Gawler and District College
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{{Use Australian English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Gawler and District College
| logo = Gawler and District College logo.jpg
| image =
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| motto = A history of achievement. A future of potential.
| established = {{plainlist|
- 1907 (Gawler High School)
- 1952 (Evanston Primary School)
- 2013 (Gawler and District College)
}}
| type = Public early learning centre and primary and secondary school
| principal = Angie Michael
| city = Evanston
| state = South Australia
| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|-34.6195|138.7380|type:edu_region:AU-SA|display=inline,title}}
| campus =
| enrolment = 1,145
| colours =
| homepage = {{URL|http://gdc.sa.edu.au/}}
}}
Gawler and District College is a public early learning centre and primary and secondary school located in the suburb of Evanston on the southern side of Gawler, {{convert|45|km}} north of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The college offers education from birth to year 12.{{Citation |last=education.sa.gov.au |title=Gawler and District College B-12 |date=2022-10-11 |url=https://www.education.sa.gov.au/parents-and-families/find-schools-preschools-and-other-services/gawler-and-district-college-b-12 |access-date=2023-08-04 |publisher=education.sa.gov.au |language=en}}
History
Gawler and District College was created in 2013 through combining the Gawler High School, Evanston Primary School and Evanston Preschool into one site, the site formerly occupied by the high school.
Gawler High School was a secondary public school located in Evanston, South Australia. The school was founded in 1907 as the Gawler School of Mines. It moved to a site on Lyndoch Road in Gawler East in 1915, and moved to the Evanston site in the 1960s.{{cite web |url=http://www.gawlerhs.sa.edu.au/history/history.htm |title=History |work=Gawler High School |accessdate=28 July 2016}} (with the motto, Vade ad Formicam), making it the oldest school in the area. The last principal of Gawler High School was Mr. Greg Harvey{{cite web|url=http://www.gawlerhs.sa.edu.au/downloads/2009%20annual%20report.pdf|title=Gawler High School 2009 Annual Report|accessdate=25 August 2010|year=2009|work=Gawler High School|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218075600/http://www.gawlerhs.sa.edu.au/downloads/2009%20annual%20report.pdf|archivedate=18 February 2011}} who succeeded Sandra Lowery, who left the school at the end of the 2007 school year, ending her 15 years as headmistress. {{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} Gawler High School had some 800 pupils as of 2009, ranging from educational year groups eight to twelve.
Evanston Primary School was founded in the 1950s as the suburb of Evanston was growing. It was located facing Para Road behind the Gawler High School.{{Cite web |title=Gawler and District College |url=https://www.internationalstudents.sa.edu.au/en/school/gawler-and-district-college/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=South Australian Government Schools |language=en-AU}}{{Citation |last=Centre |first=Gawler & District College B.-12 Children's |title=Gawler & District College B-12 Children's Centre |date=2022-01-31 |url=https://www.preschools.sa.gov.au/gawler-dist-college-b-12-chn-ctr |access-date=2023-08-04 |publisher=Gawler & District College B-12 Children's Centre |language=en}}
Notable alumni
- Simon Birmingham, Senator for South Australia
- Clyde Cameron
- Max Fatchen, journalist{{cite book |last=Male |first=Andrew |title=Other Times: The Life and Work of Max Fatchen |publisher=Wakefield Press |year=1997 |isbn=1-86254-383-6 |pages=39}}
- Alan Hickinbotham
- Brenton Langbein, violinist, composer, and conductor
- Darren Lehmann, cricketer
- Lisa Martin (Lisa Ondieki), long-distance runner
- Glenn Shorrock, singer/songwriter
References
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External links
- [http://www.gawlerhs.sa.edu.au/ Gawler High School homepage]
Category:Educational institutions established in 1907
Category:High schools in South Australia
Category:1907 establishments in Australia