Turramurra High School is a large public comprehensive co-educational high school of approximately 1177 students, operated by the New South Wales Department of Education, located in

South Turramurra South Turramurra is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council. Turramurra and North Turramurr ...

, a residential area on the

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. Established in 1967, although the current premises weren't occupied until 1968, it adjoins the

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. The school has links with nearby

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and the

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as well as local business organisations. The current school principal is David Arblaster.

Sports

Turramurra High School holds annual athletics, swimming and cross country carnivals. Sporting facilities at the school include two ovals, one indoor basketball court, and two outdoor basketball courts. The school is centrally placed to a number of sporting facilities such as 'The Field of Dreams' baseball diamond, Auluba Oval, West Pymble Pool, Canoon Tennis Courts & Netball Courts, West Pymble & Hornsby Gyms, Thornleigh Brickpit,

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Ice Rink and many dedicated ovals inside the area. The school also has convenient access to sports facilities at

. Such as Ice skating and Laser Tag

Notable alumni

Shane Gould Shane Elizabeth Gould (born 23 November 1956) is an Australian former competition swimmer. She won three gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze, at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she won the fifth season of ''Australian Survivor,'' becom ...

swimmer; won gold medals for the 200m Individual Medley, 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle. 1 silver medal for 800m freestyle and bronze medal for 100m freestyle at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games * Gail Neallswimmer; won gold medal for the 400m Individual Medley at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games * Tim JacksonSprinter; Represented Australia in the 1996 Olympics and two Commonwealth Games in 100m sprint and 4x100 relay; attended Turramurra High School from 1981 to 1986 *

Jordan Rodrigues Jordan Rodrigues (born 20 July 1992) is an Australian actor and dancer. He is best known for his role as Trey Emory in the Hulu original series ''Light as a Feather''. He has starred and appeared in TV series ''Dance Academy'', ''Home and Away'' ...

Australian actor * Sarah Roseparalympic swimmer; won bronze medal for the 50m Butterfly at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. Competed at the Paralympics 2008 and 2012 *

Anne-Marie Schwirtlich Anne-Marie Lucienne Schwirtlich , is an Australian librarian who was the Director-General of the National Library of Australia from 2011 to 2017. In 2015, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Born in Bombay in India to a Fre ...

Director-General of the

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(2011-2017) *

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Member for Wentworth since 2019; former Australian Ambassador to Israel; School Dux, 1993 *

David Speers David Gordon Speers (born 9 September 1974 in Inverell, Australia) is an Australian journalist and host of '' Insiders'' on ABC TV. Previously he was political editor at Sky News Australia, as well as host of '' PM Agenda'', '' The Last Wor ...

political editor at

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; attended Turramurra High School from 1989 to 1992 *

Laura Tingle Laura Margaret Tingle (born 14 February 1961''Who's Who in Australia'', ConnectWeb, 2016.) is an Australian journalist and author. She is the chief political correspondent of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's '' 7.30'' current affairs t ...

Chief political correspondent of the

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's 7.30 Report. Previously political editor at the Australian Financial Review. Class of 1978. *

Michael Lira Michael Lira (born 19 February 1975) is an Australian film score composer and band leader. He is a founding member of experimental bands Vicious Hairy Mary, Darth Vegas and gypsy swing ensemble Monsieur Camembert. Soundtrack credits include ...

AACTA and ARIA winning film score composer; attended Turramurra High School from 1987 to 1992

References

External links

Turramurra High School website
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Sports

Notable alumni

See also

References

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