Bankstown Senior College, previously known as Bankstown Boys High School, is a coeducational senior college located in the suburb of
Bankstown
Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, hav ...
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History
During the 1950s the Department of Education bought land in Antwerp Street from a company called Bankstown Pipe Works. The land was formerly a brick pit.
*From 1963 to 1964, the school operated as Bankstown Junior Boys High school and was located at Central Bankstown on Restwell Street in 'portable' accommodation. It shared a playground with Bankstown Boys Primary.
*From 1965 to 1990, the school was known as Bankstown Boys High School. It was located on part of the old pit site at the Eldridge Road end of Antwerp Street, in a purpose built school, opposite Bankstown Hospital (now called
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital is teaching hospital with tertiary affiliations to the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney and Western Sydney University providing a wide range of general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty ...
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*From 1990 to 1991, there was a brief transitional period where the school went by the name of Bankstown Community High School.
The school's current status as a co-educational senior college has been in place since 1991 to this present day.
Notable students
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Nick Gabor - Economist
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Alex Karamanos - Materials Testing Scientist
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Leslie Knight - Graphic Artist
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Pastor Ray Lind
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Vince Sorrenti - Comedian and Architect
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The Reverend Gregory Webster
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See also
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List of government schools in New South Wales
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Bankstown Girls High School
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Education in Australia
References
Bankstown, New South Wales
Public high schools in Sydney
1963 establishments in Australia
Educational institutions established in 1963
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