Wilderness School

Wilderness School is an independent, non-denominational Christian, day and boarding school for girls, located in Medindie, an inner northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

The Wilderness School
Location
Medindie , South Australia Australia
Information
Type	Independent, day and boarding
Motto	Latin: Semper Verus (Always True)
Denomination	Non-denominational
Established	1884
Principal	Jane Danvers
Grades	R–12[1]
Gender	Girls
Enrolment	820 (2018)
Colour(s)	Brown and blue
Website	www.wilderness.com.au

Established by the Brown sisters in 1884 with four girls and one small boy, Andrew Muecke, as students,[2] Wilderness is a Reception to Year 12 school, and also caters for Year 13. The school currently enrols approximately 820 students, including up to 80 boarders.[1] In 2003, The Australian declared The Wilderness School one of the ten highest achieving schools in Australia.[3]

Wilderness School is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[4] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[5] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,[1] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA)[6] and the Independent Girls' Schools Sports Association (IGSSA).

Sport

Wilderness maintains the sporting grounds at Park 6 on Robe Terrace, for use as hockey, lacrosse and soccer fields. Other sporting facilities include a gymnasium which was completed in 2005, and a boatshed at the South Australian Rowing Association complex at West Lakes for rowing.

House system

The Wilderness School has five houses, through which all girls partake in intra-school activities:

• Amaryllis (Pink)
• Antholiza (Blue)
• Carob (Green)
• Cedar (Purple)
• Sparaxis (Orange)

Notable alumnae

• Annabel Crabb – the ABC's chief online political writer, formerly political columnist with The Age[7]
• Ally Fowler – Actress[7]
• Posie Graeme-Evans – Novelist; Producer; Director of Drama, Nine Network; Co-creator of Hi-5 and McLeod's Daughters (also attended The Fahan School)[8]
• Catherine Ellis – Journalist; reporter on ABC's 'Behind The News'; contributor on Seven Network's 'The Bounce'
• Georgie Parker, member of the Australian National Hockey Team.[9]
• Beccy Cole, Australian singer-songwriter
• Mekhla Kumar, Australian pianist

See also

• List of schools in South Australia
• List of boarding schools

References

1. "Wilderness School". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools' Association. 2008. Archived from the original on November 17, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
2. "Wilderness School Diamond Jubilee". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 7 October 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 25 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
3. The Australian- Wilderness School award (accessed:26-06-2007)
4. "School Directory". South Australia. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
5. "JSHAA South Australian Directory of Members". South Australia Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
6. Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
7. Green, Jonathan (2005-03-30). "Famous alumni on Latham's hit list". Politics. Crikey. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
8. Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "GRAEME-EVANS Posie". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
9. http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=522

External links

• Wilderness School Website