, motto_translation = Reaching Higher , slogan = Great traditions, a confident future , established =
, type = Government-funded

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, enrolment = 899 , enrolment_as_of = 2018 , teaching_staff = 68.7 FTE (2018) , grades = 7– 12 , grades_label = Years , colours = Light blue, navy blue and white , homepage = Keira High School (abbreviated as KHS) is a government-funded

comprehensive

, located in Lysaght Street, , in the Illawarra region of

, Australia. Established in 1917 as the Wollongong Junior Secondary Technical School at a different location, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2018, from Year 7 to

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, of whom five percent identified as Indigenous Australians and forty percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the

History

Keira High School was formed through the amalgamation of Wollongong Junior Secondary Technical School (1917–1945) and Wollongong Technical College (1945–1954), and Keira Boys' High School (1954–1984). The school then became known as Keira Boys High School, operating from the Lysaght Street site. At some point between 1954 and 1960, the school was briefly named as Wollongong Secondary Technical School; before reverting to Keira Boys' High School in 1960, and remained as such until 1984. Since that time the school has pioneered the integration of technology and design into the curriculum. Since its establishment in 1917, the school has had a variety of names: * Wollongong Junior Secondary Technical School (1917–1945) * Wollongong Technical College (1945–1954) * Keira Boys High School (1954–1984) * Keira High School (1985–1990) * Keira Technology High School (1990–2005) * Keira High School (2005–present)

Overview

Keira High School offers a wide range of subjects including Japanese and Japanese Cultural Understanding. The KHS campus is located in the heart of Wollongong's education district. It is bordered on the west by the TAFE-Illawarra Institute, on the east by

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, and is a three-minute walk from the University of Wollongong. Student activities and achievements include: * An inter-school Christian Fellowship was active during the 1960s * An Interact Club was formed in 1967 * In 1967 the then principal, Jack Johnstone, introduced inter-school debating

Notable students

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(graduated 1962), Finnish ice hockey executive, businessman, and politician * Jack Cockington, Water Polo player. Cockington played 11

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matches for the

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in the 2018 season.

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* {{Illawarra region topics Public high schools in New South Wales 1917 establishments in Australia Schools in Wollongong Educational institutions established in 1917

History

Overview

Notable students

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