Nowra High School

Nowra High School
Nowra High School
	Entrance to the school, pictured in 2018
Location
	Nowra, in the South Coast region of New South Wales; Australia
Coordinates	34°52′17″S 150°36′37″E
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Wisdom through knowledge
Established	1956
School district	South Coast; Regional South
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Glen Kingsley
Teaching staff	69.6 FTE (2018)[1]
Years	7-12
Enrolment	916[1] (2018)
Campus	Regional
Colour(s)	Navy blue, sky blue, and white
Website	nowra-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
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Nowra High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Nowra, in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1956, the school enrolled approximately 910 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom eleven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and seven percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Glen Kingsley.[2][3] The school motto is "Wisdom Through Knowledge".

Overview

On 17 May 2007 the Governor-General hosted a meeting in the school with indigenous students from the city's high schools.[4]

Anna Bligh – a former politician and Premier of Queensland who spent the last six months of her schooling at Nowra High[5]

Brian McGowan – a teacher during the 1960s; and a former member of the NSW Legislative Assembly[6]

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