Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
School in Australia
The Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school with speciality in performing arts, located in Fairy Meadow, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1916, the school enrolled approximately 1,190 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom five percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 25 per cent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education.
Approximately one-third of students gain entry through auditions.[citation needed]
History
The school was established in 1916 in Smith Street Wollongong as Wollongong Home Science School, for girls only. At the time it was the only high school between Sydney and the Victorian border.[2]
Notable alumni
- Natalie Bassingthwaighte – Australian singer and actress[3]
- Mikey Vincent – Australian Actor
- Ashley Fisher – former Tennis player[4]
- Nicholas Cowdery AO, QC – former New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions
- Mark Kerry – Olympic gold medalist in swimming[3]
- Stephen Martin – former politician
- Evelyn Owen – Inventor
- Mary Puckey – first female superintendent of an Australian hospital
- Leigh Joel Scott – Australian writer and actor
- Mary Fowler – Australian professional footballer
- DPR Ian – Korean Australian singer, rapper and director
See also
New South Wales portal
Schools portal
- List of government schools in New South Wales
- List of creative and performing arts high schools in New South Wales
- List of selective high schools in New South Wales
References
- ^ a b c "Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Fairy Meadow, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ Savage, Desiree (2 December 2016). "Happy 100th birthday Wollongong High School". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ a b Savage, Desiree (11 December 2016). "Notable pupils from Wollongong High's 1000 year history". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/ashley.fisher.5070 [user-generated source]
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Selective and specialist high schools of New South Wales, Australia
primary[note a] and high schools
- Australian Performing Arts Grammar School
- Brent Street Academy
- Campbelltown Performing Arts High School
- Conservatorium High School
- Granville South High School
- Hunter School of the Performing Arts[note a]
- Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School
- Ku-ring-gai High School
- The McDonald College[note a]
- Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School
- Newtown High School of the Performing Arts
- Village Nation College
- Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- List of selective high schools in New South Wales
- Selective schools of New South Wales
Schools portal
New South Wales portal- ^a : Year 3 to Year 12
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