So... ...why is

hosting a website?

This site has been online since mid-1997. Since then, we have accumulated over 650(1034 - 9/5/07) pages of information, including more than 1483(2796) separate images - drawings, diagrams and photographs. If you spent just one minute on each page, it would take you well over ten (17) hours just to briefly skim through the site. The site rapidly developed from an experiment in the medium, to a detailed chronicle of many aspects of Parramatta High School life. Some of these vignettes are listed below: Click on any of the photographs below to go to the appropriate section...

The Laying of the Foundation Stone - April 3rd, 1914 We are very proud of our history and heritage at P.H.S.   The Heritage Committee at the school saw this site as an excellent vehicle for sharing some of our archive materials (photos and so on) and possibly for contacting and informing ex-students.

A calendar of upcoming events ("Whats On") is updated on a regular basis as a service for the school community.

Our school policies - on welfare, discipline and general administrative matters - are being posted here, again, for the benefit of the school community.

We would like to provide the casual enquirer with an accurate feeling for the physical atmosphere, and appearance of our fine and proud school.

We do this with photographs ( aerial, kite-based, stereographs, historical and even satellite-based) and through text - mainly represented here by our aforementioned history section.

Panoramas - up to the full 360° - of the school can be viewed here.

Animated gifs are small, simple graphical "movies". We have a modest library of original examples.

There is a wealth of information of a general educational nature, too! The science faculty section features an extensive library of astronomical images taken around the Parramatta locale.

We even have portraits of phosphorescent mushrooms!

The TAS faculty features a detailed design brief (please excuse the oxymoron) which describes the design and construction of the Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) rig used to aerially photograph the school.

We occasionally take the opportunity to showcase the work of some of our students. The art faculty has a gallery of students' work, and the TAS faculty is proud to highlight the many triumphs of the solar car team.

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