Campbell High School is a school in Campbell, an inner suburb of

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, for students in years 7–10 in the

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's education system. The school is located at the foot of

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adjacent to the former

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's headquarters and the

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, with the front of the building running along Treloar Crescent, and the school oval facing Limestone Avenue. The school consists of offices for Student Welfare, cooking, woodwork and metalworking facilities, a large Gym complex, an oval plus access to the foothill of

, as well as two floors of general purpose classrooms.

History

The school was opened in 1965 and was named for Scottish settler Robert Campbell who settled in the area in the early 1820s. The school maintains links to the

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. On 17 November 2011 President of the United States

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and Australian Prime Minister

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spoke to eighteen students at the school during Obama's visit to Australia. A student died during a Physical Education activity at Campbell High School in 2018. The school went through a major renovation of the bathrooms and gymnasium in 2024, with the last major renovations being in 2003 and 1999 respectively.

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Campbell High School
Educational institutions established in 1965 High schools in the Australian Capital Territory 1965 establishments in Australia