The History of
Cammeraygal High School
2015
Cammeraygal High School established.
The school is named in honour of the Cammeraygal, a clan of the Eora tribe of Indigenous Australians who inhabited the lower north shore of Sydney.
The school site originally opened in 1914 as North Sydney Girls High School until December 1993, when North Sydney Girls relocated across the Pacific Highway to the site of the closed Crows Nest Boys High School. The site was then taken over by Bradfield College.The former buildings of North Sydney Girls and Bradfield College are listed as a heritage item in the North Sydney Local Environment Plan 2013.
In 2014, when the Department of Education resolved to create a new public high school in the North Sydney area on the site of Bradfield College (which moved further up the Pacific Highway to St Leonards), the first new public school in the area since 1961, some former alumni of Crows Nest Boys High School campaigned to restore the "Crows Nest High" name, colours and motto to the new school. However the Department eventually decided on "Cammeraygal High School", which opened in January 2015.
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2018-2019
The Senior School campus opens.
In 2018 plans were revealed for an expansion of the school by creating a senior campus at the former Crows Nest TAFE Campus site on West Street, Crows Nest.
2020
The first year 12 graduates.
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Congratulations to the first year 12 graduates at Cammeraygal High School! We were honoured to have been a part of their educational journey and were thrilled to see them reach this important milestone.
Cammeraygal High School Today
Cammeraygal High School is an evolving year 7-12 comprehensive co-educational school which caters to the academic, extracurricular and wellbeing needs of students in the lower North Shore of Sydney. The school accommodates over 880 students and more than 100 teaching, support and administration staff across two campuses. The year 7, 8 and 9 cohorts are enrolled at the school on the Pacific Highway campus with year 10, 11 and 12 cohorts on the West Street campus. Both campuses offer state of the art facilities that encourage student collaboration, connection, and enrichment.
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Cammeraygal High School
Middle School Campus-192 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest, 2065
Senior School Campus-149 West St, Crows Nest, 2065