Turramurra High School

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Turramurra High School
Location
South Turramurra , New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°45′26″S 151°6′53″E / 33.75722°S 151.11472°E / -33.75722; 151.11472Coordinates: 33°45′26″S 151°6′53″E / 33.75722°S 151.11472°E / -33.75722; 151.11472
Information
Type	Public, secondary, day school
Motto	Obedience to Conscience
Established	1967
Principal	David Arblaster
Grades	7-12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	~1177
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)	Teal blue, black, gold & white
Website	Turramurrahighschool.com.au

Turramurra High School is a large public comprehensive co-educational high school of approximately 1177 students, operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (DEC), located in South Turramurra, a residential area on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1967, although the current premises weren't occupied until 1968, it adjoins the Lane Cove National Park. The school has links with nearby Macquarie University and the Whitehouse Institute of Design as well as local business organisations. The current school principal is David Arblaster.

Sports[]

Turramurra High School holds annual athletics, swimming and cross country carnivals.

Sporting facilities at the school include two ovals, one indoor basketball court, and two outdoor basketball courts. The school is centrally placed to a number of sporting facilities such as 'The Field of Dreams' baseball diamond, Auluba Oval, West Pymble Pool, Canoon Tennis Courts & Netball Courts, West Pymble & Hornsby Gyms, Thornleigh Brickpit, Macquarie Centre Ice Rink and many dedicated ovals inside the area. The school also has convenient access to sports facilities at Macquarie University. Such as Ice skating.

Notable alumni[]

• Shane Gould – swimmer; won gold medals for the 200m Individual Medley, 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle. 1 silver medal for 800m freestyle and bronze medal for 100m freestyle at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
• Gail Neall – swimmer; won gold medal for the 400m Individual Medley at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
• Tim Jackson – Sprinter; Represented Australia in the 1996 Olympics and two Commonwealth Games in 100m sprint and 4x100 relay; attended Turramurra High School from 1981 to 1986
• Jordan Rodrigues – Australian actor
• Sarah Rose – paralympic swimmer; won bronze medal for the 50m Butterfly at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. Competed at the Paralympics 2008 and 2012
• Anne-Marie Schwirtlich – Director-General of the National Library of Australia (2011-2017)
• Dave Sharma – Member for Wentworth since 2019; former Australian Ambassador to Israel; School Dux, 1993^[1]
• David Speers – political editor at Sky News Australia; attended Turramurra High School from 1989 to 1992
• Laura Tingle – Chief political correspondent of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's 7.30 Report. Previously political editor at the Australian Financial Review. Class of 1978.
•  – Australian cycling legend

See also[]

• List of government schools in New South Wales

References[]

External links[]

• Turramurra High School website
• NSW Department of Education and Training: Turramurra High School