Miles Franklin Primary School

Miles Franklin Primary School
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Established	1980;45 years ago (1980)

Miles Franklin Primary School is a primary school in Evatt, Canberra. The school is named after Australian author Miles Franklin and was opened in 1980; as Franklin's novel My Brilliant Career had received public acclaim in 1979, it seemed suitable for the school to be named in recognition of her. ^[1] Each year the school celebrates her birthday with a writing competition and an 'old fashion' dress up day. During this day the students are involved in a variety of activities from yesteryear.

The school's colours are red, blue and white.

They have three houses, all named after Australian authors:

• Jennings (red)
• Klein (white)
• Gibbs (blue)

The houses compete in swimming carnivals, athletics carnivals, and to a lesser extent, cross country races.

Notable employees

• Stuart Rendell, a former teacher and a Gold Medalist for hammer throwing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
• Kerrie Taurima, an After School Care worker, a Silver Medalist at the Commonwealth Games for long jump at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Notes

1. Miles Franklin History Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Miles Franklin Primary School website

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