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, enrolment = 820
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Wilderness School is an independent
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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, '']The Australian
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'' declared The Wilderness School one of the ten highest achieving schools in Australia.[The Australian- Wilderness School award](_blank)
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Wilderness School is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
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(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA) and the Independent Girls' Schools Sports Association (IGSSA).
House system
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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
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, lacrosse
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and soccer
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fields. Other sporting facilities include a gym
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nasium which was completed in 2005, and a boatshed at the South Australian Rowing Association complex at West Lakes
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for rowing
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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
*Annabel Crabb
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– the ABC's chief online political writer, formerly political columnist with ''The Age
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*Ally Fowler
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– Actress
*Posie Graeme-Evans
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– Novelist; Producer; Director of Drama, Nine Network
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; Co-creator of '' Hi-5'' and ''McLeod's Daughters
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'' (also attended The Fahan School
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)
* Georgie Parker
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, member of the Australian National Hockey Team.
* Mekhla Kumar
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Early life and education
Mekhla Kumar was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She began studying piano at the age of four.
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, Australian pianist
* Phiala E. Shanahan, theoretical physicist
* Susan Magarey, historian and author
See also
*List of schools in South Australia
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Aboriginal Schools, operated by the South Australian Government
Aboriginal early learning centres and kindergartens
* Kalaya Children's Centre, Queenstown ...
*List of boarding schools
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Africa
Cameroon
* Our Lady of Lourdes College, Mankon
*Saker Baptist College, Limbe
Ghana
*Aburi Girls' Senior High School
*Accr ...
References
External links
Wilderness School Website
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Girls' schools in South Australia
High schools in South Australia
Educational institutions established in 1884
Boarding schools in South Australia
Nondenominational Christian schools in Adelaide
Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools
Private primary schools in Adelaide
1884 establishments in Australia