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Petersham Girls High School was a girls
high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
in the suburb of Petersham,
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,
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. It closed in 1989.


History

The school was located at 35 West Street, Petersham and is now the NSW School of Languages. It opened in 1878, and was merged with Newtown Boys High School to form the
Newtown High School of the Performing Arts The Newtown High School of the Performing Arts is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school in the suburb of Newtown in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is among a small number of performing a ...
in 1990.


Notable alumni

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, NSW politician and government minister


See also

* List of defunct government high schools in Sydney *
List of government schools in New South Wales {{Use Australian English, date=June 2020 The New South Wales Department of Education is a department of the Government of New South Wales. In addition to other responsibilities, it operates primary and secondary schools throughout the state. * L ...


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Defunct public high schools in Sydney 1878 establishments in Australia Educational institutions established in 1878 Defunct girls' schools in Australia 1980 disestablishments in Australia Educational institutions disestablished in 1980 Petersham, New South Wales {{NewSouthWales-school-stub