Maryborough State High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Maryborough State High School
| logo = Mshslogo.JPG
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| motto = Non Sine Pulvere Palma
| location = 510–528 Kent St
| city = Maryborough
| state = Queensland
| postalcode = 4650
| country = Australia
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| type = Public, co-educational, secondary, day school
| established = 1881
| district = North Coast Region{{cite web|url=http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/maps/pdfs/northcoast.pdf|title=Department of Education and Training - North Coast Region|publisher=Queensland Government|accessdate=26 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326231313/http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/maps/pdfs/northcoast.pdf|archive-date=26 March 2017|url-status=live}}
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| grades = 7 to 12
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| colours = Brown and blue. Junior uniform is grey and blue, with senior uniform grey and white. The school colours reflect the 47th "Wide Bay" Battalion.
| slogan = Valued, Developed, Empowered
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| sports = Soccer, hockey, futsal, rugby union, rowing, basketball
| mascot = Kingi – Kingfisher
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| enrolment_as_of = 2024|
| campus = Rural|
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| homepage = {{url|maryboroughshs.eq.edu.au}}
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Maryborough State High School (commonly abbreviated as 'MSHS') is a public high school located in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. The school is run by the Queensland State Government, and is split on either side of Kent Street. The school colours are blue and brown. In 2024 MSHS had 1330 students (including 120 students identifying as indigenous) with 102 teachers and 60 non-teaching staff (35 full-time equivalent).{{Cite web|url=https://maryboroshs.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/mshs-annual-report-2016.pdf|title=2016 School Annual Report|publisher=Maryborough State High School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016060759/https://maryboroshs.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/mshs-annual-report-2016.pdf|archive-date=16 October 2017|url-status=live|access-date=16 October 2017}}
The school has had many incarnations, starting its life as Maryborough Boys Grammar School and Maryborough Girls Grammar School, then from 1937 a segregated boys and girls state high school. The school became coeducational from 1974. From 2017, Maryborough State High School is an Independent Public School. The school is now the largest secondary school in Maryborough, with more than 50% of all students in Maryborough attending Maryborough SHS.
History
The Maryborough Boys Grammar School was founded on the north side of Kent Street in 1881 and the Maryborough Girls Grammar School on the south of Kent Street in 1883. An assembly hall was added to the side of the Girls Grammar School in 1888. Four Rhodes scholars graduated from Maryborough Boys Grammar School and many students went on to distinguished careers. Hit hard by the effects of the Great Depression, the Grammar Schools were forced to close. They were subsequently taken over by the Department of Education in 1936 to become the Maryborough State High and Intermediate School for Boys and Maryborough State High and Intermediate School for Girls.{{Cite web |url=http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/state/brief/secondary-1912.html |title=Development of State secondary schools 1912-1957 |access-date=2008-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008035759/http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/state/brief/secondary-1912.html |archive-date=8 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}
The Boys' and Girls' High Schools were amalgamated in 1974 to form Maryborough State High School.MSHS Annual Report 2007
The original building of Maryborough Boys Grammar School was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992. It now houses the English and Humanities Departments.{{cite QHR|15472|Maryborough Boys Grammar School (former)|600697|accessdate=1 August 2014}}File:MaryboroughStateHighSchool-Class'08-fairyring.jpg
Location
Notable alumni and staff
Notable alumni of the school include:
- Duncan Chapman, first soldier of the Australian Imperial Forces to land at Gallipoli{{Cite web|title = Past students|url = https://maryboroshs.eq.edu.au/Ourcommunity/Paststudents/Pages/Paststudents.aspx|website = maryboroshs.eq.edu.au|accessdate = 2015-11-22|language = en|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053606/https://maryboroshs.eq.edu.au/Ourcommunity/Paststudents/Pages/Paststudents.aspx|archive-date = 4 March 2016|url-status = dead}}{{Cite web|title = Gallipoli 1915: The first Anzac ashore|url = http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2015/04/23/4222562.htm|website = ABC Wide Bay Qld|accessdate = 2015-11-22|language = en-AU|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150926152519/http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2015/04/23/4222562.htm|archive-date = 2015-09-26|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|title = Queenslanders to honour first Anzac ashore|url = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queenslanders-to-honour-first-anzac-ashore-lieutenant-duncan-chapman-20150423-1mrdvf.html|website = Brisbane Times|accessdate = 2015-11-22|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160204055347/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queenslanders-to-honour-first-anzac-ashore-lieutenant-duncan-chapman-20150423-1mrdvf.html|archive-date = 2016-02-04|url-status = live}}
- Gordon Dunbar, Rhodes Scholar, soldier awarded Military Cross and Croix de Guerre{{Cite web|url = http://www.livelifehappy.com.au/admin/uploads/AchieversA4_vweb.pdf|title = Achiever's Walk: Ordinary Australians doing extraordinary things|accessdate = 22 November 2015|publisher = Fraser Coast Regional Council|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081108/http://www.livelifehappy.com.au/admin/uploads/AchieversA4_vweb.pdf|archivedate = 4 March 2016}}
- Geoff Dymock, cricketer
- William Glasgow, soldier and senator
- Jim Saleam, politician, white nationalist
- Henry Lionel Harvey, Rhodes Scholar, died World War I
- Robert Alexander Hunter, served at Gallipoli and was mayor of Maryborough (1956–1964){{Cite web|title = Memories, medals to be shared|url = http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/memories-and-medals-to-be-shared-with-all/659717/|website = Fraser Coast Chronicle|accessdate = 2015-11-22|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123758/http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/memories-and-medals-to-be-shared-with-all/659717/|archive-date = 2016-03-04|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|title = Military and Police Uniforms at the Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum|url = http://www.maryboroughmuseum.org/uniforms.html|website = www.maryboroughmuseum.org|accessdate = 2015-11-22|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151009143833/http://www.maryboroughmuseum.org/uniforms.html|archive-date = 2015-10-09|url-status = live}}
- Grant Hayden Kenny, ironman champion
- Kay Lehmann (née Kindervater), hockey champion{{Cite web|url = https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2012/07/heavy-skirts-shin-pads-queensland-women%E2%80%99s-hockey-turns-100|title = From heavy skirts to shin pads: Queensland women's hockey turns 100|date = 19 July 2012|accessdate = 22 November 2015|publisher = University of Queensland|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151122125335/https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2012/07/heavy-skirts-shin-pads-queensland-women%E2%80%99s-hockey-turns-100|archive-date = 22 November 2015|url-status = live}}
- Percy Reginald Stephensen, Rhodes Scholar, writer and publisher
- David Theile, Olympic swimmer
- Robert Edwin White, Rhodes Scholar and professor of soil science{{Cite web|title = PROF Robert WHITE - The University of Melbourne|url = http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person14817|website = www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au|accessdate = 2015-11-22|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151010025923/http://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person14817|archive-date = 2015-10-10|url-status = live}}
Staff who have worked at the school include Amy Hannah Adamson, who was both an alumna (Maryborough Girls' Grammar School) and headmistress (Maryborough State High and Intermediate School from 1949 to 1959).{{cite web |title=Adamson, Amy Hannah (1893–1963) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/adamson-amy-hannah-9965/text16339 |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography |accessdate=11 February 2020}}
There are currently over 26 alumni working at the school – former students who have returned to the school in many roles, from teacher aides to teaching staff, administration and Heads of Department.Staff Lists 2022
References
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External links
{{Commons category multi|Maryborough State High School|Maryborough Grammar School|Maryborough Girls Grammar School}}
- [https://maryboroughshs.eq.edu.au/ Maryborough State High School website]
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Category:Public high schools in Queensland
Category:Maryborough, Queensland
Category:Schools in Wide Bay–Burnett
Category:Educational institutions established in 1881