Gawler and District College is a
public early learning centre and
primary
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and
secondary school
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located in the suburb of
Evanston on the southern side of
Gawler, north of the
city centre
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of
Adelaide, the capital of
South Australia. The college offers education from birth to year 12.
History
Gawler and District College was created in 2013 through combining the Gawler High School, Evanston Primary School and Evanston Preschool into one site, the site formerly occupied by the high school.
Gawler High School was a secondary public school located in
Evanston,
South Australia. The school was founded in 1907 as the Gawler School of Mines. It moved to a site on Lyndoch Road in
Gawler East in 1915, and moved to theEvanston site in the 1960s.
(with the motto,
Vade ad Formicam), making it the oldest school in the area. The last principal of Gawler High School was Mr. Greg Harvey
who succeeded Sandra Lowery, who left the school at the end of the 2007 school year, ending her 15 years as headmistress. Gawler High School had some 800 pupils as of 2009, ranging from educational year groups eight to twelve.
Evanston Primary School was founded in the 1950s as the suburb of Evanston was growing. It was located facing Para Road behind the Gawler High School.
Notable alumni
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Simon Birmingham, Senator for South Australia
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Clyde Cameron
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Max Fatchen
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Early life
Fatchen was born at "Narma" private hospital, South Terrace, Adelaide, the only son of Cecil William Fatchen and Isabel ...
, journalist
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Alan Hickinbotham
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Brenton Langbein, violinist, composer, and conductor
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Darren Lehmann, cricketer
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Lisa Martin (Lisa Ondieki), long-distance runner
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Glenn Shorrock, singer/songwriter
References
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External links
Gawler High School homepage
Educational institutions established in 1907
High schools in South Australia
1907 establishments in Australia
Gawler, South Australia
Primary schools in South Australia