Gawler and District College

Gawler and District College
A history of achievement. A future of potential.
Location
Evanston, South Australia Australia
Coordinates	34°37′10″S 138°44′17″E / 34.6195°S 138.7380°ECoordinates: 34°37′10″S 138°44′17″E / 34.6195°S 138.7380°E
Information
Type	Public secondary school
Established	1907
Principal	Andrew Dickinson
Enrolment	~800[1]
Website	http://gdc.sa.edu.au/

Gawler and District College is on the site of the former Gawler High School, but offers education from birth to year 12, having combined with Evanston Primary School onto the high school site.

Gawler High School was a secondary public school located in Evanston, South Australia. The school was founded in 1907^[2] (with the motto, Vade ad Formicam), making it the oldest school in the area. The current principal is Mr. Greg Harvey^[1] who succeeded Sandra Lowery, who left the school at the end of the 2007 school year, ending her 15 years as headmistress. Gawler High School has some 800 pupils as of 2009, ranging from educational year groups eight to twelve.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Max Fatchen, journalist^[3]
• Simon Birmingham, Senator for South Australia
• Lisa Martin (Lisa Ondieki), long-distance runner
• Darren Lehmann, cricketer
• Glen Shorrock, singer/songwriter

References

1. "Gawler High School 2009 Annual Report" (PDF). Gawler High School. 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
2. "History". Gawler High School.
3. Male, Andrew (1997). Other Times: The Life and Work of Max Fatchen. Wakefield Press. p. 39. ISBN 1-86254-383-6.

External links

• Gawler High School homepage