Randwick North High School was an Australian co-educational high school which operated from 1966 to 2001 in the suburb of Randwick, New South Wales. The site is now home to

Randwick Public School Randwick Public School is a comprehensive public school located in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. It goes from years K-6. There are over 1000 students enrolled. It offers ...

and Centennial Park School.

History

The history of Randwick North High dates back to 1883, when

was established by the NSW Government. The school, to accommodate 200 students, was built on land at the top of Avoca Street, Randwick in 1886. This building was to form part of Randwick North High School. The senior functions of the school became a Superior Public School in 1913, a Junior High School in 1944 and finally split between Girls and Boys High Schools in 1949, who eventually moved further south down Avoca street. The primary school operated from their buildings on Cowper Street which was completed in 1924, which grew steadily and frequent building additions were made. To accommodate increasing student enrolments in the Randwick area in the 1950s-60s, a new co-educational high school was planned for the former site of Randwick High School in between Randwick Town Hall and Public School. This became Randwick North High School, which was opened in 1966. During the 1970s, the school staff included executive members of the New South Wales Teachers Federation Rosemary Child and Don Hayward. The school staff were at the forefront of industrial action to secure better conditions for students. Randwick North was closed in 2001 and the site was divided between the Open High School Sydney and Randwick Public School. In 2018, the Open High School moved to Petersham (as the NSW School of Languages). The Randwick site is now shared by Randwick Public School and Centennial Park School.

Notable alumni

Corey Adams Corey Adams (born 1962) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Eastern Suburbs. Between 1974 and 2019, Adams held the Sydney ea ...

rugby league player and lifeguard * Jennifer Bettsmagistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales * Scott Benjamin Gracieauthor * Sujata Bose Sinhaassistant professor of Rust College * Simon Bouda television journalist for Nine News Sydney * Greg Hilderauthor * Mark MaclureAustralian football player * Theo Onisforoulawyer, property developer and multimillionaire *

Karin Sowada Karin Nicole Sowada (born 1 November 1961) is an Australian archaeologist and former politician. She served two years as an Australian Democrats senator for New South Wales between 1991 and 1993. In 1998, she was a republican delegate to the Co ...

former Australian Democrats

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Former staff

* Barry Collier former Member for Miranda * Russell Fairfax rugby union and rugby league player and coach *

Bob Outterside Robert Outterside (6 March 1932 – 8 August 2022) was an Australian rugby union player. Outterside, a number 8, was born in Sydney and played two international rugby matches for Australia. Away from football, Outterside was also a successful ...

rugby union international player and coach *

Jane Zemiro Elizabeth Jane Zemiro (born 4 October 1939) is an Australian academic and author. She was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Government in 2000. Zemiro is the mother of actor and television presenter Julia Zemiro. Biography ...

academic and author, mother of Julia Zemiro

References

External links

School anthem at National Library of AustraliaHeritage study
{{Public high schools in Sydney, state=collapsed Defunct public high schools in Sydney Educational institutions established in 1966 Educational institutions disestablished in 2001 1966 establishments in Australia Randwick, New South Wales 2001 disestablishments in Australia