Talk:Ascham School

Alumni
I have removed the following alumni from the main article as they do not have citations and many are poorly written. If you have an appropriate reference for any of the people listed "a) to verify that they did indeed attend the school and b) to verify the statement of their notability in their short one or two line description", then please feel free to add the person (with reference) to the main article. For more info on adding notable alumni to school articles see WP:SCH.


 * Academic
 * Lisa Giddy - Egyptologist University of Chicago
 * Professor Jocelyn Hackforth-Jones - Art History
 * Helen Temple - Archaeologist (Deputy Director Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales


 * Business
 * Mia Freedman - editor-in-chief at ACP for publications such as Dolly and Cosmpolitan magazines
 * Belinda Hutchinson - Executive Director Macquarie Bank, QBE Insurance, Coles Group and Telstra.


 * Entertainment, Media and the Arts
 * Luciana Arrighi - Costume Designer and Art Director (Received four BAFTA and three Oscar nominations including Oscar win for Howards End
 * Yvonne Audette - Abstract Painter
 * Rosie Bailey played Nurse Virginia Mason in The Young Doctors
 * Mitty Lee Brown - Painter
 * Carol Coombe - Actress who married Ronald Armstrong-Jonesand stepmother to Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
 * Melissa Docker - Actress
 * Primrose Dunlop - Social Columist
 * Marsha Dunstan - Journilist The Daily Telegraph London
 * Ursula Finley - Actress (Robbery Under Arms)
 * Shayne Higson - Photogropher
 * Sheridan Jobbins - actress, journalist, television presenter and screenwriter (most often remembers for her role in Simon Townsend's Wonder World
 * Lucy Kemp - Model
 * Judith Ker - Ballerina (Sadlers Wells)
 * Joanna McCallum - Actress (daughter of Joanna McCallum and Googie Withers
 * Poppy Montgomery - Actress
 * Roslyn Oxley - Gallary Director
 * lesley piddington- Actress
 * Wendy Playfair - Actress; including Prisoner, East of Eden and Ride a Wild Pony
 * Jocelyn Rickards - Costume Designer (productions include Blow Up and Morgan: A Suitable Case for treatment for which she was nominated for an Oscar
 * Barbara Sanders - Newspresenter (first female presenter on ABC TV 1956)
 * Nell Scofield - Actress Puberty Blues
 * Emily Simpson - Actress
 * Rosemary Squire Spittle - Journalist (founder Vogue Australia in 1955)
 * Vicki Varvaressos - Painter
 * Arkie Whiteley - Actor and daughter of painter Brett Whiteley
 * Susan Wyndham - Journalist Syndey Morning Herald

Loopla 14:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Law
 * Caroline Needham SC Barrister


 * While I appreciate the efforts at referencing alumni, im finding it difficult to believe that all those with 'Ascham remembered' citations may actually be found in the book. The book was written in 1986, and yet Poppy Montgomery who would only have been 14 at the time of publication is cited as being listed as notable alumni. When I can find my copy of the book I will check it myself. Loopla 14:16, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Danziger resignation row
Rowena Danziger

In 2005, a row erupted over the resignation of then headmistress Susan Preedy, who had succeeded Rowena Danziger on her retirement. After Preedy resigned, Danziger stepped back into her old role - only to be met with a row that included parents threatening to sue should she not resign immediately. After several weeks of controversy, chronicled in the local press, Danziger resigned shortly before a meeting of parents was due to censure the Board of Governors for its handling of the matter.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Ascham-without-a-headmistress-again-as-Danziger-bows-out/2005/03/07/1110160756739.html http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Grande-dame-of-Ascham-back-as-headmistress-resigns/2005/02/23/1109046992107.html?from=moreStories

This was a massive news story at the time and should be in here, even if the page is being edited by old girls and staff members, as it seems to be.

Jane —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.32.76 (talk) 11:27, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

To the person who just tried to delete this from the main page - mind telling me why? I've reverted it. Try explaining next time you pull something like that.Janeinhouse (talk) 01:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced Old Girls
I have removed this list as it is hugely under referenced. Please don't return it until the hard work has been done.


 * Business
 * Barbara Cullen - National President of Country Women's Association and Deputy World President of Associated Country Women of the World (OBE)
 * Camilla Franks - fashion designer and owner of Camilla's Kaftans
 * Mia Freedman - Editor-in-Chief at ACP for publications such as Dolly and Cosmopolitan (magazine) magazines
 * Margaret Gye - Chairman of Red Cross (OBE)
 * Helen Newell - Vice President of Rio Tinto Energy
 * Bianca Spender - Fashion designer and owner of Bianca Spender
 * Allegra Spender - Managing Director at Carla Zampatti
 * Shemara Wikramanayake - Executive Director and Head of Macquarie Funds Group


 * Education
 * Belinda Hutchison - Chancellor of Sydney University and Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
 * Tonia Godhard - early childhood education advocat and Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
 * Elizabeth Stone - Principal of Queenwood School and Rhodes Scholar - Rhodes Scholarship


 * Entertainment, media and the arts
 * Amanda Bishop - actress
 * Catherine Bishop - feature film producer
 * Gabriela Domicelj - business consultant, film maker and owner of documentary production company
 * Jocelyn Howarth - actress
 * Sheridan Jobbins - actress, journalist, television presenter and screenwriter (remembered for her role in Simon Townsend's Wonder World)
 * Marian Macgowan - documentary film maker
 * Penny Meagher - painter
 * Joanna McCallum - actress
 * Poppy Montgomery - actress
 * Lesley Piddington - actress
 * Wendy Playfair - actress; including parts in Prisoner, East of Eden and Ride a Wild Pony
 * Shirley Ann Richards - actress
 * Margaret Vyner - model, film and stage actress, dramatist
 * Leilah Waddell - violinist and violin teacher
 * Kate Waterhouse - journalist and media identity
 * Arkie Whiteley - (dec) actress and daughter of Brett Whiteley and Wendy Whiteley
 * Debbie Whitmont - television journalist and writer
 * Science
 * Dr Sandra Anderson - Clinical Professor Medicine and Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
 * Amanda Bishop - endocrinologist and academic
 * Kate Clark - international archaeologist
 * Judith West - Order of Australia for Services to Botanical Science
 * Joan Grimwade - biochemist and grazier (OBE)
 * Dr Ronnie Harding - pioneering environmental scientist
 * Dr Alice Killen - CEO at Skin and Cancer Foundation Australia
 * Dr Helen-Anne Manion - Order of Australia
 * Dr Janet McCredie - radiologist and Member of the Order of Australia (AM)


 * Law
 * Laurie Berg - international law academic
 * Jean Mullin - legal writer and editor (OBE)
 * Katrina Dawson - highly respected Sydney barrister, tragically killed in the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis


 * Philanthropy
 * Lady (Primrose) Potter


 * Sport
 * Patricia Bridges - golf champion (OBE) (OAM)
 * Lavinia Chrystal - Australian Olympian (Sochi 2014)


 * Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) recipients
 * Patricia Bridges - awarded services to Women's Amateur Golf and Chairman of the World Amateur Golf Council Women's Committee
 * Janette Clifton - awarded for service to rural health
 * Melia O’Donnell - awarded for service to youth, particularly through the Girl Guides movement and Ascham School
 * Dr Helen-Anne Manion - awarded for service to the community and to medicine in the field of palliative care, particularly through the establishment of the Home Hospice programme
 * Elizabeth Dawson- awarded for service to the community of Canberra
 * Susan Diver - awarded for service to the community through fundraising for Vision Australia
 * Edith Dowling - awarded for her work with women’s rural organisations
 * Judy Mackay - awarded for service to equestrian sports, particularly in camp drafting, show riding and dressage events
 * June Poland - (dec) awarded for service to the community of Woollahra
 * Caroline Simpson - awarded for service to the conservation of Australian heritage
 * Prue Thomson - awarded for service to people with disabilities
 * Judith West - awarded for service to Botanical Science

Castlemate (talk) 00:01, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

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