Harristown State High School is a public High School located in Toowoomba, Queensland. It was officially opened in 1955. The school currently has approximately 1500 students and is the largest on the Darling downs.SportHarristown is the most successful sporting school on the Darling Downs, having won Darling Downs Sporting School of the Year eight out of the last ten years. It has been Queensland Champion of 9 sports over the past seven years and is traditionally strong in the sports of Soccer, Hockey, Volleyball and Rugby League.The school has numerous high class sporting facilities including four fully equipped gymnasiums, cricket nets, heated pool, tennis courts and two expansive outdoor ovals, one of which is an A-grade cricket pitch.Harristown became the first Queensland school to reach the national open Rugby League grand final in 1992, going down by only one point. Steven Price, the current Australian prop forward, was the captain of the 1992 Harristown team.The artsHarristown's Arts students are also highly recognised within their community. The school's Stage Band has been Toowoomba Eisteddfod Champion seven times in the last eight years whilst also making it to the finals of the Queensland Fanfare competition and achieving second in the Queensland Festival of Music. The school's Symphonic Wind Ensemble also has a good reputation and last year beat the Stage Band to become finalists at Fanfare. Both ensembles are seen regularly throughout Toowoomba performing at events such as the Toowoomba Show and the TYME festival.
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