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The Armidale School (abbreviated as TAS) is an

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early learning,

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, on the New England Tablelands of northern

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. Administration of the schools is formalised as a company limited by guarantee that operates under the

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. Founded in 1894 as the New England Proprietary School, The Armidale School has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 640 students, including 250 boarders from Years 6 to 12. TAS has classes of students in Pre-Kindergarten (4 years old),

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for children in

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which offers the

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, a

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for those in Years 6 to 8 (offering the

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) and a Senior School from Years 9 to 12 (18 years old). In 1993, The Armidale School became the first school in Australia to provide

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for its students. The School is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the

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(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), and is one of only three

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schools in the state of New South Wales. TAS is also the only member of the

(AAGPS) located outside of the

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History

The Armidale School was founded in 1894 as a boarding school primarily for the

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s of the

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, however the origins of the school can be traced to 1838, when Patrick Grant, a

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, conceived the idea of a proprietary school for boys in the

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. This idea was taken over by prominent members of the

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in the northern districts of New South Wales, and 500 pounds was obtained from the

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, as a result of the efforts of the first (and only) Bishop of Australia,

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. In 1840, a site for the school was purchased at Honeysuckle Point, in

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. Nothing more came of the plan until the appointment of William Tyrrell, as the first Bishop of Newcastle in 1846. The property was passed on to Tyrrell, and in 1854 the land was resumed by the Hunter River Railway Company. By 1877, the school had still not been established, and Bishop Tyrrell began to push the matter further. Subsequently, a plan was drawn up and land selected at Blandford, near

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. In 1881, it was determined that the plan to build the school at Blandford was unaffordable, and a suggestion was made that it should be built on the

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Tablelands at Armidale. The additional capital required, to the amount of 6,000 pounds, was raised by James Ross,

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of Armidale, and his leading

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. On 5 June 1891, The New England Proprietary School Limited (NEPS) was incorporated with 100 pound

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, offered at 50 pounds each, allowing each

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to nominate one

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for each share purchased. The

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purchased in Armidale in September 1891, adding to the obtained in 1889. The foundation stone of the main building, designed by noted architect Sir

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, was laid on 22 February 1893, by the

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, the Rt. Hon. Victor Albert George, Earl of Jersey. The

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was performed by the Rt. Rev Arthur Vincent Green,

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of Grafton and Armidale on 15 May 1894. The name of the company and School was changed in 1896 to The Armidale School (TAS). Also that year, TAS joined the

(GPS) in Sydney, and has remained a member ever since. In 1950, the School site was transferred to the

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s of the Church of England Diocese of Armidale, and was administered by a School Council comprising members from the Diocese, Old Boys' Union and P&F. through to 2009. On 1 January 2010 the School was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee under the Corporations Act with the name: The Armidale School. In March 2015, the School announced it would commence full

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, and began taking enrolments for Year 12 students, who would begin tuition in October 2015, and for Year 6-11 students, to begin tuition in 2016. This expanded upon an already co-educational Junior School, and was announced following a nine-week consultation process. The school started 2016 with 53 girls, including 14 boarders. By the start of 2022, girl enrolments accounted for around 40 percent of total enrolments. TAS first girls 2016

Headmasters

Campus

Memorial Windows TAS War Memorial Assemlby Hall

The Armidale School is situated on a single

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in Armidale, a

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city on the New England Tablelands of New South Wales, midway between Sydney and

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. The school features a mix of historic and modern buildings, all of which reflect design elements of the outstanding original building designed by noted architect Sir

in 1892. Other notable buildings are the 1902 Chapel, designed by Cyril Blacket, and the War Memorial Assembly Hall, which features three magnificent stained glass windows designed by

Napier Waller Mervyn Napier Waller CMG OBE (19 June 189330 March 1972) was a noted Australian muralist, mosaicist and painter in stained glass and other media. He is perhaps best known for the mosaics and stained glass for the Hall of Memory at the Au ...

. The facilities of the school include the Michael Hoskins Creative Arts Centre, which incorporates a 240-seat performing arts theatre, drama classrooms and visual arts studios. The centre is used by various local and visiting performing arts organisations including as the 'home' of the Armidale Drama & Music Society. Other facilities include a heated indoor

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, cattle

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nasium,

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centre, computer rooms,

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, weights room, an

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, and as they progress through the school are moved into private study/bedrooms. Middle School boys are accommodated in White House, while Middle School girl boarders reside in Dangar House, the school's original primary school.

Co-curricular Activities

Co-curricular activities available to TAS students include:

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and

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drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has b ...

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s, art,

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, and a school Poll

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stud which exhibits cattle at local and regional

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s. Annual theatrical productions are staged in the School's Hoskins Centre theatre; previous productions include

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(2018),

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age Musical theatre, stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre ...

(2019), Wizard of Oz (2019),

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(2020) and

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(2022).

Community service

It is an expectation of TAS that all students must commit to at least 20 hours of

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per year, both in the local and wider community. Year 8 students may volunteer for a service trip to St Christopher's

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, where they participate in the upkeep and daily maintenance of the orphanage and establish friendships with the children. In the past, a similar Christian service trip has been offered to Year 10 and 11 students to

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, assisting at the McKean Leprosy Rehabilitation Centre and the Agape AIDS Orphanage near

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. Other service offerings have included a visit to helping indigenous boys and girls at Yipirinya School in

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. Locally, for more than a decade senior TAS students have participated in a lunchtime reading and play program with the neighbouring Minimbah Primary School, an independent school in east Armidale with a predominantly Indigenous student enrolment. Other student-led initiatives include donating blood to the NSW Red Cross Blood Bank and support raising awareness for mental health most recently through not-for-profit social agency, Batyr.

Sport

The Armidale School is one of the nine members of the

(GPS) and participates in some GPS sporting competitions as well as several non-GPS or traditional sports. TAS students may participate in a variety of sports including:

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basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other act ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

, cross country,

hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

mountain biking Mountain biking is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and pe ...

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

rifle shooting Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ...

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

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, and

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...

. In April each year, the school hosts more than 40 school and club teams at the TAS Rugby Carnival, the largest primary-aged rugby carnival in Australia. The school also holds a swimming carnival and an athletics carnival once a year, with students participating in inter-house competition. Boarding students compete for either Abbott, Croft or Tyrrell house, while day students are members of Broughton, Green or Ross houses. Broughton was originally a boarding house; Green and Ross were inaugurated in 1983 by Prince Edward, during a private visit to the school. Inter-house competitions are also held for debating, public speaking, and the creative arts. Prince Edward dedicates new houses 1983

Leadership, Service & Adventure

The Armidale School has a leadership, service and adventure program which has an emphasis on

outdoor education Outdoor education is organized learning that takes place in the outdoors. Outdoor education programs sometimes involve residential or journey wilderness-based experiences in which students participate in a variety of adventurous challenges and out ...

and is designed to develop a sense of responsibility and self-confidence through activities such as

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whitewater kayaking Whitewater kayaking is an adventure sport where a river is navigated in a decked kayak. Whitewater kayaking includes several styles. River running; where the paddler follows a river and paddles rapids as they travel. Creeking usually involving s ...

and bivouacs. Outdoor education activities in which students may participate in, include the following:

Cadets

Founded in 1898 and one of the longest-running cadet units in Australia, the TAS Cadet Unit is part of the Australian Army Cadet Corps. This activity is compulsory for students in Years 8 to 10, and is voluntary for Years 11 onwards. It involves

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and ceremonial work, and

Outward Bound Outward Bound (OB) is an international network of outdoor education organizations that was founded in the United Kingdom by Lawrence Holt and Kurt Hahn in 1941. Today there are organizations, called schools, in over 35 countries which are att ...

training. A Ceremonial Guard provides a

catafalque party A catafalque party is a guard, usually of four people, that stands watch over the coffin and catafalque of a distinguished person or over a significant monument. In Australia, a catafalque party acts as sentries for the memorial or cenotaph duri ...

each year at

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and

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services in Armidale and at school, and the TAS Cadet band operates for the annual cadet unit passing out parade.

Rural Fire Service

In 1970 TAS became the first school in NSW to offer bush firefighter training, originally as part of the service component for the school's

Duke of Edinburgh Award The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE) is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, that has since expanded to 144 nations. The awards recognise adolescents and young ...

. The school's RFS program aims to produce students who are competent in aspects of bush

firefighting Firefighting is the act of extinguishing or preventing the spread of unwanted fires from threatening human lives and destroying property and the environment. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter. Firefighters typically ...

, and who take an active role in helping their community by obtaining a Bush Firefighting (BF) qualification. The activity is carried out in conjunction with the Dumaresq Brigade of the

NSW Rural Fire Service The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the Government of New South Wales. The NSW RFS is responsible for fire protection to approximately 95% of the land area of New South ...

New England Zone and at the RFS' Armidale Fire Training Centre.

Surf Life Saving

Surf life saving commenced at TAS in 1967, as a service component for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme introduced at the school earlier that year. For the first few years, the boys did their training at Nambucca Heads, and during the 1990s, with Yamba SLSC. Currently the relationship is with Sawtell SLSC, where students spend several days during the year and then an intensive week of training and assessment in November. Students are instructed in inshore boat rescue - crewing, patient pick-ups and assessment, related signals,

radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a tr ...

, equipment and safety;

first aid First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any person with either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery. It includes initial i ...

CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spont ...

; board rescues, tube rescues, patient care, patient carries, etc. This program culminates in an examination for their RLSSA Surf Life Saving Bronze Medallion. TAS Surf Life

Expeditions

As part of the school's adventure program a number of expeditions have taken place including five treks of the Kokoda Track in

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, the Sea to Summit cycle ride from

Pambula Pambula is a town in Bega Valley Shire on the far south coast of New South Wales, Australia south of Sydney via the Princes Highway. At the , Pambula had a population of 970 people. History The area was populated by the Thaua Aboriginal peop ...

to the peak of

Mount Kosciuszko Mount Kosciuszko ( ; Ngarigo: , ), previously spelled Mount Kosciusko, is mainland Australia's tallest mountain, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National ...

, and to

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...

Other

The TAS Triple Crown was instigated in 2014 as an award given to those students who complete three adventure events during their time at the school - the 2 km

Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour is a city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. It is one of the largest urban centres on the North Coast, with a population of 78,759 as per 2021 census. The Gumbaynggirr ...

Ocean Swim, the 14 km City to Surf footrace in Sydney, and the 111 km overnight

Hawkesbury Canoe Classic The Hawkesbury Canoe Classic is an annual marathon canoe race taking place on the Hawkesbury River in Northwest Sydney usually at the end of October. The Hawkesbury Canoe Classic consists of a 111 km paddle downstream starting in Windsor, New S ...

. Other events that are recognised for the award include Tour de Rocks, a 255 km charity cycle ride from

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. Those who complete three in the one year are awarded the Gold Triple Crown.

Round Square

TAS is a member of

, an international organisation of more than 200 schools worldwide which subscribes to the philosophy of

Kurt Hahn Kurt Matthias Robert Martin Hahn (5 June 1886, Berlin – 14 December 1974, Hermannsberg) was a German educator. He was decisive in founding, among other organizations and initiatives, Stiftung Louisenlund, Schule Schloss Salem, Gordonsto ...

(1886-1974), a renowned educationalist, who founded the idea of experiential education through such initiatives as the

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE) is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, that has since expanded to 144 nations. The awards recognise adolescents and young ...

and

. The philosophy is based on five pillars or IDEALS: Internationalism, Democracy, Environment, Adventure, Leadership and Service. The Round Square network affords member schools the opportunity to arrange local and international student and teacher exchanges on a regular basis between their schools. Students and staff also have the opportunity to participate in local and international community service projects and conferences.

Notable alumni

Alumnus Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for grou ...

of The Armidale School are referred to generally as Old Armidalians, Old Boys or Old Girls (following the introduction of co-education in 2015) and may elect to join the schools'

alumni association An alumni association or alumnae association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students ( alumni). In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools (especially independent schools) ...

, the Old Armidalians' Union (formerly TAS Old Boys' Union). Some notable Old Armidalians include: ;Rhodes scholar * Robert Clarence Robertson-Cuninghamelater Chancellor of the

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;Business * James Keith Bain company director, farmer, author, chairman of Merryville Estates Pty Ltd,

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Aust. Bank Ltd (1985–91), W. Bain & Co. (1947–87), Sydney Stock Exchange Ltd (1983–87) (also attended The Scots College) ;Media, entertainment and the arts *

Alex Buzo Alexander John Buzo (23 July 194416 August 2006) was an Australian playwright and author who wrote 88 works. His literary works recorded Australian culture through wit, humour and extensive use of colloquial Australian English. Biography Ear ...

playwright *

Peter Cousens Peter Cousens (born 2 November 1955) is an Australian actor and singer born in Tamworth, New South Wales. He is the Artistic Director of the Talent Development Project. He attended The Armidale School in Armidale from 1969 to 1973 and then Go ...

musical theatre performer *

Gus Gordon Gus Gordon (born in Sydney, 1971) is a children's book illustrator and writer based in Sydney, Australia. Gordon has written and illustrated over 70 books for children. Gordon's book 'Herman and Rosie' was chosen as the 2013 ‘Read for Aus ...

illustrator and children's writer *

Ian Kiernan Ian Bruce Carrick Kiernan (4 October 1940 – 16 October 2018) was an Australian yachtsman, property developer, builder, and environmental campaigner, known for co-founding with Kim McKay the not-for-profit '' Clean Up Australia'' campaign in ...

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

and around the world yachtsman (also attended The Scots College) *

Nigel Brennan Nigel Brennan (born 18 May 1972) is an Australians, Australian photojournalist and author. In 2008, Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia kidnapped him and Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout. He was released 15 months later after a ...

- Photojournalist and author who was kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in Somalia in 2008 and held hostage for 15 months *

Ben Mingay Ben Mingay is an Australian actor and singer, perhaps best known for having played Buzz Graham in the series '' Packed to the Rafters'' and Rob Duffy in ''Wonderland''. He played the role of Billy in the stage version of ''Dirty Dancing'' in Au ...

TV and film actor *

Angus Sampson Angus Sampson (born 1979) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performances in the ''Insidious'' film series, ''The Mule'', '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', and the Peabody-winning second season of '' Fargo''. Early life Samp ...

TV and film actor who appeared in '' Kokoda'' and ''

Thank God You're Here ''Thank God You're Here'' is an Australian television improvised comedy program created by Working Dog Productions, which premiered on Network Ten on 5 April 2006, and aired for the first three seasons and on Seven for the fourth season. Each ...

'' ;Politics, public service and the law * Sir Arnold Ametformer

Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea has been the highest court of Papua New Guinea since 16 September 1975, replacing the pre-Independence Supreme Court (corresponding to the post-Independence National Court) and the overseas appellate tribunal ...

* Sir Kina Bona Judge, National and Supreme Courts of

* Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Bruxnerleader of the New South Wales Country Party, Deputy Premier and Member of the NSW Parliament from 1920–1962 * Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead military leader who led the Australian and British troops at the Siege of Tobruk (1941) and at the Second Battle of El Alamein (TAS Staff) * Don Pageformer Member of NSW Parliament for State seat of Ballina *

George Souris George Souris (born 12 July 1949) is an Australian politician and former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Upper Hunter for the Nationals from 1988 to 2015. Souris is a former leader of the National Party in NS ...

former Member of NSW Parliament for State seat of Upper Hunter and former NSW Government Minister *

Dave Layzell David Robert Layzell is an Australian politician who has served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Upper Hunter for the NSW Nationals since May 2021. Dave Layzell is a former construction manager. He lives in . Dave ...

- Member of NSW Parliament for State seat of Upper Hunter - NSW Nationals *

William Wentworth William Charles Wentworth (August 179020 March 1872) was an Australian pastoralist, explorer, newspaper editor, lawyer, politician and author, who became one of the wealthiest and most powerful figures of early colonial New South Wales. Throug ...

Liberal member of the

Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of ...

;Science * Professor Jonathan Sprent FRS - Immunologist with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research ;Sport *

Greg Cornelsen Greg Cornelsen (born 29 August 1952 in Sydney) is a former Australian rugby union footballer, who was capped 25 times for the national team, the Wallabies from 1974 to 1982. His usual position was as flanker. Career Greg played Australian s ...

former rugby player capped 25 times for the

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 som ...

* Sir Bernard Croftplayed Rugby Union for Australia in the 1928 New Zealand tour *

Allan Grice Allan Maxwell Grice (born 21 October 1942), known to motor-racing fans as "Gricey", is an Australian former racing driver and politician, most famous for twice winning the prestigious Bathurst 1000 (1986 and 1990), and as a privateer driver o ...

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

and

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, ...

, most famous for twice winning the prestigious

Bathurst 1000 The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most rece ...

(

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and

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

), and Member for Broadwater in the

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from 1992 to 2001 * Joe Roffformer rugby player for the ACT Brumbies (1996-04) and capped 86 times for the

Richard Tombs Richard Tombs (born 5 January 1968) is a former Australian international rugby union player. Tombs was born in Te Kuiti, New Zealand and educated at The Armidale School, NSW Australia. He toured Britain with the Australian schools side in 1985- ...

former rugby player capped five times for the

;Other * Sir

Patrick Gordon Taylor Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor, (21 October 1896 – 15 December 1966), commonly known as Bill Taylor, was an Australian aviator and author. He was born at Mosman, Sydney, and died in Honolulu. Taylor attended The Armidale School in northern New So ...

pioneering aviator and author

References

External links

The Armidale School website
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