Brisbane State High School

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Brisbane State High School

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Established	1921
School type	Public State School
Principal/ Headmaster	David Sutton
Location	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Campus	Urban (South Brisbane)
Enrollment	{{{enrollment}}}
School colours	Sangria and Navy Blue
Homepage	http://www.brisbaneshs.eq.edu.au/

Brisbane State High School (BSHS) is a co-educational, state secondary school in Brisbane, Queensland. It was the first state secondary school established in Brisbane.

The school was founded in 1921 as the 'Normal School', at the corner of Adelaide and Edward Streets, in the Brisbane CBD. It was relocated to its current campus next to Musgrave Park at South Brisbane, in 1925.

BSHS is a member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland Inc (GPS), with eight other (boys) private schools from the south-east region of Queensland. It is also a member of the Queensland Girls Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc (QGSSSA), with eight other (girls) private schools and one other co-educational school.

The school is highly competitive with the private schools of Brisbane, in both sporting and academic activities.

1 Current and Future Projects
2 Notable Alumni
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Current and Future Projects

Current projects underway at State High include:

Refurbishment of F block (unused Home Economics block) into new indoor sports centre (Completed)
Library being moved to make new classrooms (Completed)
New library being put in B block (Completed)

Future projects include:

Refurbishing of P block (old indoor sports centre) into a new performing arts block
Demolition of the existing tennis courts
New tennis and multi-purpose courts to replace old Aboriginal house
The installment of double glazed windows and airconditioning in A, C and E block to compensate for the extra noise and harmful pollution from Cordelia Street, when the Hale St bridge is completed.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Ray Barrett (Australian actor)
John Blight (Australian poet)
Eva Burrows (13th General of the Salvation Army)
Diana Doherty (Oboist)
Jackie French (Australian author)
Geoff Shepherd (Chief of Air Force of RAAF)
Ed Tweddell (Australian businessperson)
Paul Bishop (actor) (Australian Actor)

[edit] Media

Chris Bombolas (Labor MLA for Chatsworth & Former Channel 9 Sports Presenter/Reporter)
Heather Foord (Journalist) (more information see National Nine News)
Sandra Sully (Journalist)

[edit] Government and Politics

Chris Bombolas (Labor MLA for Chatsworth & Former Channel 9 Sports Presenter/Reporter)
Mal Colston (Australian politician)
George Georges (Labor senator)
Bill Hayden (21st Governor General of Australia)