Mount Austin High School
School in Australia
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Mount Austin High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Wagga Wagga, in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.
MottoBy hand and mind
Established1964
School district
Wagga Wagga; Rural South and West| Mount Austin High School | |
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| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
| Motto | By hand and mind |
| Established | 1964 |
School district | Wagga Wagga; Rural South and West |
Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
Acting principal | Michelle Wuagh[1] |
Teaching staff | 50.7 FTE (2018)[2] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 429[2] (2018) |
Campus type | Regional |
| Colours | Green and gold |
| Rival | Wagga Wagga High School[citation needed] |
| Website | mtaustin-h |
Established in 1964,[1] the school enrolled approximately 429 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 45 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 8 percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and the acting principal is Michelle Waugh.[1]
Notable alumni
- Adam Mullavey, detector controls engineer at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, involved in the first observation of gravitational waves.[3]
- Mark Taylor, cricketer
- Cameron Mooney, AFL player
