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History and description

Pymble Ladies' College was founded in 1916 by Dr John Marden, due to the increasing enrolments at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, another school established by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of NSW. The college, formerly a school of the

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, is now administered by the Uniting Church in Australia. Girls of any faith may attend the school, although they are expected to also attend a fortnightly chapel service. The school caters for all classes from Kindergarten to Year 12. Twenty hectares in size, the grounds of the College feature a 50m swimming pool, gymnasium, several fields, tennis courts, an agriculture plot, library, buildings dedicated to specific subjects: an art building, a technology and applied studies building, a languages building, and a science block. There is also a music building, a chapel, healthcare centre, three boarding houses (Lang, Goodlet and Marden) and the most recent additions - the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts in 2005, the Senior School Centre - Kate Mason Building in 2011, and the Centenary Sports Precinct in 2016. There are eight houses in the secondary school, including the original three, Lang, Goodlet and Marden, and five more added in 2009, Wylie, Bennett, Ingleholme, Hammond and Thomas. There are three houses in the Preparatory and Junior Schools named after famous Australian authors, Gibbs (after May Gibbs), Mackellar (after Dorothea Mackellar) and Turner (after Ethel Turner). Recently, the preparatory and junior schools have transitioned into the eight houses of Marden, Lang, Goodlet, Wylie, Bennett, Ingleholme, Hammond and Thomas - Gibbs, Mackellar and Turner houses no longer exist after only 8 years in existence.

Activities

In 2014, the school participated in the Community Development and Leadership Summit in India, hosted by the Modern School, New Delhi. Pymble Ladies' College is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).

Principals

Notable alumnae

;Entertainment, media and the arts * Jenny Coupland – Miss Australia 1982 * Jacqueline McKenzie – actress, singer, artist * Melissa Doyle – co-host of the Seven Network breakfast television programme '' Sunrise'' * Dame Joan Hammond – soprano, singing coach and golferPapers of Dame Joan Hammond (1912- )
''National Library of Australia'' *

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– finance presenter/reporter and newsreader, National Nine News * Kerrie Lester – artist *

Amy Lyons Amy Lyons () is an Australian media personality and influencer active in China, where she is known as a " wǎng hóng" (网红), which in China means people who are famous on social media. She originated from the city of Sydney, Re-postat ''New Zea ...

- internet personality active in China * Caroline Pemberton – Miss Australia 2007 * Sarah Song – winner of

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and Miss Chinese International 2007. She is currently working as an actress in TVB in Hong Kong. *

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– TV and film producer (expelled) * Alex the Astronaut – artist ;Politics, public service and the law *

Marie Byles Marie Beuzeville Byles (8 April 1900 – 21 November 1979) was an Australian conservationist, pacifist, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales (NSW), mountaineer, explorer and avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, and an o ...

– first female solicitor in New South Wales, mountaineer, explorer, author and feminist (also attended the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney) * Elizabeth Evatt – judge of an Australian federal court ;Sport * Sophie Ferguson – Professional Tennis Player * Ellyse Perry – member of Australian women's national football team and cricket team * Edwina Tops-Alexander – equestrian athlete representative to 2012 London Olympics * Brittany O'Brien – Australian Olympic Diving Team 2016 *

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– Australian Women's Rugby Sevens Team (2014–present), Olympic gold medallists *

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- Olympic javelin thrower

Notes

* P.L.C council had acquired further land between 1916 and 1924. The reason for the sale is unknown.

References

External links

Pymble Ladies' College website
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