Gawler High School
Gawler High School | |
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A history of achievement. A future of potential. | |
Location | |
Evanston, South Australia Australia | |
Coordinates | 34°37′10″S 138°44′17″E / 34.6195°S 138.7380°ECoordinates: 34°37′10″S 138°44′17″E / 34.6195°S 138.7380°E |
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Type | Public secondary school |
Established | 1907 |
Principal | Greg Harvey |
Enrolment | ~800[1] |
Website | www.gawlerhs.sa.edu.au |
Gawler High School is a secondary public school located in Evanston, South Australia. The school was founded in 1907[2] (with the motto, Vade ad Formicam), making it the oldest school in the area. The current principal is Mr. Greg Harvey[1] who succeeded Sandra Lowery, who left the school at the end of the 2007 school year, ending her 15 years as headmistress. Gawler High School has some 800 pupils as of 2009, ranging from educational year groups eight to twelve.[1]
Notable alumni
- Max Fatchen, journalist[3]
- Simon Birmingham, Senator for South Australia
- Lisa Martin (Lisa Ondieki), long-distance runner
- Darren Lehmann, cricketer
- Glen Shorrock, singer/songwriter