Petersham Girls High School

School
Petersham Girls High School
Information
Established1878
Closed1989
AuthorityNew South Wales Department of Education
Years7–12
GenderFemale
LanguageEnglish

Petersham Girls High School was a girls high school in the suburb of Petersham, Sydney, Australia. It closed in 1989.

History

The school was located at 35 West Street, Petersham and is now the NSW School of Languages. It opened in 1878,[1] and was merged with Newtown Boys High School to form the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in 1990.[2]

Notable alumni

  • Sandra Nori, NSW politician and government minister[3]

See also

  • List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P

References

  1. ^ "Petersham Girls' High School (Former)". environment.nsw.gov.au.
  2. ^ "Rock and enrol: the schools – Entertainment – www.smh.com.au". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 January 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Nori, Sandra Christine". womenaustralia.info. 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

Further reading

  • CRASH OF A MOSQUITO OVER SUBURBS OF SYDNEY, NSW ON 2 MAY 1945

  • v
  • t
  • e
Public high schools in the Sydney region
Metropolitan North
Bungarribee
Cambridge Park
Carlingford
Eastern Creek
  • Colyton
  • Erskine Park
  • Plumpton
  • Rooty Hill
  • St Clair
Girraween
Gordon
Hornsby
Mount Druitt
North Sydney
Penrith
Pittwater
Quakers Hills
Ryde
The Beaches
The Forest
The Hills
The Ponds
  • Kellyville
  • Rouse Hill
  • The Ponds
Metropolitan South and West
Auburn
Bankstown
Beverly Hills
Bondi
Botany Bay
Canterbury
Chipping Norton
Chullora
Georges River
  • Georges River College
    • Hurstville Boys
    • Oatley Senior
    • Peakhurst
    • Penshurst Girls
  • Sydney Technical
Iron Cove
Kogarah
Marrickville
Parramatta
Port Hacking
Port Jackson
Strathfield
Sutherland
Woronora River
Closed / defunct
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
  • VIAF


Stub icon

This article related to a New South Wales school is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e