Marsden High School

Marsden High School
"Learning for life."
Location
West Ryde, New South Wales Australia
Information
Type	Public, secondary, co-educational, day school
Established	January 1959[1]
Principal	Lance Berry
Enrolment	725 (7–12)[2]
Campus	Winbourne Street
Colour(s)	Green and white
Website	MHS website

Marsden High School (MHS) is a school located in West Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, on Winbourne Street. It is a co-educational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities with students from years 7 to 12. The school was established in 1959.

History

Established in January 1959, Marsden High was originally named Ermington High School until March 1959, when it gained its present name.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Kenneth Pierce Causby
• Luciano Cucek
• Professor Margaret Gardner AO - economist and Vice-Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• Richard Gill OAM - Conductor and Music Director of the Victorian Opera
• Mat Henderson - entertainment and social justice lawyer, NSW Blogger of The Year 2005
• Greg Matthews - former NSW and Australian Test Cricketer
• Dan Parks - former Scottish Rugby Union player
• David M. Tatler
• Kim Williams AM - media executive
• Bill Wilson - Associate Professor in the Artificial Intelligence Group, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of NSW

See also

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• Electoral district of Ryde
• Division of Bennelong
• City of Ryde

References

1. "Marsden High". Government Schools of New South Wales from 1848. NSW Education and Communities. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
2. "Marsden High School". www.myschool.edu.au. Australian Curriculum Assessment Reporting Authority (ACARA). Retrieved 2014-01-05.

External links

• Marsden High School website
• New South Wales Department of Education and Communities - Marsden High School

Coordinates: 33°48′12″S 151°04′13″E / 33.80333°S 151.07028°E