Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia

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Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia
AbbreviationAGSA
PredecessorEducation of Girls in Girls’ Schools Focus Group
Formation18 August 1997;26 years ago (1997-08-18)
Legal status Non-profit organisation
PurposePromotion of single-sex education for girls
Region served
Membership (2019 [1] )
184
Executive Officer
Loren Bridge
Affiliations
Website www.agsa.org.au

The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (abbreviated as AGSA) is a non-profit organisation that promotes the education of girls in single-sex girls' schools, and promotes the image of, and support the development of, girls' schools in Australasia.

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The Alliance's first annual general meeting was held in May 1996, where membership of the Alliance was extended to all girls' schools in Australia and New Zealand whether independent, government or Catholic. The Alliance was incorporated 18 August 1997. [2]

The alliance currently accepts membership from any school in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa and Zimbabwe which educates girls only. [3]

It is affiliated with the Girls' Schools Association (GSA, UK) and the International Coalition of Girls' Schools (ICGS, US). [4]

In 2022, AGSA agreed to merge with the International Coalition of Girls' Schools. The combined organization will include over 500 schools in 18 countries that enroll over 300,000 students. [5] AGSA plans to fully adopt the International Coalition of Girls' Schools name in November 2023. [6]

Membership

As of May 2019, the Alliance comprised 184 schools: [1]

  1. Abbotsleigh
  2. All Hallows' School
  3. Ascham School
  4. Ave Maria College
  5. Avila College
  6. Baradene College
  7. Bethlehem College, Ashfield
  8. Brigidine College, Indooroopilly
  9. Brigidine College, St Ives
  10. Brisbane Girls Grammar School
  11. Camberwell Girls Grammar School
  12. Canberra Girls' Grammar School
  13. Canterbury Girls' Secondary College
  14. Carmel College
  15. Caroline Chisholm College
  16. Catherine McAuley Westmead
  17. Catholic Ladies College
  18. Chilton Saint James School
  19. Chisipite Senior School
  20. Christchurch Girls' High School
  21. Clayfield College
  22. Clonard College
  23. Columba College
  24. Craighead Diocesan School
  25. Danebank
  26. Diocesan School for Girls (Auckland)
  27. Domremy College
  28. Fahan School
  29. Fairholme College
  30. Fintona Girls' School
  31. Firbank Grammar School
  32. Frensham School
  33. Genazzano FCJ College
  34. Georges River College (Penshurst Girls Campus)
  35. Good Hope School
  36. Hamilton Girls' High School
  37. International School of the Sacred Heart
  38. Iona College
  39. Iona Presentation College
  40. Ipswich Girls' Grammar School
  41. Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
  42. Kambala School
  43. Kilbreda College
  44. Kildare College
  45. Kincoppal School
  46. Knox Grammar School
  47. Korowa Anglican Girls' School
  48. Lauriston Girls' School
  49. Loreto College Coorparoo
  50. Loreto Kirribilli
  51. Loreto Mandeville Hall
  52. Loreto College, Marryatville
  53. Loreto Normanhurst
  54. Loreto College Ballarat
  55. Lourdes Hill College
  56. Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School
  57. MacKillop College, Bathurst
  58. Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
  59. Marist Sisters' College, Woolwich
  60. Marlborough Girls' College
  61. Mary MacKillop College, Kensington
  62. Mary MacKillop College, Brisbane
  63. Mater Christi College
  64. Melbourne Girls' College
  65. Melbourne Girls Grammar
  66. Mentone Girls' Grammar
  67. Mentone Girls' Secondary College
  68. Mercedes College, Perth
  69. Mercy College, Coburg
  70. Merici College
  71. Meriden School
  72. Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne
  73. Methodist Ladies' College, Perth
  74. Miriam College
  75. Mitcham Girls High School
  76. MLC School
  77. Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College
  78. Moreton Bay College
  79. Mount Carmel College, Hobart
  80. Mount St Benedict College
  81. Mount St Joseph Girls' College
  82. Mount St Michael’s College, Ashgrove
  83. Mount Alvernia College
  84. Nagle College, Blacktown
  85. Napier Girls' High School
  86. New England Girls' School
  87. Nga Tawa Diocesan School
  88. Ogilvie High School
  89. Ohtani Junior and Senior High School
  90. Otago Girls' High School
  91. Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta
  92. Our Lady of Mercy College, Victoria
  93. Our Lady of Sion College
  94. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Adelaide
  95. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Bentleigh
  96. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Sydney
  97. Palmerston North Girls' High School
  98. Penrhos College, Perth
  99. Perth College (Western Australia)
  100. Presbyterian Ladies' College, Armidale
  101. Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne
  102. Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth
  103. Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney
  104. Pymble Ladies' College
  105. Queen Margaret College (Wellington)
  106. Queenwood School for Girls
  107. Randwick Girls' High School
  108. Rangi Ruru Girls' School
  109. Ravenswood School for Girls
  110. Rockhampton Girls Grammar School
  111. Roma Mitchell Secondary College (Girls' Education Campus)
  112. Roseville College
  113. Rotorua Girls' High School
  114. Ruyton Girls' School
  115. Sacré Cœur School
  116. Sacred Heart College, Geelong
  117. Sacred Heart Girls' College
  118. St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School
  119. St Aloysius College, Adelaide
  120. St Aloysius' College (Melbourne)
  121. St Brigid's College
  122. St Catherine's School, Toorak
  123. St Catherine's School, Waverley
  124. St Clare's College, Canberra
  125. St Clare's College, Waverley
  126. St Columba's College, Melbourne
  127. St Cuthbert's College, Auckland
  128. St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls
  129. St Hilda's Collegiate
  130. St Hilda's School
  131. St John Fisher College, Bracken Ridge
  132. Saint Kentigern School for Girls
  133. St Margaret Mary's College
  134. St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School
  135. St Margaret's College, Christchurch
  136. St Margaret's School, Melbourne
  137. St Mary's Anglican Girls' School
  138. St Mary's College, Adelaide
  139. St Mary's College, Hobart
  140. St Mary's College, Ipswich
  141. St Mary Star of the Sea College, Wollongong
  142. St Matthew's Collegiate School
  143. St Michael's Collegiate School
  144. St Monica's College
  145. St Rita's College
  146. St Oran's College
  147. St Patrick's College, Townsville
  148. St Patrick's College, Campbelltown
  149. St Peter's Girls' School
  150. St Scholastica's College
  151. St Stithian's Girls' College
  152. St Ursula's College, Kingsgrove
  153. St Ursula's College, Toowoomba
  154. St Ursula's College, Yeppoon
  155. St Vincent's College, Potts Point
  156. Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
  157. Santa Maria College, Melbourne
  158. Santa Maria College, Perth
  159. Santa Sabina College
  160. SCEGGS Darlinghurst
  161. Selwyn House
  162. Seymour College
  163. Shelford Girls' Grammar
  164. Siena College
  165. Somerville House
  166. Star of the Sea College
  167. Stella Maris College
  168. Strathcona Baptist Girls' Grammar School
  169. Stuartholme School
  170. Tangara School for Girls
  171. Tara Anglican School for Girls
  172. Taranaki Diocesan School for Girls
  173. The Glennie School
  174. Timaru Girls' High School
  175. Toorak College
  176. Waikato Diocesan School for Girls
  177. Waitaki Girls' High School
  178. Walford Anglican School for Girls
  179. Wellington Girls' College
  180. Wenona School
  181. Westlake Girls High School
  182. Wilderness School
  183. Woodford House
  184. Worawa Aboriginal College
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References

  1. 1 2 "Members". Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. Our History, www.agsa.org.au
  3. About us, www.agsa.org.au
  4. Member Benefits, www.agsa.org.au
  5. Heneberry, Brett (23 May 2022). "Merger to create single global powerhouse for girls' schools". The Educator Australia. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  6. Bridge, Loren (22 March 2023). "Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia and International Coalition of Girls' Schools merger becomes effective". Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  7. "Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)". Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. 19 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2019.