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Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School (also known simply as Mac.Rob or MGHS) is a government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school, located in Albert Park, Victoria, Australia. Entry for Mac.Rob, which is operated by the Victorian Department of Education, is by competitive academic examination. It is unique in its status as a statewide provider for girls in Year Nine to Year Twelve. The equivalent for boys is its brother school, Melbourne High School. Each year, up to 8,000 candidates sit the entrance examination for a total of approximately 960 places (across all four schools). Overview In 2001, ''The Sun-Herald'' ranked the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School sixth in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumnae mentioned in the ''Who's Who in Australia''. The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School has a long tradition of academic excellence with Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) scores propelling the school to be ranked first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s, through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects, including clothing, fashion, and jewelry. Art Deco has influenced buildings from skyscrapers to cinemas, bridges, ocean liners, trains, cars, trucks, buses, furniture, and everyday objects, including radios and vacuum cleaners. The name Art Deco came into use after the 1925 (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris. It has its origin in the bold geometric forms of the Vienna Secession and Cubism. From the outset, Art Deco was influenced by the bright colors of Fauvism and the Ballets Russes, and the exoticized styles of art from Chinese art, China, Japanese art, Japan, Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary School
A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., both levels 2 and 3 of the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED scale, but these can also be provided in separate schools. There may be other variations in the provision: for example, children in Australia, Hong Kong, and Spain change from the primary to secondary systems a year later at the age of 12, with the ISCED's first year of lower secondary being the last year of primary provision. In the United States, most local secondary education systems have separate Middle school#United States, middle schools and High school in the United States, high schools. Middle schools are usually from grades 6–8 or 7–8, and high schools are typically from grades 9–12. In the United Kingdom, most state schools and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Smith Montgomery
Christina Smith Montgomery (March 21, 1870 – August 27, 1965) was a Scottish born Australian headmistress. She was the founding head of Melbourne Girls' High School which became the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. Life Montgomery was born in Kelso in the Scottish Borders where she gained a love for classical studies at Kelso Grammar School. When she was a teenager, her parents William and Janet (born Smith) emigrated. Christina and her sister, Margaret, renewed their education in Melbourne at Cambridge Street State School where they became pupil-teachers. Together they studied at Melbourne Teachers' College from 1891 where they both won prizes. Christina went on to the University of Melbourne where she graduated in 1897. She gained a Master's degree in 1900. Victoria's Department of Education had appointed its first director, Frank Tate, and it had begun to employ women graduates. Montgomery was one of the first. Tate noticed the Junior teacher, Montgomery, had respect fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Bracks
Stephen Phillip Bracks (born 15 October 1954) is a former Australian politician and was the 44th Premier of Victoria. He first won the electoral district of Williamstown in 1994 for the Labor Party and was party leader and premier from 1999 to 2007. Bracks led Labor in Victoria to minority government at the 1999 election, defeating the incumbent Jeff Kennett Liberal and National coalition government. Labor was returned with a majority government after a landslide win at the 2002 election. Labor was elected for a third term at the 2006 election with a substantial but reduced majority. The treasurer, John Brumby, became Labor leader and premier in 2007 when Bracks retired from politics. Bracks is the third-longest-serving Labor premier in Victorian history, surpassed only by John Cain Jr. and Daniel Andrews. Bracks has served as the 6th Chancellor of Victoria University since 2021. Early life Steve Bracks was born in Ballarat, where his family owns a fashion business. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacRobertson Girls' High School Buildings
The MacRobertson Girls’ High School buildings are a series of heritage-listed buildings constructed on the site of the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, located on the Kings Way, in , South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The girls' school and the campus is named in honour of Sir Michael Macpherson Robertson after MacRobertson donated $100,000 to the State of Victoria, $40,000 of which was spent to construct the school. Norman Seabrook of Seabrook and Fildes architecture practice, designed the building after winning the state-wide design competition with his functional and modern design entry in the Inter-war Functionalist & Moderne style. Constructed in 1934 during centenary celebrations of Victoria, MacRobertson was vital to the progress of modernist architecture in Australia and essential in the strong re-emergence of the state after the economic downturn of the depression. The building was listed on the Victorian Heritage Register on 23 May 1998 due to the buildings' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Gainfort
Rubina Hope "Ruby" Gainfort (7 April 1890 – 22 November 1985) was an Australian headmistress known as head of Melbourne's Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. Life Gainfort was born in Clifton Hill in 1890. Her parents were Sarah (born Cordy) and her Irish immigrant husband Edward Gainfort. Her father whose profession was "gentleman" died in 1901. Gainfort and her sister went to the same school and Ruby was one of the founding pupils of Melbourne Continuation School. Ruby went on to Melbourne Teachers' College where she showed expertise in mathematics. She was a qualified teacher in 1912 and she studied further at the University of Melbourne in her spare time. In 1912 she was the head of Kyabram school. She joined the Emily McPherson College of Domestic Economy where she was promoted to acting principal during the second world war. In 1946 Gainfort became the vice-Principal of Mac.Robertson Girls' High School when Mary Hutton, the Principal, retired in 1948. Hutton was only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University High School, Melbourne
The University High School (abbreviated as UHS or Uni High) is a government-funded co-educational secondary day school, located in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, Victoria, Australia. , 1,708 students attended the school. In 2023, it was ranked 67th in Victoria (or 13th in Victorian public schools) by percentage of VCE study scores of 40 or above. History In 1910, the "University Practising School" was opened in a former primary school on the corner of Lygon and Lytton Streets, Carlton. In 1913, it changed its name to "The University High School" after the closure of the older private school. Since 1930, the school has occupied a site in Story Street, Parkville, adjacent to the Royal Melbourne Hospital and in close proximity to the Royal Children's Hospital, newly built Royal Women's Hospital, the University of Melbourne and the Central Business District. During World War II, the United States Army set up a camp on the school oval. Additionally, 240 extra students from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Australian Air Force
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal Air force, aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army. Constitutionally the Governor-General of Australia, governor-general of Australia is the de jure commander-in-chief of the Australian Defence Force. The Royal Australian Air Force is commanded by the Chief of Air Force (Australia), Chief of Air Force (CAF), who is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Force (Australia), Chief of the Defence Force (CDF). The CAF is also directly responsible to the Minister for Defence (Australia), Minister for Defence, with the Department of Defence (Australia), Department of Defence administering the ADF and the Air Force. Formed in March 1921, as the Australian Air Force, through the separation of the Australian Air Corps from the Army in January 1920, which in turn amalgamated the separate aerial services of both the Army and Navy. It d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United States Constitution (1789).See alsTitle 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001 It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the United States Secretary of Defense, United States secretary of defense. It is one of the six armed forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. The Army is the most senior branch in order of precedence amongst the armed services. It has its roots in the Continental Army, formed on 14 June 1775 to fight against the British for independence during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army.Library of CongressJournals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Hutton (principal)
Mary Hutton (28 October 1883 – 20 December 1964) was an Australian teacher who became the first head of Mac.Robertson Girls' High School in Melbourne after it was renamed in 1934 and led it through the war when the building was requisitioned. She stood down in 1946 and served as a part-time teacher under the new head. Life Hutton was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn in 1883. Her parents were Isabel Jane, née Townsend and her gentleman husband Colin Fergusson Hutton. Her mother came from Adelaide and her father was a Scottish immigrant. She was educated at the local state school and by a tutor. She was "promising" as a pupil-teacher at Hawksburn State School and at Melbourne Training College she qualified as a teacher and won the 1904 prize named for Frederick John Gladman which was given to the best student that year at the college. Two years later she also became a qualified infant teacher. Hutton took over the leadership of Melbourne Girls' High School from Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Park And Lake
Albert Park is a large public park in the City of Port Phillip, an inner suburban local government in Australia, LGA of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Located south of the Melbourne central business district, the park encompasses of parkland around the long Albert Park Lake, a Y-shaped artificial lake used both for water sports and public recreation. The park is an important site for the sport in Victoria, sporting culture of Melbourne and Victoria, hosting multiple sports venues such as the Lakeside Stadium, the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and other indoor games and sports, indoor sports facilities, the Albert Park Yacht Club and Albert Sailing Club, the Albert Park Golf Course, a walking track around the lake, numerous cricket oval, ovals, and the Albert Park Circuit—home of the Australian Grand Prix since 1996 Australian Grand Prix, 1996. It occupies a trapezoid superblock (urban planning), superblock bordered by (clockwise from north) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macpherson Robertson
Sir Macpherson Robertson Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, KBE (6 September 185920 August 1945) was an Australian philanthropist, entrepreneur and founder of chocolate and confectionery company ''MacRobertson's''. He was also known for bringing the United States inventions of chewing gum and cotton candy (known in Australia as fairy floss) to Australia. Early life Macpherson Robertson was born in Ballarat, Victoria. He was the eldest of seven children of Macpherson David Robertson, a Scottish carpenter born in Uruguay, and his Irish wife, Margaret (née Browne). The family came to Ballarat in search of gold but fell on hard times, with the father abandoning them and moving to Fiji. In 1869, his mother returned to Leith, in Scotland, together with Macpherson, his three siblings and another child on the way. In Scotland, at the age of nine, Macpherson started working to support the family, eventually taking an apprenticeship with the Victoria Confectionery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
