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The Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association was established in 1922 [2] as the Girls Secondary Schools Sports Union. [3] Commencing with just five members, [2] all of them independent, Protestant schools for girls, [3] IGSSA grew rapidly in the 1980s and 90s following the introduction of graded competition for many sports, improving competitions and adding new sports.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked North Sydney Girls High School first in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumnae mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia. [3] In 2022, North Sydney Girls High School ranked as the fourth high school in the state, based on the percentage of exams sat that achieved a Distinguished ...
Pages in category "People educated at North Sydney Girls High School" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The school is named in honour of the Cammeraygal, a clan of the Eora tribe of Indigenous Australians who inhabited the lower north shore of Sydney. [2]The school site originally opened in 1914 as North Sydney Girls High School until December 1993, when North Sydney Girls relocated across the Pacific Highway to the site of the closed Crows Nest Boys High School. [3]
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In 1921, SGHS moved to the former Sydney Zoo (now Taronga Zoo in Mosman, New South Wales) site, which was formerly known as the "Billy Goat Swamp". It is opposite Moore Park, Fox Studios, and the Sydney Cricket Ground. The new building incorporated many modern features, provided large areas of greenery and was quieter.
Monte Sant'Angelo is the oldest independent girls' school on Sydney's north shore. The College was established in 1865, on the corner of Miller and McLaren Street, North Sydney, by Mother Ignatius McQuoin of the Sisters of Mercy. [9] By 1879, the school had outgrown its original site and subsequently moved to its current location at Miller Street.
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne (PLC), is an independent, private, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls, located in Burwood, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1875 at East Melbourne, PLC was one of the first independent schools for girls in Australia. [4]