Grafton High School (New South Wales)

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| name = Grafton High School

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| motto = {{langx|la|Enitere ad finem|link=no}}

| motto_translation = Strive to the end

| established = {{start date and age|1912}}

| type = Government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school

| educational_authority = NSW Department of Education

| district = Rural North[https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/finding-a-public-school/contact-rural-north#Grafton2 "Contact Rural North – Grafton"], education.nsw.gov.au

| principal = Scott Dinham{{cite web|url=https://grafton-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/our-staff.html|title=Our staff|publisher=Grafton High School|access-date=8 April 2021}}

| location = Mary Street, {{NSWcity|Grafton}},
Northern Rivers, New South Wales

| country = Australia

| coordinates = {{Coord|-29.682698|152.933059|format=dms|region:AU-NSW_type:edu_dim:10km|display=inline,title}}

| campus_type = Regional

| enrolment = 905{{cite web |url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/42373 |title=Grafton High School, Grafton, NSW: School profile |work=My School |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |date=2019 |access-date=29 July 2019}}

| enrolment_as_of = 2018

| teaching_staff = 72.2 FTE (2018)

| grades = 712

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| colours = Navy and white {{color box|navy}}{{color box|white}}

| homepage = {{URL|grafton-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}

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Grafton High School (abbreviated as GHS) is government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school, located in {{NSWcity|Grafton}}, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1912, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 15 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and four percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Scott Dinham.

History

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Grafton High School was established on 1 January 1912 and opened on 1 July of that year as a formal education system was being established in New South Wales. A new building opened on 17 May 1915.{{cite web |url=https://grafton-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/centenary-2012.html |title=GHS – Steeped in History |work=Grafton High School |access-date=24 March 2019 }}

Since at least the 1960s, but according to an attached note since 1915, the school has been home to the head of an Egyptian mummy.{{cite web|last1=Fennell |first1=Marc|author1-link=Marc Fennell|last2=Baker |first2=Nick|last3=Ferguson |first3=Zoe |date=27 June 2023 |title=The stolen head |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/egyptian-mummified-head-high-school-library/102387670|work=Stuff the British Stole|publisher=Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=26 February 2024}}

See also

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