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| Coordinates | 34°24′23″S 150°53′22″E / 34.40639°S 150.88944°E / -34.40639; 150.88944 |
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| Former name | Wollongong High School |
| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school |
| Motto | Latin: Age Quod Agis (Whatever you do, do well) |
| Established | 1916; 108 years ago (1916) |
| School district | Illawarra |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Specialist | Performing arts |
| Principal | Paul Ryan |
| Teaching staff | 86.0 FTE (2018)[1] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 1,188[1] (2018) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Green, black and yellow |
| Website | wollongong-h |
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The Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school with speciality in performing arts, located in Fairy Meadow, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1916, the school enrolled approximately 1,190 students in 2018, from Year 7toYear 12, of whom five percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 25 per cent were from a language background other than English.[1] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education.
Approximately one-third of students gain entry through auditions.[citation needed]
The school was established in 1916 in Smith Street Wollongong as Wollongong Home Science School, for girls only. At the time it was the only high school between Sydney and the Victorian border.[2]
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