Bowral High School

Bowral High School
Location
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Australia
Coordinates34°29′18″S 150°25′27″E / 34.488285°S 150.424239°E / -34.488285; 150.424239
Information
Former names
  • Bowral District School
  • Bowral Intermediate High School
TypeGovernment-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
MottoLatin: Excelsior
(Higher)
Established
  • 1906; 118 years ago (1906)
    (as Bowral District School)
  • 22 March 1930; 94 years ago (1930-03-22)
    (as Bowral Intermediate High School)
School districtWollondilly; Regional South
Educational authority
PrincipalJason Conroy
Teaching staff69
Years712
Enrolment~800[1] (2018)
Campus typeRegional
Colour(s)Blue and white   
SloganExceptional learning opportunities for all
Websitebowral-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Bowral High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Bowral, a town in the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1929 as a tribute to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) of World War I, the school caters for approximately 850 students from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom five percent identified as Indigenous Australians and twelve percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school district includes Bowral, East Bowral, Mittagong, Colo Vale, and Hill Top. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; and the current principal is Jason Conroy.

  1. ^ a b "Bowral High School, Bowral, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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  3. ^ "Bowral High School – Year 7 Survival Guide" (PDF). Bowral High School official website. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Bowral High School" (PDF). NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 17 July 2018.