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Macksville High School

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Macksville High School

Location

Boundary Street, Macksville, Mid North Coast, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	30°42′47″S 152°55′00″E / 30.7130°S 152.9166°E / -30.7130; 152.9166
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Growth of the mind Developing the person
Established	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Sister school	Jambi Sumatera, Indonesia
School district	Mid Coast Valleys; Regional North
Educational authority	NSW Department of Education
Principal	Sheree Burnham^[1]
Teaching staff	48FTE (2024)^[2]
Employees	61.7 FTE (2024^[2])
Enrolment	448^[2] (2024)
Colour(s)	Maroon, green, yellow and blue
^[3]^[4]

Macksville High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Macksville, in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1950, the school enrolled 448 students in 2024, from Year 7toYear 12, of whom 17 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and five percent were from a language background other than English.^[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Sheree Burnham.^[1]^: 15

Overview[edit]

The school was established in 1950 and 50 year celebrations were held in 2000.^[5]^[6]

In March 1971, the high school was the site of a siege in which a 19-year-old held police at bay with a .22 calibre rifle for almost three hours.^[7]

The school has a sister school relationship with Jambi Sumatera, Indonesia.^[4]^: 15

Rear Admiral Mark Bonser – Australian senior naval officer^[8]
Tony Cole – public servant who served as the secretary of the Australian Treasury between 1991 and 1993^[9]
Phillip Hughes – cricketer; his funeral was held at the high school^[10]
Greg Inglis – rugby league football player^[11]
Billie McKay – chef who won series 7ofMasterChef Australia in 2015^[12]

^ ^a ^b Principal Announcement, Macksville High School, retrieved 2 April 2024

^ "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Macksville High School. New South Wales Department of Education. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.

^ ^a ^b "Macksville High School Annual School Report" (PDF). Macksville High School. NSW Department of Education. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2014.

^ Our school, Macksville High School

^ "Macksville High School". Macksville High School.

^ "School siege", The Canberra Times, p. 7, 24 March 1971, archived from the original on 17 January 2014

^ "Rear Admiral Mark Bonser AO, CSC, RAN". Department of Defence. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

^ CP 617: Anthony Stuart COLE, National Archives of Australia, retrieved 17 January 2014

^ "Greg Inglis falls from pedestal shocks home town". News Corp. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Giving a speech at his old school, Macksville High, Inglis spoke of staying away from bad people and unfavourable influences.

^ "Macksville High School Magazine 2009" (PDF). macksville-h.schools.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 27 July 2015.