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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 35°08′32″S 147°21′15″E / 35.1423°S 147.3543°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
| Motto | By hand and mind |
| Established | 1964 |
| School district | Wagga Wagga; Rural South and West |
| Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
| Acting principal | Michelle Wuagh ref name=staff>"Our staff". Mount Austin High School. NSW Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 20 July 2019.</ref> |
| Teaching staff | 50.7 FTE (2018)[1] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 429[1] (2018) |
| Campus type | Regional |
| Colour(s) | Green and gold |
| Rival | Wagga Wagga High School |
| Website | mtaustin-h |
Mount Austin High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Wagga Wagga, in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1964,[2] the school enrolled approximately 429 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 45 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 8 percent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and the acting principal is Michelle Waugh.[2]
Notable alumni
- Adam Mullavey, detector controls engineer at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, involved in the first observation of gravitational waves.[3]
- Mark Taylor (cricketer), cricketer
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Mount Austin High School, Wagga Wagga, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- 1 2 "Our staff". Mount Austin High School. NSW Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ↑ Shuhyta, Benjamin (12 February 2016). "Former Wagga boy part of gravitational wave discovery". ABC News. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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