Mosman High School
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{{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Mosman High School
| logo = File:Mosman High School badge.png
| motto = Only Effort Earns Success.
| principal = Susan Wyatt
| type = Public, secondary, co-educational, day school
| colours = Dark green and white {{Color box|#006400|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|White|border=darkgray}}
| campus = 769 Military Road
| coordinates =
| city = Mosman
| state = New South Wales
| country = Australia
| website = [https://mosman-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/ MHS website]
}}
Mosman High School, (abbreviation MHS) is a school located in Mosman, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, on Military Road. It is a co-educational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education with students from years 7 to 12. The school was established in 1961 and is one of the few state schools in NSW that has no school uniform.
History
Established in January 1961, the campus site of Mosman High was originally the site of Mosman Public School, with the first building constructed in 1883.{{cite web|title=Our History|url=http://www.mosman-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-history|website=Mosman High School|publisher=NSW Department of Education|accessdate=5 September 2015}} In February 1921, Mosman Public School was upgraded to the status of an Intermediate High School.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15949359 |title=MOSMAN. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 February 1921 |accessdate=5 September 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} In August 1961, the Department of Education announced that the Mosman Home Science School and the Boys' Intermediate High School were to be amalgamated to form the co-educational Mosman High School.{{cite news|title=Co-educational High School for Mosman|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19600826&id=An1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ReYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5643,2052083&hl=en|accessdate=5 September 2015|agency=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 August 1960|page=3}} The first Principal was Harold James Hamnett, who served until 1964 when he was appointed Principal of Crows Nest Boys High School.{{cite book |last1=Grahame |first1=Rachel |title=Honour before honours: a history of education at Crows Nest 1883-1992 |date=1992 |publisher=Crows Nest Boys' High School |location=Crows Nest |isbn=978-0-646-11388-3 |page=151}} From 1961 the site was shared between the schools until 1968 when Mosman Public School moved to a new site bordered by Belmont Road, Myahgah Street and Gouldsbury Street.
In the mid-1980s, there was speculation that the Department of Education and Minister for Education, Rodney Cavalier, were looking at closing Mosman High, along with the nearby Cremorne Girls High School, which was denied by Cavalier, who however said that the Lower North Shore of Sydney had "one high school too many".{{cite news |title=Mosman High 'has to go' |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald - The Northern Herald |date=21 February 1985 |page=5}}{{cite news |last1=Schwartz |first1=Larry |title='One high school too many': Cavalier |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald (The Northern Herald) |date=18 April 1985 |page=3}} In July 1985, Cavalier announced that Cremorne Girls would be closed by mid-1987, with the remaining students transferred to Mosman High or Willoughby Girls High School.{{cite news |last1=Schwartz |first1=Larry |last2=Dean |first2=Anabel |title=The fight is on for Cremorne Girls' High |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald (The Northern Herald) |date=4 July 1985 |page=1}}
In the 1980s, in order to distinguish themselves from nearby private schools (Mosman being one of the wealthiest suburbs in Sydney), and after requests from students and parents at the time, the school decided to dispense with the compulsory school uniforms, making Mosman High one of only two state high schools at the time without a prescribed uniform (the other being Crestwood High School, which has since adopted a uniform).{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Paulene |title=It's a uniform revolution |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 November 1986 |page=25}}
Notable alumni
- Christian Anthony – Musician
- Saskia Burmeister – Actress
- Simon Day – Singer
- Maeve Dermody – Actress
- Ken Done {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} – Artist
- Flume – Musician
- Ralph Heimans {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} - Artist
- David Le'aupepe – Musician
- Barton Lynch – Surfer
- Erin McKinnon – AFLW player
- Shimon Moore – Singer & songwriter
- Andrew Mueller – Writer
- Joe Stimson - NRL player
- Naomi Watts – Actress
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://mosman-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/Mosman High School website]
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{{Public high schools in Sydney|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Public high schools in Sydney
Category:1961 establishments in Australia