Maroubra High School Explained

Maroubra High School
Former Name:Maroubra Junction Girls Junior High
Maroubra Junction Girls High
Maroubra Junction High
Motto:Latin: Excelsior
Motto Translation:Ever higher
Status:Closed
Established:January 1962[1]
Closed:December 2002
Type:Public, secondary, co-educational, day school
Principal:Lawrie Butterfield
Grades:7–12
Campus:758 Anzac Parade
Colours: Royal blue and gold
Coordinates:-33.9356°N 151.2389°W
City:Maroubra
State:New South Wales
Country:Australia

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 the Eastern Suburbs. The school site has been the campus of the Lycée Condorcet since 2003.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maroubra High – Cumberland. History of New South Wales government schools. NSW Department of Education. 28 March 2018.
  2. News: ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL . Government Gazette of the State Of New South Wales . 139 . New South Wales, Australia . 26 September 1980 . 28 March 2018 . 5035 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: 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. 28 March 2018.
  4. News: McDougall. Bruce. $4.5m in private school subsidies. 28 March 2018. The Daily Telegraph. 30 August 2009.
  5. Web site: History of the School. Lycée Condorcet / International French School of Sydney. 28 March 2018.
  6. News: Doherty. Linda. French in talks to take over high school site. 28 March 2018. The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 June 2002.