Korowa Anglican Girls' School

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Korowa Anglican Girls' School
Location
Korowa Anglican Girls' School
Glen Iris
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates 37°51′41″S145°3′16″E / 37.86139°S 145.05444°E / -37.86139; 145.05444
Information
Type Private, single-sex day school
Motto Latin: Non Sine Palma Pulvere
(No Reward Without Effort)
Denomination Anglican
Established1890 [1]
FounderHenrietta Akehurst
Chair of CouncilCatherine Robson
PrincipalFrances Booth
ChaplainRev. Kirsten Winkett
GradesCo-ed ELC 3 and 4 Year old. Girls: Prep - 12.
GenderCo-ed ELC. Girls Junior and Senior School.
Enrolment~689 [2]  (2011)
Colour(s)Cherry
 
SloganGirls who are authentic, confident and strong.
Affiliation Girls Sport Victoria
Alumni nameKorovians
Website www.korowa.vic.edu.au

Korowa Anglican Girls' School is a private, Anglican, day school, located in Glen Iris, Melbourne, Australia.

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Established in Malvern in 1890, Korowa is a non-selective school and currently caters for approximately 800 students, offering a co-educational Early Learning Centre (three- and four-year-olds) and girls-only from Prep to Year 12. The school prepares students for the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).

The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), [3] the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPHSA), [4] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), [1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), [5] and a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV). [6]

History

Korowa Anglican Girls' School was established in 1890, first in two houses in Valetta Street, Malvern and then in an old house in Pine Grove. In 1900, the school moved again, this time to a two-storey house in Wattletree Road. The school was registered as "School No.5" in 1906. [7]

Korowa relocated to its current site in Glen Iris in 1914. The residence was the former property of the Hon. William Knox, MHR, who named the home "Ranfurlie", which is now reflected in the name of the crescent in which the school is located. The school was officially named "Corowa" in 1899, but later changed to Korowa to avoid confusion with the township of Corowa in 1890.

From 1910 to 1918, Korowa was a Presbyterian school for girls', then in 1919 was incorporated by the diocesan authorities as a Church of England grammar school. [7] When the Diocese of Melbourne adopted the title "Anglican" instead of Church of England in 1982, it was decided that the church connection should be retained in the name, and the school has since been known as "Korowa Anglican Girls' School". [7]

Principals

An old Korowa emblem KorowaOldLogo.jpg
An old Korowa emblem
PeriodPrincipal [7]
1899–1905Henrietta Akehurst
1906–1926Ethel Akehurst
1927–1929Enid Eastman
1930–1949Margaret Dickson
1950–1969Beatrice Guyett MBE (c)
1970–1990Margaret McPherson
1991–2003Roslyn Otzen
2003–2015Christine Jenkins
2016–2021Helen Carmody
2022Narelle Umbers (interim)
2022–presentFrances Booth

House system

HouseNamed forColour
Akehurst (the founding house)Ethel Akehurst (former principal and daughter of founder)Grey
ClarkeLowther Clarke (former archbishop of Melbourne, responsible for the inauguration of Korowa as a Church of England Grammar School)Pink
JamiesonJean Jamieson MA (former senior mistress of staff)Blue
WilkinsonWanda Wilkinson (former head prefect and former member of staff)Cherry

Notable alumnae

All Korowa alumnae are members of the school's alumni association, the 'Korovian Club'. Korowa alumni number over 7000 members and every past student is automatically a lifetime member of the Korovian Club. The Korovian Club was founded in 1917 with the purpose of maintaining friendships and a connection with the school.[ citation needed ]

Some notable 'Korovians' include:

Notable faculty

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Korowa Anglican Girls' School". Find a School. Association of Independent Schools of Victoria. 2007. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  2. ↑ "At a Glance". About Korowa. Korowa Anglican Girls' School. 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Victoria". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  4. ↑ "IPSHA Independent Primary School Heads of Australia". Victoria Branch. Independent Primary School Heads of Australia. Archived from the original on 24 October 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
  6. ↑ Mawkes, Leonie (2005). "Member Schools". Profile. Girls Sport Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Chessell, Pam (1990). And, as we journey: A history of Korowa, Anglican Girls' School 1890-1990, Coghill Publishing, Australia. ISBN   0-949168-88-2.
  8. ↑ "Meet Eva Duldig". Burwood Bulletin.
  9. ↑ Murray-Smith, Nita (1996). "Gibson, Dorothy (1899 - 1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 14 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 266–267. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  10. ↑ Korowa Anglican Girls' School (2 February 2021). "Congratulations to Ann Liang (Class of 2017 and Dux of the School) who has secured a book-deal with Inkyard/Harper Collins for her debut novel If You Could See The Sun". Facebook. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  11. ↑ Dean, Casey (31 August 2021). "Korowa offers General Excellence Sport Scholarship". Korowa Anglican Girls' School. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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