• Source: Walford Anglican School for Girls

    • 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 550 students from ELC to Year 12, including 65 boarders. Walford's motto is "Virtute et Veritate" which translates to "with Courage and Truth".
    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).


    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. Mabel Jewell Baker, a senior teacher at the school took over as headmistress. In 1920 boarders were housed in a new property in Hyde Park, and later the school itself moved to this site. When Baker retired at the end of 1955 there were 450 students and a well-established boarding house.
    In 1956 Walford was incorporated as a Church of England Girls' Grammar School and Nina Morrison, OBE became the first salaried headmistress. 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.


    Sport


    Walford is a member of the Independent Girls Schools Sports Association (IGSSA).


    = IGSSA premierships

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    Walford has won the following IGSSA premierships.

    Athletics (2) – 2004, 2006
    Basketball (3) – 1993, 1994, 2007
    Hockey (4) – 1978, 2014, 2015, 2016
    Soccer – 2020
    Swimming (2) – 2008, 2009
    Tennis (10) – 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
    Volleyball (2) – 2002, 2006


    Notable alumnae


    Christine Adamson – Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
    Frances Adamson – Governor of South Australia, previously Secretary, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Australian Ambassador to China.
    Jennifer Cashmore – MHA of the South Australian State Parliament
    Taasha Coates – Singer, Songwriter and member of the band The Audreys
    Constance Margaret Eardley – botanist at the University of Adelaide
    Isobel Marshall – 2021 Young Australian of the Year
    Jenna McCormick – Professional soccer player and Australian Rules footballer
    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 Vanstone – Independent Commission Against Corruption (South Australia)
    Danielle Wood — Economist and incoming chair of the Productivity Commission
    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


    Official website

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