Kambala Girls School

Infobox Aust school private
name = Kambala


motto = " _la. Esto Sol Testis"
(Latin:"Let the Sun be your Witness")
established = 1887cite web |url=http://www.sydneyschild.com.au/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=105&Itemid=38 |title=Kambala|accessdate=2008-01-16 |work=Directory |publisher=Sydney's Child]
type = Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding
denomination = Anglican
slogan =
key_people = Mrs. Margaret White (Principal)
Miss. Louisa Gurney (Founder)
Mrs. Chris McDiven (Chairman)
fees = AU$10,257–18,813 p.a (Day School)cite web|url = http://www.woollahra.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/16321/2007_Schools.pdf|title = Woollahra and Surrounds Schools Directory|accessdate = 2007-09-11 |year = 2007|format = PDF|publisher = Woollahra Municipal Council|pages = p.10]
city = Rose Bay
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|33|51|54|S|151|16|19|E|display=inline,title
enrolment = ~950 (P–12)
num_employ = ~113cite web |url=http://www.kambala.nsw.edu.au/about_us/Annual_Report_2006.pdf |title= 2006 Annual Education and Finance Report |accessdate=2008-01-16 |year =2007 |format=PDF |work=About Us |publisher=Kambala]
revenue =
colours = Blue, Gold and Grey color box|#0000C8color box|#FFD700color box|#808080
homepage = [http://www.kambala.nsw.edu.au www.kambala.nsw.edu.au]

Kambala is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located on one campus in Rose Bay, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1887, Kambala has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 950 students from Pre-school to Year 12, including 95 boarders from Years 7 to 12. Students come to Kambala from the greater metropolitan area, rural New South Wales and overseas.

The school is affiliated with the Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia (AGSA),cite web|url = http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=K|title = Member Schools|accessdate = 2008-01-16 |last = Butler|first = Jan|year = 2006|work = Members|publisher = The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),cite web |url=http://www.jshaa.asn.au/nsw/directory/index.asp |title=JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members |accessdate=2007-07-27 |year =2007 |work=New South Wales Branch|publisher=Junior School Heads' Association of Australia] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),cite web |url=http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=2230 |title=AHISA Schools|accessdate=2007-06-19 |year =2007 |month =April |work=New South Wales|publisher=Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),cite web |url=http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=128 |title=Kambala |accessdate=2008-01-16 |year =2007 |work=Schools|publisher=Australian Boarding Schools' Association] and is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).cite web |url=http://www.ahigs.nsw.edu.au/DeskTopDefault.aspx?tabid=1 |title=Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools |accessdate=2007-11-28 |work=About AHIGS |publisher=Association of Heads of Independent Girls Schools]

History

Kambala was established in 1887 by Louisa Gurney, the daughter of an English clergyman. Gurney conducted her first classes with twelve girls at a terrace house in Woolahra called 'Fernbank'. In 1891, Mlle Augustine Soubeiran, who had assisted in the running of the school and taught French, became Co-Principal and to accommodate increasing enrolments, the School was moved to a larger property in Bellevue Hill called Kambala, of which the school took its new name.In 1913, with an enrolment of nearly fifty, the School moved again, to its present site in New South Head Road, Rose Bay. Although the property was known as Tivoli, the School retained the name Kambala. The spacious new building, built in 1841, was the town house of Captain William Dumaresq. In 1881, the notable architect John Horbury Hunt was commissioned to extend Tivoli and today this building houses Kambala's boarders in Years 7 to 10.

In 1926, Kambala became a Church of England Foundation School controlled by an independent council. During Fifi Hawthorne's tenure as Principal, 1933 to 1966, the School grew from 100 pupils to more than 660 and buildings and facilities expanded accordingly.cite web |url=http://www.kambala.nsw.edu.au/about_us/history.html |title=Our History |accessdate=2008-01-16|work=About Us |publisher=Kambala]

Principals

Campus

Kambala is located on a single campus on the rising shore above suburban Rose Bay, overlooking Sydney Harbour.cite web |url=http://www.kambala.nsw.edu.au/about_us/aboutus.html |title=About Kambala |accessdate=2008-01-16|work=About Us |publisher=Kambala] The school is divided into three main areas:
#Massie House for students from Preparation (4 year olds) to Year 2;
#Junior School for girls in Years 3 to 6; and
#Senior School for girls in Years 7 to 12.cite web |url=http://www.kambala.nsw.edu.au/ourschool.html |title=Our School: One School |accessdate=2008-01-16|work=Our School |publisher=Kambala]

Boarding

Boarding students from Year 6 to Year 10 live in Tivoli, the home of the original Tivoli estate, of which the school was once a part. Frequented by the colonial artist Conrad Martens during the 1840s, extensively renovated by architect John Horbury Hunt in the 1880s, Tivoli features modern dormitory-style living amenities.cite web |url=http://www.kambala.nsw.edu.au/boarding/boarding.html |title=Boarding at Kambala |accessdate=2008-01-16|work=Boarding |publisher=Kambala]

Boarders in Years 11 to 12 reside in Fernbank. Opened in 1997, Fernbank provides students with more independent living, social privileges and greater privacy for study.

House system

The House system was introduced at Kambala in 1928, and each student from Years 3 to 12 are allocated to one of the four houses: ;Gurney Named after Miss Louise Gurney, Principal of Kambala from 1887 to 1914. Colour: Green. ;Hawthorne Named after Miss Fifi Hawthorne, Principal of Kambala from 1933 to 1966. Colour: Black.;Roseby Named after Miss Clara Roseby, Principal of Kambala from 1914 to 1927. Colour: Blue.;Wentworth Named after W.C Wentworth, grandson of the statesman and a Founder of the School when it became a Foundation School in 1926. Colour: Red.

There are several interhouse competitions throughout the year in which houses can earn points towards the Angus Cup at the end of the year. Each house is led by two house captains. Tutor groups are formed according to Houses.cite web |url=http://www.kambala.nsw.edu.au/senior_school/sr_about.html |title=About the Senior School |accessdate=2008-01-16|work=Our School |publisher=Kambala]

Notable alumni

Ex-students of Kambala are known as Old Girls and may elect to join the Kambala Old Girls' Union (KOGU).cite web |url=http://www.kambala.nsw.edu.au/community/kogu/kogu.html |title=Kambala Old Girls' Union (KOGU) |accessdate=2008-01-16 |work=Community |publisher=Kambala] Some notable Kambala Old Girls include:
*Jessie Strahorn Aspinall – First female junior resident medical officer at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1906) (also attended Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney)cite web|url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070122b.htm|title = Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880 - 1953)|accessdate = 2007-08-01|last = Durie|first = E. Beatrix|year = 1979|work = Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher = Melbourne University Press|pages = p.118]
*Claudia Black – Actress, best known for her portrayal of Aeryn Sun and Vala Mal Doran in science fiction television series "Farscape" and "Stargate SG-1
*Grace Emily Munro – Co-founder of the Country Women's Association [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100602b.htm?hilite=kambala Australian Dictionary of Biography: Munro, Grace Emily (1879 - 1964)] (accessed:06-08-2007)]
*Suzanne Gae Williams – Director of Football Federation Australia; Recipient of the Australian Corporation Lawyer of the Year Award 2000cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Business Live!| title = WILLIAMS Suzanne Gae| accessdate = 2007-11-28| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

References

Alumni June Finlayson was Miss Australia 1958

Further reading

* Nobbs, A. 1997. "Kambala: The First Hundred Years, 1887-1987". Melbourne, Globe Press.

See also

* List of non-government schools in New South Wales
* List of boarding schools

External links

* [http://www.kambala.nsw.edu.au/ Kambala website]