Armidale High School

Infobox Aust school
name = Armidale High School


motto = _la. Fortiter, Fideliter, Feliciter
("Courage, Honesty, Happiness")cite web
url = http://www.australianschoolsdirectory.com.au/school.php?school=69|title = Armidale High School |accessdate = 2007-10-16|year = 2007|work = Schools|publisher = Australian Schools Directory]
established = 1920
type = Public, Secondary, Co-educational, Day school
principal = Ms. Anne Matley
city = Armidale
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|30|30|49|S|151|39|19|E|display=inline,title
campus = Rural, 20 Hectares
enrolment = ~650 (7-12)cite web
url = http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=8102|title = Armidale High School |accessdate = 2007-10-16|year = 2007|work = School Locator|publisher = New South Wales Department of Education and Training]
colours = Burgundy & Navycite web|url = http://www.armidale-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/school.htm|title = The Tradition of Armidale High School|accessdate = 2007-10-16|work = The School|publisher = Armidale High School] color box|#900020color box|#000080
homepage = [http://www.armidale-h.schools.nsw.edu.au www.armidale-h.schools.nsw.edu.au]

Armidale High School is a co-educational, public secondary school, located in Armidale, a university and cathedral city in northern New South Wales, Australia.

Founded in 1920, Armidale High School was the first state secondary school to be established in Armidale. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 650 students from Years 7 to 12. It is a school of the New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET), and prepares students for the School Certificate (Year 10), and the Higher School Certificate (Year 12).

Notable alumni

*Dr Robert James Brown - Leader of the Australian Greens; Senator (Greens) for Tasmania (also attended Coffs Harbour High School and Blacktown Boys High School)cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = BROWN (Bob) Robert James| accessdate = 2007-10-16| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*David Foster - Novelist, essayist, poet and farmer (also attended Orange High School and Fort Street High School)cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = FOSTER David Manning| accessdate = 2007-10-16| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*Brendan Moar - Presenter of "By Design", "Future Gardens" and "Moar Gardening" on "The LifeStyle Channel"cite web|url = http://www.armidale-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ex_students.htm|title = Archive of Photos and Newspaper Articles|accessdate = 2007-10-16|work = Ex-Students|publisher = Armidale High School]

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