Nowra High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in , in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1956, the school enrolled approximately 910 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom eleven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and seven percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the Principal is Renee Gilbert. The school motto is "Wisdom Through Knowledge".
Overview On 17 May 2007 the Governor-General hosted a meeting in the school with indigenous students from the city's high schools."Gallery – May 2007", Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia
Notable alumni Anna Bligh a former politician and Premier of Queensland who spent the last six months of her schooling at Nowra High Fiona Phillips – federal MP Karen Phillips- Olympic swimmer Maddy Collier- AFLW player
Notable former staff Brian McGowana teacher during the 1960s; and a former member of the NSW Legislative AssemblyObituary for Brian McGowan at Partiment.nsw.gov accessed 14 November 2007
See also
List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P List of schools in Illawarra and the South East Education in Australia
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