Mount Austin High School
Mount Austin High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Wagga Wagga, in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.
Mount Austin High School | |
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Location | |
Australia | |
Coordinates | 35°08′32″S 147°21′15″E |
Information | |
Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
Motto | By hand and mind |
Established | 1964 |
School district | Wagga Wagga; Rural South and West |
Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
Acting principal | Michelle Waugh[1] |
Teaching staff | 50.7 FTE (2018)[2] |
Years | 7–12 |
Enrolment | 429[2] (2018) |
Campus type | Regional |
Colour(s) | Green and gold |
Rival | Wagga Wagga High School |
Website | web1.mtaustin-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |
Established in 1964,[1] the school enrolled approximately 429 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 45 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 8 percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and the acting principal is Michelle Waugh.[1]
Notable alumni
- Adam Mullavey, detector controls engineer at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, involved in the first observation of gravitational waves.[3]
- Mark Taylor (cricketer), cricketer
See also
References
- "Our staff". Mount Austin High School. NSW Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- "Mount Austin High School, Wagga Wagga, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- Shuhyta, Benjamin (12 February 2016). "Former Wagga boy part of gravitational wave discovery". ABC News. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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