Pymble Ladies' College
Pymble Ladies' College is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Pymble, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 33°44′54″S 151°08′05″E / 33.7484072°S 151.1347526°E |
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| Type | Independent, day and boarding |
| Motto | All' Ultimo Lavoro (Strive for the highest —Dante) |
| Denomination | Uniting Church |
| Established | 1916 |
| Chairman | James Hunter |
| Principal | Kate Hadwen |
| Chaplain | Lorenzo Rodriguez Torres, Punam Bent |
| Employees | ~210[1] |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | ~2,100 (K–12)[1] |
| Colour(s) | Scarlet, navy blue and white |
| Affiliations | AHIGS JSHAA |
| Website | www.pymblelc.nsw.edu.au |
History and description
Pymble Ladies' College was founded in 1916 by Dr John Marden, due to the increasing enrolments at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, another school established by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of NSW. The college, formerly a school of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, is now administered by the Uniting Church in Australia. Girls of any faith may attend the school, although they are expected to also attend a fortnightly chapel service. The school caters for all classes from Kindergarten to Year 12.
Twenty hectares in size, the grounds of the College feature a 50m swimming pool, gymnasium, several fields, tennis courts, an agriculture plot, library, buildings dedicated to specific subjects: an art building, a technology and applied studies building, a languages building, and a science block. There is also a music building, a chapel, healthcare centre, three boarding houses (Lang, Goodlet and Marden) and the most recent additions - the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts in 2005, the Senior School Centre - Kate Mason Building in 2011, and the Centenary Sports Precinct in 2016.[2]
There are eight houses in the secondary school, including the original three, Lang, Goodlet and Marden, and five more added in 2009, Wylie, Bennett, Ingleholme, Hammond and Thomas.[3] There are three houses in the Preparatory and Junior Schools named after famous Australian authors, Gibbs (after May Gibbs), Mackellar (after Dorothea Mackellar) and Turner (after Ethel Turner). Recently, the preparatory and junior schools have transitioned into the eight houses of Marden, Lang, Goodlet, Wylie, Bennett, Ingleholme, Hammond and Thomas - Gibbs, Mackellar and Turner houses no longer exist after only 8 years in existence.
Activities
In 2014, the school participated in the Community Development and Leadership Summit in India, hosted by the Modern School, New Delhi.[4]
Pymble Ladies' College is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).
Principals
| Period | Details[5] |
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| 1916–1920 | John Marden, Principal of Croydon 1887 – 1920, Principal of both Colleges from 1916, founder of the college |
| 1920–1921 | G. Gordon Everett |
| 1922–1933 | Nancy Jobson |
| 1936–1966 | Dorothy Knox |
| 1967–1989 | Jeanette Buckham |
| 1989–2007 | Gillian Moore |
| 2008–2019 | Vicki Waters |
| 2019–present | Kate Hadwen[6] |
Notable alumnae
- Entertainment, media and the arts
- Jenny Coupland – Miss Australia 1982
- Jacqueline McKenzie – actress, singer, artist
- Melissa Doyle – co-host of the Seven Network breakfast television programme Sunrise
- Dame Joan Hammond – soprano, singing coach and golfer[7]
- Amber Higlett – finance presenter/reporter and newsreader, National Nine News
- Kerrie Lester – artist
- Amy Lyons - internet personality active in China[8][9]
- Caroline Pemberton – Miss Australia 2007
- Sarah Song – winner of Miss Sydney Chinese 2006 and Miss Chinese International 2007. She is currently working as an actress in TVB in Hong Kong.
- Anita Jacoby – TV and film producer (expelled)[10]
- Alex the Astronaut – artist
- Politics, public service and the law
- Marie Byles – first female solicitor in New South Wales, mountaineer, explorer, author and feminist (also attended the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney)[11]
- Elizabeth Evatt – judge of an Australian federal court
- Sport
- Sophie Ferguson – Professional Tennis Player
- Ellyse Perry – member of Australian women's national football team and cricket team
- Edwina Tops-Alexander – equestrian athlete representative to 2012 London Olympics[12]
- Brittany O'Brien – Australian Olympic Diving Team 2016[13]
- Chloe Dalton OAM – Australian Women's Rugby Sevens Team (2014–present), Olympic gold medallists
- Mackenzie Little- Olympic javelin thrower
See also
Notes
- ^ P.L.C council had acquired further land between 1916 and 1924. The reason for the sale is unknown.
References
- ^ a b . Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2007.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 7 April 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ^ , p. 9, archived from the original on 2 March 2011, retrieved 19 April 2011
- ^ "Community Development and Leadership Summit". Pymble Ladies' College. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 16 March 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2007.
- ^ "New Principal for Pymble Ladies' College". Pymble Ladies' College. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ Papers of Dame Joan Hammond (1912- ). National Library of Australia
- ^ McNab, Alexander Cecil (24 February 2018). "Kung Fu Foreigner". The World of Chinese. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
[...]Lyons graduated from Pymble Ladies' College, in a suburb of Sydney, with a degree in marketing,[...]
- The article misidentifies Pymble as her university (as "college" in American English means a university). - ^ "Sydney's Amy Lyons is raking it in as a Chinese social influencer". news.com.au. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
As her fan base grew, the former Manly Seabirds cheerleader and Pymble Ladies' College alumnus[...]
- ^ "Anita Jacoby: Why my success would surprise my former teachers". Women's Agenda. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ (PDF). National Trust Online Exhibition. The National Trust of Australia (NSW). 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2007.
- ^ "London 2012 - Edwina Tops-Alexander Athlete Profile". Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Sydney Schoolgirl Brittany O'Brien dives into first Olympics after late call". The Daily Telegraph. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
Further reading
- Coleman, M. 1991. This is Pymble College: The First 75 years, 1916-1991. Pymble Ladies' College.
- McFarlane, J. 1998. The Golden Hope: Presbyterian Ladies' College, 1888-1988. P.L.C Council, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney. ISBN 0-9597340-1-5.
External links
- Pymble Ladies' College website