Bankstown Girls High School

Bankstown Girls High School
Bankstown Girls High School
Address
	Mona Street; Bankstown, New South Wales, 2200; Australia
Coordinates	33°55′15″S 151°1′55″E / 33.92083°S 151.03194°E
Information
Type	Government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Semper Optime; (Always the best)
Established	1959; 65 years ago
School district	Bankstown
Educational authority	New South Wales Education Standards Authority
Oversight	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Suada Bilali
Staff	44 (2023)
Years	7–12
Gender	Girls
Enrolment	503 (2023)
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Navy blue and white ;
Website	bankstowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Bankstown Girls High School is a government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school for girls, located in Bankstown, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1959, the school enrolled approximately 503 students in 2023 from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom less than one percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 98 percent were from a language background other than English.^[2]

Notable alumnae

Paulini Curuenavuli – R&B singer and former Australian Idol contestant and Young Divas member
Mary Fowler – Australian soccer player^[3]

References

^ Bankstown Girls High School. "Class Information – Bankstown Girls High School". bankstowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Bankstown Girls High School. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bankstown Girls High School, Bankstown, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "Mary's journey from Hotel Tarago to World Cup". The Australian. Retrieved 8 July 2022. (Subscription required.)

External links

Official website

[1] Bankstown Girls High School. "Class Information – Bankstown Girls High School". bankstowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Bankstown Girls High School. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[myschool-2] "Bankstown Girls High School, Bankstown, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[3] "Mary's journey from Hotel Tarago to World Cup". The Australian. Retrieved 8 July 2022. (Subscription required.)

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Bankstown Girls High School

Address

Mona Street Bankstown , New South Wales , 2200 Australia
Coordinates	33°55′15″S 151°1′55″E / 33.92083°S 151.03194°E / -33.92083; 151.03194
Information
Type	Government-funded single-sex comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	Latin: Semper Optime (Always the best)
Established	1959; 65 years ago (1959)
School district	Bankstown
Educational authority	New South Wales Education Standards Authority
Oversight	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Suada Bilali^[1]
Staff	44 (2023)^[2]
Years	7–12
Gender	Girls
Enrolment	503^[2] (2023)
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Navy blue and white
Website	bankstowng-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Bankstown Girls High School

Notable alumnae

See also

References

External links