Corrimal High School
Corrimal High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school located in East Corrimal, a suburb of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1951, the school enrolled approximately 320 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, including 17 percent who identified as Indigenous Australians and 20 percent who were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; and the principal is Paul Roger.
History
The school was established in 1951.
In 2018, a fire destroyed the school's industrial arts building, which was rebuilt at a cost of $8 million as an industrial arts and technology building and reopened in 2022.
Notable alumni
- Scott Chipperfield – soccer player; played with the Wollongong Wolves and the Socceroos
- Vince Jones – jazz trumpet player, singer and songwriter
- Russell Mulcahy – film director of movies such as Highlander and On the Beach as well as many music video clips
- Dr Reg Piper – former Anglican Bishop of Wollongong and a former assistant bishop in the Diocese of Sydney
- Craig Young – former rugby league football player; played with St. George Dragons, the NSW Blues, and the Kangaroos
See also
- List of government schools in New South Wales: A–F
- List of schools in Illawarra and the South East)
- Education in Australia
References
- ^ Campbell, David (7 March 2001). Corrimal High School Fiftieth Anniversary (Speech). Hansard. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Corrimal High School Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Corrimal High School. New South Wales Department of Education. 27 May 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Corrimal High School, Corrimal, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Latifi, Agron (3 November 2018). "Photos show destruction of industrial arts block after Corrimal High fire". Illawarra Mercury. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Negline, Louise (7 September 2022). "Inside Corrimal High's $8m state-of-the-art industrial arts building". Illawarra Mercury. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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