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, type = Government-funded
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, district = , principal = Paul Hogan , location =
Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate ...
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, enrolment = 591 , enrolment_as_of = 2018 , teaching_staff = 52.6 FTE (2018) , grades = 7- 12 , grades_label = Years , colours = Blue and yellow , houses = , website = Goulburn High School is a government-funded
co-educational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
comprehensive secondary
day school A day school — as opposed to a boarding school — is an educational institution where children and adolescents are given instructions during the day, after which the students return to their homes. A day school has full-day programs when compa ...
, located in
Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate ...
, in the
Southern Tablelands The Southern Tablelands is a geographic area of New South Wales, Australia, located south-west of Sydney and west of the Great Dividing Range. The area is characterised by high, flat country which has generally been extensively cleared and ...
region of
New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...
, Australia. Established in 1883 as Goulburn Boys' High School and as Goulburn Girls' High School, the school enrolled approximately 600 students in 2018, from
Year 7 Year 7 is an educational year group in schools in many countries including England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand. It is the seventh full year (or eighth in Australia) of compulsory education and is roughly equivalent to grade 6 in the United ...
to Year 12, of whom seven percent identified as
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and six percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the
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; the principal is Paul Hogan.


2016 Australian school bomb threats

On 11 February 2016, Goulburn High School was evacuated and surrounding streets closed after receiving an automated message indicating there was a bomb on premise. Goulburn High School was among a number of Australian schools targeted with hoax bomb threats in early 2016.


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2016 Australian school bomb threats A large number of Australian schools received hoax bomb threats in late January and early February of 2016.Novakovic, C 2016, ‘44 Australian schools receive bomb threats in one week’, School Governance, 4 February, viewed 29 September 2020, ...
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List of government schools in New South Wales {{Use Australian English, date=June 2020 The New South Wales Department of Education is a department of the Government of New South Wales. In addition to other responsibilities, it operates primary and secondary school A secondary school des ...
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Education in Australia Education in Australia encompasses the sectors of early childhood education (preschool) and primary education (primary schools), followed by secondary education (high schools), and finally tertiary education, which includes higher education (un ...


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External links

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NSW Schools website
Public high schools in New South Wales Goulburn 1883 establishments in Australia Educational institutions established in 1883 {{NewSouthWales-school-stub