Calrossy Anglican School for Girls

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Calrossy Anglican School for Girls

"Laborare Est Orare" To work is to pray
Established	1919
School type	Independent, Anglican, Day and Boarding
Known As	Calrossy
Principal/Headmaster	Mrs. Elisabeth Jackson
Chairman
Chaplain	Rev. John Jenner
Location	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Campus	Rural Parkland
Enrolment	390 (7-12)
School colours	Red white and Blue
School Hymn	Tender Shepherd
Area	1 Hectare
Homepage	www.calrossy.nsw.edu.au

The Calrossy Anglican School for Girls (Calrossy), is a private day and boarding, Anglican school for girls in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS). It is a non-selective school, and caters for approximately 390 girls from Year 7 (13 years old) to Year 12 (18 years old).

1 History
2 Principals
3 Notable alumnae
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Calrossy was founded in 1919 by a group of parishioners from St John's Parish Church, Tamworth, led by the vicar, Canon Rupert Fairbrother. It began with just seventeen students.

Known originally as the Tamworth Church of England Girls' School, it first occupied a site close to the church in East Tamworth. Lessons were held in the church hall and the boarding house was an old building on the corner of Brisbane and Carthage Streets.

In 1923, the school moved to its present site in Brisbane Street, a property formerly owned by Mr John Patterson. His fine old home, the centrepiece of the new school was named 'Calrossy' after the family property in Scotland.

The school eventually adopted the name in 1969. It remained a parish school until 1936 when it was taken over by the Diocese of Armidale and administered by the diocese in a similar way to its other schools, The Armidale School and the New England Girls' School.

Calrossy has recently joined with William Cowper Anglican Boys High School and William Cowper Primary School, to create the Tamworth Anglican College (TAC).