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This is a list of schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), which houses Australia's capital city, Canberra.The Territory's education system consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from Kindergarten to Year 6, high schools, which accommodate students from Years 7 to 10, and secondary colleges, which are specialist Year 11–12 institutions.
Canberra Grammar School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school located in Red Hill, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia. The school is affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia and provides an education from preschool to Year 12 for boys and girls.
Another early school in Canberra is the Ainslie School, it was opened in 1927 in the inner north suburb of Braddon. [8] Canberra University College was opened in 1930 operating as an arm of Melbourne University to provide undergraduate degrees to Canberra. The Australian National University was opened nearby in 1946 as Australia's only research ...
Marist College Canberra is an independent Roman Catholic primary and secondary day school for boys, founded in 1968 by the Marist Brothers. The college is situated on 15 hectares (37 acres) and located in the Canberra suburb of Pearce , in the Australian Capital Territory , Australia.
St Edmund's College, Canberra is an independent Catholic primary and secondary school for boys, located in Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia. The college was established in 1954 by the Christian Brothers as St Edmund's War Memorial College.
Canberra Girls Grammar School (CGGS) is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for girls, located in Deakin, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia. Established in 1926 [ 2 ] as St Gabriel's School, by the Church of England [ 2 ] religious order, the Community of the Sisters of the Church , [ 4 ] Canberra Girls ...
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In the 19th century the Colonial governments, which would later form the Commonwealth of Australia as states, established a variety of state schools. These schools were both demanded by the Australian trade union and labour movement, for the free education of the working class, and also used as a way to control the education and free time of the children of the Australian working class.