Nowra High School
Encyclopedia
Nowra High School is a co-educational
public high school, providing education for students in grades 7-12. It has been located on Moss St in Nowra, New South Wales
, Australia
since 1956. There are around 1,100 student
s and about 70 staff. The school motto is "Wisdom Through Knowledge".
hosted a meeting, in the school, with indigenous
students from the City's high schools, on May 17, 2007.
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
public high school, providing education for students in grades 7-12. It has been located on Moss St in Nowra, New South Wales
Nowra, New South Wales
Nowra is a city in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Located SSW and approximately by road south of the state capital of Sydney, it has an estimated population together with its twin-town of Bomaderry of 34,479. It is also the seat and commercial centre of the City of Shoalhaven...
, 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...
since 1956. There are around 1,100 student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s and about 70 staff. The school motto is "Wisdom Through Knowledge".
State visits
The Governor-GeneralGovernor-General of Australia
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...
hosted a meeting, in the school, with indigenous
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
students from the City's high schools, on May 17, 2007.
Notable staff
- Brian McGowanBrian McGowan (Australian politician)Brian McGowan was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly....
, a former member of the Legislative Assembly taught here in the 1960s.
Notable students
- Queensland PremierPremiers of QueenslandBefore the 1890s, there was no developed party system in Queensland. Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only. Before the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, political parties were more akin to parliamentary factions, and were fluid, informal and...
Anna BlighAnna BlighAnna Maria Bligh is an Australian politician and the Premier of Queensland since 2007. The 2009 Queensland state election was the first time a female-led political party won or retained state or federal government in Australia...
spent the last six months of her schooling at Nowra High School.