Maroubra High School

Maroubra High School was a public high school located in Maroubra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1962 as a girls high school, it became co-educational in 1981 before being closed in 2002. It primarily served the areas of South-eastern Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs. The school site has been the campus of the Lycée Condorcet since 2003.

Maroubra High School
Location
Maroubra
,
New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°56′8″S 151°14′20″E
Information
Former nameMaroubra Junction Girls Junior High
Maroubra Junction Girls High
Maroubra Junction High
TypePublic, secondary, co-educational, day school
MottoLatin: Excelsior
(Ever higher)
EstablishedJanuary 1962[1]
StatusClosed
ClosedDecember 2002
PrincipalLawrie Butterfield
Grades7–12
Campus758 Anzac Parade
Colour(s)Royal blue and gold

History

Maroubra Junction Girls Junior High School opened in January 1962.[1] The school was the sister school to the nearby South Sydney Boys High School (est. 1953), and became Maroubra Junction Girls High School in October 1969. From January 1981, the school, alongside South Sydney Boys, became co-educational and was known as Maroubra Junction High School.[2] The school was renamed "Maroubra High School" from January 1990.[3] In 2002, the school was declared surplus to the requirements of the Department of Education and Training and closed by December 2002.[4]

In 2003 the vacant school buildings and land were purchased by the Lycée Condorcet with assistance from the local member for Maroubra, NSW Premier Bob Carr, and the Agency for French Education Abroad. It has been the school's campus since then.[5][6]

Notable alumni and staff
  • Gita Rivera – Actress and singer.[7][8]

Staff
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References
  1. "Maroubra High – Cumberland". History of New South Wales government schools. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. "ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL". Government Gazette of the State Of New South Wales (139). New South Wales, Australia. 26 September 1980. p. 5035. Retrieved 28 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Maroubra Junction Girls Junior High School (1962–1969) Maroubra Junction Girls High School (1969–1980) Maroubra Junction High School (1981–1990) Maroubra High School (1991–2002)". Agency Record. NSW State Archives and Records. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  4. McDougall, Bruce (30 August 2009). "$4.5m in private school subsidies". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. "History of the School". Lycée Condorcet / International French School of Sydney. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. Doherty, Linda (5 June 2002). "French in talks to take over high school site". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  7. "Bouncy TV singer is really shy schoolgirl". The Australian Women's Weekly. 31 (14). Australia, Australia. 4 September 1963. p. 7 (Teenagers' Weekly). Retrieved 28 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Gita Rivera". IMDB. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  9. Patty, Anna; Gibson, Joel; Noonan, Gerard (27 September 2008). "Time for a change, with head held high". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  10. "UNSW Honorary Fellowship – Dr Margaret Varady". UNSW School of Education. UNSW Sydney. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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