- Entry type: Organisation
- Entry ID: AWE4286
Ascham School
(From 1886 – )- Occupation Educational institution
Summary
Located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Ascham School is one of the oldest private girls’ schools in Australia.
The school was founded by Marie Wallis in 1886 with nine pupils in a Darling Point terrace. She named the school after Roger Ascham, tutor to England’s Queen Elizabeth I.
Ascham’s teaching is influenced by the Dalton Plan, a philosophy of learning which emphasises self-responsibility and independence. Developed in the United States of America, the Dalton Plan was introduced to Ascham by its longest serving headmistress, Margaret Bailey, in 1922.
Former pupils of Ascham include Linda Littlejohn and Virginia Clare Walker.
Published resources
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Resource
- Ascham School Website, Ascham School, 2009, http://www.ascham.nsw.edu.au/index.html
- Trove, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-568823
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Magazine
- Ascham charivari, Ascham School, http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn304018
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Walker, Virginia Clare (1938 - )
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Littlejohn, Emma Linda Palmer (1883 - 1949)
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Bailey, Margaret Ann Montgomery (1879 - 1955)
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Roseby, Gertrude Amy (1872 - 1971)
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Sawer, Marian (1946 - )
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Dale, Marguerite Ludovia (1883 - 1963)
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Gregory, Jennifer Anne (Jenny) (1946 - )
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Davies, Griselda Dorothea (Tommy) (1894 - 1931)
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Dunlop, Mary Paule (1893 - 1978)
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Walker, Virginia Clare (1938 - )
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