, motto_translation = Let us follow the better path , established = 1926 , address = 19-25 St. Georges Road , city = Northcote , state =

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, postcode = 3070 , country = Australia , coordinates = , type =

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, co-educational, secondary,

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, principal = Chris Jones , enrolment = 1,849 , grades = 7–12 , mascot = , colours = Green, purple & gold , yearbook = Ripples , houses = Merri, Plenty, Cooper, Sumner , asst principal = , website = Northcote High School is a co-educational,

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Northcote, Victoria Northcote () is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Darebin Local government areas of Victoria, lo ...

, Australia. It is situated at the southern end of the

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, on St Georges Road, Northcote. The school teaches from Years 7 to 12 and has a current population of 1,849

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s. Northcote High has a large music and science program, and has been recognised as a significant leader in the use of learning technologies in the classroom.

History

Northcote High School was established in 1926 as a co-educational secondary school, one of the first six to be established in

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by the Victorian Government. The school owes its establishment largely to agitation led by

John Cain (senior) John Cain (19 January 1882 – 4 August 1957) was an Australian politician, who became the 34th premier of Victoria, and was the first Labor Party leader to win a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He is the only premier of Vict ...

, Northcote City Councillor and later Member of the

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for Jika Jika, with support from the headmasters of nearby Northcote (Helen Street) Primary School and Wales Street Primary School. Cain's repeated efforts to establish a school to provide secondary education for the then predominantly working class suburb of Northcote were finally successful, despite an environment of opposition from conservative politicians and independent principals. Although Northcote High School was established as a co-educational school, it became a boys' school after 1928 when Preston Girls High School was established. Martin Hansen, the then Chief Inspector of Secondary Education, was convinced high schools should be segregated by gender after a tour of schools in the US and UK. In the 1980s Northcote High School again began to enrol girls in response to community pressure, officially moving to co-education in 1989. In 2018 there were approximately 920 boys and 829 girls enrolled. Northcote High School first offered a limited Maths and Science Matriculation (final year certificate) in 1946. Principal Alex Sutherland expanded Matriculation in the 1950s to include most subjects on the curriculum. The school continues this tradition today with a very broad range of Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) subjects on offer, including a relatively wide range of humanities subjects. Northcote High School celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2016.

Principals

The following individuals have served as principal of Northcote High School:

International links

Northcote High School has a long tradition of developing ties with schools overseas. In the 1930s students at Northcote High School corresponded with a school in

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, and in the early 1950s the school began the practice of enrolling and hosting students from overseas, partly under the auspices of the

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. In 1999, a sister school agreement was made with Huaibei Number One High School in Anhui province, China and a second with Tienjin - Binhai Foreign Languages School in 2016. Regular exchanges are conducted with these schools. There is also a reciprocal exchange agreement with a school in France. In 2015 Northcote High School had one of the state's largest International student programs (ISP) with more than 80 students from all five continents studying in the post-compulsory Years 10 - 12. In 2017, the school became the first government school to deliver the VCE offshore, in partnership with Chinese schools. In 2018, the school was awarded the Department of Education's first award for Excellence in Global Learning.

Notable alumni

Richard Abikhair, former Australian rules footballer for and * John Cain, former

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MLA, Victorian State Premier * Jim Cairns

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, former

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MHR, Federal Minister, and Founder

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, actress *Professor

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, poet and writer. Winner of the

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, bass player in Australian 1970s rock band Daddy Cool *

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, Australian rules footballer for *

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, entertainer *

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, professional tennis player * Don Furness, Australian rules footballer for * Caitlin Friend Melbourne Victory

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, current striker for Australian W-League team Melbourne Victory *

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, former Australian rules footballer for *

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, former Australian rules footballer for * Jack Hamilton , VFL Commissioner and former Collingwood footballer * Vernon Hauser, former Liberal MLC *Ashley Henderson, bass player in Australian funk band

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*Professor

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, historian *

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, former Liberal ACT Chief Minister *

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, former Australian rules footballer for * Colin Lovitt , barristerMelb PC Personality Profile: Colin Lovitt
(accessed:17-08-2007) *

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, Director National Gallery of Australia, Director National Gallery of Victoria *

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, Chairman of BHP Billiton, former CEO Ford Motor Company *

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, entertainer *

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, Yeoh Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Law at

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, Australia Sports Medicine * Ron Todd, former Australian rules footballer for *

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, former Liberal MLA, State Minister *

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References

External links

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