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88-593: The Armidale School (abbreviated as TAS ) is an independent Anglican co-educational early learning , primary and secondary day and boarding school , located in Armidale , New South Wales, Australia. Administration of the schools is formalised as a company limited by guarantee that operates under the Corporations Act . Founded in 1894 as the New England Proprietary School, The Armidale School has

176-674: A Bush Firefighting (BF) qualification. The activity is carried out in conjunction with the Dumaresq Brigade of the NSW Rural Fire Service New England Zone and at the RFS' Armidale Fire Training Centre. Surf life saving commenced at TAS in 1967, as a service component for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme introduced at the school earlier that year. For the first few years, the boys did their training at Nambucca Heads , and during

264-525: A decline of almost one-third, 32 per cent. Those figures represented 17.1% and 9.8% respectively of the census populations, a decline of 42%. In 2016, the Journal of Anglican Studies stated that of approximately 3.1 million with an Anglican affiliation, the number of active baptised members was 437,880 – about 14%. The steep decline in church membership and attendance has mirrored the experience in many first-world, mostly post-modern nations. One explanation for

352-508: A gay priest in a same-sex partnership to a Gippsland parish." The Anglican Diocese of Sydney , the largest of the country, has expressed its opposition to same-sex unions and has been involved in the Anglican realignment as a member of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans . However, many clergy and bishops support same-sex unions. The Wangaratta and Ballarat dioceses have voted to support

440-701: A heightened emphasis on the sacraments and were introduced by younger clergy trained in England and inspired by the Oxford and Anglo-Catholic movements. The church's women and its upper and middle class parishes were most supportive, overcoming the reluctance of some of the men. The changes were widely adopted by the 1920s, making the Church of England more self-consciously "Anglican" and distinct from other Protestant churches. Controversy erupted, especially in New South Wales, between

528-550: A large English parish church and built between 1874 and 1884. St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne , from a foundation stone laid in 1880, is a Melbourne landmark. It was designed by the distinguished English architect William Butterfield in Gothic Transitional . Tasmania is home to a number of significant colonial Anglican buildings including those located at Australia's best preserved convict era settlement, Port Arthur . According to 19th century notions of prisoner reform,

616-469: A mix of historic and modern buildings, all of which reflect design elements of the outstanding original building designed by noted architect Sir John Sulman in 1892. Other notable buildings are the 1902 Chapel, designed by Cyril Blacket, and the War Memorial Assembly Hall, which features three magnificent stained glass windows designed by Napier Waller . The facilities of the school include

704-533: A motion at their General Synod on 7 September 2017, condemning the Scottish Episcopal Church decision to approve same-sex marriage as "contrary to the doctrine of our church and the teaching of Christ", and declaring itself in "impaired communion" with the province. It also expressed "support for those Anglicans who have left or will need to leave (...) because of its redefinition of marriage and those who struggle and remain", and presented their prayers for

792-670: A non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 640 students, including 250 boarders from Years 6 to 12. TAS has classes of students in Pre-Kindergarten (4 years old), Junior School for children in Kindergarten to Year 5 which offers the IB Primary Years Programme , a Middle School for those in Years 6 to 8 and a Senior School from Years 9 to 12 (18 years old). In 1992, The Armidale School became

880-736: A prominent role in welfare and education since Colonial times, when First Fleet chaplain Richard Johnson was credited by one convict as "the physician both of soul and body" during the famine of 1790 and was charged with general supervision of schools. Today the church remains a significant provider of social welfare with organisations working in education, health, missionary work, social welfare and communications. Welfare organisations include Anglicare and Samaritans . The Anglicare network comprises 9000 volunteers beyond paid staff, who assisted some 940,000 Australians in 2016 in areas such as emergency relief, aged care, family support and assistance for

968-712: A regular basis between their schools. Students and staff also have the opportunity to participate in local and international community service projects and conferences. Alumnus of The Armidale School are referred to generally as Old Armidalians, Old Boys or Old Girls (following the introduction of co-education in 2015) and may elect to join the schools' alumni association , the Old Armidalians' Union (formerly TAS Old Boys' Union). Some notable Old Armidalians include: Anglican Church in Australia [REDACTED] The Anglican Church of Australia , originally known as

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1056-517: A school Poll Hereford stud which exhibits cattle at local and regional agricultural shows . Annual theatrical productions are staged in the School's Hoskins Centre theatre; previous productions include The Addams Family (2018), Oliver! (2019), Wizard of Oz (2019), Sweeney Todd (2020), Rhinoceros (2022) and Legally Blonde (2023). It is an expectation of TAS that all students must commit to at least 20 hours of community service per year, both in

1144-465: A swimming carnival and an athletics carnival once a year, with students participating in inter-house competition. Boarding students compete for either Abbott, Croft or Tyrrell house, while day students are members of Broughton, Green or Ross houses. Broughton was originally a boarding house; Green and Ross were inaugurated in 1983 by Prince Edward , during a private visit to the school. Inter-house competitions are also held for debating, public speaking, and

1232-496: A variety of sports including: athletics , basketball, canoeing , cricket , cross country , hockey , mountain biking , netball , rugby union , rifle shooting , soccer, squash , rowing , swimming, tennis, triathlon , volleyball and water polo . In April each year, the school hosts more than 40 school and club teams at the TAS Rugby Carnival, the largest primary-aged rugby carnival in Australia. The school also holds

1320-534: Is by far the largest diocese: in 2011, its 58,300 weekly attenders accounted for 37.6 per cent of the Anglican Church's weekly attendance, and in 2015, the diocese's 688 active clergy accounted for 28.1 per cent of the active clergy across the church. Broughton Publishing is the church's national publishing arm. The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council (NATSIAC) appoints two Indigenous bishops for national work with indigenous people:

1408-586: Is set on a sandstone base and built of face brick with the walls articulated by brick piers. Sydney's Anglican cathedral, St Andrew's , was consecrated in 1868 from foundations laid in the 1830s. Largely designed by Edmund Thomas Blacket in the Perpendicular Gothic style reminiscent of English cathedrals. Blacket also designed St Saviour's Cathedral in Goulburn , based on the Decorated Gothic style of

1496-657: The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) located outside of the Sydney metropolitan area . The Armidale School was founded in 1894 as a boarding school primarily for the sons of the gentry , however the origins of the school can be traced to 1838, when Patrick Grant, a magistrate at Maitland , conceived the idea of a proprietary school for boys in the Hunter Valley . This idea

1584-478: The British Empire . The Australian Constitution of 1901 provided for freedom of religion . Australian society was predominantly Anglo-Celtic, with 40% of the population being Anglican. In the early years of the 20th century the Church of England transformed itself in its patterns of worship, in the internal appearances of its churches, and in the forms of piety recommended by its clergy. The changes represented

1672-702: The Church of England in Australia and Tasmania , is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the worldwide Anglican Communion . It is the second largest church in Australia after the Roman Catholic Church . For much of Australian history since the arrival of the First Fleet in January 1788, the church was the largest religious denomination. In recent times, however, Anglicanism in Australia has mirrored

1760-522: The Diocese of Sydney voted to declare the church to be in a state of "deep breach of fellowship" as a result of the division. The diocese vowed to provide support for orthodox Anglicans both within the Anglican Church of Australia and the breakaway Diocese of the Southern Cross. Since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the Anglican Church of Australia had been the largest religious denomination until

1848-479: The Diocese of The Murray ordained its first female deacon, becoming the last diocese to ordain women to the diaconate. In August 2017, the Anglicans of Western Australia elected the Anglican Church of Australia's first female archbishop, Kay Goldsworthy. In a statement representing a conservative and complementarian view, Bishop Gary Nelson said that Archbishop Goldsworthy "would not be recognised in her new role" as

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1936-448: The Diocese of the Southern Cross , established as a company, became the first Anglican diocese in Australia to form outside the Anglican Church of Australia. Opening Ceremony A ribbon cutting is a ceremonial event to mark the opening of a new business or a newly renovated business location. It typically involves cutting a ribbon with giant scissors , speeches and presentations by local officials and business owners, and tours of

2024-519: The Model Prison incorporates a grim chapel, into which prisoners in solitary confinement were shepherded to listen (in individual enclosures) to the preacher's Sunday sermon – their only permitted interaction with another human being. Adelaide, the capital of South Australia has long been known as the City of Churches and its St Peter's Anglican Cathedral is a noted city landmark. The oldest building in

2112-607: The National Council of Churches in Australia . Since 1 January 1962 the Australian church has been autocephalous and headed by its own primate . On 24 August 1981 the church officially changed its name from the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania to the Anglican Church of Australia. Although the Book of Common Prayer remains the official standard for Anglican belief and worship in Australia, An Australian Prayer Book (AAPB)

2200-554: The 10 acres (4 ha) obtained in 1889. The foundation stone of the main building, designed by noted architect Sir John Sulman , was laid on 22 February 1893, by the Governor of New South Wales , the Rt. Hon. Victor Albert George, Earl of Jersey . The Opening Ceremony was performed by the Rt. Rev Arthur Vincent Green , Bishop of Grafton and Armidale on 15 May 1894. The name of the company and School

2288-507: The 14 km City to Surf footrace in Sydney, and the 111 km overnight Hawkesbury Canoe Classic . Other events that are recognised for the award include Tour de Rocks, a 255 km charity cycle ride from Armidale to South West Rocks . Those who complete three in the one year are awarded the Gold Triple Crown. TAS is a member of Round Square , an international organisation of more than 200 schools worldwide which subscribes to

2376-403: The 1986 census, after which Roman Catholics outnumbered Anglicans by an increasing margin. The percentage of Anglican affiliation peaked in 1921 at 43.7%, and the number of persons indicating Anglican affiliation in an Australian census peaked in 1991 at 4,018,779. In the 2011 census, 3,679,907 people nominated their religious affiliation as Anglican. Ten years later, the total was 2,496,273 –

2464-583: The 1990s, with Yamba SLSC . Currently the relationship is with Sawtell SLSC, where students spend several days during the year and then an intensive week of training and assessment in November. Students are instructed in inshore boat rescue – crewing, patient pick-ups and assessment, related signals, radio, equipment and safety; first aid – CPR ; board rescues, tube rescues, patient care, patient carries, etc. This program culminates in an examination for their RLSSA Surf Life Saving Bronze Medallion . As part of

2552-465: The 20th century. Since 1985 the church has permitted the ordination of women on a diocesan basis. The first woman to be ordained was Marion Macfarlane , ordained to the "Female Diaconate" in 1884 in the Diocese of Melbourne. In 1992, the first women were ordained as priests , initially in the Diocese of Perth and then around the country. In 2008, the Diocese of Perth consecrated the first female bishop,

2640-583: The 60 years after the war, including more than a million Roman Catholics. Unlike other churches, the Anglican Church of Australia does not publish churchwide attendance statistics. In 2011, the National Church Life Survey estimated that 155,000 Australians attended an Anglican church weekly, down from 191,600 in 1991. However, the church does tabulate figures on clergy, which are used to allocate diocesan representation at General Synod. In 2015, there were 2,441 active bishops, priests and deacons in

2728-608: The Agape AIDS Orphanage near Chang Mai . Other service offerings have included a visit to helping indigenous boys and girls at Yipirinya School in Alice Springs , Northern Territory . Locally, for more than a decade senior TAS students have participated in a lunchtime reading and play program with the neighbouring Minimbah Primary School, an independent school in east Armidale with a predominantly Indigenous student enrolment. Other student-led initiatives include donating blood to

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2816-520: The Anglican and other Christian churches of Australia have been active in ecumenical activity. The Australian Committee for the World Council of Churches was established in 1946 by the Anglican and mainline Protestant churches. The movement evolved and expanded with Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches later joining and by 1994 the Roman Catholic Church was also a member of the national ecumenical body,

2904-509: The Brisbane diocese. She shared that the bishops and leaders of the Diocese of Brisbane "have assisted in arrangements for enabling [her] public recognition of gender." Inkpin, who is married to the Revd Penny Jones, one of the first female priests ordained in Australia, is the first openly transgender priest in Australia. The State Library of Queensland interviewed Inkpin and her wife about

2992-544: The Diocese of Grafton in New South Wales). The church remains a major provider of education and welfare services in Australia. It provides chaplains to the Australian Defence Force , hospitals, schools, industry and prisons. Senior clergy such as Peter Jensen , former Archbishop of Sydney, have a high profile in discussions on a diverse range of social issues in contemporary national debates. In recent times

3080-1058: The Michael Hoskins Creative Arts Centre, which incorporates a 240-seat performing arts theatre, drama classrooms and visual arts studios. The centre is used by various local and visiting performing arts organisations including as the 'home' of the Armidale Drama & Music Society. Other facilities include a heated indoor swimming pool, rifle range , cattle stud , chapel, gymnasium, library, music centre, computer rooms, climbing wall , weights room, an indoor cricket centre, several indoor and outdoor basketball courts , seven tennis courts, rugby and soccer fields, and cricket wickets. TAS currently has six school boarding houses , named Abbott, Croft, Dangar, Tyrrell, and White, and an as yet unnamed 64-bed girls' boarding house which opened its doors in 2018. The senior boys' boarding houses (Abbott, Croft and Tyrrell) each accommodate up to 60 students, with 10 to 15 boys in each year group. In

3168-467: The NSW Red Cross Blood Bank and support raising awareness for mental health most recently through not-for-profit social agency, Batyr. The Armidale School is one of the nine members of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (GPS) and participates in some GPS sporting competitions as well as several non-GPS or traditional sports. TAS students may participate in

3256-683: The National Aboriginal Bishop (currently Chris McLeod ) is based in South Australia (as an assistant bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide ); while the National Torres Strait Islander Bishop (currently vacant) is based at Thursday Island, Queensland (as an assistant bishop of the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland ). Gloria Shipp was the first woman elected Chair of NATSIAC. Anglicans have played

3344-790: The Perth motion. In 2015, the Bishop of Wangaratta endorsed same-sex marriage legislation and some diocesan clergy offered to perform gay marriages when allowed to do so. In the Diocese of Grafton , former bishop Sarah Macneil took an affirming stance. Bishop Greg Thompson of the Diocese of Newcastle had taken a stance in favour of gay rights. In 2015, an arm of the Anglican Church in Southern Queensland voted in favour of same-sex civil unions. Also, Bishop Kay Goldsworthy appointed an openly gay and partnered priest to another post. In response,

3432-568: The Rt Revd Kay Goldsworthy . In 2014, the Diocese of Grafton consecrated and installed the first female diocesan bishop, the Rt Revd Sarah Macneil . Bishop Kay Goldsworthy became the second female diocesan bishop when she was enthroned as bishop of Gippsland then in 2018 she was installed as Archbishop of Perth. The dioceses of Sydney , North West Australia and formerly The Murray did not ordain women as priests. In 2017,

3520-590: The Scottish Episcopal Church for its acceptance of same-sex marriage as well as an additional resolution calling for the church in Australia "to have a series of conversations on its understanding of sexuality". Also in 2017, the Diocese of Perth in Western Australia elected Bishop Kay Goldsworthy as its archbishop. Goldsworthy said that she supports an "inclusive" approach to same-sex marriage. "Archbishop Goldsworthy revealed that she had voted Yes in

3608-513: The Sydney synod passed a resolution criticising the actions of the Dioceses of Gippsland and Wangaratta, and declaring a break "of collegiality and fellowship" with the dioceses. In 2016, the Bishop of Ballarat declared his support for same-sex marriage. In April 2016, a parish in the Diocese of Perth blessed the union of a same-sex couple. At its general synod in 2017, a resolution was passed criticising

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3696-511: The TAS Cadet band operates for the annual cadet unit passing out parade. In 1970 TAS became the first school in NSW to offer bush firefighter training, originally as part of the service component for the school's Duke of Edinburgh Award . The school's RFS program aims to produce students who are competent in aspects of bush firefighting , and who take an active role in helping their community by obtaining

3784-486: The appointment of William Tyrrell , as the first Bishop of Newcastle in 1846. The property was passed on to Tyrrell, and in 1854 the land was resumed by the Hunter River Railway Company. By 1877, the school had still not been established, and Bishop Tyrrell began to push the matter further. Subsequently, a plan was drawn up and land selected at Blandford, near Murrurundi . In 1881, it was determined that

3872-412: The blessing of same-sex civil unions. The dioceses of Wangaratta and Newcastle have approved of blessing rites for same-sex marriages. Blessings for same-sex unions are also permitted in the Diocese of Brisbane . In 2012, the Diocese of Gippsland appointed an openly partnered gay priest. In 2013, the Diocese of Perth voted in favour of recognising same-sex unions. Archbishop Roger Herft vetoed

3960-487: The blessing of same-sex relationships and supported "recognition of lifelong friendships between two homosexuals which would give them the same legal status as a heterosexual married couple". A spokesman for Phillip Aspinall , the Archbishop of Brisbane, stated that "In effect it is an undertaking not to ordain, license, authorise or appoint persons whom the bishop knows to be in a sexual relationship outside of marriage." At

4048-399: The church experienced a split when some conservatives formed the breakaway Diocese of the Southern Cross . It is led by a former Archbishop of Sydney , Glenn Davies . The split was principally caused over same sex marriage among other issues. This diocese is backed by the current Archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel , and the Bishop of Tasmania , Richard Condie . In September 2022,

4136-460: The church has encouraged its leaders to talk on such issues as indigenous rights; international security; peace and justice; and poverty and equity. The current primate is Geoffrey Smith , Archbishop of Adelaide , who commenced in the role on 7 April 2020 after Philip Freier stepped down on 31 March 2020. Like other religious groups, the church has come under criticism in light of cases of sexual abuse by clergy and others. On 16 August 2022,

4224-562: The church, up from 2,340 in 1991. The Australian church consists of twenty-three dioceses arranged into five provinces (except for Tasmania ) with the metropolitical sees in the states' capital cities. Anglican clergy are concentrated in Australia's major cities, with the five metropolitical dioceses accounting for 64 per cent of active clergy. When adding the mixed urban and rural dioceses of Canberra and Goulburn, Newcastle, Northern Territory and Tasmania, urban areas account for 79 per cent of active clergy. The evangelical Diocese of Sydney

4312-665: The city of Canberra is the picturesque St John the Baptist Church in Reid, consecrated in 1845. This church long predates the city of Canberra and is not so much representative of urban design as it is of the Bush chapels which dot the Australian landscape and stretch even into the far Outback . A number of notable Victorian era chapels and edifices were also constructed at church schools across Australia. Along with community attitudes to religion, church architecture changed significantly during

4400-403: The creative arts. The Armidale School has a leadership, service and adventure program which has an emphasis on outdoor education and is designed to develop a sense of responsibility and self-confidence through activities such as abseiling , whitewater kayaking and bivouacs . Outdoor education activities in which students may participate in, include the following: Founded in 1898 and one of

4488-735: The current diocese or have formed other Anglican churches: The church is a member of the Christian Conference of Asia . The Anglican Diocese of Sydney has been a leading name in the Anglican realignment , since they first opposed the sexuality policies of the Episcopal Church of the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada . Archbishop Peter Jensen attended the first Global Anglican Future Conference , in June 2008, in Jerusalem , and

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4576-600: The first school in Australia to provide internet access for its students. The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), and is one of only three Round Square schools in the state of New South Wales. TAS is also the only member of

4664-560: The first three decades of settlement and Roman Catholic convicts were compelled to attend Church of England services and their children and orphans were raised by the authorities as Anglicans. The Church of England lost its legal privileges in the Colony of New South Wales by the Church Act of 1836 . Drafted by the reformist attorney-general John Plunkett , the act established legal equality for Anglicans, Roman Catholics and Presbyterians and

4752-434: The general synod. The first Church of England edifice was built in the colony of New South Wales in 1793. Today, most towns in Australia have at least one Christian church. One of Australia's oldest Anglican churches is St James' Church in Sydney, built between 1819 and 1824. The historic church was designed by Governor Macquarie 's architect, Francis Greenway – a former convict – and built with convict labour. The church

4840-405: The homeless. There are around 145 Anglican schools in Australia , providing for more than 105,000 children. Church schools range from low-fee, regional and special needs schools to high-fee leading independent schools such as Geelong Grammar (whose alumni include Charles III and Rupert Murdoch ) and The Kings School in Sydney. Anglican Schools Australia is the national schools network of

4928-442: The intersection of gender, faith, religion and identity for their "Dangerous Women" podcast. Controversy over LGBT issues caused a split from the church in 2022: a former Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies , alongside two congregations, left the Anglican Church of Australia to form the newly-formed Diocese of the Southern Cross which is affiliated to the conservative Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (GAFCON). The split

5016-414: The jurisdiction of the Bishop of Calcutta , Reginald Heber . William Grant Broughton , who succeeded Scott in 1829, was consecrated the first (and only) "Bishop of Australia" in 1836. In early Colonial times, the Church of England clergy worked closely with the governors . Richard Johnson , a chaplain, was charged by the governor, Arthur Phillip , with improving "public morality" in the colony, but he

5104-418: The largest Christian denomination until the 1986 census. After World War II , the ethnic and cultural mix of Australia diversified and Anglicanism gave way to Roman Catholicism as the largest denomination. The number of Anglicans attending regular worship began to decline in 1959 and figures for occasional services (baptisms, confirmations, weddings and funerals) started to decline after 1966. In recent times,

5192-485: The legislation. In 1992, 90 women were ordained in the Anglican Church of Australia and two others who had been ordained overseas were recognised. After decades of debate the issue of women's ordination, particularly as bishops, continues to divide traditionalists and reformers within the church. As of November 2013 five dioceses had not ordained women as priests and two had not ordained women as deacons. The most recent diocese to vote in favour of ordaining women as priests

5280-532: The local and wider community. Year 8 students may volunteer for a service trip to St Christopher's orphanage in Fiji, where they participate in the upkeep and daily maintenance of the orphanage and establish friendships with the children. In the past, a similar Christian service trip has been offered to Year 10 and 11 students to Thailand , assisting at the McKean Leprosy Rehabilitation Centre and

5368-640: The longest-running cadet units in Australia, the TAS Cadet Unit is part of the Australian Army Cadet Corps . This activity is compulsory for students in Years 8 to 10, and is voluntary for Years 11 onwards. It involves drill and ceremonial work, and Outward Bound training. A Ceremonial Guard provides a catafalque party each year at Anzac Day and Remembrance Day services in Armidale and at school, and

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5456-470: The lower years boys are accommodated in dormitories , and as they progress through the school are moved into private study/bedrooms. Middle School boys are accommodated in White House, while Middle School girl boarders reside in Dangar House, the school's original primary school. Co-curricular activities available to TAS students include: Debating and public speaking , drama, band, orchestra, choirs , art, photography, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme , and

5544-448: The metropolitan for the province. In June 2023 the Synod of The Murray voted to allow the ordination of women as priests and on 12 August 2023, Bishop Keith Dalby ordained three women and one man to the priesthood. Of the 23 Anglican dioceses in Australia, only two have never ordained women to the priesthood: the Diocese of Sydney and the Diocese of North West Australia . The Diocese of Armidale does not generally ordain women to

5632-430: The new facilities. Members of the local community often attend the event, the local chapter of the chamber of commerce , the media, and other guests. It is seen as a celebration of the business and the community it serves. The ritual originated in the ancient ceremony to open the Cloth Fair at Bartholomew the Great , London . Since 1133 , the Lord Mayor of London would open the fair each year by ceremonially cutting

5720-464: The philosophy of Kurt Hahn (1886–1974), a renowned educationalist, who founded the idea of experiential education through such initiatives as the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme and Outward Bound . The philosophy is based on five pillars or IDEALS: Internationalism, Democracy, Environment, Adventure, Leadership and Service. The Round Square network affords member schools the opportunity to arrange local and international student and teacher exchanges on

5808-590: The plan to build the school at Blandford was unaffordable, and a suggestion was made that it should be built on the New England Tablelands at Armidale. The additional capital required, to the amount of 6,000 pounds, was raised by James Ross, Archdeacon of Armidale, and his leading laymen . On 5 June 1891 the New England Proprietary School Limited (NEPS) was incorporated with 100-pound shares, offered at 50 pounds each, allowing each shareholder to nominate one pupil for each share purchased. The directors purchased 20 acres (8 ha) in Armidale in September 1891, adding to

5896-405: The politically liberal proponents of the Social Gospel , who wanted more Church attention to the social ills of society, and conservative elements. The opposition of the strong conservative evangelical forces within the Sydney diocese limited the liberals during the 1930s, but their ideas contributed to the formation of the influential post-World War II Christian Social Order Movement. It remained

5984-421: The priesthood but two women were ordained priest for the Anglican girls school. In the Seventeenth Session of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia in 2017, the Anglican Church passed a motion recognising "that the doctrine of our church, in line with traditional Christian teaching, is that marriage is an exclusive and lifelong union of a man and a woman, and further, recognises that this has been

6072-405: The reduced prevalence of Anglicanism relates to changes in Australia's immigration patterns . Before the Second World War , the majority of immigrants to Australia had come from the United Kingdom – though most of Australia's Roman Catholic immigrants had come from Ireland. After World War II, Australia's immigration program diversified and more than 6.5 million migrants arrived in Australia in

6160-426: The return of SEC "to the doctrine of Christ in this matter" and the restoration of the impaired communion. The Anglican Church of Australia was represented at GAFCON III , held in Jerusalem on 17–22 June 2018, by a 218 members delegation, which included Archbishop Glenn Davies of Sydney and bishops Richard Condie of Tasmania , Gary Nelson of North West Australia and Ian Palmer of Bathurst . In 2022

6248-400: The same time, Archbishop Aspinall stated that he personally does not take an official position. Despite what the spokesman said, however, an Anglican priest came out as gay in 2005 in Melbourne. In the Diocese of Perth , "there are gay and lesbian clergy serving in the priesthood." Archbishop Roger Herft, as a diocesan bishop, "support[ed] blessing gay unions". In 2012, a bishop "appoint[ed]

6336-489: The same time, the church does not have an official stance on homosexuality itself. During a meeting, the House of Bishops stated that they "accept the weight of 1998 Lambeth Resolution 1.10 and the 2004 General Synod resolutions 33, 59 and 61–64 as expressing the mind of this church on issues of human sexuality ... and understand that issues of sexuality are subject to ongoing conversation". A former primate, Peter Carnley, supported

6424-707: The same-sex marriage survey." In 2022, Goldsworthy ordained an openly gay man in a civil partnership in Perth. Regarding transgender issues, there are dioceses and congregations with serving transgender clergy. In 2017, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall asked for "prayerful support" for the Revd Josephine Inkpin who had transitioned and come out as a transgender woman. "The Archbishop of Brisbane Dr Phillip Aspinall supported Dr Inkpin and passed on her statement to clergy in July 2017, along with his wish that 'unhelpful speculation' might be avoided." Inkpin continues to serve in

6512-518: The school was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee under the Corporations Act with the name: The Armidale School. In March 2015 the school announced it would commence full co-education , and began taking enrolments for Year 12 students, who would begin tuition in October 2015, and for Year 6–11 students, to begin tuition in 2016. This expanded upon an already co-educational Junior School, and

6600-588: The school's adventure program a number of expeditions have taken place including five treks of the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, the Sea to Summit cycle ride from Pambula to the peak of Mount Kosciuszko , and to Antarctica . The TAS Triple Crown was instigated in 2014 as an award given to those students who complete three adventure events during their time at the school – the 2 km Coffs Harbour Ocean Swim,

6688-437: The steep decline in church membership and attendance experienced in many first-world, mostly post-modern nations. The church is one of the largest providers of social welfare services in Australia. When the First Fleet was sent to New South Wales in 1787, Richard Johnson of the Church of England was licensed as chaplain to the fleet and the settlement. In 1825 Thomas Scott was appointed Archdeacon of Australia under

6776-478: The subject of several General Synod resolutions over the past fifteen years". In 2018, the then-Primate of Australia and Archbishop of Melbourne, Philip Freier , released an ad clerum reiterating the current position that clergy cannot perform a same-sex marriage. In 2020, the church's highest court, the Appellate Tribunal, ruled that a diocese may authorise the blessing of persons in same-sex unions. At

6864-514: Was also heavily involved in health and education. Samuel Marsden (1765–1838) had magisterial duties, and so was equated with the authorities by the convicts. He became known as the "flogging parson" for the severity of his punishments. Some of the Irish convicts had been transported to Australia for political crimes or social rebellion in Ireland, so the authorities were suspicious of Roman Catholicism for

6952-491: Was announced following a nine-week consultation process. The school started 2016 with 53 girls, including 14 boarders. By the start of 2023, girl enrolments accounted for around 43 percent of total enrolments. The Armidale School is situated on a single 18 hectares (44 acres) campus in Armidale, a university city on the New England Tablelands of New South Wales, midway between Sydney and Brisbane . The school features

7040-454: Was attended by Archbishop Eliud Wabukala , from the Anglican Church of Kenya , their international chairman, Archbishop Stanley Ntagali , from the Anglican Church of Uganda , and Archbishop Glenn Davies , from the Anglican Diocese of Sydney . The then archdeacon of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne , now bishop Richard Condie , of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania , became chairman of FCA Australia. The Anglican Church of Australia passed

7128-460: Was changed in 1896 to The Armidale School (TAS). Also that year, TAS joined the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (GPS) in Sydney, and has remained a member ever since. In 1950, the school site was transferred to the trustees of the Church of England Diocese of Armidale , and was administered by a School Council comprising members from the Diocese, Old Boys' Union and P&F. through to 2009. On 1 January 2010

7216-475: Was divided into the four separate dioceses of Sydney , Adelaide , Newcastle and Melbourne . Over the following 80 years the number of dioceses increased to 25. Sectarianism in Australia tended to reflect the political inheritance of Britain and Ireland. Until 1945, the vast majority of Roman Catholics in Australia were of Irish descent, causing the Anglo-Protestant majority to question their loyalty to

7304-527: Was endorsed by the Bishop of Tasmania , Richard Condie and the Archbishop of Sydney Kanishka Raffel , but was described as "dangerous for the Church" by the Archbishop of Canterbury , Justin Welby . The whole church is led by the primate, Geoffrey Smith , Archbishop of Adelaide . The provinces and dioceses are listed with each diocese's bishop or archbishop: A number of former dioceses have been merged into

7392-479: Was later extended to Methodists. The Church Missionary Society established a mission to Aboriginal people in 1832 in the Wellington Valley, New South Wales, but it ended in failure: indigenous people in the 19th century demonstrated a reluctance to convert to the religion of the colonists who were seizing their lands. In 1842 the Diocese of Tasmania was created. In 1847 the rest of the Diocese of Australia

7480-404: Was published in 1978 after a prolonged revision of liturgy. Another alternative service book, A Prayer Book for Australia (APBA), was published in 1995. In 1985 the general synod of the Australian church passed a canon to allow the ordination of women as deacons. In 1992 the general synod approved legislation allowing dioceses to ordain women to the priesthood. Dioceses could choose to adopt

7568-510: Was taken over by prominent members of the Church of England in the northern districts of New South Wales, and 500 pounds was obtained from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , as a result of the efforts of the first (and only) Bishop of Australia, William Grant Broughton . In 1840, a site for the school was purchased at Honeysuckle Point, in Newcastle . Nothing more came of the plan until

7656-463: Was the Ballarat diocese in October 2013. In 2008, Kay Goldsworthy was ordained as an assistant bishop for the Diocese of Perth , thus becoming the first woman consecrated as a bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia. Sarah Macneil was elected in 2013 to be the first female diocesan bishop in Australia. In 2014 she was consecrated and installed as the first female diocesan bishop in Australia (for

7744-586: Was the chairman of GAFCON. The Anglican Diocese of Sydney and the Anglican Diocese of North West Australia have declared themselves in full communion with the Anglican Church in North America , started in June 2009, which represents Anglican realignment in United States and Canada. The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans was launched in Australia on 26 March 2015, in a conference held in Melbourne that reunited 460 members, including 40 from New Zealand , and

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