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Korowa Anglican Girls' School

Field	Value
name	Korowa Anglican Girls' School
motto
motto_translation	No Reward Without Effort
established	1890
founder	Henrietta Akehurst
type	Private, single-sex day school
denomination	Anglican
slogan	Girls who are authentic, confident and strong.
principal	Frances Booth
chairman_label	Chair of Council
chairman	Catherine Robson
chaplain	Rev. Kirsten Winkett
city	Glen Iris
state	Victoria
country	Australia
coordinates
grades	Co-ed ELC 3 and 4 Year old.
gender	Co-ed ELC.
enrolment	~689
enrolment_as_of	2011
colours	Cherry

affiliation	Girls Sport Victoria
alumni_name	Korovians
homepage	www.korowa.vic.edu.au

Girls: Prep - 12. Girls Junior and Senior School.

Korowa Anglican Girls' School is a private, Anglican, day school, located in Glen Iris, Melbourne, Australia.

Established in Malvern in 1890, Korowa is a non-selective school and currently caters for approximately 800 students, offering a co-educational Early Learning Centre (three- and four-year-olds) and girls-only from Prep to Year 12. The school prepares students for the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).

The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),{{cite web |access-date=2008-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307010312/http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=3245 |archive-date=2008-03-07 |url-status=dead |access-date=2007-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007221048/http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au/profile/member.html |archive-date=2007-10-07

History

Korowa Anglican Girls' School was established in 1890, first in two houses in Valetta Street, Malvern and then in an old house in Pine Grove. In 1900, the school moved again, this time to a two-storey house in Wattletree Road. The school was registered as "School No.5" in 1906.

Korowa relocated to its current site in Glen Iris in 1914. The residence was the former property of the Hon. William Knox, MHR, who named the home "Ranfurlie", which is now reflected in the name of the crescent in which the school is located. The school was officially named "Corowa" in 1899, but later changed to Korowa to avoid confusion with the township of Corowa in 1890.

From 1910 to 1918, Korowa was a Presbyterian school for girls', then in 1919 was incorporated by the diocesan authorities as a Church of England grammar school. When the Diocese of Melbourne adopted the title "Anglican" instead of Church of England in 1982, it was decided that the church connection should be retained in the name, and the school has since been known as "Korowa Anglican Girls' School".

Principals

Period	Principal
1899–1905	Henrietta Akehurst
1906–1926	Ethel Akehurst
1927–1929	Enid Eastman
1930–1949	Margaret Dickson
1950–1969	Beatrice Guyett MBE (c)
1970–1990	Margaret McPherson
1991–2003	Roslyn Otzen
2003–2015	Christine Jenkins
2016–2021	Helen Carmody
2022	Narelle Umbers (interim)
2022–present	Frances Booth

House system

House	Named for	Colour
Akehurst (the founding house)	Ethel Akehurst (former principal and daughter of founder)	Grey
Clarke	Lowther Clarke (former archbishop of Melbourne, responsible for the inauguration of Korowa as a Church of England Grammar School)	Pink
Jamieson	Jean Jamieson MA (former senior mistress of staff)	Blue
Wilkinson	Wanda Wilkinson (former head prefect and former member of staff)	Cherry

Notable alumnae

All Korowa alumnae are members of the school's alumni association, the 'Korovian Club'. Korowa alumni number over 7000 members and every past student is automatically a lifetime member of the Korovian Club. The Korovian Club was founded in 1917 with the purpose of maintaining friendships and a connection with the school.

Some notable 'Korovians' include:

Eva Duldig, Tennis Player; played in Wimbledon, the Maccabiah Games, and in Fed Cup for Australia
Kerrie Engel, Paralympic Swimmer
Dorothy Gibson, Teacher, Communist, and Peace Activist
Bella Heathcote, Actress
Ann Liang, Author
Hannah MacDougall, Paralympic swimming medalist
Mary Owen, Activist
Sally Peers, Wimbledon junior doubles champion 2009
Marina Prior, Opera Singer
Pauline Neura Reilly, Author and ornithologist
Jenna Strauch, Swimmer and Olympian
Rowena Webster, Water Polo Player
Caroline Pitcher, CEO VicScren
Naomi Simson, Entrepreneur
Pam Barnes, Television Producer
Louise Siversen, Actress
Eli Giannini, Architecture and Director
Jaq Grantford, Artist and Writer
Jessica Au, Author
Caroline Brothers, Author

Notable faculty

Margaret Blackwood, botanist and geneticist
Slawa Duldig (1901–1975), Austrian-Australian inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher
Norma Redpath, sculptor
Jane Robinson, World Champion and Triple Olympian Rower
Shelley O'Donnell, Australian Netball Hall of Fame

References

(2011). "At a Glance". Korowa Anglican Girls' School.
(2007). "Korowa Anglican Girls' School". Association of Independent Schools of Victoria.
Butler, Jan. (2006). "Member Schools". The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia.
Chessell, Pam (1990). ''And, as we journey: A history of Korowa, Anglican Girls' School 1890-1990'', Coghill Publishing, Australia. {{ISBN. 0-949168-88-2.
"Meet Eva Duldig". Burwood Bulletin.
Murray-Smith, Nita. (1996). "Gibson, Dorothy (1899 - 1978)". Melbourne University Press.
Korowa Anglican Girls' School. (2 February 2021). "Congratulations to Ann Liang (Class of 2017 and Dux of the School) who has secured a book-deal with Inkyard/Harper Collins for her debut novel If You Could See The Sun.".
Dean, Casey. (2021-08-31). "Korowa offers General Excellence Sport Scholarship".

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