Kadina High Campus, part of The Rivers Secondary College, is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus, located in Goonellabah, a suburb of Lismore, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1976 as Kadina High School, the campus enrolled approximately 310 students in 2022, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 35 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and seven percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is James Witchard.[1]
The Rivers Secondary College comprises the Richmond River High Campus, the Kadina High Campus, and the Lismore High Campus.
Notable alumni
- Craig Foster – former soccer player and sports journalist; human rights and refugee ambassador[3]
- Paul Foster – former soccer player[3]
- Adam Gilchrist AM – former cricket player; now sports journalist[4]
- Adam Hughes – former soccer player
- Ngaire Joseph – singer and songwriter[5]
- David Mead – rugby league football player[6]
- Taya Smith-Gaukrodger – singer/worship leader for Hillsong United[7]
- Emma Tom – author and journalist
- Darren Williams – author
See also
References
- ^ a b "Principal welcome". The Rivers Secondary College, Kadina High Campus. NSW Department of Education. January 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "The Rivers Secondary College, Kadina High Campus, North Lismore, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Local heroes go back to school". Lismore Echo. 18 May 2006. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "The double casting of Adam Gilchrist". ABC. 7 February 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
- ^ Encalada, Javier (10 July 2015). "Former Lismore singer Ngaiire hitting high notes". The Northern Star. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Mascord, Steve (3 May 2013). "MEN OF THE WORLD Two: DAVID MEAD (Papua New Guinea & Australia)". Stevemascord.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Ex Kadina High School Vice Captain Taya Smith performing on The Morning Show Channel 7". Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via Facebook.
