Principal Andrew Dickinson Number of students 1,145 (2014) | Enrolment 1145 (2014) Phone +61 8 8521 2400 Founded 1907 | |
Established 1907 (Gawler High School)1952 (Evanston Primary School)2013 (Gawler and District College) Motto A history of achievement. A future of potential. Similar Craig High School, Playford Internatio College, Parafield Gardens High Sch, Salisbury East High School, Paralowie R‑12 School | ||
Gawler and District College offers education from birth to year 12. It is located in the suburb of Evanston on the southern side of Gawler, 45km north of Adelaide in South Australia.
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History
Gawler and District College was created in 2013 through combining the Gawler High School, Evanston Primary School and Evanston Preschool into one site, the site formerly occupied by the high school.
Gawler High School was a secondary public school located in Evanston, South Australia. The school was founded in 1907 as the Gawler School of Mines. It moved to a site on Lyndoch Road in Gawler East in 1915, and moved to theEvanston site in the 1960s. (with the motto, Vade ad Formicam), making it the oldest school in the area. The last principal of Gawler High School was Mr. Greg Harvey who succeeded Sandra Lowery, who left the school at the end of the 2007 school year, ending her 15 years as headmistress. Gawler High School had some 800 pupils as of 2009, ranging from educational year groups eight to twelve.
Evanston Primary School was founded in the 1950s as the suburb of Evanston was growing. It was located facing Para Road behind the Gawler High School.