Armidale High School

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Armidale High School
Fortiter, Fideliter, Feliciter (Latin:"Courage, Honesty, Happiness")^[1]
Established	1920
School type	Public, Secondary, Co-educational, Day school
Principal/ Headmaster	Ms. Anne Matley
Location	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	30°30′49″S 151°39′19″E / -30.51361, 151.65528Coordinates: 30°30′49″S 151°39′19″E / -30.51361, 151.65528
Campus	Rural, 20 Hectares^[2]
Enrolment	~650 (7-12)^[3]
School colours	Burgundy & Navy^[2]
Homepage	www.armidale-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Armidale High School is a co-educational, public secondary school, located in Armidale, a university and cathedral city in northern New South Wales, Australia.

Founded in 1920, Armidale High School was the first state secondary school to be established in Armidale. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 650 students from Years 7 to 12.^[3] It is a school of the New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET), and prepares students for the School Certificate (Year 10), and the Higher School Certificate (Year 12).

1 Notable alumni
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Notable alumni

Dr Robert James Brown - Leader of the Australian Greens; Senator (Greens) for Tasmania (also attended Coffs Harbour High School and Blacktown Boys High School)^[4]
David Foster - Novelist, essayist, poet and farmer (also attended Orange High School and Fort Street High School)^[5]
Brendan Moar - Presenter of By Design, Future Gardens and Moar Gardening on The LifeStyle Channel^[6]

[edit] References

^ Armidale High School. Schools. Australian Schools Directory (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ ^a ^b The Tradition of Armidale High School. The School. Armidale High School. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ ^a ^b Armidale High School. School Locator. New South Wales Department of Education and Training (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ "BROWN (Bob) Robert James". Who's Who in Australia Live!. (2006-11-17). Ed. Suzannah Pearce. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ "FOSTER David Manning". Who's Who in Australia Live!. (2006-11-17). Ed. Suzannah Pearce. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
^ Archive of Photos and Newspaper Articles. Ex-Students. Armidale High School. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.