Kooringal High School
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Kooringal High School is a secondary high school and a partially selective, co-educational, public high school
, located in the Wagga Wagga
suburb of Kooringal
, New South Wales
, Australia
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Kooringal High opened in 1973 with 354 students in Years 7 and 8, eighteen teachers, one office worker and eight cleaners. The school was the third government high school established in the City of Wagga Wagga. Built on the lower eastern slopes of Willans Hill, Kooringal High School's local enrollment area has included the residential areas of Kooringal and Lake Albert
for the past three decades and more recently Tatton
and Springvale
.
Sport
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, located in the Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, and with an urban population of 46,735 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia...
suburb of Kooringal
Kooringal, New South Wales
Kooringal is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Kooringal is thought to mean "Side of a Hill" in the Wiradjuri aboriginal language. Kooringal is located approximately 4 km from the CBD along Lake Albert Road. Kooringal is the basis for growth in the eastern section of Wagga...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Kooringal High opened in 1973 with 354 students in Years 7 and 8, eighteen teachers, one office worker and eight cleaners. The school was the third government high school established in the City of Wagga Wagga. Built on the lower eastern slopes of Willans Hill, Kooringal High School's local enrollment area has included the residential areas of Kooringal and Lake Albert
Lake Albert, New South Wales
Lake Albert is a suburb of the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, on the shores of Lake Albert from which it is named. The suburb has three schools; Lake Albert Primary School, Mater Dei Primary School and Mater Dei Catholic College...
for the past three decades and more recently Tatton
Tatton, New South Wales
Tatton is an outer south-eastern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Located to the south of Kooringal, and to the West of Lake Albert, Tatton is one of Wagga Wagga's more expensive new suburbs. Subdivision of what was an area dominated by small rural holdings, commenced in the 1990s...
and Springvale
Springvale, New South Wales
Springvale is an outer southern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Springvale is located to the south of Bourkelands, and to the West of Lake Albert on the Holbrook Road....
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Notable alumni
Performing Arts- Sam MoranSam MoranSam Moran is an Australian entertainer best known for being a member of the children's band The Wiggles. He was born in Sydney and raised in Wagga Wagga.-Career:...
- Class of 1995 - entertainer, The WigglesThe WigglesThe Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...
Sport
- Peter SterlingPeter SterlingPeter Maxwell John "Sterlo" Sterling OAM is an Australian rugby league commentator and former player. He was one of the all-time great halfbacks and a major contributor to Parramatta Eels' dominance of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in the 1980s. Sterling played nineteen Tests for...
- Class of 1977