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academically selective

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is a government-funded

academically selective

, located in , a suburb on the

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, Australia. Established in 1859 as Manly Public School, the campus caters for students from

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; and admission to the campus is based entirely on academic excellence through the

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. Students seeking enrolment into Years 8 - 11 will be coordinated through the school, and must also sit for the Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER) Higher Ability Selection Test. The school is operated by the

; the principal is Kathryn O'Sullivan.

Overview

Manly Campus tops the Northern Beaches on Merit List Rankings in the NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC), and came eighth in the state in 2014. It was placed seventh in the 2010, 2012 and 2021 HSC rankings, a leap from 15th in 2008 and 2009, and 20th in 2007. The graduating class of 2021 is currently the highest achieving cohort on record, achieving a ranking of seventh overall as compared with other NSW state and non-government schools. This peer group is the fifth ever to place Manly in the top ten.

History

Manly Selective Campus has a long history after being founded in 1859 as Manly Public School, on the corner of Belgrave and Carlton Streets in Manly. In 1882 it was moved to a site in Darley Road, where it operated until 1945, and is the site of the current Manly Village Public School. 1925 saw the school become an Intermediate High School, and became solely a boys school from 1926. The school expanded rapidly and became Manly Junior High in 1944. In 1945, the school moved to the site of the current

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, and in 1949 had expanded to include senior years. In 1954 student numbers reached 1200, and the bulk of these students moved to the current site on Abbott Road in North Curl Curl as Manly Boys High School. The school became co-educational in 1983 and was renamed Manly High School, at the same time as the nearby Manly Girls High also became co-educational and was renamed Freshwater High. Manly High was granted selective status in 1990 and was incorporated into the Northern Beaches Secondary College at its founding and given its current name in 2002.

Principals

The following individuals have served as Principal of the Manly Selective Campus of Northern Beaches Secondary College:

Students and staff

Manly Selective Campus had a student population of 789 students. There were an average of around 130 students in each grade from 7 to 12, although with some variation between grades, with approximately 60 staff members. There was a large degree of ethnic diversity amongst the student population, with 50% of students coming from a home where English is not the primary language.

The Turtalian

''The Turtalian'' is a former completely student run weekly

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which contained articles submitted by students, often focused on intellectual discussion. Around 200 copies were distributed each week on Friday, with special editions providing guides for events such as Pinestock, the school's annual music festival, and sporting events such as cross country, athletics and swimming carnivals. The Turtalian Committee handled the

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, and

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of the magazine. The concept is currently used as a project-based lesson guided by a teacher.

Grounds

One of the prominent images associated with Manly Selective Campus are the stands of Radiata Pines planted around the school, giving the name to the school's

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, ''The Pines'' and the

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, ''The Weekly Pines.'' Some of these pines have created a problem in a 7,010 m² area of remnant bushland that lies on the school's property on a steep hill behind the school oval. Seedlings of the original pines grew up in the bushland after more of the radiata pines were planted in close proximity to the bushland in 1954. This bushland is some of the last remaining native Sandstone Heath east of

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, however sections of it are highly degraded by weeds such as

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and asparagus fern. In recent years there has been an increasing effort to rehabilitate the heath back to pre-European quality, and in late 2006 many of the pine trees which had seeded in the bushland were removed.

Extra-curricular activities

Students are given the chance to participate in various extracurricular activities, only some of which are listed below: *

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(SRC) ** Manly School SRC ** Middle Harbour/Peninsula Inter School Group SRC ** Northern Sydney Regional SRC ** NSW State SRC/NSW SRC State Conference Action Team * Drama Ensemble ** Junior Drama Ensemble ** Senior Drama Ensemble * Dance Ensemble, various groups
Coding Club
* Vocal Ensemble * School Musical * Chess Team * Debating * Robotics Club * Poetry Club * Maths Club * Paleontology Club * Self-Improvement Club *Art Club Students of Manly also have participated with others from the NBSC in the College

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, until its cancellation due to a lack of funds.

Band program

The band program at Manly has three streams and ten ensembles of various levels including the Concert Stream (comprising the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Wind Orchestra), the Stage Band Stream (comprising the Swing Band, Stage Band, Big Band, Jazz Orchestra, and Bennett Frerck's Ensemble of Jazz), and the Strings Stream (comprising the String Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra). Previously, the Band Program also incorporated a Jazz Improvisation stream, which as of 2012 was changed to the "OffBeat" bands spanning all campuses across the Northern Beaches Secondary College. However, the school has been represented on numerous occasions over countless years of the Schools' Spectacular that showcases the student talent of State School students annually. On 10 August 2017 the Bands of Manly Selective Campus were cited in the NSW Parliament by James Griffen.

Notable alumni

* Neville Chynowethseventh Bishop of Gippsland (1980–1987) *

Lisa Darmanin Lisa Darmanin (born 27 August 1991) is an Australian competitive sailor. She won the Silver medal in the mixed Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In March 2020, Darmanin and fellow crew member Jason Waterhouse were s ...

Olympic silver medallist in sailing *

Midget Farrelly Bernard "Midget" Farrelly (13 September 1944 – 6 August 2016) was the first world surfing champion. Farrelly, was the first Australian to win a major surfing title, the 1962 Makaha International Surfing Championships, the unofficial world s ...

world's first surfboard champion - attended approximately 1958 *

Mark Gable Mark Dixon Kitchen (born 8 September 1950), known professionally as Mark Gable, is an Australian musician who serves as the frontman and a founding member of the rock band The Choirboys. The band was formed in Sydney in 1979. Mark was born in ...

lead singer and songwriter with The Choirboys whose name was Mark Kitchen while attending the school *

Brad Hazzard Bradley Ronald "Brad" Hazzard (born 30 August 1951), an Australian politician, has been the New South Wales Minister for Health since January 2017 in the Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries. Hazzard is a member of the New South Wales Legisla ...

Member of Parliament of NSW (1991–present) and NSW government minister (2011–present) *

Reece Hodge Reece Hodge (born 26 August 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union player for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby. A utility back, Hodge can play fly-half, outside centre, wing or fullback. Hodge completed his secondary Education at Man ...

rugby union player for

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and Super 15 side,

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Max Illingworth Max Illingworth (born 5 November 1992) is an Australian former chess player, and current chess trainer and writer. In 2022 he started playing poker professionally. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2016, becoming the fifth Austra ...

2014 Australian Chess Champion and Grand Master *

Rex Mossop Rex Peers "Moose" Mossop (18 February 1928 – 17 June 2011) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s – a dual-code international, and an Australian television personality from 1964 un ...

rugby union and rugby league international and television sports commentator *

Doug Mulray Douglas John Mulray (born 1 December 1951) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. He grew up in the Sydney Northern Beaches suburb of Dee Why. Radio career Mulray began his career at 2AD in Armidale, after doing a broadcasti ...

radio and TV host *

Glenn Murcutt Glenn Marcus Murcutt AO (born 25 July 1936) is an Australian architect and winner of the 1992 Alvar Aalto Medal, the 2002 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the 2009 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the 2021 Praemium Imperiale. Gle ...

architect and winner of the

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in 2002 *

Cadeyrn Neville Cadeyrn Neville (born 9 November 1988) is an Australian rugby union player. His regular playing position is lock. He represents the ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby. Early career Neville began attending Manly Selective Campus in 2001. Neville ...

rugby union player for the

ACT Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005–2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the brumby, feral horses whi ...

and

Wallabies A wallaby () is a small or middle-sized macropod native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in New Zealand, Hawaii, the United Kingdom and other countries. They belong to the same taxonomic family as kangaroos and so ...

Chris Puplick Christopher John Guelph Puplick ( ; born 13 May 1948) is a British-Australian politician, public servant and public intellectual. Career From 1975–78, Puplick was the federal president of the Young Liberals. He was appointed to a casual va ...

Senator for New South Wales (1979–1981, 1984–1990) * Justine Ruszczykmurdered by a Minneapolis Police Department officer

References

External links

*
Manly Alumni website
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