Adelaide High School
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Adelaide High School is a coeducational state high school
situated on the corner of West Terrace
and Glover Avenue in the Adelaide
Parklands. It is the first government high school in South Australia
. It now has an enrolment of approximately 1,200+ students.
, Catherine Helen Spence
and others created the Advanced School for Girls in Grote Street, Adelaide; the first public secondary school in South Australia. The school became the part of Adelaide High School in 1908, the same year the South Australian state high school system was launched. Adelaide High School was officially opened on 24 September 1908 by the premier of South Australia Thomas Price
. It was the first secondary school in the Commonwealth of Australia.
It started off as two schools, with a boys' and a girls' campus; though these combined in 1908. In 1927 it had an enrolment of 1,067, making it the largest school of its kind in the Commonwealth. By 1929, the school occupied two sites - one at Grote Street and another at Currie Street (now part of the Remand Centre). The current site of the school on West Terrace was originally set aside for an army barracks in 1849, but an Observatory was built instead in 1859. This became the Bureau of Meteorology in 1939.
Based on an award winning 1940 design, a new building was erected on the site from 1947 to 1951. An application was made to have the building listed as a Historic Building on the Australian Register of the National Estate. The nomination was on the basis of the building's "Art Modern" style and significance in Adelaide education, but had not led to the building's listing on the register as of 2007. The original Grote Street school buildings were listed on the register as Historic in 1980. As of 2007 they were used as a centre for the performing arts
.
Adelaide is part of the longest-running sporting exchanges with Melbourne High School and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
, both in Melbourne
. It competes in the Prefects Cup with Melbourne High.
, Japan, IT IS in Biella
, Italy, No. 3 Middle School Nankai, Chongqing
, China, Greensward College in Essex
, UK and 7th Gymnasio Junior High in Ioannina
, Greece. Every year there is an annual visit to Adelaide High by students from Asahi High School.
The house names are, Adey (Red), Macghey (Blue), Morriss (Green), and West (Yellow). Sporting events include the school swimming carnival and sports day.
Adelaide High School has a range of girls and boys sporting teams and offers special interest sporting programmes in Cricket and Rowing. They participate in games throughout the year in the lead up to the main events; for cricket the 5 Highs Cricket Carnival and rowing The annual Head of the river. Other Sporting trips are for the volleyball teams travelling to the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup.
Adelaide High has taken part in a sporting exchange with Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
and Melbourne High School since 1910 and it is the longest-running sporting exchange in the state. It is held in early Term 3 and one year the boys are in the Melbourne and the girls are in Adelaide and then the next year they swap. There are competitions in sports such as: Australian Rules football
, soccer, tennis
, rowing
, basketball
, netball
, softball
, chess
, debating, theatre sports, volleyball
, cross country and lacrosse
. Sports previously played against Melbourne were baseball
and field hockey
.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
situated on the corner of West Terrace
West Terrace, Adelaide
West Terrace is a street in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the western-most street of the Adelaide city centre. It ends at North Terrace and South Terrace, and connects to Port Road and Anzac Highway....
and Glover Avenue in the Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
Parklands. It is the first government high school in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. It now has an enrolment of approximately 1,200+ students.
History
In 1879 John Anderson HartleyJohn Anderson Hartley
John Anderson Hartley was an Australian educator.Hartley was the son of the Rev. John Hartley, governor of the Wesleyan College, Handsworth, Birmingham, and was born in Yorkshire, England. He was educated at the Woodhouse Grove School, near Bradford, , and University College, London, where he...
, Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician and leading suffragette. In 1897 she became Australia's first female political candidate after standing for the Federal Convention held in Adelaide...
and others created the Advanced School for Girls in Grote Street, Adelaide; the first public secondary school in South Australia. The school became the part of Adelaide High School in 1908, the same year the South Australian state high school system was launched. Adelaide High School was officially opened on 24 September 1908 by the premier of South Australia Thomas Price
Thomas Price
Thomas Price was a stonecutter, teacher, lay preacher, businessman, stonemason, clerk-of-works, union secretary, union president and politician...
. It was the first secondary school in the Commonwealth of Australia.
It started off as two schools, with a boys' and a girls' campus; though these combined in 1908. In 1927 it had an enrolment of 1,067, making it the largest school of its kind in the Commonwealth. By 1929, the school occupied two sites - one at Grote Street and another at Currie Street (now part of the Remand Centre). The current site of the school on West Terrace was originally set aside for an army barracks in 1849, but an Observatory was built instead in 1859. This became the Bureau of Meteorology in 1939.
Based on an award winning 1940 design, a new building was erected on the site from 1947 to 1951. An application was made to have the building listed as a Historic Building on the Australian Register of the National Estate. The nomination was on the basis of the building's "Art Modern" style and significance in Adelaide education, but had not led to the building's listing on the register as of 2007. The original Grote Street school buildings were listed on the register as Historic in 1980. As of 2007 they were used as a centre for the performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
.
Adelaide is part of the longest-running sporting exchanges with Melbourne High School and Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
, both in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. It competes in the Prefects Cup with Melbourne High.
Head Master / Principal
| Name | Years |
|---|---|
| William J. Adey | 1908–1920 |
| Reginald A. West | 1920–1948 |
| C.M. Ward | 1948 |
| A. E. Dinning | 1949–1954 |
| Wybert M. C. Symonds | 1954–1962 |
| A. H. Campbell | 1963–1968 |
| W. J. Bentley | 1969–1977 |
| Colin H. Brideson OAM Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"... |
1978–1987 |
| Peter Sanderson | 1988–1997 |
| Stephen Dowdy | 1998–2011 |
| Anita Zocchi | 2011 - Current |
Curriculum
Adelaide High School is especially known for being a Special Interest Language School. It offers its students seven different languages to study: Modern Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French, Spanish and German. The school is also a centre for the Hearing Impaired and as an Associate School for Students of High Intellectual Potential.Languages
Adelaide High School is a Special Interest Language School. Adelaide High School is currently a sister school to Asahi High School in OsakaOsaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Japan, IT IS in Biella
Biella
Biella is a town and comune in the northern Italian region of Piemonte, the capital of the province of the same name, with some 45,800 inhabitants as of 2009. It is located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 80 km west-northwest of Milan.It lies in the foothills of the Alps,...
, Italy, No. 3 Middle School Nankai, Chongqing
Chongqing
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
, China, Greensward College in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, UK and 7th Gymnasio Junior High in Ioannina
Ioannina
Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...
, Greece. Every year there is an annual visit to Adelaide High by students from Asahi High School.
Sport
The school has four House teams which students represent in sporting events in the school. The Houses take the names of past principals of the school.The house names are, Adey (Red), Macghey (Blue), Morriss (Green), and West (Yellow). Sporting events include the school swimming carnival and sports day.
Adelaide High School has a range of girls and boys sporting teams and offers special interest sporting programmes in Cricket and Rowing. They participate in games throughout the year in the lead up to the main events; for cricket the 5 Highs Cricket Carnival and rowing The annual Head of the river. Other Sporting trips are for the volleyball teams travelling to the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup.
Adelaide High has taken part in a sporting exchange with Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
and Melbourne High School since 1910 and it is the longest-running sporting exchange in the state. It is held in early Term 3 and one year the boys are in the Melbourne and the girls are in Adelaide and then the next year they swap. There are competitions in sports such as: Australian Rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
, soccer, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, rowing
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, debating, theatre sports, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, cross country and lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
. Sports previously played against Melbourne were baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
and field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
.
Facilities
Facilities that students at the school have access to include a resource centre, gymnasium, weights room, tennis, basketball and netball courts, performing arts centre, science labs and lecture theatres. The school also has a boatshed on the bank of the River Torrens which holds the school's many rowing boats and where the school’s rowing crews train.Notable staff and students
- Hugh CairnsHugh Cairns (surgeon)Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns was a British neurosurgeon.Hugh Cairns was born in Port Pirie, but came to Adelaide for his secondary education at Adelaide High School and tertiary education at the University of Adelaide...
, first Nuffield Professor of Surgery, Oxford University. - John Stuart Dowie, painter and sculptor
- Brian Ross MartinBrian Ross MartinBrian Ross Martin AO QC was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory from 2004 to 2010. He was sworn in as the Northern Territory's fifth Chief Justice on 27 January 2004 following the retirement of Brian Frank Martin.At the time of his appointment he was a judge of the...
, 5th Chief Justice of the Northern TerritoryChief Justice of the Northern TerritoryThe title of Chief Justice of the Northern Territory refers to the highest judicial position in the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory. The position is currently held by Trevor Riley.-History of the Chief Justice of the Northern Territory:... - Anne HaddyAnne HaddyAnne Haddy was an Australian film and television actress, best known for her role in the long-running soap opera, Neighbours.-Early and personal life:...
, actress best known for her role as Helen DanielsHelen DanielsHelen Daniels is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, portrayed by Anne Haddy. Following the death of Jim Robinson in 1993, she remained the only original character left in the series until her own death in 1997, making her the second longest-serving original character...
in NeighboursNeighboursNeighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
. - Simon Lewicki, aka Groove Terminator, electronic music artist
- Greig PickhaverGreig Pickhaveralt=Greig Pickhaver|thumb|In May 2010Greig Pickhaver AM is an actor, comedian and writer, who forms one half of the Australian sports comedy duo Roy and HG...
, aka H.G. Nelson, actor, comedian and writer - Mark OliphantMark OliphantSir Marcus 'Mark' Laurence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE, FRS was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played a fundamental role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and also the development of the atomic bomb.During his retirement, Oliphant was appointed as the Governor of...
, former Governor of South Australia; physicist and humanitarian - Lou VincentLou VincentLou Vincent is a professional New Zealand cricketer. He has represented New Zealand in Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Auckland in New Zealand domestic cricket and Worcestershire and Lancashire in English domestic cricket.-Early and...
, New Zealand Test cricketer - Shaun BurgoyneShaun BurgoyneShaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
, Port Adelaide Power footballer - Bob HankBob HankRobert W. "Bob" Hank is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League .Hank actually began his senior playing career with the wartime combination of West Torrens-Port Adelaide in 1944. He stepped smoothly in the West Torrens senior side next year when the...
, West Torrens FC and South Australian State Australian Rules Footballer, Dual Magarey MedalMagarey MedalFor the biography award of the same name, see Magarey Medal for biography. For a list of winners, see List of Magarey Medallists.The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football...
list - Neil PageNeil PageNeil Philip Page is a former Australian baseball representative. A left-hand starting pitcher, he regularly played for Australia from 1964 until 1977.-Career:Page was born in Adelaide, the son of Roy Page, a well-known local baseball identity...
, former Australian baseball representative/player - Sia FurlerSia FurlerSia Kate Isobelle Furler or simply Sia, is an Australian pop, downtempo, and jazz singer and songwriter. In 2000, her single, "Taken for Granted" was a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. Her 2008 album, Some People Have Real Problems peaked in the top 30 on the Billboard 200...
, Australian downtempo/pop singer
Further reading
- Adelaide High School Council (1983). Adelaide High School: 75th anniversary, 1908-1983 souvenir book. ISBN 0-9593880-2-8.