Whanganui Girls' College

Whanganui Girls' College
Whanganui Girls' College
Address
	Jones Street, Whanganui, ; Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Coordinates	39.91875°S 175.05614339°E
Information
Funding type	State
Motto	Ad Astra; Poutamatia
Established	1891
Ministry of Education Institution no.	188
Principal	Tania King
Years offered	9–13
Gender	Single-sex Secondary School for Girls
School roll	378[1] (March 2020)
Socio-economic decile	3I[2]
Website	www.wanganui-girls.school.nz

Whanganui Girls' College is located in Jones Street Whanganui near the Dublin Street Bridge.[3] The school is one of the oldest single sex educational facilities in New Zealand, founded in 1891.[4][5]

Principals

Mary Isabel Fraser

Notable alumnae

Jackie Abraham-Lawrie (born 1974), rower
Monica Brewster (1886–1973), arts patron and women's rights advocate
Edith Collier (1885–1964), artist
Dorothy Davies (1899–1987), pianist
Nola Luxford (1901–1994), radio pioneer
Anne Noble (born 1954), photographer
Victoria Ransom, entrepreneur
Gillian Weir (born 1941), organist

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References

"New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
"Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
"Contact us". Wanganui Girls' College.
Centennial Committee, Wanganui Girls College (1991). Wanganui Girls College Centennial Programme 1891 to 1991. Wanganui.
Centennial Committee, Wanganui Girls College (1991). Wanganui Girls College Centennial Retrospect, A Supplement to the Programme 1891 to 1991. Wanganui.

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[NZ_school_roll_data-1] "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[2] "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[3] "Contact us". Wanganui Girls' College.

[4] Centennial Committee, Wanganui Girls College (1991). Wanganui Girls College Centennial Programme 1891 to 1991. Wanganui.

[5] Centennial Committee, Wanganui Girls College (1991). Wanganui Girls College Centennial Retrospect, A Supplement to the Programme 1891 to 1991. Wanganui.