Burnie High School

School in Tasmania, Australia

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Burnie High School is a government comprehensive secondary school for boys and girls located in Cooee, a suburb of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1916, the school caters for approximately 600 students from Years 7 to 10. The college is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Education.

In 2019 student enrolments were 567.^[1] The school principal is Trudy Durkin.^[2]

Facilities

In April 2007, the old, original Burnie High School building was gutted by fire. The old school had been built in 1929 and following the fire, many of its remains had to be demolished for safety reasons.^[3] The building had been due to become the new home of the Creative Paper company and the new Burnie Visitor Centre. Instead a new building was built on the site in the years following the fire.^[4]

Burnie High School is located behind Cooee Primary School in Fidler Street, Cooee. Other high schools located in the area are Parklands and Wynyard High Schools and Marist Regional College.

In March 2017, the school was one of eighteen high schools expanded to cover Years 11 and 12.^[5]

Productions

Every second year Burnie High School puts on a production. 2007's production was Gumshoe: The Spy Musical, which was also performed by Burnie High School in 1997. Other past musical productions undertaken by the school include: How the West was Warped, Sheik Rattle 'n' Roll, Zombied, Jungle Fantasy and Bats.

Notable alumni

Ron Cornish – former politician who represented Braddon in the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Liberals^[6]
Brady Grey – Australian rules footballer
Bryan Green – politician who represented Braddon in the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Labor^[7]
Alastair Lynch – Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy, the Brisbane Bears, and Brisbane Lions^[8]
Frank Neasey – Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania^[9]
Ian Rist – sports shooter who won the Australian and Commonwealth Clay Target Shooting championship^[10]^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Burnie High School, Cooee, TAS: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Home page". RBurnie High School. n.d. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Remains of Burnie High School building demolished". ABC News. Australia. 8 May 2007.
^ "Don't let the stories be lost in the flames". Your Story. Burnie City Council. 27 April 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
^ "2017: 18 schools to extend to Year 11 and 12" (Press release). Premier of Tasmania. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (17 November 2006). "CORNISH Ronald, Hon.". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
^ "Bryan Green - Member for Braddon". Tasmanian Branch. Australian Labor Party. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-02.
^ "Alastair Lynch". Eighties Tasmanian Football Legends. Tasmanian Football Legends. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
^ Kirby, Michael (5 November 2004). "Three Tasmanian Law Reformers". Speeches. High Court of Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "Champions of Sport". The Advocate. Burnie, Tasmania.
^ "Champions of Sport". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania.