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Bass High School
Bass High School is a comprehensive, co-educational government high school in , a south-western suburb of Sydney,

, Australia.

Land history

The school was established in 1959 and accepts students from feeder primary schools in Villawood,

and

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. Bass High School (usually abbreviated to "Bass High") caters for students in years 7 to 12. It is named after

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, the explorer. The school is in the Bankstown District of the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. It is unique among government schools in this district as it has a farm and offers agriculture as a course of study.

Student body

In the 1980s, a large percentage of the school's students were from

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and

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backgrounds. During the 1990s, students from

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and the

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were more common. The

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nature of the school has meant that it has often promoted multicultural ideals and concepts. The number of students attending the school has varied since it opened. It started off with several hundred students and peaked during the late 1980s with over a thousand students. Since that time the numbers attending have decreased.

References

External links

Bass High School Website
Public high schools in Sydney South Western Sydney Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-school-stub

Land history

Student body

See also

References

External links