Title: History of Schoolies Week
Headings: Schoolies History
Schoolies History
History of Schoolies Week

Content: History of Schoolies Week



Schoolies History
History of Schoolies Week
Schoolies first began at Broadbeach in the 1970s. Over the past four decades, Australian high school graduates have celebrated their graduation with a week-long party at a popular tourist destination. Known as 'Schoolies Week,' it is the most significant youth event in the national social calendar. Schoolies as a 'Rite of Passage'
Schoolies Week is considered by some as a cultural rite of passage in Australia, it is an in between phase or transition time in terms of social status. After graduating high school, young people can emerge into the adult world, beyond high school and into a life of their own design. Schoolies Week is a celebration to mark this event or transition. Schoolies Tradition
The most enduring Schoolies Week tradition is the first run down the beach and dive into the ocean after school is finished forever. That plunge of freedom is the essence of freedom Schoolies symbolises. Schoolies Destinations
Initially celebrated on Queensland's Gold Coast at Surfers Paradise, It expanded in the early 1990's to other Queensland destinations including the Sunshine Coast, notably Mooloolaba, Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays and Magnetic Island (off the coast of Townsville). In New South Wales destinations include Byron Bay, Coffs Harbor and Port Macquarie.