Turramurra High School

Turramurra High School
Location
South Turramurra, New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 33°45′26″S 151°6′53″E / 33.75722°S 151.11472°E / -33.75722; 151.11472Coordinates: 33°45′26″S 151°6′53″E / 33.75722°S 151.11472°E / -33.75722; 151.11472
Information
Type Public, Secondary, Day school
Motto Obedience to Conscience
Established 1967
Principal David Arblaster
Grades 7-12
Gender Co-educational
Enrolment ~1230
Campus Suburban
Colour(s) Teal Blue, Black, Gold & White
Website Turramurrahighschool.com.au

Turramurra High School is a large public comprehensive co-educational high school of approximately 1230 students, operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (DEC), located in South Turramurra, a residential area on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1967, although the current premises weren't occupied until 1968, it adjoins the Lane Cove National Park. The school has links with nearby Macquarie University and the Whitehouse Institute of Design as well as local business organisations. The current school principal is David Arblaster.

Sports

Turramurra High School holds annual athletics, swimming and cross country carnivals.

Sporting facilities at the school include two ovals, one indoor basketball court, and two outdoor basketball courts. The school is centrally placed to a number of sporting facilities such as 'The Field of Dreams' baseball diamond, Auluba Oval, West Pymble Pool, Canoon Tennis Courts & Netball Courts, West Pymble & Hornsby Gyms, Thornleigh Brickpit, Macquarie Centre Ice Rink and many dedicated ovals inside the area. The school also has convienent access to sports facilities at Macquarie University. Such as Ice skating.

Notable alumni

Examples of well-known Australians that have attended Turramurra High School include:

  • Gail Neall Olympic Swimmer - A gold medal winner for 400m Individual Medley at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

(A School house is named after her)

  • Shane Gould Olympic Swimmer - Won gold medals for the 200m Individual Medley, 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle. 1 silver medal for 800m freestyle and bronze medal for 100m freestyle at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

She is the only person (male or female) in the world to hold every freestyle swimming record from 100m to 1500m simultaneously. Australian of the Year 1972. (A School house is named after her)

  • Sarah Rose Paralympic Swimmer - Bronze medal winner for 50m Butterfly at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. Competed at the Paralympics 2008 and 2012.
  • David Speers - Political Editor at Sky News Australia; attended Turramurra High School from 1989 to 1992.
  • Jordan Rodrigues - Australian actor.
  • Dave Sharma Australian Ambassador to Israel (at age 37 Australia's youngest ambassador), dux of School 1993 [1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australia's youngest Ambassador is of Indian Heritage". Indian Herald. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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