Goondiwindi State High School
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{{Infobox school
| image = Goondiwindi State High School, Trade Skills Centre, 2017 02.jpg
| caption = Goondiwindi State High School, Trade Skills Centre, 2017
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| name = Goondiwindi State High School
| address = 3-5 Sandhurst Street
| city = Goondiwindi
| postcode = Queensland
| country = Australia
| coordinates = {{coord|-28.53702|150.29726|region:AU-QLD_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| type = State secondary day school
| gender = co-educational
| principal = Brett Hallett{{Cite web|title=Administration|website=Goondiwindi State High School (www.goondiwindishs.eq.edu.au)|url=https://goondiwindishs.eq.edu.au/OurSchool/OurStaff/Pages/Administration.aspx|language=en|access-date=19 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319214717/https://goondiwindishs.eq.edu.au/OurSchool/OurStaff/Pages/Administration.aspx|archive-date=19 March 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}{{Cite web|title=Contact us|page=|website=Goondiwindi State High School (www.goondiwindishs.eq.edu.au)|url=https://goondiwindishs.eq.edu.au/our-school/contact-us|language=en|access-date=19 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002035331/https://goondiwindishs.eq.edu.au/our-school/contact-us|archive-date=2 October 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}
| grades_label = Years
| enrollment_as_of = August 2024
| website = {{url|https://goondiwindishs.eq.edu.au|Official site}}
}}
Goondiwindi State High School is a public co-educational secondary school, located in Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi Region, Queensland, Australia.{{Cite web|title=Goondiwindi State High School (2092)|website=School Directory|publisher=Queensland Department of Education (www.education.qld.gov.au)|url=https://schoolsdirectory.eq.edu.au/Details/2092|access-date=19 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617060737/https://schoolsdirectory.eq.edu.au/Details/2092|archive-date=17 June 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}} The school is administered by the Queensland Department of Education.
Name
"Gundawindi", the name of the town the school was located in, and thereby the school itself, was derived from the "Gundawindi pastoral run" (c.1838), which in turn was thought to be derived from an expression used by the local Indigenous Australian community referring to 'wild duck' or a 'resting place for birds'.{{Cite web|title=Goondiwindi|website=Goondiwindi Regional Council (www.grc.qld.gov.au)|url=https://www.visitgoondiwindiregion.com/Our-towns/Goondiwindi|language=en|access-date=21 February 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250220235620/https://www.visitgoondiwindiregion.com/Our-towns/Goondiwindi|archive-date=20 February 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}
History
Community advocacy for a dedicated secondary school in Goondiwindi commenced in 1960. The then Queensland Education Minister, Jack Pizzey, at the "State Rural School 1960" speech night, promised “a brand new high school for Goondiwindi when secondary enrolments reached 100, provided 10 students were prepared to continue into senior schooling level”.{{Cite news|title=Parents accept challenge|date=17 February 1961|page=7|newspaper=Courier Mail (www.couriermail.com.au)|url=https://ia800108.us.archive.org/23/items/parents-accept-challenge-1961-courier-mail/Parents%20Accept%20Challenge%20%281961%29%20Courier%20Mail.pdf|language=en|access-date=20 February 2025}} In the following year this target was achieved, with the school achieving 107 enrolments with 10 students pledging to continue to the senior years. The school was one of the numerous civic improvements to occur in Goondiwindi between the 1920s and 1960s,{{Cite web |title=Goondiwindi {{!}} Queensland Places |url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/goondiwindi|access-date=20 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313232437/https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/goondiwindi|archive-date=13 March 2024|publisher=The University of Queensland|url-status=live}} opening on 28 January 1964,{{Cite web|title=Opening and closing dates of Queensland schools|website=Queensland Department of Education (www.education.qld.gov.au)|url=https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/history/school-anniversaries/opening-closing-dates|language=en|access-date=19 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122005819/https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/history/school-anniversaries/opening-closing-dates|archive-date=22 November 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}} with an enrolment of 178 students by February the very same year.{{Cite web|title=School History|url=http://www.goondiwishs.eq.edu.au/schoolhistory.htm|website=Goondiwindi State High School|access-date=20 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719103907/http://goondiwishs.eq.edu.au/schoolhistory.htm|archive-date=19 July 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy}}
On 19–20 September 2014, the school celebrated its 50th Anniversary.{{Cite book|title=Goondiwindi Regional Council - Ordinary Meeting|date=24 September 2014|page=1|section=4.1 Congratulations|publisher=Goondiwindi Regional Council (www.grc.qld.gov.au)|url=https://www.grc.qld.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/1/council/documents/council-meetings/09__confirmed_minutes___september_24092014.pdf|language=en|access-date=20 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112104322/https://www.grc.qld.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/1/council/documents/council-meetings/09__confirmed_minutes___september_24092014.pdf|archive-date=12 November 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}{{Cite web|title=Special events - 150th Anniversary Celebrations|date=30 March 2020|website=Gondiwindi State School (www.goondiwindiss.eq.edu.au)|url=https://goondiwindiss.eq.edu.au/calendar-and-news/special-events|language=en|access-date=20 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419141133/https://goondiwindiss.eq.edu.au/calendar-and-news/special-events|archive-date=19 April 2020|url-status=live|df=dmy}}{{Cite web|title=In 2014, The Goondiwindi State Primary School will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the school opening along with the Goondiwindi State High School who will celebrate their 50th anniversary|date=19 February 2014|website=Goondiwindi State High School 50th Reunion|via=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/GSHSTurns50/posts/pfbid02vmMUWqusvYj9L84yoe15nJqQtwTHf3jvv8aMUh1mNB8a6nydHia3k6ApAbErg1ptl|language=en|access-date=20 February 2025|archive-url=https://ia800403.us.archive.org/22/items/facebook-50th-anniversary/facebook%20%2850th-anniversary%29.pdf|archive-date=20 February 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}}
The school's Trade Skills Centre was opened in 2016. It provides education in engineering and agriculture, reflecting the economy of the local area.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-05 |title=Specialised facilities |url=https://goondiwindishs.eq.edu.au/facilities/specialised-facilities |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Goondiwindi State High School |language=en}}
Administration
As of 2024, the school has a teaching staff of 41 and a non-teaching staff of 24. The current principal is Brett Hallett who has been in this position since 2009.{{Cite web|title=Brett Hallett|first=Brett|last=Hallett|via=Linkedin|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-hallett-188b1189|language=en|access-date=19 February 2025|archive-url=https://ia600807.us.archive.org/29/items/brett-hallett-linkedin/brett-hallett-%28linkedin%29.pdf|archive-date=19 February 2025|url-status=live|df=dmy}} The prior principals have been:
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Past Principals |
| colspan=2|Tenure
!rowspan=2|Principal !rowspan=2|Ref |
|---|
| Initial
! Final |
| 1964
| 1965 | W. Goosens |
| 1966
| 1968 | Alf Garrone |
| 1969
| 1970 | A. Matthews |
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|1971
| A. Whitmee |
| 1972
| 1975 | Barry Thomson |
| 1976
| 1977 | Dennis Fredrickson |
| 1978
| 1979 | Kel Barnes |
| 1980
| 1985 | David Cassidy |
| 1986
| 1987 | Ian Isaacs |
| 1988
| 1989 | Leoll Barron |
| 1990
| 1992 | Paul Tarbuck |
| 1992
| 1994 | Gary Chew |
| 1994
| 2000 | Graham Jenkins |
| 2001
| 2002 | Catherine O’Sullivan |
| 2003
| 2008 | Alan Smith |
| colspan=2 style="text-align:center"|2009
| Dean Russell {{dagger}} | {{citation needed|date=February 2025}} |
| 2009
| 2020 | Brett Hallett |
{{dagger}} - Acting pricipal, for only semester one.
Students
File:Goondiwindi State High School, Trade Skills Centre, 2017 01.jpg
In its initial year (February 1964) the school had an enrolment of 178 students. As of 2024, the school has an enrolment of 500 students. The school serves students from Year 7 to Year 12.
See also
References
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External links
- {{url|https://goondiwindishs.eq.edu.au|Goondiwindi State High School}}
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Category:Educational institutions established in 1964
Category:Public high schools in Queensland
Category:Schools on the Darling Downs