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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
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Land history
The school was established in 1959 and accepts students from feeder primary schools in Villawood, Bass Hill
Bass Hill, () a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney regi ...
and Georges Hall. Bass High School (usually abbreviated to "Bass High") caters for students in years 7 to 12.
It is named after George Bass, 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 Greek and Italian backgrounds. During the 1990s, students from Asia
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and the Middle East
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were more common. The multicultural 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.
See also
* List of government schools in New South Wales
* Education in Australia
References
External links
Bass High School Website
Public high schools in Sydney
South Western Sydney
Educational institutions established in 1959
1959 establishments in Australia
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