Walford Anglican School for Girls
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| 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 | Stephen Bloor |
| Staff | ~70[1] |
| Grades | P-12 |
| Enrolment | ~594[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 594 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 4 km 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).[2]
History[]
The school started in 1893 in Fisher Street, Malvern, in the home of the first headmistress, Lydia Adamson. In December 1912 Ellen Ida Benham purchased the school, and led it until her death in 1917.[3] Mabel Jewell Baker, a senior teacher at the school took over as headmistress.[4] In 1920 boarders were housed in a new property in Hyde Park, and later the school itself moved to this site.[3] When Baker retired at the end of 1955 there were 450 students and a well-established boarding house.[5]
In 1956 Walford was incorporated as a Church of England Girls' Grammar School[6] and Nina Morrison, OBE became the first salaried headmistress.[7] She was followed by Helen Reid AM (1972-1991) and then Marilyn Haysom (1992-2004).
In May 2004 Helen Trebilcock become the first Head of Walford to use the title of Principal. followed by Rebecca Clarke.[5]
Notable alumnae[]
- Christine Adamson - Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales[8]
- Frances Adamson - Secretary, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and previously Australian Ambassador to China.[9]
- Jennifer Cashmore - MHA of the South Australian State Parliament[10]
- Taasha Coates - Singer, Songwriter and member of the band The Audreys
- Isobel Marshall, 2021 Young Australian of the Year[11]
- Margaret Clunies Ross - Professor of English Literature at the University of Sydney
- Pamela Sykes - Molecular Geneticist. Founding fellow of the Faculty of Science in the Royal College of pathologists of Australia
- 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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Walford Anglican School for Girls- Choosing a School (accessed:23-05-2018)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Overview". www.walford.net.au.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jones, Helen, "Baker, Mabel Jewell (1885–1967)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 6 October 2018
- ^ Jones, Helen, "Benham, Ellen Ida (1871–1917)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 6 October 2018
- ^ Jump up to: a b "History". www.walford.net.au. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Church To Control Walford House". Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). 17 December 1954. p. 24. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Obituaries: Tributes to three of our finest". The Advertiser. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Swearing in Ceremony of the Honourable Christine Adamson SC as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales" (PDF). Supreme Court of New South Wales. 17 October 2011.
- ^ "Biography of Ms Frances Adamson". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Jennifer Cashmore". Parliament of South Australia Former Members.
- ^ Lansdown, Sarah (25 January 2021). "Young Australian of the Year 2021 is Isobel Marshall". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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