E / -28.6667472; 153.615861
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Type Secondary school
MottoThe Future is Ours
Established15 May 1987
(37 years ago)
 (1987-05-15) [1]
School district Ballina/Tweed
Authority New South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalJanine Marcus
Staff56
Grades 712
Enrollment774 (2019)
Campus typeInner regional
Color(s)    
Website byronbay-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Byron Bay High School

Byron Bay High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. The school, which is designed in the shape of a nautilus shell, [2] opened on 15 May 1987. Facilities of the school include: agriculture centre, basketball courts, canteen, car park, changing rooms, library, multi-purpose centre, performing arts centre, sports centre and sports pitch. The indigenous country land the school was built on was Arakwal people of the Bundjalung nation. [2]

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