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Clontarf Foundation
The Clontarf Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that assists in the education and employment of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men. Overview With support from the corporate/philanthropic sector, state/Territory governments and the Federal Government, academies now operate in 141 schools in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. The founder and Chief Executive Officer is Gerard Neesham, former coach of Fremantle Football Club. Staff include former teachers, youth workers, professional football players and people from a range of industries. The original Clontarf Football Academy was established in 2000 at the Clontarf Aboriginal College site in Waterford, Western Australia. Since then, Clontarf academies have expanded to the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Locations Academies now operate in the following locations: Western Australia – * Broom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Neesham
Gerard Joseph Neesham (born 11 December 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the East Fremantle Football Club, Swan Districts Football Club and Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Hailing from a famous Western Australian sporting family, Neesham enjoyed a very successful football career both as a player and coach, and was recognised for his achievements in 2004 when he was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame. Since 2000, Neesham has served as chief executive officer of the Clontarf Foundation. His services to indigenous youth and to football were recognized in 2011 when he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia as part of the Australia Day Honours List. Playing career In the WAFL, Neesham played for East Fremantle in 79 games, Swan Districts in 97 games, and Claremont in 42 games. He also represented Western Australia th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girrawheen Senior High School
Girrawheen Senior High School is an independent public co-educational high day school, located in the Perth suburb of Girrawheen, Western Australia. Overview Girrawheen Senior High School opened in 1974. In 2008, Girrawheen Senior High School was selected as one of six schools in Western Australia to receive a trade training centre. The facility was constructed at a cost of $2.98 million, and opened in 2010. Students from Balga Senior High School also use the facility. In 2014, Girrawheen Senior High School was selected as a site for a Clontarf Academy. The Clontarf Academy uses Australian rules football to improve the education, employment prospects and life skills of Indigenous boys. Girrawheen Senior High School became an Independent Public School at the start of 2013. In 2015, the school started accepting Year 7 students for the first time, alongside most other public high schools in the state. In 2021, Girrawheen Senior High School teacher, Charan Pabla, was named as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Williams (Australian Footballer Born 1983)
Mark Williams (born 13 April 1983) is an indigenous former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was traded from the Hawks to the Bombers during the 2009 AFL trade week. Making his debut in 2002 after being drafted by the Hawks at pick 43 in the 2000 AFL Draft, Williams was originally a small forward, but coach Alastair Clarkson found that he was more useful as a full forward during the 2005 season, where he kicked 63 goals, making him the leading goal kicker of the club. Known for his flamboyance, pace and use of the "shotgun", a trademark celebration he used to use after kicking a goal, Williams was one of a number of young players at Hawthorn. Williams finished 2006 with a total of 60 goals, again becoming was the leading goalkicker at the Hawks. A knee injury cut short his 2007 season after only four games leaving him stranded on 13 goals. Williams attracted controvers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yirara College
Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Mills (surveyor), William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Alice Gillam Bell), wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd (pioneer), Charles Todd. Known colloquially as 'The Alice' or simply 'Alice', the town is situated roughly in Australia's geographic centre. It is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. The area is also known locally as Mparntwe to its Indigenous Australians, original inhabitants, the Arrernte people, Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for tens of thousands of years. Alice Springs had an urban population of 26,534 Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. in June 2018, having declined an average of 1.16% per year the preceding five years. The town's pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yule Brook College
Yule Brook College is a public co-educational middle day school, located on Dellar Road in Maddington, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Overview The college was initially established in 1978 as Maddington Senior High School, and renamed as Yule Brook College in 2000. It caters for students from Year 7 to Year 10. The school's creation was a result of government restructuring education facilities in the south east metropolitan corridor. Two new middle schools, Yule Brook and Cannington Community College, were opened in 2000 and 2001 respectively. A new senior campus, Sevenoaks Senior College for Year 11 and 12 was also opened in the old Cannington Senior High School site. Enrolments at the school have been reasonably stable with around 250 students when Year 7 started intake at the school in 2015. Yule Brook College uses the Big Picture Education design, which focuses on "one student at a time". See also * List of schools in the Perth metropolitan area This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan View Senior High School
Swan View Senior High School is an independent public co-educational high day school, located in Swan View, Western Australia. The school is located within the North Metropolitan Education Region school district, a district of the WA Department of Education. Established in 1977, the school provides education for approximately 580 students from Year 7 to Year 12. See also * List of schools in the Perth metropolitan area This is a list of schools in the city of Perth, Western Australia. The Western Australian education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 6, and high schools, which accommodate st ... References External linksSwan View Senior High School Public high schools in Perth, Western Australia 1977 establishments in Australia Educational institutions established in 1977 {{WesternAustralia-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevenoaks Senior College
Sevenoaks Senior College is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in Cannington, southeast of Perth, Western Australia, close to the Cannington railway station. Opened in 2001, the school is a senior secondary campus which accepts Year 11 and Year 12 students from the Perth metropolitan region. History The school is sited on the grounds of what was formerly Cannington Senior High School, which was built in 1965 and existed until 2000. The decision was made to close Cannington and open two new schools—Cannington Community College (K–10) and Sevenoaks Senior College (Years 11 and 12). Sevenoaks cost A$8.6 million to build, and was formally opened on 19 September 2001 by Minister for Education Alan Carpenter, although it had been operating since the beginning of 2001. Students from Yule Brook College who continue to study after leaving Year 10 will attend Sevenoaks. The inaugural principal of the school was David Wood who later headed up the Curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northam Senior High School
Northam Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high school, located in Northam, a regional centre in the Wheatbelt region, east of Perth, Western Australia. History The school was established in 1921 and by 2020 had an enrolment of 715 students between Year 7 and Year 12, approximately 12% of whom were Indigenous Australians. It is the oldest senior high school outside the Perth metropolitan area. Many of the buildings are heritage listed having been built in 1921, 1930 and 1945. The main school building, designed by the Principal Architect of Western Australia, William Hardwick, and the later additions that followed the original design are considered good examples of the inter-war arts and crafts style. Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady with 645 students enrolled in 2007, 663 in 2008, 629 in 2009, 559 in 2010, 608 in 2011 and 604 in 2012. Notable alumni * Harry Butler (1930–2015), naturalist and environmental consultant * John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Albany Senior High School
North Albany Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Orana, a north-western suburb of Albany, Western Australia, a regional centre south-southeast of Perth. History The school was established in 1982 and by 2016 the school had an enrolment of 749 students between Year 7 and Year 12, approximately 12% of whom were Indigenous. The 2019 enrollment was 804. In 2013 the school appeared in the state's top 50 schools for WACE Wace ( 1110 – after 1174), sometimes referred to as Robert Wace, was a Medieval Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy (he tells us in the ''Roman de Rou'' that he was taken as a child to Caen), ending his car ... results for the first time in ten years, ranked at 28, turning around after a negative review in 2009. In 2019 North Albany Senior High School ranked 82 in the WA school ranking and achieved high ATAR In 2018 the state budget allocated funds for six new classrooms and eight refurbis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton Moore Senior High School
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Katanning Senior High School
Katanning Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high day school, located in Katanning, a regional centre south east of Perth, Western Australia. History The school was established in 1961 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 373 students between Year 8 and Year 12, approximately 15% of whom were Indigenous Australians. The school initially opened as a junior high school in 1950 and continued to operate as one until becoming a high school in 1961. Beverley Stanes was the principal of the school from 2004 to 2010, before departing to take the principal position at Merredin College. Nicki Polding was the principal of the school from 2011 to 2017. Carolyn Cook served as principal from 2017 to 2021. In 2022, Innocent Chikwama was appointed as principal. Enrolments at the school have been reasonably steady with 373 students at the school in 2017, 385 in 2018, 378 in 2009 and 359 in 2020. Katanning Residential College Katanning Residential College was located ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karratha Senior High School
Karratha Senior High School is a Comprehensive education, comprehensive Public school (government funded), public Mixed-sex education, co-educational Secondary education#Australia, high day school, located in Karratha, Western Australia, Karratha, a regional centre in the Pilbara region, north east of Perth, Western Australia. Overview The school was established in 1972 and by 2012 had an enrolment of 544 students between Year 8 and Year 12, about 24% of whom were Indigenous Australians. Established as a high school in 1972, the school became a senior high school in 1974. Enrolments at the school have been reasonably stable over the past few years with 665 students enrolled in 2007, 682 in 2008, 683 in 2009, 561 in 2010, 544 in 2011 and 544 in 2012. See also *List of schools in rural Western Australia References External links * {{Authority control Public high schools in Western Australia 1972 establishments in Australia Educational institutions established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
