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, day and boarding , denomination =

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, slogan = , principal = Belinda Arnfield , city =

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, country = Australia , enrolment = 820 , enrolment_as_of = 2018 , grades = R–12 , gender =

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, staff = , colours = Brown and blue , affiliation = Independent Girls Schools Sports Association , homepage
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Wilderness School is an

independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...

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, day and

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...

for girls, located in

, an inner northern suburb of

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

. Established by the Brown sisters in 1884 with four girls and one small boy, Andrew Muecke, as students, Wilderness is a Reception to Year 12 school, and also caters for Year 13. The school currently enrols approximately 820 students, including up to 80 boarders. In 2003, ''

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'' declared The Wilderness School one of the ten highest achieving schools in Australia.The Australian- Wilderness School award
(accessed:26-06-2007) Wilderness School is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the

Junior School Heads Association of Australia The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA) formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia. Officially established in Septem ...

(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA) and the Independent Girls' Schools Sports Association (IGSSA).

House system

The Wilderness School has five

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, through which all girls partake in intra-school activities: *Amaryllis (Pink) *Antholiza (Blue) *Carob (Green) *Cedar (Purple) *Sparaxis (Orange)

Sport

Wilderness School is a member of the Independent Girls Schools Sports Association (IGSSA). The school maintains the sporting grounds at Park 6 on Robe Terrace, for use as

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 ...

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

and

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 ...

fields. Other sporting facilities include a

gym A gymnasium, also known as a gym, is an indoor location for athletics. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasium". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational ins ...

nasium which was completed in 2005, and a boatshed at the South Australian Rowing Association complex at

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for

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 atta ...

IGSSA premierships

Wilderness school has won the following IGSSA premierships. * Badminton (3) - 2009, 2014, 2015 * Hockey (7) - 1981, 1982, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2019 * Swimming - 2010

Notable alumnae

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– the ABC's chief online political writer, formerly political columnist with ''

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'' *

Ally Fowler Alexandra "Ally" Fowler (born 6 December 1961) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Angela Hamilton in '' Sons and Daughters'' (1982–84) and Zoe Davis in '' Neighbours'' (1986); both series were produced by the ...

– Actress *

Posie Graeme-Evans Posie Graeme-Evans is an Australian novelist, television and film producer, editor, screenwriter and director. She is best known as the creator and showrunner of ''McLeod's Daughters'', the co-creator and co-producer of '' Hi-5'', producing and c ...

– Novelist; Producer; Director of Drama,

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; Co-creator of '' Hi-5'' and ''

McLeod's Daughters ''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and Brid ...

'' (also attended

The Fahan School Fahan School is an Independent school, independent school for girls located in Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Sandy Bay, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is a non-denominational school with a Christianity, Christian ethos. T ...

) *

Georgie Parker Georgina Parker (born 16 December 1964) is an Australian television soap actress and has also appeared in film and theatre. She is a double Gold Logie winner, best known for her acting roles in Australian soap operas; as Lucy Gardiner (later T ...

, member of the Australian National Hockey Team. *

Mekhla Kumar Mekhla Kumar is an Australian virtuoso pianist and chamber musician. Early life and education Mekhla Kumar was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She began studying piano at the age of four. After graduating from Wilderness School in 2007, Kum ...

, Australian pianist * Phiala E. Shanahan, theoretical physicist * Susan Magarey, historian and author

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