James Fallon High School is a
government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary
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day school, located in
North Albury, a city in the
Riverina region of
New South Wales
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Established in 1961 as Albury North High School, the school enrolled approximately 730 students in 2018, from
Year 7 to
Year 12
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, of whom 15 percent identified as
Indigenous Australians
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and seven percent were from a
language background other than English.
[ The school is operated by the ]NSW Department of Education
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; the principal is Jennifer Parrett.
History
The establishment of the school resulted from a realisation (originally in 1954) that the town of Albury would need a second high school. It was established to serve the educational needs of the rapidly developing North Albury and Lavington area, and its original name was Albury North High School. It was first opened in 1961, receiving a student intake of 150 students in January (housed in the town's other high school) and moving into its own first new buildings in June of that year.
Name change
The name of the school was changed in 1996 to James Fallon High School. Further, the motto became "excellence in diversity".
James Fallon (1823–1886) was an Irish-born businessman (son of a farmer in Athlone
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, Ireland) who arrived in Sydney
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in 1841 and moved to Albury in 1854 to open a general store. He rose to great prominence in the town, and served (from 1859) as its first mayor. He also became a successful vineyard owner and wine merchant.
Facilities
The school currently has a hall, a dance hall, seven school teaching blocks, two large ovals and a multi-sports complex.
Notable alumni
* Dominic Thornelycricket
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player; represented the New South Wales Blues
See also
* List of government schools in New South Wales
* List of schools in the Riverina
* Education in Australia
References
External links
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{{Public high schools in New South Wales, state=collapsed
Public high schools in New South Wales
1961 establishments in Australia
Educational institutions established in 1961
Schools in Albury, New South Wales