Marsden High School (MHS) is a school located in
Meadowbank,
New South Wales
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Australia. It is a co-educational
high school
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operated by the
New South Wales Department of Education
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with students from years 7 to 12. The school was established in 1959.
History
Established in January 1959, Marsden High was originally named Ermington High School until March 1959, when it gained its present name.
[ It was located on at Winbourne Street, West Ryde.
On 26 June 2018, the NSW Government announced that Marsden High School will be moving to the new education precinct at Meadowbank which is to be built on part of the TAFE NSW Meadowbank campus. The school was relocated from Winbourne street to the new purposely built site and opened in 27 April 2022. The old site on Winbourne street is under construction to be rebuilt as a new multisport facility.]
Notable alumni
* Professor Margaret Gardner AO, economist and Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
* Greg Matthews
Gregory Richard John Matthews (born 15 December 1959) is a New South Wales and Australian former cricket all rounder ( off-spin bowler and left-handed batsman) who is now a television cricket commentator.
When Australian cricket was in the d ...
, former NSW and Australian Test Cricketer
* Dan Parks, former Scottish Rugby Union player
* Kim Williams AM, media executive
* Leigh Hatcher, Australian journalist and author
* Luke Fowler, entrepreneur
Notable teachers
* Richard Gill OAM, conductor and music director of the Victorian Opera, taught music at Marsden
See also
* List of government schools in New South Wales
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* Electoral district of Ryde
Ryde is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It includes the suburbs and localities of Denistone, Denistone East, Denistone West, Macquarie Park, Marsfield, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, ...
* Division of Bennelong
The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Woollarawarre Bennelong, an Aboriginal man befriended by the first Governor of New South Wal ...
* City of Ryde
The City of Ryde is a local government area in the Northern Sydney region, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It was first established as the Municipal District of Ryde in 1870, became a municipality in 1906 and was proclaimed as the ...
References
External links
Marsden High School website
{{Public high schools in Sydney, state=collapsed
Public high schools in Sydney
1959 establishments in Australia
Educational institutions established in 1959
West Ryde, New South Wales