• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE4284

Abbotsleigh

(From 1885 – )
  • Occupation Educational institution

Summary

Abbotsleigh was founded by an English woman, Marian Clarke, in 1885. An Anglican school for girls, it was first located in a terrace in North Sydney. The school then moved to Parramatta in 1888, and finally to its current premises in Wahroonga.

Abbotsleigh was one of the first girls’ school to have a sports field, which was opened in October 1901.

Details

The following women have been associated with Abbotsleigh School.

Headmistresses have included:

1885-1913: Marian Clarke
1913-1924: Margaret Murray
1924-1930: Dorothea Poole
1931-1954: Gladys Gordon Everett
1954-1957: Ruth Hirst
1958-1970: H .E. (Betty) Archdale
1970-1987: Kathleen McCredie
1988-1995: Diane Nicholls
1996-2004: Judith Wheeldon
2006-current: Judith Poole

Past students have included:

Una Parry Boyce AM, OBE
Margaret Enid (Peg) Christian, OAM.

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Published resources

Archival resources

  • State Library of New South Wales
    • [Collection of pamphlets on education and schools]

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