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Eastern Goldfields College is a high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

located in Kalgoorlie, it is located on the Curtin University of Technology

Curtin University of Technology

Curtin University is an Australian university based in Perth, Western Australia, with additional campuses in regional Western Australia and at Miri , Sydney and Singapore...

campus and shares many facilities with the university. The High school accepts year 11 and year 12 students from across the Goldfields region

History

The school was formerly a part of Eastern Goldfields Senior High School, but the school split in 2001 onto two campuses, the original on boomerang crescent became Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Kalgoorlie, a regional centre east of Perth, Western Australia....

with classes for years 8-10 whereas the senior students were moved to the local Curtin university campus and the students benefited from the high quality university facilities that were made available to them, particularly in the areas of trade and hospitality.
The name of the school and its pegasus logo were made official in 2006.

Sport

The College competes annually at country week

Country Senior High Schools Carnival (Western Australia)

Country Week or Country Senior High Schools Carnival is an annual multi-sport event carnival held in Perth, Western Australia between rural high schools from Western Australia...

, which is a sporting competition held in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

between country high schools.
Eastern Goldfields has competed in sports including
Hockey

Hockey

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Netball

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

Football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

Soccer
Volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

Speech

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& Debate

Debate

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Eastern Goldfields has also competed in rugby union games against rival high school John Paul College (Kalgoorlie), this competition began in 2006, and is held annually with both the Yr 11 and 12's and the year 8-10's representing their own 15 man squads.

Sources

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