Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools explained

Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools Trading as Independent Girls' Schools Association (IGSA)
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Headquarters:	North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates:	-33.7833°N 159°W
Membership:	32 member schools
Language:	English
Leader Title:	President
Formation:	1916
Formerly:	Association of Head Mistresses of New South Wales
Subsidiaries:	IGSA Sport (formerly Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association)

The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS), is an Australian association for independent girls' schools, founded in New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1916 as The Association of Head Mistresses of New South Wales, the Association decided to trade as Independent Girls' Schools Association (IGSA). The Association in 2022 comprised 32 member schools, enables inter-school aesthetic, cultural and sporting activities between New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory's independent and Catholic girls' schools.

AHIGS also exists for the purpose of encouraging communication and a bond of co-operation and collegiality among independent girls' schools and their "heads", and working towards advancing the cause of the education of girls through policy development on major issues of concern. The association actively represents its members and the interests of their schools at a political level, through lobbying governments and politicians.^[1] Through AHIGS competitions, member schools and their students, are encouraged to value good sportsmanship, participation, team spirit and fairness above undue competitiveness and individualism.^[1]

Of New South Wales' fifteen female Rhodes Scholars (1904 to 2009), eight have attended an AHIGS School.^[2]

Schools

Members

School		Location	Enrolment		Founded				School colours
	^[3]	Wahroonga	1,370	^[4]	1885	^[5]	Anglican	Day & Boarding
Ascham School		Edgecliff	1,000	^[6]	1886		Non-denominational	Day & Boarding
Brigidine College		St Ives	850	^[7]	1954	^[8]	Roman Catholic	Day
Canberra Girls' Grammar School		Deakin	1,450	^[9]	1926	^[10]	Anglican	Day & Boarding
Danebank Anglican School for Girls		Hurstville	910	^[11]	1933	^[12]	Anglican	Day
Frensham School		Mittagong	300	^[13]	1913	^[14]	Non-denominational	Day & Boarding
Kambala		Rose Bay	950	^[15]	1887		Anglican	Day & Boarding
Kincoppal-Rose Bay		Rose Bay	930	^[16]	1882	^[17]	Roman Catholic	Day & Boarding
Loreto Kirribilli		Kirribilli	1,030	^[18]	1901	^[19]	Roman Catholic	Day
Loreto Normanhurst		Normanhurst	900	^[20]	1897		Roman Catholic	Day & Boarding
Meriden		Strathfield	850		1897	^[21]	Anglican	Day
MLC School		Burwood	1,260	^[22]	1886	^[23]	Uniting Church	Day
Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College		North Sydney	1,080	^[24]	1875	^[25]	Roman Catholic	Day
Mount St Benedict College		Pennant Hills	~1028		1966		Roman Catholic	Day
New England Girls' School		Armidale	380	^[26]	1895	^[27]	Anglican	Day & Boarding
Our Lady of Mercy College		Parramatta	1,030	^[28]	1889	^[29]	Roman Catholic	Day
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Armidale		Armidale	400	^[30]	1887	^[31]	Presbyterian	Day & Boarding
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney		Croydon	1,350	^[32]	1888	^[33]	Presbyterian	Day & Boarding
Pymble Ladies' College		Pymble	2,135	^[34]	1916	^[35]	Uniting Church	Day & Boarding
Queenwood School for Girls		Mosman	800		1925		Non-denominational	Day
Ravenswood School for Girls		Gordon	1,140	^[36]	1901		Uniting Church	Day & Boarding
Roseville College		Roseville	790	^[37]	1908	^[38]	Anglican	Day
SCEGGS Darlinghurst		Darlinghurst	890	^[39]	1895	^[40]	Anglican	Day
St Catherine's School		Waverley	910	^[41]	1856	^[42]	Anglican	Day & Boarding
St Patrick's College			850	^[43]	1840		Roman Catholic	Day
St Scholastica's College		Glebe
St Vincent's College		Potts Point	680	^[44]	1858	^[45]	Roman Catholic	Day & Boarding
Santa Sabina College		Strathfield	1,500	^[46]	1894	^[47]	Roman Catholic	Day
Stella Maris College			900		1931		Roman Catholic	Day
Tangara school for Girls		Cherrybrook	660	^[48]	1982	^[49]	Roman Catholic	Day
Tara Anglican School for Girls		North Parramatta	1,000	^[50]	1897	^[51]	Anglican	Day & Boarding
Wenona School		North Sydney	815	^[52]	1886	^[53]	Non-denominational	Day & Boarding

Former members

School	Location	Denomination	Founded	Closed/Merged	Years Competed
Brighton College	Manly^[54]		1889	Closed 1960	? - 1960
Calrossy Anglican School for Girls	Tamworth^[55]	Anglican	1919
Claremont College^[56]	Randwick^[57]	Anglican	1882	Secondary school closed 1966	? - 1966
Normanhurst School^[58]	Ashfield^[59]	Non-denominational	1882^[60]	Closed 1941^[61]	? - 1941
Presbyterian Ladies' College	Goulburn	Presbyterian	1921^[62]	Closed 1970	1956 - 1966
Presbyterian Ladies' College	Orange	Presbyterian	1928		1928 - 1975
Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Redlands	Cremorne	Anglican	1884	Became SCECGS Redlands in 1976	? - 1975
SCEGGS Wollongong	Wollongong	Anglican	1955	Merged 1976 with The Illawarra Grammar School	1955 - 1976
SCEGGS Moss Vale	Moss Vale	Anglican	1906	Closed 1974	? - 1974
St Clare's College	Waverley
St Luke's Anglican School for Girls'	Dee Why	[Anglican<ref name=StLukes>{{cite web|url = http://www.stlukes.nsw.edu.au/|title = Welcome|accessdate = 2007-10-01|year = 2007|publisher = St Lukes Grammar School| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071002200631/http://www.stlukes.nsw.edu.au/| archivedate= 2 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> |1961 |Amalgamated 1992 with Peninsula Anglican Boys School and Roseby Preparatory School to form St Lukes Grammar School |1961&ndash;? |} ==History== At the Women's Club on 8 November 1916 a group of eight [[Headmistress]]es formed The Association of Head Mistresses of New South Wales, with Miss Edith Badham (SCEGGS Darlinghurst) elected as Foundation President.^[63] The eight founding schools were: Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga Normanhurst School, Ashfield (no longer exists). Kambala, Rose Bay Meriden School, Strathfield Methodist Ladies' College, Burwood The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Croydon (now Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney) Ravenswood School for Girls, Gordon The Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (now SCEGGS Darlinghurst) Eligibility for membership was eventually offered to a further 24 girls' schools. In 1945, a national association was formed, and AHIGS New South Wales heads served as Presidents of that organisation as follows: 1950 - 1952 Miss D. Knox (PLC Pymble) 1959 - 1962 Miss P. Bryant (Frensham) 1975 - 1978 Miss B. Chisholm (SCEGGS) 1985 Miss K. McCredie (Abbotsleigh). The national organisation was disbanded on 26 August 1985 when the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia was founded. AHIGS first admitted male heads of girls' schools to membership from 1973 however, so far no male member has been elected to the position of President. Presidents of the New South Wales association Term President School Notes 1950 Miss Beatrice L. Rennie Queenwood 1931 - 1961 ^[64] 1952 Miss Barbara Chisholm SCEGGS Darlinghurst 1947 - 1977 ^[65] 1955 Ascham School 1949 - 1961 ^[66] 1956 Fifi Hawthorne Kambala 1933 - 1966 ^[67] 1957 Kathleen Crago Ravenswood 1932 - 1961 ^[68] 1958 - 1959 Miss Ann Crocker Brighton College, Manly 1943 - 1960 1960 Miss Faith Patterson St Catherine's 1955 - 1987 1961 Miss Edith M. Ralston Wenona 1920 - 1963 1962 - 1963 Miss Phyllis Bryant Frensham 1938 - 1965 1964 Mrs Isobel Humphery SCEGGS Redlands 1946 - 1973 1965 Miss Barbara Chisholm SCEGGS Darlinghurst 1947 - 1977 1966 PLC Croydon 1958 - 1976 ^[69] 1967 Miss Dorothy Knox Pymble 1936 - 1947 1968 Miss Merrilee Roberts Ascham 1961 - 1972 1969 Miss Phyllis Evans Ravenswood 1962 - 1985 1970 Miss Sheila Morton Meriden 1966 - 1984 1971 Miss Faith Patterson St Catherine's 1955 - 1987 1972 Miss Joyce Gibbons Kambala 1966 - 1984 1973 Miss Violet Medway Queenwood 1942 - 1982 1974 Miss Barbara Jackson Wenona 1967 - 1994 1975 Miss Kathleen McCredie Abbotsleigh 1970 - 1987 ^[70] 1976 Miss Cynthia Parker Frensham 1968 - 1993 1977 Miss Barbara Chisholm SCEGGS Darlinghurst 1947 - 1977 1978 Miss Jeanette Buckham Pymble 1967 - 1989 1979 Mrs Joy Park Tara 1974 - 1979 1980 Miss Phyllis Evans Ravenswood 1962 - 1985 1981 Miss Faith Patterson St Catherine's 1955 - 1987 1982 Miss Sheila Morton Meriden 1966 - 1984 1983 Mrs Mary Richardson Roseville College 1972 - 1984 1984 Mrs Rowena Danziger Ascham 1973 - 2003 1985 Miss Kathleen McCredie Abbotsleigh 1970 - 1987 1986 Miss Cynthia Parker Frensham 1968 - 1993 1987 Miss Diana Bowman SCEGGS Darlinghurst 1978 - 1996 ^[71] 1988 - 1989 Dr Jan Milburn NEGS 1973 - 1989 1989 - 1991 Mrs Denise Thomas Meriden 1985 - 2002 1991 - 1993 Miss Diana Bowman SCEGGS Darlinghurst 1978 - 1996 1993 - 1995 Mrs Joy Yeo Roseville College 1985 - 1999 1995 - 1997 Mrs Judith Wheeldon Abbotsleigh 1996 - 2004 ^[72] 1997 - 1999 Mrs Gillian Moore Pymble 1989 - 2007 1999 - 2001 Miss Rosalyn Bird Danebank 1988 - 2010 2001 - 2003 Mrs Margaret Hadley Wenona 1995 - 2007 2003 - 2005 Mrs Kem Bray Queenwood 1996 - 2008 2006 - 2007 Mrs Margaret White Kambala 2000 - 2014 2008 Mrs Carol Bowern Tara 2000 - 2008 2009 - 2010 Ms Vicki Steer Ravenswood 2005 - 2015 2011 - 2012 Wenona 2011 - present 2013 - 2014 Mrs Vicki Waters Pymble 2007 - 2019 2015 - 2016 Mrs Megan Krimmer Roseville College 2012 - 2016 2017 - 2020 Mrs Susan Middlebrook Tara 2009 - present 2020–2022 Dr Julie Greenhalgh Meriden 2007–present 2022–present Ms Lisa Moloney MLC School 2018–present Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association The thirty-two members' schools of AHIGS are eligible to participate and compete against each other in a number of sporting carnivals and interschool sports through IGSA Sport (formerly known as IGSSA). Secondary school girls compete in team and individual sports at school level and can be selected to represent IGSA Sport as part of the NSWCIS and All Schools sporting pathways. See main article: Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association. Archdale debating competition The Archdale Debating Competition is a competition conducted by the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools for the benefit of students from 24 of its members' schools.^[73] Established in the early 1970s, it is an annual competition conducted over two terms (typically between March and August), with each member school entering a team into each of the divisions. The Archdale Shield is awarded to the school which performs best across the whole competition. The award is determined through an overall points score after the conclusion of the final round. The competition is named in honour of Helen Elizabeth (Betty) Archdale (August 21, 1907 - January 11, 2000), former principal of The Women's College at the University of Sydney (1946 - 1957), and former headmistress of Abbotsleigh (1958 - 1970). Betty Archdale was also a talented cricketer, captaining the English women's cricket team in 1934 and 1935. In 1944 Archdale was awarded an Order of the British Empire for her part in getting nurses out of Singapore during World War II. In 1999 she was one of the first ten women to be granted Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club in England. Archdale was listed as an Australian Living Treasure in 1997.^[74] History Although a number of AHIGS schools offered debating as an extracurricular activity from around the 1920s, it was not until the 1960s that inter-school debating became common among girls' schools. In 1971, following a debate between Abbotsleigh and a combined high schools team, the decision was made to form a debating organisation for independent girls' schools. This organisation was called 'ISSGDA', and it was made up of sixteen independent schools (girls' and co-educational) divided into four geographic areas for competition purposes. The first ISSGDA final was contested between Abbotsleigh and Moriah College (the only non-AHIGS school to compete) at Abbotsleigh. The trophy, which Miss Archdale had donated, was won by Abbotsleigh and presented by Miss Kathleen McCredie, the then headmistress of Abbotsleigh. From this point on, the competition became known as the 'Archdale Debating Competition'. Archdale winners Year Archdale Shield^[75] Most Improved Seniors^[76] Year 10^[77] Junior Year 9^[78] Year 8A^[79] Year 8B^[80] Year 7A^[81] Year 7B^[82] 1988 Kambala MLC 1989 Ravenswood Moriah 1990 MLC Moriah 1991 Kambala Ravenswood Pymble 1992 Abbotsleigh Abbotsleigh St Catherine's 1993 St Catherine's Tara Abbotsleigh 1994 MLC Abbotsleigh SCEGGS Pymble 1995 Kambala Kambala l Kambala Moriah 1996 Pymble MLC Tara Tara 1997 Pymble Kambala SCEGGS Moriah Tara 1998 Pymble Roseville Pymble SCEGGS Pymble Kambala 1999 Pymble Kambala Kambala Pymble Pymble SCEGGS 2000 Pymble Abbotsleigh Pymble PLC Pymble SCEGGS 2001 SCEGGS MLC SCEGGS MLC MLC Pymble Tara SCEGGS 2002 SCEGGS Pymble Danebank SCEGGS Tar]	MLC	St Catherine's	Pymble
2003	SCEGGS		MLC	Pymble		Tara	PLC	Pymble	MLC	Pymble
2004	SCEGGS		MLC	Tara		Tara		SCEGGS	Queenwood	Tara	SCEGGS
2005	Abbotsleigh		Meriden	Abbotsleigh		Abbotsleigh	SCEGGS	SCEGGS	Abbotsleigh	Loreto Kirribilli
2006	PLC		Pymble	SCEGGS		Roseville	MLC	SCEGGS	Santa	Danebank
2007	Abbotsleigh		Pymble	Tara		Pymble	Abbotsleigh	Meriden	Loreto Kirribilli	MLC
2008	Abbotsleigh		Roseville	SCEGGS		Tara	MLC		St Catherine's		Queenwood	Abbotsleigh
2009	Tara		Pymble	Tara		SCEGGS	Ascham	MLC	Roseville	Ascham
2010	SCEGGS		Tara	Tara		SCEGGS	SCEGGS	Ascham	SCEGGS	SCEGGS
2011	SCEGGS		Monte	Kambala		SCEGGS	Ascham	SCEGGS	Tara	SCEGGS
2012	Tara		MLC	Meriden		SCEGGS	Tara	Abbotsleigh	MLC	Ravenswood
2013	MLC		SCEGGS	Ascham		Meriden	St Catherine's	MLC	MLC	Kincoppal
2014	MLC		Ascham	Tara		Wenona	Meriden	MLC	Abbotsleigh	SCEGGS
2015	SCEGGS		MLC	SCEGGS		Pymble	Ravenswood	SCEGGS	Abbotsleigh	Danebank
2016	Abbotsleigh		Abbotsleigh	MLC		MLC	Abbotsleigh	SCEGGS	Kambala	Kambala
2017	MLC		MLC	SCEGGS		Wenona	Kincoppal	SCEGGS	Abbotsleigh	MLC
2018	Abbotsleigh		SCEGGS Darlinghurst	SCEGGS Darlinghurst		Abbotsleigh	Kambala	Monte Sant' Angelo	Kambala	MLC
2019	Abbotsleigh	Tara	Monte Sant’ Angelo	Kambala		Abbotsleigh	Abbotsleigh	Monte Sant' Angelo	Tara	Abbotsleigh
2020	Abbotsleigh	Queenwood School	Abbotsleigh	MLC School	Queenwood School	Abbotsleigh	Ascham	SCEGGS Darlinghurst	Pymble Ladies’ College	SCEGGS Darlinghurst
2021	SCEGGS Darlinghurst	Santa Sabina	Kambala	Queenwood School	Queenwood School	Ascham	PLC Sydney	SCEGGS Darlinghurst	MLC School	Pymble Ladies’ College
2022	MLC School	Ravenswood	Abbotsleigh	Ravenswood	SCEGGS Darlinghurst	MLC School	Kambala	MLC School	Queenwood	Meriden
2023	Abbotsleigh	Abbotsleigh, St Vincent's College & Tara	SCEGGS Darlinghurst	Abbotsleigh	Wenona	Abbotsleigh	Kambala	Meriden	Roseville	Abbotsleigh

Festival of Speech

The concept of a 'Festival of Speech' for the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools was first suggested in the early 1990s by Mr. Chris Faisandier, then Principal of Kincoppal-Rose Bay and a member of AHIGS.

Formerly a Principal of Sacred Heart College in New Zealand, Faisandier was involved with the O'Shea Shield Competition in which about twenty schools from the lower North Island of New Zealand participated.

The purpose of the O'Shea Shield Competition was to encourage students to develop skills in the areas of public speaking, debating, analysis and rhetoric. So popular was the competition and so high was the standard of presentation, that the winners of the O'Shea Shield were often featured on New Zealand television.

With the support of the AHIGS membership, Mr Faisandier established the Festival of Speech (then known as the Independent Girls Schools Speaking Competition) in NSW in 1996. The inaugural Festival, spanning Friday evening and all day Saturday, was hosted by Kincoppal-Rose Bay, won by Roseville College, and attended by fifteen schools.

Today the Festival continues to be hosted annually by an AHIGS member school, and some thirty-two schools now participate. Students have the opportunity to perform in the areas of drama, debating, poetry, prose readings, current affairs and religious and ethical questions. The Festival is open to girls from AHIGS schools in years seven to eleven.^[83]

Winning schools

Year	Overall Champion
1996
1997	PLC Sydney
1998	PLC Sydney
1999	PLC Sydney
2000	PLC Sydney
2001	PLC Sydney
2002	PLC Sydney
2003	PLC Sydney
2004	PLC Sydney
2005	PLC Sydney
2006	PLC Sydney
2007	Kambala^[84]
2008	PLC Sydney
2009	SCEGGS Darlinghurst
2010	SCEGGS
2011	PLC Sydney
2012	SCEGGS
2013	SCEGGS
2014	SCEGGS
2015	PLC Sydney
2016	Ravenswood
2017	PLC Sydney
2018	Pymble
2019	SCEGGS
2020	PLC Sydney
2021	PLC Sydney
2022	PLC Sydney
2023	PLC Sydney

See also

• List of non-government schools in New South Wales

External links

• • Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association
• Archdale Debating Competition

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statement of Objectives. 2007-09-13. Objectives and Rules. Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools. https://web.archive.org/web/20070829003939/http://www.ahigs.nsw.edu.au/DeskTopDefault.aspx?tabid=291. 29 August 2007. dead.
2. Web site: NSW Rhodes Scholars 1904 - 2009 . 2009-03-19 . The University of Sydney . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070915153447/http://www.usyd.edu.au/registrar/rhodes/previous.shtml . September 15, 2007.
3. Web site: Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools . 2007-09-13 . Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830091828/http://www.ahigs.nsw.edu.au/DeskTopDefault.aspx?tabid=1 . 30 August 2007 . dead .
4. Web site: Educational and Financial Report 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830121342/http://www.abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au/files/upload/dynamic/Annual%20Report.pdf . 2007-08-30 . 2007-09-13 . Abbotsleigh School . dead .
5. Web site: History of Abbotsleigh since 1885 . 2007-09-13 . Abbotsleigh School . https://web.archive.org/web/20070829011732/http://abbotsleigh.nsw.edu.au/index.cfm?page_id=D0D194D7-3474-DCCC-88C5A2B05BEA34E2 . 2007-08-29 . dead .
6. Web site: Ascham School . 2007-09-13 . School Choice New South Wales . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830200006/http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/find_a_school?cid=12345&pid=2702011 . 2007-08-30 . dead .
7. Web site: 2006 Annual Report . 2007-09-13 . Brigidine College St Ives . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830065108/http://www.brigidine.nsw.edu.au/Forms/AnnualReport.pdf . 2007-08-30 . dead .
8. Web site: Our Heritage . 2007-09-13 . Brigidine College St Ives . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830062829/http://www.brigidine.nsw.edu.au/html/history.html . 2007-08-30 . dead .
9. Web site: Canberra Girls' Grammar School . 2007-09-13 . School Choice New South Wales . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830194600/http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/find_a_school?cid=12344&pid=2702773 . 2007-08-30 . dead .
10. Web site: History . 2007-09-13 . Canberra Girls' Grammar School. https://web.archive.org/web/20070831181420/http://www.cggs.act.edu.au/pages/page237.asp. 31 August 2007 . live.
11. Web site: Annual Report 2006 . 2007-09-13 . Danebank Anglican School for Girls . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830045246/http://www.danebank.nsw.edu.au/_media/pdf/2006%20Annual%20Report.pdf . 30 August 2007 . dead .
12. Web site: History & Administration . 2007-09-13 . Danebank Anglican School for Girls . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830032229/http://www.danebank.nsw.edu.au/welcome/history.shtml . 30 August 2007 . dead .
13. Web site: Education and Financial Report 2006 . 2007-09-13 . Frensham School . https://web.archive.org/web/20070901195858/http://www.frensham.nsw.edu.au/forms/education_finance2006.pdf . 1 September 2007 . dead .
14. Web site: History . 2007-09-13 . Frensham School . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830181606/http://www.frensham.nsw.edu.au/fren_hist.htm . 30 August 2007 . dead .
15. Web site: 2006 Annual Education and Finance Report . 2007-09-13 . Kambala School . https://web.archive.org/web/20070829030241/http://kambala.nsw.edu.au/about_us/Annual_Report_2006.pdf . 29 August 2007 . dead .
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17. Web site: History and Philosophy . 2007-09-13 . Kincoppal-Rose Bay School of the Sacred Heart . https://web.archive.org/web/20070910130056/http://www.krb.nsw.edu.au/contact/abt_histo.asp . 2007-09-10 . dead .
18. Web site: 2006 Annual Report . 2007-09-13 . Loreto Kirribilli . https://web.archive.org/web/20070903224540/http://www.loreto.nsw.edu.au/pdf/2006_Loreto_Kirribilli_Annual_Report.pdf . 3 September 2007 . dead .
19. Web site: History . 2007-09-13 . Loreto Kirribilli . https://web.archive.org/web/20070916021039/http://www.loreto.nsw.edu.au/about/history.htm . 16 September 2007 . dead .
20. Web site: About us . 2007-09-13 . Loreto Normanhurst . https://web.archive.org/web/20070901183156/http://www.loretonh.nsw.edu.au/about/index.html . 2007-09-01 . dead .
21. Web site: Our Heritage . 2007-09-13 . Meriden School. https://web.archive.org/web/20070904091212/http://www.meriden.nsw.edu.au/index.php?cmd=ViewPage&navId=10. 4 September 2007 . live.
22. Web site: Facts and Figures . 2007-09-13 . MLC School . https://web.archive.org/web/20070901061138/http://www.mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au/_uploads/_documents/Facts_and_Figures.pdf . 2007-09-01 . dead .
23. Web site: History of MLC School . 2007-09-13 . MLC School . https://web.archive.org/web/20070901061341/http://www.mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au/_uploads/_documents/MLCSchoolFactSheet_web.pdf . 2007-09-01 . dead .
24. Web site: 2006 Annual Report . 2007-09-13 . Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College. https://web.archive.org/web/20070830153301/http://www.monte.nsw.edu.au/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=68&Itemid=174. 30 August 2007 . live.
25. Web site: Our History . 2007-09-13 . Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830170218/http://www.monte.nsw.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=156 . 2007-08-30 . dead .
26. Web site: New England Girls' School . 2007-09-13 . Australian Boarding Schools' Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20070829082102/http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=16 . 2007-08-29 . dead .
27. Web site: History . 2007-09-13 . New England Girls' School. https://web.archive.org/web/20070830121748/http://negs.nsw.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=15&Itemid=187. 30 August 2007 . live.
28. Web site: Annual School Report 2006 . 2007-09-13 . Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta . https://web.archive.org/web/20070828203455/http://www.olmc.nsw.edu.au/ourschool/_doc/annual_school_report_2006.pdf . 28 August 2007 . dead .
29. Web site: History . 2007-09-13 . Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta . https://web.archive.org/web/20070912135649/http://www.olmc.nsw.edu.au/ourschool/history.html . 12 September 2007 . dead .
30. Web site: Presbyterian Ladies' College, Armidale . 2007-09-13 . School Choice New South Wales . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830190306/http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/find_a_school?cid=12343&pid=2701673 . 2007-08-30 . dead .
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32. Web site: Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (P.L.C Sydney) . 2007-09-13 . School Choice New South Wales . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830213000/http://www.schoolchoice.com.au/find_a_school?cid=12346&pid=2702697 . 2007-08-30 . dead .
33. Book: McFarlane, John. The Golden Hope: Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney 1888-1988. 1988. P.L.C Council, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney. Croydon, NSW. 0-9597340-1-5. Genesis 1883-1887. 1.
34. Web site: 2006 Annual Report: Educational and Financial Reporting . 2007-09-13 . Pymble Ladies' College . https://web.archive.org/web/20070829190151/http://www.pymblelc.nsw.edu.au/shadomx/apps/fms/fmsdownload.cfm?file_uuid=CDEA91D4-1708-5467-DE28-D37035351D43&siteName=PLC . 2007-08-29 . dead .
35. Web site: Pymble at a Glance . 2007-09-13 . Pymble Ladies' College . https://web.archive.org/web/20070829181119/http://www.pymblelc.nsw.edu.au/PLC/about-pymble/pymble-at-a-glance/pymble-at-a-glance_home.cfm . 2007-08-29 . dead .
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