Centenary State High School
public, secondary, day school in Jindalee, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Centenary State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school at 1 Moolanda Street, Jindalee, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a co-curricular, co-educational school that opened in 1999. As of 2016, the school's enrolment was 1,429 students.
History
The school's name "Centenary" comes from the Centenary suburbs in which it is located. In 1960, a year after the celebrations of the Centenary of Queensland, LJ Hooker announced POG that it was to create "a major satellite residential development covering 1,295 hectares and a bridge linking ... the new development with the western suburbs of Brisbane". The area was originally called the Hooker Centenary Development as well as the "Centenary Project", leading to the eventual naming of the area as the "Centenary Suburbs". The original suburbs planned were Jindalee, Mount Ommaney, Jamboree Heights, Middle Park, Riverhills, Westlake, and Sumner. The suburbs of Seventeen Mile Rocks and Sinnamon Park were not part of the original plan, but were developed separately.
The arts
Centenary State High School has a large arts program, which features a bi- annual musical held by students who have rehearsed in the performance STEP (Extracurricular activities for students years 7–9) and senior students on afternoons.
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