Bankstown Girls High School

School in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia

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; 66 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 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

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

## See also

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* New South Wales portal
* Schools portal

* List of government schools in New South Wales: A–F
* Education in Australia

## References

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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.
2. ^ a b c "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.)

## External links

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