44-679: Tramway Oval , also known as Lakeside Oval , is a multi-purpose public sports ground located in Moore Park , a suburb of Sydney , New South Wales . The oval is a premium sports facility in the Centennial Parklands , located immediately west of the Sydney Cricket Ground and south of Kippax Lake on an approximately semicircular grassy wedge between Driver Avenue and the CBD and South East Light Rail which runs along Anzac Parade . Tramway Oval
88-423: A "7/10 Director's Project" where Year 10 Drama students direct 10-minute plays starring Year 7 students. Further, SGHS is a serious contender in the annual Schools Theatresports Competition, their senior team achieving 2nd place and their junior team achieving 3rd place in the 2009 grand finals. SGHS has a wide range of musical ensembles and bands, including: Many Year 12 SGHS students are invited to perform at
132-584: A charity that provides blankets to people who are susceptible to hypothermia. Environment Group involves weekly meetings during which students tend to the school's vegetable gardens and discuss environmental issues. The Environment Group is also responsible for promoting the annual Green Day. The school also has a Social Justice Club that meets weekly and takes on a new social justice project each term – past projects include LGBT rights, mental illness awareness, refugee aid, and global women's rights. Like many Australian schools, SGHS encourages students to take part in
176-531: A compilation of student-submitted poetry, short stories, and artworks; the proceeds from which are donated to the Black Dog Institute . The body behind Imagizine meets every Thursday and is open to all current SGHS students. SGHS also has Knitting in Company and Environment Group. Knitting in Company is an activity held after school, during which students knit blankets that are then donated to Wrap with Love ,
220-722: A row. In 2011 the school was awarded the Norman B Ridge Red Cross Shield for collecting the largest amount of money for the Red Cross Calling. The Year Groups of 8, 9, and 10 each go out in the CBD and collect money for charities, with Year 8 collecting for Jeans for Genes Day , Year 9 collecting for the Cancer Council Daffodil Day , and Year 10 collecting for the Red Cross Calling and Legacy . SGHS publishes an Imagizine ,
264-582: A severe hailstorm in Sydney caused significant damage to the school grounds, destroying areas of the roof and causing water leakage into many of the classrooms. In 1921, SGHS moved to the former Sydney Zoo (now Taronga Zoo in Mosman, New South Wales ) site, which was formerly known as the "Billy Goat Swamp". It is opposite Moore Park , Fox Studios , and the Sydney Cricket Ground . The new building incorporated many modern features, provided large areas of greenery and
308-586: A team of Year 12 prefects are elected by the student body (excluding Year 7). The prefect executive is made up of the school captain , vice captain, senior prefect, welfare captain, and Student Representative Council (SRC) captain. There are also Prefects for each grade as well as for interest areas such as Sport, Welfare, Public Relations, Co-curricular, Community Service and CAPA. The SRC is made up of elected representatives from each grade from Years 7 to 11. The SRC duties include welcoming school visitors at events, leading and facilitating fundraising events, helping at
352-662: Is a government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school located at Moore Park , in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. Established in 1883 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities , as a school within the Port Jackson Education Area of the Sydney Region, the school has approximately 930 students from Years 7 to 12. Sydney Girls High School
396-500: Is a retail, dining and entertainment precinct beside the studios. It contains cinemas, live venues, restaurants, cafes, pubs, and retailers of fashion and homewares. The Farmer's Market operates every Wednesday and Saturday in the old showground showing. The south-western corner of the suburb boasts the Supa Centre Moore Park on South Dowling Street . It specialises in showrooms for home furnishings and home renovations. This
440-543: Is primarily used as a training ground for professional clubs who use the nearby Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium , particularly the Sydney Swans Australian rules football club (including its junior academy) and the New South Wales Waratahs rugby union club. Spectator facilities at the venue are minimal. The construction of the light rail along Anzac Parade in the mid-2010s reduced
484-469: Is the former location of the Royal Agricultural Society's Sydney Showground , which hosted the annual Sydney Royal Easter Show until 1998. It moved to Homebush Bay (the site of the 2000 Olympics ). The old showgrounds have since been redeveloped as Fox Studios, now Disney Studios Australia , a commercial venture designed at supporting Australia's film industry. The Entertainment Quarter
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#1732863118632528-651: Is the land on which the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium are sited; these stadiums are managed by the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust . Originally known as the Sydney Common it covered some 153 hectares to the South East of the town and was designated as one of Australia's earliest parks in 1866, the following year it was named after Charles Moore, the Mayor of Sydney City Council. In 1867 several of
572-560: Is their home ground. The Moore Park Magpies are a local junior rugby league team. The Hordern Pavilion is a multipurpose entertainment venue, while next door the Royal Hall of Industries (fondly remembered as the old Showbag Pavilion during the Royal Easter Show days) has hosted a range of exhibitions, social and commercial events and shows. Moore Park also houses Kippax Lake, an artificial lake named after William Kippax, an alderman of
616-519: The CBD , in the state of New South Wales , Australia. It is part of local government area of the City of Sydney . Moore Park is also a large area of parkland that is part of Centennial Parklands , a collective of three parks being Moore Park, Centennial Park and Queen's Park. Centennial Parklands is administered by the Centennial Park & Moore Park Trust , a NSW government agency. The only exception
660-700: The Duke of Edinburgh's Award , offering a school-organised hike to Year 9 students for the Expedition component of the award. In addition, SGHS participates in numerous academic competitions including the Da Vinci Decathlon and Tournament of Minds . In the 2013 'Race Around the Renaissance' Da Vinci Decathlon, SGHS came first. In the 2015 Tournament of Minds , SGHS won the Maths & Engineering division, and gained honours in
704-599: The North East Australian Football League ) on the ground. This Australian rules football-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports venue in Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Moore Park, New South Wales Moore Park is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from
748-771: The Schoolgirl Head of the River , the Riverview Gold Cup and the NSW Combined High Schools Regatta and has had successes in these competitions. The SGHSRC also hosts and competes in its own regatta, the schoolgirl SGHS Regatta, held at Iron Cove in late November each year. Many girls also win NSWCHSSA Blues for their achievements in rowing. At the inaugural Schoolgirl Head of the River Regatta in 1991,
792-731: The Tramway Oval (previously known as Lakeside Oval), located adjacent to the Sydney Cricket Ground , during the non-football season. The oval completed an extensive redevelopment in April 2019 and has identical dimensions to Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. In April 2020 the Swans pulled out of the agreement with the Government and Swifts, citing the financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic . The agreement
836-793: The 1860s and grandfather of the cricketer Alan Kippax , the ES Marks Athletics Field , the Moore Park Golf Course , the Parklands Sports Centre and a number of sports fields. In October 2018, the Swans and the Government of New South Wales announced an intention to upgrade the Pavilion and Hall of Industries. The Hall was to be equipped with indoor sporting and rehabilitation facilities and an international-standard netball court, providing permanent indoor training facilities for
880-462: The HSC Showcases onSTAGE and Encore. To support Oxfam , SGHS hosts an annual charity fundraiser. For each try scored during a touch football game played between Year 11 and Year 12 girls, ten dollars is donated to the charity. Further, SGHS has been a large contributor to Stewart House, which has recognised the school's efforts with a Roy Reidy Trophy as the top contributor for the 16th year in
924-471: The Lachlan Swamp in what is now known as Moore Park. Moore Park, was also the site of Sydney's first Zoo. The Moore Park Zoological Gardens opened in 1884, and was run by less than a dozen people. Built in the area known as Billygoat Swamp, it was subject to flooding and creating problems for both keepers and the animals. As Sydney grew, so did the demand for a larger zoo. It was eventually closed down and
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#1732863118632968-744: The Lloyd Cameron Cup for the Year 7 and 8 Premier's Debating Challenge. In 2010 and 2014, SGHS students won the Plain English Speaking Award. Sydney Girls High School has a long tradition of sports, in addition to academic scholarship and offers students a range of extra-curricular sports, including athletics , badminton , basketball , chess , cricket , cross country running , fencing , hockey , rowing , snow sports , soccer , swimming , table tennis , tennis , volleyball , water polo , and netball . These sports are offered both within
1012-483: The NSW Government announced a commitment to build a $ 1.6 billion light rail from Circular Quay down George Street to Central station , then across to Moore Park and down Anzac Parade . South of Moore Park the line splits into two branches – one continuing down Anzac Parade to the nine ways at Kingsford , and the other heading to Randwick via Alison Road. Construction commenced in 2015 and services commenced on
1056-708: The Randwick branch to Moore Park in December 2019. Moore Park is the location of two of Sydney's largest sporting venues, the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and Sydney Football Stadium (SFS). The Sydney Roosters Rugby league team in the National Rugby League , The Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League , Sydney FC A-League football team, NSW Waratahs rugby union team have their administration offices at Moore Park and Sydney Football Stadium
1100-514: The River . In 2011 the Senior 1st IV can second in the Schoolgirl Head of the River . The rowing club also won the overall point score at the 2014 NSW CHS Regatta. In the 2015 Head of Parramatta, the coxed quad sculls won first and second place in the schoolgirl quad race. SGHS has several dance groups, drama ensembles, and music groups, and a student-run Technical Company that oversees lighting and sound for school assemblies and performances. Annually,
1144-468: The SGHSRC won the overall point score, as well as winning the races for the eight , the coxless quad scull , the coxless pair, the novice four and the coxed four ; with the Senior 1st IV. The eight also won in the 1991 Head of Parramatta. The SGHS eight won the Schoolgirl Head of the River in 1992 and 1994, when it was held at Iron Cove . In 2006 and 2007 the Senior 1st IV won the Schoolgirl Head of
1188-715: The Scots College ; and St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill . In 2004, 2005, 2016, 2022 and 2023 SGHS won the Hume Barbour Trophy for the Premier's Debating Challenge. In 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020 SGHS won the Karl Cramp Trophy for the Year 11 Premier's Debating Challenge. In 2006, 2016 and 2022 SGHS won the Teasdale Trophy for the Year 9 and 10 Premier's Debating Challenge. In 2000, 2009 and 2012 SGHS won
1232-730: The Social Sciences division. With regards to overseas tours, students are often offered the opportunity to travel to China, France, Japan, Germany, and Italy. This is often for LOTE or ancient history study. There is also a student exchange program set up with Beijing Normal High School in China, The Lycée Paul Cézanne in France, and the Konan Girls High School in Japan. There is also a SGHS cadet program at Sydney Boys High School . Each year,
1276-468: The Swans and professional netball club the New South Wales Swifts . The Hordern Pavilion would retain its live music scene and undergo a significant restoration to improve facilities for patrons and performers. The two precincts would also be joined closer together with barriers between them removed and cafes and other community facilities installed for use by the general public. The Swans train on
1320-634: The Year 11 drama class put on a major production, which in 2009 was the Pulitzer-winning play Harvey . The school has an annual musicale and Christmas concert, which showcase the musical and dancing talent of students. SGHS also hosts a biennial musical co-production with Sydney Boys High, which in 2015 was the Tony Award winning Guys and Dolls . With regards to drama, there are junior and senior co-curricular Drama Ensembles, an annual Shakespeare Festival in which students perform Shakespeare excerpts, and
1364-538: The animals were moved to the Taronga Zoo , when it opened in 1916. Sydney Girls' High School and later Sydney Boys High School also occupied this site. The Moore Park Toll House appears to have been built in 1849 and still exits on the corner of Anzac Parade and Cleveland Street . It is the only two story toll house in New South Wales. Moore Park has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Moore Park
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1408-781: The first enrolment in 1883, includes senior study and group work seminar rooms. The library is also a prime presentation space. Within the library precincts are non-fiction and fiction books, graphic novels, books in foreign languages to assist in LOTE study, and the school Archives. SGHS has an extensive debating tradition, and all students are provided the opportunity to develop their skills through weekly coaching and debating or speaking sessions, both social and competitive. SGHS competes in Combined High Schools (CHS) debating competitions and regularly has social debates with other schools, including Sydney Boys High School ; Sydney Grammar School ;
1452-479: The new boatshed on 28 June 2009. The SGHS section of the boatshed was named the Margaret Varady Rowing Facility in honour of the contribution made by the former principal Margaret Varady towards schoolgirl rowing, including having been instrumental in securing the land and funding to build the boatshed. The Ethel Turner Memorial Library, named in honour of the novelist Ethel Turner who was in
1496-461: The sandhills were levelled and three years later nearly half of the park was covered with grass. The straight lines of Randwick Road, which passes through the park, was fenced in and replaced the old curved road. In 1837 a new water supply was built to replace the polluted 'Tank Stream' which had to that time been the colonists main supply of water. The new line connected the Busby Bore with water from
1540-494: The school and at an inter-school level. Students compete in the CHS competitions for many of the above sports, including athletics, cross country running, swimming, and rowing. Further sports are offered for within school education, such as zumba , yoga , archery , and quidditch . SGHS also holds three sports carnivals each year for Swimming, Cross Country, and Athletics. The SGHS Rowing Club (SGHSRC) competes in competitions including
1584-399: The school and become leaders within the school community. New students are allocated a buddy in their class who provides practical assistance and advice about the school. As with most Australian schools, SGHS utilises a house system . Students are allocated to a house when they enter the school according to Technology classes. There are four different houses under which students compete for
1628-534: The school canteen, and organising the annual Junior Dance that is open to SGHS and SBHS students Years 7 to 9. There is also a Leadership Award Program in which students fulfil criteria based on academic achievement, sport participation, co-curricular achievement, and community service. There are bronze, silver, gold, and school medal levels to the Program. Additionally, there is a Peer Support Program where Year 10 students work with Year 7 students to help them get to know
1672-673: The soldiers on the front. The Year 7 intake is of 150 students, on the basis of academic merit, as assessed by the Selective High School Placement Test. In Years 7 to 10, the cohorts consist of 150 students each year; in Years 11 to 12, however, the cohorts consist of up to 180 students each year. SGHS teaches the following subjects for the Higher School Certificate : For some subjects, clubs are formed for extension or to cater to specific interests within
1716-715: The subject. These include Art Club, Astronomy Club, Book Club, Coding Club, Social Justice Club, Maths Club, Film Club, Robotics Club, and Sustainability Club. Since 1987, the SGHS Rowing Club has shared space with the UNSW Rowing Club and operated its rowing activities using the UNSW boatshed at Tarban Creek , near the Tarban Creek Bridge , Gladesville at Huntleys Point, New South Wales . Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO, Governor of NSW formally opened
1760-492: The width of the oval to only 101m wide, well short of the minimum width for an Australian rules football oval. A redevelopment of the surface finishing in 2019 saw its size increased to match that of Melbourne's Docklands Stadium , and made the venue suitable for state level Australian rules football. The Sydney Swans reserves team now plays its competitive matches in the Victorian Football League (and previously in
1804-685: Was originally a division of Sydney High School in 1883. The building had two storeys walled off, with male occupancy on the first floor, and female occupancy on the second. The founding head mistress was Miss Lucy Wheatley-Walker (later Mrs Lucy Garvin ). She was a recent English emigrant. Because of high noise pollution from transport and other activities, female operations relocated to a different location and established modern-day Sydney Girls High School. The male division became Sydney Boys High School The two adjacent streets, Anzac Parade and Cleveland Street , are both large and busy roads that make classrooms noisy from time to time. In April 1999,
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1848-500: Was quieter. The bear pit from Sydney Zoo still stand between the paddock between Sydney Boys High School and Sydney Girls High School. Notably, another bear pit lies near the canteen area in Sydney Boys High School and has been designated a prefect workspace. SGHS students supported the war effort on the home front in both World War I and World War II by organising care packages and knitting socks and other clothing items for
1892-574: Was renegotiated in August 2021, and completed in late 2022. Moore Park, served by the Department of Education , is the location of Sydney Boys High School , Sydney Girls High School (both of which are selective high schools ). At the 2021 census , the population of Moore Park was 18. The 2016 census showed that Moore Park had a population of 28. Sydney Girls%27 High School Sydney Girls High School (abbreviated as SGHS or Sydney Girls )
1936-494: Was the site of the former Dowling Street depot for trams . The Eastern Distributor and Anzac Parade are major arterial roads on the western border of the suburb. Transdev John Holland operate frequent bus services to Moore Park from the Sydney CBD. Special services for sporting events from Central railway station have been replaced by services on the CBD and South East Light Rail from December 2019. On 13 December 2012,
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