Marsden High School

Marsden High School
Location
West Ryde, New South Wales
Australia
Information
Type Public, secondary, co-educational, day school
Motto "Learning for life."
Established January 1959[1]
Principal Lance Berry
Enrolment 753 (7–12)[2]
Campus Winbourne Street
Colour(s) Green and white          
Website MHS website

Marsden High School (MHS) is a school located in West Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, on Winbourne Street. It is a co-educational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities with students from years 7 to 12. The school was established in 1959.

History

Established in January 1959, Marsden High was originally named Ermington High School until March 1959, when it gained its present name.[1]

Notable alumni

  • Professor Margaret Gardner AO - economist and Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
  • Richard Gill OAM - Conductor and Music Director of the Victorian Opera
  • Greg Matthews - former NSW and Australian Test Cricketer
  • Dan Parks - former Scottish Rugby Union player
  • Kim Williams AM - media executive
  • Bill Wilson - Associate Professor in the Artificial Intelligence Group, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of NSW

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Marsden High". Government Schools of New South Wales from 1848. NSW Education and Communities. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Marsden High School". www.myschool.edu.au. Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA). Retrieved 2017-10-18.

Coordinates: 33°48′12″S 151°04′13″E / 33.80333°S 151.07028°E / -33.80333; 151.07028

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