Asquith Girls High School

Asquith Girls High School
Asquith Girls High School
	Suburban
Colour(s)	Green and white
Website	asquithgir-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Asquith Girls High School, (abbreviated as AGHS) is a

single-sex secondary day school for girls, located on Stokes Avenue, Asquith, an upper north shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales

, Australia.

Established in 1959 to replace the Hornsby Home Science School, the school enrolled approximately 597 students in 2018, from

principal

is Elizabeth Amvrazis.

The school's brother school is the Asquith Boys High School.

History

In February 1958, the NSW Department of Education acquired a two-hectare (five-acre) site in eastern Asquith for a new girls high school to replace the Hornsby Home Science School (established 1947) that was destroyed with other school buildings on Peats Ferry Road in a bushfire in 1957.^[3] Asquith Girls High School officially commenced operation from 1 January 1959.^[4]^[5]

Principals

The following individuals have served as principal of Asquith Girls High School:

Ordinal	Officeholder	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
−	Alma Hamilton				^[6]
−	Kristine Needham		2006		^[7]
−	Jane Ferris	2006	2013	6–7 years
−	Elizabeth Amvrazis	2013	incumbent	10–11 years

Notable alumnae

Micky Green – pop singer

References

^ "Asquith Girls High - Cumberland". History of New South Wales government schools. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Asquith Girls High School, Asquith, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "NOTIFICATION OF RESUMPTION OF LAND UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT, 1912, AS AMENDED". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 26. New South Wales, Australia. 7 March 1958. p. 611. Retrieved 4 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 72. New South Wales, Australia. 25 July 1958. p. 2202. Retrieved 4 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Asquith Girls' High School, 1962". Hornsby Shire Recollects. Hornsby Shire Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ "THE MAGAZINE OF THE FORT STREET GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL" (PDF). Fort Street Girls High School. 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
^ "Asquith Girls High School". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

External links

Official website
NSW Department of Education School Finder – Asquith Girls High School
Asquith Girls High School P&C website

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[nswps-1] "Asquith Girls High - Cumberland". History of New South Wales government schools. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[myschool-2] "Asquith Girls High School, Asquith, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[3] "NOTIFICATION OF RESUMPTION OF LAND UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT, 1912, AS AMENDED". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 26. New South Wales, Australia. 7 March 1958. p. 611. Retrieved 4 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 72. New South Wales, Australia. 25 July 1958. p. 2202. Retrieved 4 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "Asquith Girls' High School, 1962". Hornsby Shire Recollects. Hornsby Shire Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[6] "THE MAGAZINE OF THE FORT STREET GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL" (PDF). Fort Street Girls High School. 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[7] "Asquith Girls High School". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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