Geilston Bay High School

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Coordinates: 42°50′15″S 147°20′56″E / 42.8376°S 147.3488°E / -42.8376; 147.3488
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Geilston Bay High School
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Suburban
Colour(s)Gold and brown   
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Geilston Bay High School was a

10
until its closure in 2013.

Overview

Along with

Clarence High School, Rokeby High School, and Rose Bay High School, Geilston Bay High School was one of four government high schools within Clarence. The school emblem was the Eucalyptus risdonii, a local eucalyptus variety with bluish-silver leaves that is found only within the City of Clarence
.

History

Construction of the school began in 1971 on the site of the old Lindisfarne Golf Course. The first phase of construction was completed on 1 July 1971.

Geilston Bay High School was opened on 9 February 1972 as the then Municipality of Clarence was enjoying a boom in residential expansion. The opening of the

Derwent River
. The severing of the bridge made local authorities realise the need for localised services in areas of commerce, health care and education.

Geilston Bay High School was the most recently opened high school within the City of Clarence, after Warrane High (1957), Clarence High (1959), and Rose Bay High (1961).

In 2007 Geilston Bay High School celebrated its 35th anniversary.

Geilston Bay High School closed on 19 December 2013. Low enrolment numbers was cited as the reason.[1]

Towards the head of the Bay, the (former) school playing fields cover what was once the Geilston Bay fossil site, which yielded fossil plants and animal bones in the nineteenth century of Late Oligocene (or possible early Miocene) age, including mammals that at one time were the earliest known from Australia.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Paine, Michelle. "Geilston Bay High School to close at end of term". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. S2CID 4195697
    .

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