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school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Barker was founded in 1890 by Rev. Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights. In 2016 Barker announced a transition to a fully co-educational school, commencing in 2018 with girls in early learning and

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, in 2019 with girls in

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; in 2020 with girls in

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. It includes boarding facilities. The school also incorporates three campuses for Aboriginal children. Two in NSW and the third Dhupuma Barker, in North East Arnhem Land in 2021. The Council of Barker College was originally constituted by the Barker College Ordinance of 1919. In 1939, Barker College was incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the ''Anglican Church of Australia (Bodies Corporate) Act 1938''. Therefore, though Barker College is an Anglican school, it is separately incorporated and has its own governing body. Barker is affiliated with the

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, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, the

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, the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, the Independent Schools Association, and is a founding member of the

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History

In 1890, Henry Plume took up the position of Rector at St Stephen's Church, Kurrajong. It was at the church that he tutored five local pupils for the Junior, Senior and Matriculation Examinations. Their academic success encouraged Plume to establish his own school. In 1891, Plume selected ''Stokesleigh'', a guest house in Kurrajong Heights, as the site for this school. The name Barker College was chosen in memory of

Frederic Barker Frederic Barker (17 March 1808 – 6 April 1882) was the second Anglican bishop of Sydney. Early life Barker was born at Baslow, Derbyshire, England, fifth son of the Rev. John Barker and his wife Jane, née Whyte. He was educated at The ...

, the second Bishop of Sydney whom Plume had met soon after his arrival in Australia. An outbreak of scarlet fever in 1894 convinced Plume that the School was too isolated and would be better located nearer to Sydney. Thus the School moved to its present site in Hornsby in 1896, and in 1919 its ownership transferred to the Church of England.

Co-education

1975 saw the introduction of the co-educational collegiate senior school for students in Years 11 and 12, with the enrolment of 59 female students. In 2000, with Year 10 becoming became part of the senior school, girls started at Year 10 level. However, in 2016 Barker announced a transition to a fully co-educational school, and in 2018 girls started entering at all levels of the school including early learning and

, with Year 7 girls commencing in 2020. 2022 was the first year in which all years in the school were co-ed.

Headmasters

The following men have served as Headmasters of Barker College:

Motto

The school

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, ''Honor non Honores'', is derived from the Latin meaning "Honour not Rewards". The earliest record of the motto is on an illuminated address presented to Rev and Mrs Plume on their departure from the School in 1905.

Campus

Barker College is situated on a campus in suburban Hornsby, to the north of Sydney, with additional facilities located in the Blue Mountains, and The Grange, located at Mount Victoria. The

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, shares the Hornsby campus with the Middle and Senior schools. In 2016 the school opened an

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campus , Darkinjung Barker, at

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on the NSW Central Coast, for students in Kindergarten to Year 6. In 2020 the school opened a second K-6 Indigenous campus, in the old

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Public School building, called Ngarralingayil Barker; ''Ngarralingayil'' means "a place where learning happens" in the Wonnarua language. 15 students were enrolled in 2020, and 22 are expected in 2021. A third campus in

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is scheduled to open in 2021. The current facilities of the school include: *A library; an information technology centre ; the McCaskill Music Centre; *Three drama performance spaces: two theatres with raked seating – The Rhodes Theatre and The BCMA Theatre - and the Leslie Hall; *The Centenary Design Centre with provision for individual studios and whole-class teaching in design and technology and visual arts; *The Barker Foundation Science Centre; *Boarding houses; *Six sporting fields, together with 11 tennis courts, indoor courts for netball, basketball and volleyball, an artificial surface for hockey, football, softball and other games; *The R. E. Kefford Building, equipped with classrooms, smaller group learning spaces, and two theatres which seat 302 and 215 respectively. *The Junior School is an

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Candidate School and aims to become a registered IB school. *The purpose-built Kurrajong Building for Pre-K – Year 2 students opened in 2018 within the Junior School campus.

Barker College House System

As with most Australian schools, Barker College utilises a

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for students in years K-12. Each house has a teacher in charge, called a Head of House. The Junior School has 6 six Houses that were named after explorers of Australia and Antarctica: Byrd, Flinders, Hillary, Mawson, Scott & Tasman. The Middle and Senior School has 16 sixteen houses, named after influential people in the School's history, such as alumni or School Council members.

Junior school houses

The houses are named after explorers of Australia and Antarctica:

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, Flinders, Hillary,

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and

Tasman Tasman most often refers to Abel Tasman (1603–1659), Dutch explorer. Tasman may also refer to: Animals and plants * Tasman booby * Tasman flax-lily * Tasman parakeet (disambiguation) * Tasman starling * Tasman whale People * Tasman (n ...

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'Action not Words' , - , Flinders , , Flinders House of the Barker College, Junior School

, , White , , la, Omnia Parati
'Ready for Anything' , - , Hillary , , Hilary House of the Barker College, Junior School

, , Yellow , , la, Vincite Vestros Montes
;'Conquer Your Mountains' , - , Mawson , , Mawson House of the Barker College, Junior School

, , Dark blue , , la, NumQuam Cedite
'Never Give Up' , - , Scott , , Scott House of the Barker College, Junior School

, , Red , , la, Celeriter Et Fortiter
'Swift and Determined' , - , Tasman , , Tasman House of the Barker College, Junior School

, , Light blue , , la, Con Spirito
'With Spriit'

Middle and Senior School Houses

The Middle and Senior School Houses are named after influential figures in the School's history, with eight male and eight female namesakes. In July 2018 the College announced they would be changing the pastoral care system for the middle and senior school following the introduction of coeducation. The existing Houses are all named after influential men from the school's history, and after the introduction of coeducation, another eight new Houses were announced, after important women in the School's past. These new houses are Bowman, Fear (1980), Hill, Mackenzie, May, Stevens, Sthalekar and Stone, adding to the list of existing houses; Andrew, Boyce, Butters, Holt, Pain, Wade, Wailes and Wilson. Both male and female students will be allocated to one of the 16 houses, regardless of gender. }
'Fortune follows the brave' , , align=center, 1965 , - , Bowman , , Dark purple , ,
'From one to all' , , align=center, 2019 , - , Boyce , , Light blue , , la, Aspiro
'Simply Aspire' , , align=center, 1959 , - , Butters , , Grey , , la, Diriget Deus
'God will direct' , , align=center, 1959 , - , Fear , , Orange , ,
'Courageous Soul' , , align=center, 2019 , - , Hill , , Magenta , ,
'Strength lies in difference' , , align=center, 2019 , - , Holt , , Dark green , , la, Is Fidelis Vincit
'Faith brings luck' , , align=center, 1979 , - , Mackenzie , , Lime green , ,
'Together we are one' , , align=center, 2019 , - , May , , Olive green , ,
'Dare to know' , , align=center, 2019 , - , Pain , , White , , la, Vive Et Vivat
'Live and let live' , , align=center, 1965 , - , Stevens , , Pale purple , ,
'To act justly' , , align=center, 2019 , - , Sthalekar , , Gold , ,
'Our best always' , , align=center, 2019 , - , Stone , , Teal , ,
'The truth never perishes' , , align=center, 2019 , - , Wade , , Royal blue , , la, Labor in Unum
'Work together' , , align=center, 1959 , - , Wailes , , Yellow , , la, Per Laborem Ad Victoriam
'From hard work comes victory' , , align=center, 1971 , - , Wilson , , Maroon , , la, Deus Est Meum Scutum
'God is my Shield' , , align=center, 1979

Sport

Barker College is a member of the

(CAS).

CAS premierships

Barker College has won the following CAS premierships. * Athletics (19) - 1946, 1948, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 * Basketball (20) - 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2015, 2018 * Cricket (13) - 1930, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2013, 2019, 2022 * Cross Country (10) - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015 * Diving (2) - 2019, 2021 * Rugby (20) - 1949, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2022 * Soccer (14) - 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019 * Swimming (2) - 1940, 1946 * Tennis ''Summer'' (3) - 2002, 2004, 2021 * Volleyball ''Summer'' (2) - 2008, 2014

Notable alumni

References

External links

Barker College website

Google maps aerial view
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1890 Anglican primary schools in Sydney Boarding schools in New South Wales Anglican secondary schools in Sydney Hornsby, New South Wales Hornsby Shire Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Combined Associated Schools Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools Independent Schools Association (Australia) 1890 establishments in Australia