Canterbury Girls' Secondary College

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Canterbury Girls' Secondary College
Location
Canterbury Girls' Secondary College
Canterbury
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates 37°49′12″S145°04′10″E / 37.8200°S 145.0694°E / -37.8200; 145.0694
Information
Type Single-sex, day school, State school
MottoFervet Opus
Established1928 as East Camberwell Domestic Arts School, "Mangarra". 1989 as Canterbury Girls' Secondary College [1]
School districtCanterbury, Victoria
PrincipalMary Cannon
Years7–12
Number of students988
HousesFlynn (blue and pink)
Cattanach (green and purple)
Brennan (yellow and black)
McDonald (red and white)
ColoursBlue, white and yellow    
Website Canterbury Girls' Secondary College

Canterbury Girls Secondary College is a government all-girls secondary school located on Mangarra Rd in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia. The school provides an education from Year 7 to Year 12.

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The school consists of one campus located in the suburb of Canterbury approximately nine kilometres from Melbourne's Central Business District. It is a non-selective school and its school zone includes the suburbs of Canterbury, Camberwell, Surrey Hills, Balwyn, Kew and Hawthorn. [2] In 2025 the school had an enrolment of 775. [3] The school offers VCE and VET subjects and has special programs in music, sport and university enhancement. [4]

History

It was established in 1928 as East Camberwell Domestic Arts School, catering for girls and offering courses up to Year 10. It became Camberwell Girls' High School in 1958, having a number of official names throughout the 1950s. In 1961 the name Canterbury Girls' High School was adopted. In 1989, after consultation with the school community, the school's name was changed in line with Government policy to Canterbury Girls' Secondary College. It remains a girls state school. [5]

Canterbury Girls' Secondary College was ranked 17th out of all state secondary schools in Victoria based on VCE results in 2018. [6]

In 2021, during school hours, a wall collapsed sending bricks and glass 'crashing to the floor' prompting calls to increase funding for building maintenance in government schools. [7] [8] No one was hurt in the incident.

Sport

The school competes in interschool sports in the Boroondara Secondary Division and the Eastern Metropolitan Region. [9]

Music

The school's music program includes concert bands, string orchestras and chamber groups and also has a strong choral tradition. [10] In 2024 the school's Cantabella choir won three sections in the Royal South Street Eisteddfod including best overall secondary school choir. [11] [12] In 2025 the Cantabella choir were awarded platinum in the Victorian School Music Festival. [13]

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Canterbury Girls' Secondary College entrance

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Peel, A. (1993). A History of Hawthorn. Melbourne University Press. pp. 98–100. ISBN   9780522845075 . Retrieved 3 April 2020. East Camberwell Domestic Arts School was established in 1928, and became Camberwell Girls' High School in 1958 and Canterbury Girls' ...
  2. ↑ "Find my School". www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  3. ↑ ACARA. "School Profile". My School. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "Canterbury Girls' Secondary College - Study Victoria". www.study.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Rumbold, M. (2000). These Our School Days...Mangarra Road Revisited.
  6. ↑ "VCE Public School Ranking - 2018 - Better Education". Better Education. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Wall collapses at Canterbury Girls' Secondary College". Herald Sun. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Wilson, Jess (19 March 2025). "Adjournment Debate - Kew Electorate Schools". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Schools - Canterbury Girls Secondary College". www.ssv.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Music – Canterbury Girls Secondary College" . Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "2024-09-06 Countpro Choral Competition". results.royalsouthstreet.com.au. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Newsletter #14" (PDF). Canterbury Girls' Secondary College. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "Newsletter #12" (PDF). Canterbury Girls' Secondary College. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  14. ↑ Li, Caspar (11 February 2019). "4 things to know about K-pop star Rose, BLACKPINK's high-note singer". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  15. ↑ "Cory, Suzanne - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  16. ↑ Fortescue, Elizabeth (11 June 2017). "The Carole King Musical: Esther Hannaford delighted to play her idol on stage". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  17. ↑ Auld, Tim (16 January 2018). "Passion for Port Fairy". www.standard.net.au. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
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