Bathurst High Campus

Bathurst High Campus
of Denison College of Secondary Education
Bathurst High Campus; of Denison College of Secondary Education
Location
	Bathurst, Central West, New South Wales; Australia
Coordinates	33°24′47″S 149°34′10″E / 33.41306°S 149.56944°ECoordinates: 33°24′47″S 149°34′10″E / 33.41306°S 149.56944°E
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus
Motto	Latin: Altiora Peto; ("I seek higher things")
Established	1 October 1883; 138 years ago; (as Bathurst High School)
School district	Bathurst; Rural South and West
Educational authority	NSW Department of Education
Principal	Ken Barwick
Years	7–12
Enrolment	1,075 (2018)
Campus type	Regional
Colour(s)	Royal blue and gold
Website	bathurst-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

The Bathurst High Campus (abbreviated as BHC or BHS) of Denison College of Secondary Education is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus, located in Bathurst, in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1883 as Bathurst High School, the school amalgamated with Kelso High School in 2007 to form Denison College of Secondary Education. In 2018 Bathurst High Campus enrolled approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom approximately eleven percent identified as Indigenous Australians and six percent were from a language background other than English.^[2] The campus is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and the Campus Principal is Ken Barwick.^[1]

The campus has several bands and a range of art, visual design, dance and drama classes, and debating teams.

Denison College of Secondary Education[]

After the August 2005 fire which destroyed Kelso High, Denison College was formed to share curriculum, facilities and staff between schools in order to enhance student choice.^[3] Bathurst High has since undergone a name change from Bathurst High School to Bathurst High Campus; and is a campus of Denison College of Secondary Education.^[4]

Astley Cup[]

The Astley Cup is a long-standing sporting competition between Bathurst High, Orange High and . Bathurst High won the competition in 2010 after having last won the cup in 1989. The Astley Cup incorporates rugby league, girls and boys soccer, tennis, hockey, basketball, karate, netball and athletics. The Astley Cup also includes the coveted Mulvey Cup debating competition. Bathurst High has had a long history of victory in this debating competition, successfully taking out the cup this year.^[when?] The campus mascots for the Astley Competition are Frosty the bear and Malfoy the dragon.

Bathurst High School Song[]

Comrades all united by a common bond we throng.

Teachers, scholars, athletes lift your heads and join the song.

Through this sunny country let it echo, loud and long.

We are the Bathurst High School.

Hurrah! Hurrah! For we are young and free!

Hurrah! Hurrah! Triumphant we shall be!

Seeking higher things until we gain our victory,

For our beloved High School.

Flaunting to the heavens now our royal blue and gold,

Forth we go adventuring, like doughty knights of old.

Seeking fame and glory, and inheritance untold,

we are the Bathurst High School

Hurrah! Hurrah! For we are young and free!

Hurrah! Hurrah! Triumphant we shall be!

Seeking higher things until we gain our victory,

For our beloved High School.

Notable alumni[]

Brian Booth – cricket player; represented Australia
– Rhodes Scholar in 1925^[5]
Rodney Rude – comedian, poet and writer
Archie Thompson – soccer player; played with the Socceroos
Matthew Lobb - Rhodes Scholar in 1994^[6]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Bathurst High Campus. New South Wales Department of Education. 31 May 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Denison College of Secondary Education, Bathurst High Campus, Bathurst, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^ Martin, Gerald (25 February 2010). Bathurst Electorate Public Education (Speech). Hansard. Legislative Assembly: Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
^ "Teach Web". Teach Web list. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
^ "NSW Rhodes Scholars" Archived 15 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine – University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)
^ "Rhodes Scholar offers advice" Sun Herald 16 January 1994 page 9

External links[]

[AR2018B-1] "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Bathurst High Campus. New South Wales Department of Education. 31 May 2019. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[myschool-2] "Denison College of Secondary Education, Bathurst High Campus, Bathurst, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[Kelso_High_Fire-3] Martin, Gerald (25 February 2010). Bathurst Electorate Public Education (Speech). Hansard. Legislative Assembly: Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

[Denison_College-4] "Teach Web". Teach Web list. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2008.

[NSW_Rhodes_Scholars-5] "NSW Rhodes Scholars" Archived 15 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine – University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)

[6] "Rhodes Scholar offers advice" Sun Herald 16 January 1994 page 9

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