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Grafton High School was established on 1 January 1912 and opened on 1 July of that year as a formal education system was being established in New South Wales. A new building opened on 17 May 1915.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://grafton-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/centenary-2012.html |title=GHS – Steeped in History |work=Grafton High School |access-date=24 March 2019 }}</ref>
Grafton High School was established on 1 January 1912 and opened on 1 July of that year as a formal education system was being established in New South Wales. A new building opened on 17 May 1915.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://grafton-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/centenary-2012.html |title=GHS – Steeped in History |work=Grafton High School |access-date=24 March 2019 }}</ref>


Since at least the 1960s, but according to an attached note since 1915, the school has been home to the head of an [[Egyptian mummy]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fennell |first1=Marc|author1-link=Marc Fennell|last2=Baker |first2=Nick|last3=Ferguson |first3=Zoe |date=27 June 2023 |title=The stolen head |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/egyptian-mummified-head-high-school-library/102387670|work=Stuff the British Stole|publisher=[[Radio National]], Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>
Since at least the 1960s, but according to an attached note since 1915, the school has been home to the head of an [[Egyptian mummy]].<ref name=fennell>{{cite web|last1=Fennell |first1=Marc|author1-link=Marc Fennell|last2=Baker |first2=Nick|last3=Ferguson |first3=Zoe |date=27 June 2023 |title=The stolen head |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/egyptian-mummified-head-high-school-library/102387670|work=Stuff the British Stole|publisher=[[Radio National]], Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 10:06, 27 February 2024

Grafton High School
Location
Map
Mary Street,
co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school
MottoLatin: Enitere ad finem
(Strive to the end)
Established1912; 112 years ago (1912)
School districtRural North[1]
Educational authorityNSW Department of Education
PrincipalScott Dinham[2]
Teaching staff72.2 FTE (2018)[3]
Years7–12
Enrolment905[3] (2018)
Campus typeRegional
Colour(s)Navy and white   
Websitegrafton-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Grafton High School (abbreviated as GHS) is

co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located in Grafton, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales
, Australia.

Established in 1912, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2018, from

principal is Scott Dinham.[2]

History

Grafton High basketball team, pictured in 1926

Grafton High School was established on 1 January 1912 and opened on 1 July of that year as a formal education system was being established in New South Wales. A new building opened on 17 May 1915.[4]

Since at least the 1960s, but according to an attached note since 1915, the school has been home to the head of an

Egyptian mummy.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Contact Rural North – Grafton", education.nsw.gov.au
  2. ^ a b "Our staff". Grafton High School. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Grafton High School, Grafton, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  4. ^ "GHS – Steeped in History". Grafton High School. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ Fennell, Marc; Baker, Nick; Ferguson, Zoe (27 June 2023). "The stolen head". Stuff the British Stole. Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

External links

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