History
Southwood accepted boys from prep to year 7 in 1999, then to year 8 in 2000 and so on until the first group of year 12s graduated in 2004. In its first years, Southwood had only 42 students from prep to year 7. The school grew progressively, slowly gaining more students, building new buildings to cater for them. Early on, Southwood only had the original building (currently housing the junior school) that it obtained from the government primary school which previously occupied the site. A gymnasium, resource centre and new classrooms were then constructed.
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