Narrogin Senior High School
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Narrogin Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Narrogin
, a regional centre 192 kilometres (119 mi) southeast of Perth
, Western Australia
.
The school was established in 1955 and by 2009 had an enrolment of 694 students between Year 8 and Year 12, 49 (7%) of whom were Aboriginal
.
A longstanding competitor in the High School Country Week
tournament the school won the champion school award when competing with the Agricultural school in 1984, 1985 and 1987 and then as the senior high school alone in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994.
In June 2009 an incident occurred which police were called to the school in order to break up a fight that had broken out due to racist comments being directed at indigenous students. The school has since taken steps to correct this.
Narrogin, Western Australia
Narrogin is a large town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, southeast of Perth on the Great Southern Highway between Pingelly and Wagin...
, a regional centre 192 kilometres (119 mi) southeast of 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....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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The school was established in 1955 and by 2009 had an enrolment of 694 students between Year 8 and Year 12, 49 (7%) of whom were Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
.
A longstanding competitor in the High School 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...
tournament the school won the champion school award when competing with the Agricultural school in 1984, 1985 and 1987 and then as the senior high school alone in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994.
In June 2009 an incident occurred which police were called to the school in order to break up a fight that had broken out due to racist comments being directed at indigenous students. The school has since taken steps to correct this.