Goulburn High School

Goulburn High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Goulburn, in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.

Goulburn High School
Location
Goulburn High School
Location in New South Wales
Goulburn, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates34°44′48″S 149°42′42″E
Information
Former names
  • Goulburn Boys' High School
  • Goulburn Girls' High School
TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoLatin: Iustee et Tenaciter
(Justice and Tenacity)
Established1 October 1883 (1883-10-01)[1]
(as Goulburn Boys' School and
as Goulburn Girls' High School)
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalPaul Hogan[2]
Teaching staff52.6 FTE (2018)[3]
Years7-12
Enrolment591[3] (2018)
Campus typeRegional
Websitegoulburn-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in 1883 as Goulburn Boys' High School and as Goulburn Girls' High School, the school enrolled approximately 600 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom seven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English.[3] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Paul Hogan.[2][4]

2016 Australian school bomb threats

On 11 February 2016, Goulburn High School was evacuated and surrounding streets closed after receiving an automated message indicating there was a bomb on premise.[5] Goulburn High School was among a number of Australian schools targeted with hoax bomb threats in early 2016.[6]

See also

References
  1. "The History of Goulburn High School". About our school. Goulburn High School. n.d. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. "2018 Goulburn High School Annual Report" (PDF). Goulburn High School. 2 May 2019. p. 15. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. "Goulburn High School, Goulburn, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. "Goulburn High School". School finder. New South Wales Department of Education.
  5. THROWER, LOUISE (11 February 2016). "Goulburn High School evacuated after bomb threat". Goulburn Post. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. Wahlquist, Calla (28 April 2017). "Israeli teen behind 591 bomb threats to Australian schools, police allege". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 April 2020.


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