AGY-6672 | Parramatta Boys Junior High School (1944-1955) Macquarie Boys High School (1956-2010)

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Parramatta Boys Junior High School in the County of Cumberland opened in January 1944. It became Macquarie Boys High School in January 1956 and closed in 2010. (1)

Junior High Schools were separate secondary schools offering only junior secondary education. High Schools were schools offering secondary levels of education. (2)

Prior to 1944 Parramatta was a subsidised school.(3) A subsidised school was not a government school as the minimum attendance was smaller than any classification for a government school. The Department paid a subsidy for each pupil, however parents were responsible for providing the school building and the teacher. (4)

Endnotes
1. Government Schools of New South Wales 1848 http://www.governmentschools.det.nsw.edu.au/main_pages/school_details.aspx?schoolID=4860 (accessed 3 December 2014).
2. Government Schools of NSW 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.17.
3. See NRS 19318.
4. Government Schools of NSW 1848-2003. NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003, p.18.