Walford Anglican School for Girls
| Walford Anglican School for Girls | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
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Hyde Park, South Australia Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day & Boarding |
| Motto |
Latin: Virtute et Veritate (Courage and Truth) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1893 |
| Founder | Lydia Adamson |
| Chairman | Pamela Martin |
| Principal | Rebecca Clarke |
| Chaplain | Reverend Tracey Gracey |
| Staff | ~70[1] |
| Grades | P-12 |
| Enrolment | ~720[1] (2006) |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue, Light Blue & Gold |
| Website | www.walford.net.au/ |
Walford Anglican School for Girls is an independent, Anglican, day and Boarding school for girls, located in Hyde Park, South Australia.
The school is non-selective and caters for approximately 720 students from ELC to Year 12, including 70 boarders.[1]
Walford’s motto is “Virtute et Veritate” which translates to "with Courage and Truth" [2]
The school has a wide range of extra curricular activities and is just 4kms from Adelaide CBD. Walford was the first all girls’ school in Australia to offer all three programs of the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the first girls’ school in South Australia to offer the IB Diploma (students are also welcome to study the SACE program). [3]
Notable alumnae
Rhodes Scholars
Zoe Morrison
Amy King
Academic
Anne Campbell - Agricultural Scientist.
Margaret Clunies Ross - Professor of English Literature at the University of Sydney.
Anne Crowther - Professor of History; appointed as the first chair at Glasgow University and only the second woman to be appointed to a chair in Scotland.
Anna Steele - Clinical Psychologist. Completed PhD in Clinical Psychology and nominated as a finalist in the 2008 Mental Health Good Outcomes Awards for her innovative work and research in eating disorders.
Joan Claring-Bould - South Australia's first female Anglican Deacon and one of the first women to be ordained an Anglican priest in 1992.
The Arts & Entertainment
Catriona Barr - Mezzo Soprano.
Taasha Coates - Singer, Songwriter and member of the band The Audreys.
Josephine Jason - Ballet dancer, Artistic Director of Classical Ballet at McDonald College in Sydney and a Director of the Premier State Ballet Youth Company.
Politics & Law
Jennifer Cashmore - MHA of the South Australian State Parliament.
Frances Adamson - Australian High Commissioner to China.
Christine Adamson - Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales[4]
Medicine
Margaret Cleland - First woman in South Australia to achieve a post-graduate award as a Physician.
Pamela Sykes - Molecular Geneticist. Founding fellow of the Faculty of Science in the Royal College of pathologists of Australia.
Elizabeth Thompson - Clinical Geneticist at the Department of Genetic medicine at the Women and Children's Hospital, South Australia.[5]
Ann Woolcock - Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Sydney.
See also
- List of schools in South Australia
- List of boarding schools
- Head of the River (Australia)
- Anglican Church of Australia
References
- 1 2 3 Walford Anglican School for Girls- Choosing a School (accessed:23-05-2006)
- ↑ http://www.walford.net.au/about/snapshot/
- ↑ http://www.walford.net.au/about/snapshot/
- ↑ http://www.supremecourt.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/agdbasev7wr/supremecourt/documents/pdf/adamson171011.pdf
- ↑ http://www.wch.sa.gov.au/services/az/divisions/labs/geneticmed/clin_gen.html
External links
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