Mackellar Girls Campus

Northern Beaches Secondary College
Mackellar Girls Campus
Address
Campbell Parade
Manly Vale
Australia
Coordinates 33°46′55″S 151°16′20″E / 33.781979°S 151.272222°E / -33.781979; 151.272222Coordinates: 33°46′55″S 151°16′20″E / 33.781979°S 151.272222°E / -33.781979; 151.272222
Information
Type Government
Motto In honour bound
Established 1968
Principal Ms Christine Del Gallo
Staff 80 +[1]
Grades 7–12
Gender Girls
Enrolment 1252 (2015)[2]
Campus type Suburban
Colour(s) blue, red, white
Website www.nbscmgirls-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Mackellar Girls Campus is a public, girls-only high school for students years 7–12 in Manly Vale, New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the Northern Beaches Secondary College, a five-campus college across Sydney's Northern Beaches, formed in 2003. It is generally considered to be the 'sister school' to Balgowlah Boys Campus, another school within the college.

It was formerly known as Manly Vale High School, and then became Mackellar Girls High School until 2003 when it gained its current name after the famous Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar. Under the name Manly Vale High School, the school was believed to have been reinvented as a girls Home Economics school in 1967 upon the thought of creating strong and diligent girls to enter the work-force. The exact history of Mackellar as a school is not well-known, but it is believed to have been a school prior to 1967, rather as a co-ed school.

It was ranked as the third top comprehensive girls' school in New South Wales in 2015.[3] It was 116th in the state HSC rankings in 2015.[4]

Houses

As with most Australian schools, Mackellar has a house system to facilitate school based competitions and activities. House activities include athletics, swimming carnivals and other sport related events. The school currently has four houses created based on the Aboriginal meanings for Australian native birds:

  • Beabau "King Parrot" – Blue
  • Gullary "White Crane" – Green
  • Moolgori "Black Swan" – Red
  • Tingee "Black Cockatoo" – Yellow [5]

Notable students

  • Layne Beachley, professional surfer, 7 time World Champion.
  • Elka Graham, Olympic swimmer, TV presenter
  • Debbie Watson- Olympic Water Polo player, captained the Olympic winning Australian Waterpolo team (2000)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "MySchool - Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  2. ↑ "MySchool - Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  3. ↑ "Better Education - Top Public High School Rankings". Better Education Pty Ltd. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  4. ↑ "Better Education - HSC School Ranking - 2015". Better Education Pty Ltd. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  5. ↑ "Sport at MGC - NBSC Mackellar Girls Campus". Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus. Retrieved 2018-02-01.


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