North Sydney Technical High School on Miller Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia first opened as St Leonard's Superior Public School (opening 1844). The school has subsequently been named: Greenwoods, North Sydney Primary School, North Sydney Household Arts (Home Science) School, North Sydney Intermediate High School, North Sydney–Chatswood Junior High, and, finally, as North Sydney Technical High School until its closure in 1969.
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