Kadina High Campus

Kadina High Campus
(part of The Rivers Secondary College)
Kadina High Campus; (part of The Rivers Secondary College)
Location
	Kadina Street, Goonellabah,; Northern Rivers, New South Wales; Australia; 28°49′04″S 153°20′19″E / 28.8177°S 153.3387°E
Information
Type	Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus
Motto	Success with Honour
Established	1976; (as Kadina High School)
School district	Lismore; Regional North
Educational authority	NSW Department of Education
Principal	James Witchard
Teaching staff	47.2 FTE (2022)
Years	7–12
Enrolment	~310 (2022)
Campus type	Regional
Colours	Bottle green, black and white
Newspaper	Kadina News
Website	kadina-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

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 – 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

1 2 "Principal welcome". The Rivers Secondary College, Kadina High Campus. NSW Department of Education. January 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
1 2 3 "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.
1 2 "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.