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
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Australia
Coordinates34°44′48″S 149°42′42″E / 34.7466°S 149.7116°E / -34.7466; 149.7116
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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; 140 years ago (1883-10-01)[1]
(as Goulburn Boys' School and
as Goulburn Girls' High School)
Educational authorityNew South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalYogesh Mani[2]
Teaching staff52.6 FTE (2018)[3]
Years712
Enrolment591[3] (2018)
Campus typeRegional
Colour(s)   Blue and yellow
Websitegoulburn-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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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.[2][4]

2016 Australian school bomb threats edit

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

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References edit

  1. ^ "The History of Goulburn High School". About our school. Goulburn High School. n.d. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "2018 Goulburn High School Annual Report" (PDF). Goulburn High School. 2 May 2019. p. 15. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "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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