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New Town High School (Tasmania)

Field	Value
name	New Town High School
image_size	240
logo_size	75px
motto	We build for the future
established	1919
as Hobart Junior Technical College
status	Closed
closed	2021
type	Government comprehensive junior secondary school
gender
educational_authority	Tasmanian Department of Education
oversight	Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards & Certification
district	Southern
affiliation	Hobart City Partnership Schools
grades	7-12
grades_label	Years
principal	Shane Fuller
enrolment	698
enrolment_as_of	2019
teaching_staff	50.8 FTE (2019)
colours	Blue and yellow
houses
campus type	Suburban
location	, Hobart, Tasmania
country	Australia
coordinates
website	(archived)
mapframe	yes

as Hobart Junior Technical College New Town High School was a government comprehensive junior secondary school for boys (in Years 7 and 8) and co-educational (from Years 9 to 12). The school is located in , a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1919, the school caters for approximately 700 students from Years 7 to 12. The school is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Education.

In 2019 student enrolments were 698. The school principal is Shane Fuller.

It was merged with Ogilvie High School to form Hobart City High School from the 2022 school year. The New Town High School site is referred to as the New Town Campus of the new school.

Overview

Established in 1919 as Hobart Junior Technical College and renamed as Hobart Technical High School in 1950, the adopted its current name, New Town High School in 1961. Together with the girls-only Ogilvie High School and co-educational Elizabeth College, New Town High School is a member of Hobart City Partnership Schools, that delivers learning to over 2,000 students across the three campuses.

Houses

New Town High has four houses; Dechaineux, Ellis, Hunter and Jarvis, which all compete against each other to win the Cosgrove Shield (for sporting achievement), the David Close Shield (for academic achievement) and the Making a Difference Shield (for sustainability).

New Town High School houses	House name	Colour
Dechaineux	Blue	Warship
Ellis	Red	Eagle
Hunter	Green	Warrior
Jarvis	Yellow	Jaguar

Cosgrove Shield

The Cosgrove is named after Sir Robert Cosgrove, who laid the foundation for the current facilities at Midwood Street. The shield is the most prestigious prize awarded to the houses. Each house is allotted points (four for first; one for last) for each of the four sporting carnivals (Swimming, Winter House Sports, Cross Country and Athletics), with the house with the highest number of points winning the shield for that year.

Notable alumni

Neal Blewitt, academic, former politician, diplomat, and Rhodes Scholar
Martin Bryant, the convicted mass murderer responsible for the Port Arthur massacre
Stuart Challender, composer and conductor
George Cole, politician and first national Leader of the Democratic Labor Party
Ivan Dean, State Parliamentarian
Stephen Estcourt, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania
Stuart Hamilton, public servant and Rhodes Scholar
Peter Jones, Australian rules football player and coach
Jim Manson, (class of 1953), Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame member and local government politician
Nick Sherry, Senator and former Assistant Treasurer
Roger Woolley, Australian cricketer
Adam Coleman, Australian rugby union player

References

(2019). "New Town High School, New Town, TAS: School profile". [[Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority]].
Kilpatrick, Dave. (n.d.). "Principal's welcome". [[Department of Education (Tasmania).
James, Colin. (28 April 2016). "Port Arthur anniversary: Retracing the steps of mass murderer Martin Bryant". [[The Advertiser (Adelaide).
(2010). "The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate".
(n.d.). "Rhodes Scholars". New Town High School.
(n.d.). "Old Scholars Of Hobart Junior Technical School, Hobart Technical High School And New Town High School Who Have Made A Significant Contribution To The Sport Of Australian Rules Football". New Town High School.

Wikipedia Source

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