Earnshaw State College is a

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, P-12,

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located in the

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suburb of Banyo, in

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, Australia. It is administered by the

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, with an enrolment of 856 students and a teaching staff of 68, as of 2023. The school serves students from

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, on three campuses.

History

Established in 2003, after a full amalgamation of both Nudgee State School (28 June 1875 – 31 December 2002) and Banyo State High School (2 February 1954 – 31 December 2002).

Nudgee State School

The school received many upgrades in 1922, including to the fencing and the construction of a new building, which had a capacity of 120 students.

Banyo State High School

In the 1961 school year, the school had an enrollment of 980 students, 580 boys and 400 girls. The school offered a number of sporting programs to both boys and girls. As of 1961, the boys were offered Rugby League, Australian Rules Football, Hockey, Tennis, and Cricket. Girls were provided Basketball, Hockey, Tennis, and (as of 1962) Softball. Teams of Earnshaw students from Grades 10, 11 and 12 won the 2010, 2011, and 2012 Global Enterprise Challenge. In 2013, the school was evacuated due to a strong gas leak in the area, three people from the college were taken to hospital. Classes resumed later that day.

Sporting houses

The College has three sporting houses, Bradman, O'Neil, and Rafter. Bradman is named after

Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. His cricketing successes have been claimed by Shane ...

and the representative colour for the house is blue. O'Neill is named after

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and the representative colour for the house is green. Finally, Rafter is named after

Patrick Rafter Patrick Michael Rafter (born 28 December 1972) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and world No. 6 in doubles. Rafter won eleven ...

and the representative colour for the house is red.

Notable alumni

Banyo State High School (1954 - 2002)

Leanne Linard Leanne Maree Linard (born 29 October 1980) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor Party member for Nudgee in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since 2015. On 12 November 2020, Linard was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the ...

, Member for the Queensland seat of Nudgee and is the Minister for Children and Youth Justice and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the Palaszczuk Government. Seath Holswich, Member for Queensland seat of Pine Rivers (2012–15) and Assistant Minister for Natural Resources and Mines (2014–15) in the Newman Government. He was Banyo State High School Captain in 1994. Yvonne Chapman, Queensland Member of Parliament from 1983 until 1989.

References

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