Randwick Boys High School
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Randwick, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°55′30.10″S 151°14′18.51″E / 33.9250278°S 151.2384750°E |
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| Type | Public, Secondary, Single-sex, Day school |
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Latin: Labore et Honore ("Work and Honour." "Guiding Your Men To Success") |
| Established | 1883 (Public School) 1944 (Junior High School) 1949 (High School) |
| Principal | Mr Lance Raskall |
| Enrolment | 855 (7–12) |
| Campus | Rainbow and Avoca Streets |
| Colour(s) | White and bottle green |
| Website | Randwick Boys High School |
Randwick Boys' High School (RBHS) is a high school located in Randwick, Sydney, Australia, between Rainbow and Avoca Streets. It is a boys' high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12. The school was established in 1944 as a junior high school, gaining full high school status in 1949, while the history of the school can be traced back to 1883 with the establishment of Randwick Public School. Many of its students have gone on to notable success, some holding high public office.
The history of Randwick Boys dates back to 1883, when Randwick Public School was established by the NSW government. The school, to accommodate 200 students, was built on land at the top of Avoca Street, Randwick, with Mr E.M. Grant as the first Headmaster.
From that time it grew steadily and frequent building additions were made, transforming the original construction to the present school now occupied by Randwick Primary and Infants School and the Randwick North High School. One of the most notable headmaters during this period was Alfred Godwin Alanson, who was Headmaster from 1907 to 1928. During his tenure, the school's reputation enabled it be uprgraded to Randwick Superior Public School in 1913, providing a commercial secondary course, and then to an "intermediate high school" in 1920.
Alanson's successor from 1929, E. Nettleship, put forward the idea in 1930 that Randwick Intermediate should be made into a full five-year high school. The first version of the school badge was designed in this year. The School motto "Labore et Honore" (Work and Honour) is credited to have been devised by a Latin/English teacher, Harry Kresner, around 1948. The headmaster from 1941, F. Purnell, led the push that resulted in the school being further upgrading to the independent Randwick Boys Junior High School in 1944. This later led to the establishment of a full high school in 1949, thus giving Randwick equal status with all other full high schools in New South Wales. Purnell, thus became the first headmaster of Randwick Boys High School.
By the early 1950s there were calls to relocate the School to a new site recently obtained by the Department of Education, on the corner of Rainbow and Avoca Streets. A few temporary buildings were being erected at this time. Norman Taylor, who had become headmaster in 1952, led the move of the school, with 1956 seeing the first year of full occupation by students. The school was officially opened on 11 March 1959, by Robert Heffron, then the NSW Minister for Education, including the dedication of The W.M. Gollan Assembly Hall after the former Minister and long-serving Member for Randwick, William Gollan, who had assisted in the process leading to the establishment of Randwick Boys, and the R.J. Heffron Library.
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