Byron Bay High School

Secondary school in Byron Bay, Australia

Byron Bay High School

Address

2 Arakwal Court

Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 2481

Coordinates| 28°40′0.29″S 153°36′57.1″E﻿ / ﻿28.6667472°S 153.615861°E﻿ / -28.6667472; 153.615861
Information
Type| Secondary school
Motto| The Future is Ours
Established| 15 May 1987
(37 years ago) (1987-05-15)[1]
School district| Ballina/Tweed
Authority| New South Wales Department of Education
Principal| Janine Marcus
Staff| 56
Grades| 7–12
Enrollment| 774 (2019)
Campus type| Inner regional
Color(s)|
Website| byronbay-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Byron Bay High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. The school, which is designed in the shape of a nautilus shell,[2] opened on 15 May 1987. Facilities of the school include: agriculture centre, basketball courts, canteen, car park, changing rooms, library, multi-purpose centre, performing arts centre, sports centre and sports pitch. The indigenous country land the school was built on was Arakwal people of the Bundjalung nation.[2]

## Notable alumni

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* Anatole Serret – drummer of Parcels[3]
* Beau Walker – professional surfer and television presenter[citation needed]
* Cleopatra Coleman – actress and model, appeared in The Last Man on Earth and In the Shadow of the Moon[4]
* Dinesh Palipana OAM – doctor, legal professional and disability advocate[5]
* Eka Darville – actor, appeared in Power Rangers RPM and Jessica Jones[6]
* Hayley Mary – singer and lead vocalist of The Jezabels[7]
* Heather Shannon – keyboardist and pianist of The Jezabels[7]
* Katherine Hicks – actress, appeared in Rescue: Special Ops[8]
* Marty Mayberry – para-alpine skier, competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Paralympics[9]
* Nathan Baggaley – sprint canoeist and surfskier, competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics[10]
* Parkway Drive – metalcore band[11]
* Samuel Lockwood – guitarist of The Jezabels[7]
* Stan Walker – singer, winner of Australian Idol in 2009[12]
* Jake Duncombe – professional skateboarder
* Egg – ten time mosh champion and Channel Nine TV personality

## See also

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* New South Wales portal
* Schools portal

* List of government schools in New South Wales
* List of schools in the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast
* Education in Australia

## References

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1. ^ "Byron Bay High School Newsletter" (PDF). byronbay-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. 12 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
2. ^ a b "Byron Bay High School". @NSWDepartmentofEducation. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
3. ^ Pentelow, Orla (9 May 2017). "Boyeurism: Parcels". Vogue. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
4. ^ Burmester, Jann (1 August 2012). "Cleo steps up". Byron Shire News. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
5. ^ Martin, Kymberly (26 February 2020). "Q&A with Gold Coast University Hospital Doctor, Dinesh Palipana". Freedom2live. The Intermedia Group. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
6. ^ Encalada, Javier (13 March 2016). "Eka Darville is Byron Bay's latest superstar". The Northern Star. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
7. ^ a b c Encalada, Javier (2 January 2017). "The Jezabels happy to leave 2016 behind". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
8. ^ Hildreth, Digby (23 February 2010). "Katherine is targeting a Logie". The Northern Star. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
9. ^ "Marty's Story, Sydney, New South Wales". Troy Pocock Meningococcal Foundation. 30 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
10. ^ Wilson, Rae (23 July 2012). "Olympian walks away on drug charges". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
11. ^ Miles, Lucas (20 May 2011). "Parkway Drive rock Byron High". The Northern Star. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
12. ^ Gulbin, Melissa (10 November 2009). "Stan is our Australian Idol man". The Northern Star. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

## External links

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* Official website

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