# Eastern Goldfields College

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**Eastern Goldfields** **College** is a [public](/source/Public_school_(government_funded)) [co-educational](/source/Mixed-sex_education) [high school](/source/Secondary_education#Australia), located in [Kalgoorlie](/source/Kalgoorlie), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia). It is located on the [Curtin University](/source/Curtin_University_of_Technology) campus in Kalgoorlie and shares many facilities with the university. The college accepts year 11 and 12 students from across the [Goldfields](/source/Eastern_Goldfields) region.

## History

The school was formerly a part of Eastern Goldfields Senior High School, but the school split in 2006 onto two separate campuses. The original site on Boomerang Crescent became [Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School](/source/Kalgoorlie-Boulder_Community_High_School) with classes for years 7–10. Senior students were moved to the local [Curtin University](/source/Curtin_University) campus and the students benefited from the high quality university facilities that were made available to them, particularly in the areas of trade and hospitality. The name of the school and its pegasus logo were made official in 2006.

## Notable alumni

- [Matt Birney](/source/Matt_Birney) Member of the WA Legislative Assembly
- [John Bowler](/source/John_Bowler_(politician)) Member of the WA Legislative Assembly (2001–2013) and Mayor of Kalgoorlie (2015–2023)
- [George Brand](/source/George_Brand_(politician)) Member of the WA Legislative Council
- [Peter Collier](/source/Peter_Collier_(politician)) Member of the WA Legislative Council
- [Stan Dellar](/source/Stan_Dellar) Member of the WA Legislative Council
- [Rica Erickson](/source/Rica_Erickson) Naturalist and botanical artist
- [Ted Evans](/source/Ted_Evans_(politician)) Member of the WA Legislative Assembly
- [John Hunt](/source/John_Hunt_(Western_Australian_politician)) Member of the WA Legislative Council
- [Wally Langdon](/source/Wally_Langdon) Sportsman for WA
- [Ron Leeson](/source/Ron_Leeson) Member of the WA Legislative Council
- [John Read](/source/John_Read_(Australian_politician)) Member of the WA Legislative Assembly
- [Ian Taylor](/source/Ian_Taylor_(Australian_politician)) Deputy Premier of WA (1990–1993)
- [John Tonkin](/source/John_Tonkin) Premier of Western Australia (1971–1974)
- [Maurice Williams](/source/Maurice_Williams_(politician)) Member of the WA Legislative Assembly

## Enrolment

Enrolments at the school were generally growing in the first three years, however it dipped significantly between 2011 and 2013.

Enrolments in Semester 2 of each school year (provided by the Department of Education)[1] Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 No. of enrolments 395 573 608 605 559 488 389 436 460 470 456 457 427 Change from previous year +178 +35 –3 –46 –73 –99 +47 +24 +10 –14 +1 –30

## Sport

The college competes annually at [country week](/source/Country_Senior_High_Schools_Carnival_(Western_Australia)), which is a sporting competition held in [Perth](/source/Perth,_Western_Australia) between country high schools. Eastern Goldfields has competed in sports including [hockey](/source/Field_hockey), [netball](/source/Netball), [basketball](/source/Basketball), [football](/source/Australian_rules_football), [soccer](/source/Association_football), [volleyball](/source/Volleyball), [speech](/source/Speech), and [debate](/source/Debate).

Eastern Goldfields has also competed in [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) games against rival high school [John Paul College (Kalgoorlie)](/source/John_Paul_College_(Kalgoorlie)). This competition began in 2006 and is held annually. Both the Year 11 and 12's and the year 8-10's represent their own 15-man squads.

## See also

- [List of schools in rural Western Australia](/source/List_of_schools_in_rural_Western_Australia)
- [Education in Australia](/source/Education_in_Australia)

## References

1. ["Student Numbers Trends Eastern Goldfields College"](https://www.det.wa.edu.au/schoolsonline/student_trends.do?schoolID=4182&pageID=SP03). *www.det.wa.edu.au*. Retrieved 2018-01-03.

### Sources

- [EGSHS Reunion](http://www.goldencity.com.au/egshsreunion/address.html)[dead link]
- [Eastern Goldfields Senior High School](http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/Eastern-Goldfields-Senior-High-School)
- [School Sport WA](https://web.archive.org/web/20080719230043/http://schoolsportwa.com.au/Sports/Track%20%26%20Field/Track%20%26%20Field%20Squad%20AWD.htm)
- [EGC](http://egc.wa.edu.au/)
- [Perth](http://www.perthperth.com/association/e.htm)
- [Media Release TEE](http://www.det.wa.edu.au/docs/MRelease_TEE_Goldfields_Esperance.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080731045307/http://www.det.wa.edu.au/docs/MRelease_TEE_Goldfields_Esperance.pdf) 31 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- [The Australian](http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23178269-13881,00.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080221223923/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23178269-13881,00.html) 21 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- [Dux Honour Board](http://www.det.wa.edu.au/schoolinginwa/dux_honour_board.html)

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