Nowra High School
Nowra High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in, in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1956, the school enrolled approximately 910 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom eleven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and seven percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the Principal is Renee Gilbert. The school motto is "Wisdom Through Knowledge".
Overview
On 17 May 2007 the Governor-General hosted a meeting in the school with indigenous students from the city's high schools.Notable alumni
- Anna Bligh a former politician and Premier of Queensland who spent the last six months of her schooling at Nowra High
- Fiona Phillips – federal MP
- Karen Phillips- Olympic swimmer
- Maddy Collier- AFLW player
Notable former staff
- Brian McGowana teacher during the 1960s; and a former member of the NSW Legislative Assembly