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Government-funded co-educational
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comprehensive secondary day school
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Griffith,
Riverina
The Riverina
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,
New South Wales
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Griffith High School (abbreviated as GHS) was 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
Griffith, in the
Riverina
The Riverina
is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation ...
region of
New South Wales
)
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, 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 1933, the school closed in December 2018 when it merged with the
Wade High School
Wade High School was a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Griffith, in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1971, the school closed in December 2018 when it merged wit ...
to form
Murrumbidgee Regional High School
Murrumbidgee Regional High School is a dual-campus
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. The school was operated by the
NSW Department of Education
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, established_title = Before federation
, e ...
.
History
The school was opened in 1933 as "Griffith Intermediate High School" at the cost of
A£
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15,000, with the foundation of the main building laid by the Minister for Education,
David Drummond, on 8 March 1933. The school was upgraded to a fully comprehensive high school in July 1939.
The school's badge consists of a green shield with the school's abbreviation "GHS" inside in gold, set above a gold scroll containing the motto. The motto, ''Postera crescam laude'' ("Later I shall grow by praise" or, more freely, "We shall grow in the esteem of future generations") is from a line in
Horace's
Odes
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*Odes of Solomon, a pseudepigraphic book of the Bible
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: ''"ego postera crescam laude recens"''. It is also the motto of the
University of Melbourne
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.
Notable alumni
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Stan Grantjournalist and television presenter
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Andrew Fifita
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Fifita previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland ...
- rugby league player, currently plays for the
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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See also
*
List of government schools in New South Wales
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A secondary school des ...
*
List of schools in the Riverina
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*
Education in Australia
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References
Defunct public high schools in New South Wales
Educational institutions established in 1933
Educational institutions disestablished in 2018
1933 establishments in Australia
2018 disestablishments in Australia
Griffith, New South Wales
Education in the Riverina
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