Mount Austin High School

Mount Austin High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Wagga Wagga, in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.

Mount Austin High School
Location
Wagga Wagga, Riverina, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	35°08′32″S 147°21′15″E
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school
Motto	By hand and mind
Established	1964; 61 years ago (1964)
School district	Wagga Wagga; Rural South and West
Educational authority	NSW Department of Education
Acting principal	Michelle Wuagh[1]
Teaching staff	50.7 FTE (2018)[2]
Years	7–12
Enrolment	429[2] (2018)
Campus type	Regional
Colour(s)	Green and gold
Rival	Wagga Wagga High School[citation needed]
Website	mtaustin-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Established in 1964,^[1] the school enrolled approximately 429 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 45 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 8 percent were from a language background other than English.^[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; and the acting principal is Michelle Waugh.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Adam Mullavey, detector controls engineer at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, involved in the first observation of gravitational waves.^[3]
• Mark Taylor (cricketer), cricketer

See also

• New South Wales portal
• Schools portal

• List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P
• List of schools in the Riverina
• Education in Australia