Brisbane State High School

This article is about the school in Brisbane. For the public high school in Pennsylvania, United States, see State College Area High School.

Brisbane State High School
Crest of Brisbane State High School
Location
Map
South Brisbane
,
Queensland

Australia
Coordinates27°28′49″S 153°1′5″E / 27.48028°S 153.01806°E / -27.48028; 153.01806
Information
TypePublic, selective, co-educational, secondary, day school
MottoLatin: Scientia est Potestas
(Knowledge is Power)
Established
  • 1913, 1921 (official)
  • 1913–1925 (known as The Normal School)
  • 1925–present (known as Brisbane State High School)
PrincipalGreg Pierce[1]
Enrolment3,361 (7–12) (2020)[2]
CampusUrban (South Brisbane)
Colour(s)Cerise and navy blue   
Websitebrisbaneshs.eq.edu.au

Brisbane State High School (BSHS or often commonly State High) is a partially selective, co-educational, state secondary school, located in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland, and the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association. It was the first state secondary school established in Brisbane, as well as the first academic state high school to be founded in Queensland. The school employs a variety of selection criteria for prospective students, maintaining a quota for local area enrolments, however also using academic, sporting, cultural and artistic talents as means of determining the annual intake.[3][4][5]

One of the school's buildings, H Block, was the former Brisbane South Girls and Infants School built in 1864 and is now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[6]

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  4. ^ "Brisbane State High School, South Brisbane". house.ksou.cn. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  5. ^ "2013 Top Public High Schools in Brisbane". bettereducation.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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