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Sports Association For Adelaide Schools
The Sports Association for Adelaide Schools (formerly the Independent Schools Sports Association of South Australia or ISSA) is a group of schools in South Australia involved in sporting and cultural activities. Controversy The football competition came to media attention in March 2011 when it was reported that schools were offering scholarships to lure the top footballers from rival schools since the introduction of premiership tables. The scholarships ensured the players were obliged to play for their schools, rather than within the South Australian National Football League, SANFL, the peak football competition in South Australia. This issue came to further media attention in August 2013 when it was reported that Cory Gregson, a player within the Sacred Heart College, Adelaide, Sacred Heart first XVIII was not permitted to make his League debut with the Glenelg Football Club due to being a required player for his school team. Current member schools The current members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which includes some of the most arid parts of the continent, and with 1.8 million people. It is the fifth-largest of the states and territories by population. This population is the second-most highly centralised in the nation after Western Australia, with more than 77% of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 26,878. South Australia shares borders with all the other mainland states. It is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria (state), Victoria, and to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleeson College
Gleeson College is a Catholic secondary school in Golden Grove, South Australia. The college is named after the late Emeritus Archbishop of Adelaide, James William Gleeson and the motto "With one heart" derives from his serving for 10 years (1971–1981) on the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (that is "One Heart"). The campus comprises three secondary schools, Gleeson, Golden Grove High School (State) and Pedare Christian College (Anglican / Uniting Church) linked by a central common resource area. Year 11 and 12 students are able to study at the other schools. This campus was visited by Federal Labor Leader Kevin Rudd immediately after his announcement of the current Labor education policy of creating shared facilities at close-together state, Catholic, and/or independent schools. This policy may have been encouraged by the success of the Golden Grove Secondary Campus. Its current principal is Joe Corbo. Campus Located in the Golden Grove area, Gleeson College encompasses a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Park, South Australia
Flinders Park is a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt. History The suburb is named after explorer Matthew Flinders, with many of its streets bearing the names of famous explorers. Geography Flinders Park is bound by Grange Road to the north, the River Torrens to the south, Findon Rd to the west and Torres Ave and its extension southwards to the River Torrens, on the east. Demographics The 2021 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 5,489 persons in Flinders Park on census night. Of these, 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. The majority of residents (70.9%) are of Australian birth, with other common census responses being India (4.2%), Italy (3.4%), England (2.1%), Greece (1.9%), and China (1.0%). Additionally, people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent made up 0.9% of the suburb. In terms of religious affiliation, 31.4% attributed themselves to being irreligious, 27.9% of residents att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazareth Catholic College, Adelaide
The Nazareth Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational primary and secondary day school located across four campuses in suburban Adelaide: a primary school campus in , a middle school campus (7-9) in , a Year 10 campus in Underdale, and a senior school campus (11-12) in ,in South Australia, Australia The college was established in January 2007 with the amalgamation of Siena College (Findon), Cardinia Catholic School (Flinders Park), Mater Christi School ( Seaton), and Our Lady of the Manger School (Findon). History Nazareth Catholic College was established in January 2007 with the amalgamation of three neighboring Catholic primary schools and Siena College. At the time of its inception in 2007 the Secondary College consisted of a predominantly female population, as the Secondary College had previously been Siena College, a school for girls. In 2011 the first co-educational cohort of Year 12 students graduated from the college. As an essentially new co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modbury, South Australia
Modbury is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Tea Tree Gully. Modbury is located at the end of the Adelaide O-Bahn and is home to the Tea Tree Plaza shopping complex and Modbury Hospital. It was named Modbury by R. S. Kelly, on 1 September 1840, after his native town in Devonshire. History Robert Simon Kelly purchased Upper Dry Creek in 1842, naming his home, trehele, later referred to as Treehill, but generally known as Modbury Farm, the Modbury hotel, initially known by the name Modbury, is widely believed to have been constructed as a two story establishment by Robert Kelly, a tradesman, in September 1858, William Stoneham sought approval from the district council for a general license to operate a public house under the name Modbury Hotel, while Stoneham obtained the first license, ownership remained with Robert Kelly. Mr. Kelly's efforts eventually led to the emergence of the Modbury village in 1857, after he encouraged its development on his land, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modbury High School
Modbury High School is a government school in the north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It borders Modbury South Primary School and is in close proximity to Ardtornish Primary School. School enrolment currently has over 700 students for year levels seven to twelve. History The school was opened in 1965 to cater for the large population increase in the area. The school initially opened with 97 students (all of whom in Year 8) and 7 teachers with the first graduating class in 1970. During the population boom of 1970s Australia, the school's enrolment figure reached 1383 students. In 1978, a new multi-story structure was built housing the current library and flexible units. Two years later the school's music suite was built, housing four practice rooms, one classroom, and a soundproofed rehearsal room. In the beginning of the 1980s, the school had a collective fundraiser to raise money to construct a gymnasium. It was completed during the 1983 school year and is now a prominent lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, South Australia
Springfield is a green and hilly inner-southern suburb of the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It is located in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, around south-east of the Adelaide city centre. The suburb is part of the hills-face zone, with sweeping views over the Adelaide plains. Springfield is an affluent area containing many of South Australia's most valuable residential properties. Springfield is bounded to the North by the suburbs of Kingswood and Netherby, to the west by Torrens Park and Mitcham, to the south by Mitcham and Brown Hill Creek, and to the east by Leawood Gardens and Urrbrae. History Situated on the east side of the Mitcham district, the land was first purchased from the crown in 1841 by Richard F. Newland, manager of the Bank of Australasia. By 1870, Charles B. Hardy was making extensive additions to a residence named "Springfield", laying out extensive gardens and adding to the acreage of the estate. Fifty years ago, the area was purc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes College (Adelaide)
Mercedes College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational primary and High day school located in the Adelaide inner-south suburb of Springfield, South Australia, Australia. Established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1954 as a boarding school for girls, it is now a co-educational day school. Mercedes is an International Baccalaureate (IB) school, and offers the PYP, MYP, and IB Diploma programmes as well as the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE). History The school was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1954. The purchase of the site at Springfield brought to fruition the dream of finding a healthier environment for the girls' boarding school until that time part of Saint Aloysius College in Angas Street, Adelaide. With the eighty boarders on opening day were sixty day scholars, mostly girls but with a group of boys in the infant section. After twenty-one years the boarding school was phased out when rising costs and a decline in the rural economy mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marryatville, South Australia
Marryatville is a small suburb about east of Adelaide CBD, Adelaide's central business district, in the local council area of City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. Comprising low- to medium-density housing, two large schools, a church and several shops, it also has two creeks running through it. The first European settler on the land was George Brunskill in 1839, with part of the land purchased and laid out as a village in 1848 by James Philcox. Location The suburb is bounded by Portrush Road in the west, Kensington Road to the north, Tusmore Avenue to the east, and Alnwick Terrace/Romney Road to the south. Along with neighbouring Heathpool, South Australia, Heathpool to the south and Kensington, South Australia, Kensington to the north, it is part of the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters (NPSP) council area, adjoining the City of Burnside suburbs Leabrook, South Australia, Leabrook and Toorak Gardens, South Australia, Toorak Gardens on the eastern and western sides. Creeks Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marryatville High School
Marryatville High School (MHS) is a public state secondary school in Adelaide, South Australia. The school is situated on a large area of land in the eastern suburb of Marryatville, part of the City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters. First Creek cuts through the school grounds and large gum trees line the property. The school was founded in 1976 during the Dunstan era, from the amalgamation of the Norwood Boys' Technical High School and the Kensington & Norwood Girls' High School. History Marryatville High School's roots go back to 1877, moving through several incarnations until its naming in 1976 as a co-educational high school: Norwood Model School (1877–1942) The Norwood Model School was opened on the east side of Osmond Terrace (between the Parade and Beulah Road) in response to the 1875 Act which provided for State funding of school buildings and compulsory education for children aged 7 to 13. With the establishment of Norwood High School in 1910, it continued as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novar Gardens, South Australia
Novar Gardens is an inner south-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of West Torrens. Originally to be called Morphettville, the name was changed to honour the family estate of Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar, Governor-General of Australia from 1914 to 1920, who visited the site of the future suburb in 1919. On his return to Britain, Munro Ferguson was created 1st Viscount Novar. The historic Cummins House in Sheoak Avenue is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. Sport Novar Gardens has a significant sporting presence, with the Camden Oval, which hosts the PHOS Camden Football Club, the Camden Sports Complex, which hosts the West Torrens Birkalla SC and the Immanuel College, Adelaide sports centre. The Camden Oval once had a motorcycle speedway track around it from 28 December 1935 to 1941. The venue hosted the Australian Solo Championship The Australian Individual Speedway Championship historically known as the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immanuel College, Adelaide
Immanuel College is a Lutheran school in Novar Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia – a co-educational day and boarding school from Year 7 to 12, offering the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. Established in 1895, the college is a school of the Lutheran Church of Australia. It is the only Lutheran college in Adelaide that has boarders. Its sister schools include Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Gymnasium in Windsbach, Germany and Kyushu Lutheran College in Kumamoto, Japan. History Immanuel College was founded by Pastor Georg Leidig in 1895 at Point Pass (north of Eudunda, east of the Clare Valley), before its subsequent move to North Adelaide in 1921.Leidig, Ludwig. Bombshell. sbpra 2013. During WWII, the buildings were required by the air force, and the college was forced to temporarily move to North Walkerville for the period 1942–1946. Pastor Leidig's eldest son Paul taught there from 1950 until 1956. In 1949, land at Novar Gardens was acquired from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
