Walford Anglican School for Girls
| Walford Anglican School for Girls | |
|---|---|
|
Courage and Truth | |
| Location | |
|
Hyde Park, South Australia Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day & Boarding |
| 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]
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[2]
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.[3]
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
External links
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