Wenona School
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Wenona School is an independent
, non-denominational, day
and boarding school
for girls, located in the Sydney suburb of North Sydney
, in New South Wales
, Australia
.
Founded by Miss Edith Hooke in 1886 as Woodstock School, Wenona has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 870 students from Kindergarten
to Year 12, including 50 boarders in Years 7 to 12.
The school
is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools
(AHIGS).
with the same colours and crest and an enrolment of 40 which she established in place of Woodstock. The close relationship between the schools is reflected in the name Wenona, thought to have been chosen by Miss Hooke, a devotee of Longfellow, from his poem The Song of Hiawatha, in which Wenonah is a first-born daughter.
When Miss Hooke left the school in February 1920 due to an illness in her family, Ms Messiter, a former pupil of Woodstock, stepped in to watch over the school. By June of that year, another former Woodstock student, Miss Edith Ralston, became Principal and owner. In 1922, she moved the school to its current site in Walker Street, North Sydney, through the purchase of an extensive property, and opened the school's first boarding house
. In the following years, Miss Ralston extended Wenona into a large and successful school for girls, with a curriculum
providing for students from Kindergarten to Year 12.
assumed the position of Principal in Term 3, 2011.
Straddling Miller and Walker streets in North Sydney, Wenona comprises a Junior School (K to Year 6), including Woodstock Infants (under construction) and Hooke Primary, a Middle School (Year 7 to Year 9) and a Senior College (Year 10 to Year 12). Up to 50 boarders are housed in heritage Messiter and Ralston houses which were recently refurbished.
Progressive and inclusive since 1886, Wenona was one of the first schools in NSW to introduce laptops and continues to provide innovative resources and curriculum which focus on experiential learning. An Evening Study Centre is staffed by teachers four evenings a week for Senior College students.
Sporting facilities include a Gym
nasium including cricket nets
, and various courts and indoor fields; a smaller gymnasium catering to dance and circuit activities; a 25 metre indoor swimming pool
; and a weights room.
At Wenona, Mandarin is compulsory from Kindergarten to Year 6 and French from Year 3 to Year 6.
Integration of Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) across the curriculum is a focus.
Girls in Year 7 and Year 8 follow a curriculum largely determined by the NSW Board of Studies in preparation for the NSW School Certificate. Subjects include: English, geography, history, mathematics, science, and personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE).
Board requirements in Languages other than English LOTE), visual arts, music and technology are also met.
At Wenona, girls study Asian (Mandarin and Japanese)and European (French and German) languages.
From Year 9, Wenona offers the following electives: commerce, drama, elective history, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Music, photographic and digital media, physical activity and sports studies (PASS), psychology, textiles technology and visual arts.
Girls in Year 10 must study English, history, geography, mathematics, science, and personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE). Electives include commerce, drama, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, music, photographic and digital media, psychology, textiles technology, visual arts, and physical activity and sports studies (PASS).
Higher School Certificate elective subjects for Years 11 and 12 at Wenona consist of a large range of interesting, rigorous and challenging options including: ancient history, biology, business studies, chemistry, design and technology, drama, earth and environmental science, economics, English, French (continuers), general mathematics,geography, German (continuers), Japanese (beginners and continuers), legal studies, Chinese (beginners),
mathematics, modern history, music 1, music 2, personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE), physics, senior science, software design and development, studies of religion (1 and 2 unit), textiles and design, visual arts and visual design (non-ATAR).
Extension courses are available in mathematics, English, music, history and languages. Girls may also study HSC languages through the Open High School or the Saturday School of Community Languages.
Enrichment and extension, including some subject acceleration and university Distinction courses, are available to students who will benefit, along with a residential HSC study camp for Year 12 girls and a range of cultural exchange programs.
The School runs a Musical in both the Senior and Junior School which alternate with the Performing Arts Showcase every second year. Musicals have included the Wizard of Oz, Footloose, Kiss Me Kate, Little Shop of Horrors, The Pajama Game, The Boyfriend, Guys and Dolls and Kismet. Other concerts include an annual choral concert, ensemble concert, carol service, rock concert, elective music concerts and other events throughout the year.
(JSHAA) for primary students, and the Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association
(IGSSA) for those in the secondary school.
Sports offered to junior students (Years 4 to 6) through JSHAA include: Hockey
/Minkey
, Softball
/Tee-ball
/Modball, Netball
, Tennis
, Athletics
, Swimming
, Diving
and Gymnastics
. Primary girls may also compete in Skiing
and Snowboarding
through a separate interschool competition.
Through the IGSSA competition, secondary students may participate in: Rhythmic gymnastics
, Artistic gymnastics
, Athletics, Cricket
, Cross country
, Waterpolo, Diving, Swimming, Hockey, Tennis, Netball, and Softball. External to IGSSA, Wenona students may also participate in Equestrian
, Indoor hockey
, Indoor soccer
, Fencing
, skiing, and snowboarding and Touch football
.
, the Wenonians Inc. Some notable Wenonians include:
Academic
Entertainment, media and the arts
Medicine and the sciences
Politics, public service and the law
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
, non-denominational, day
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
and boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
for girls, located in the Sydney suburb of North Sydney
North Sydney, New South Wales
North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney...
, in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Founded by Miss Edith Hooke in 1886 as Woodstock School, Wenona has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 870 students from Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
to Year 12, including 50 boarders in Years 7 to 12.
The school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
Junior School Heads Association of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia , is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia....
(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools
Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools
The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools , is an association for private girls' schools, based in North Ryde, in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
(AHIGS).
History
Woodstock School was founded in 1886 by Miss Edith Hooke who was prominent in educational circles at the time. Miss Hooke selected the motto Ut Prosim, that I may serve, which she transferred to Wenona School in April 1913, a preparatory schoolEducation in Australia
Education in Australia is primarily the responsibility of the states and territories. Each state or territory government provides funding and regulates the public and private schools within its governing area. The federal government helps fund the public universities, but is not involved in setting...
with the same colours and crest and an enrolment of 40 which she established in place of Woodstock. The close relationship between the schools is reflected in the name Wenona, thought to have been chosen by Miss Hooke, a devotee of Longfellow, from his poem The Song of Hiawatha, in which Wenonah is a first-born daughter.
When Miss Hooke left the school in February 1920 due to an illness in her family, Ms Messiter, a former pupil of Woodstock, stepped in to watch over the school. By June of that year, another former Woodstock student, Miss Edith Ralston, became Principal and owner. In 1922, she moved the school to its current site in Walker Street, North Sydney, through the purchase of an extensive property, and opened the school's first boarding house
Boarding house
A boarding house, is a house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide "bed...
. In the following years, Miss Ralston extended Wenona into a large and successful school for girls, with a curriculum
Curriculum
See also Syllabus.In formal education, a curriculum is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow to become mature adults...
providing for students from Kindergarten to Year 12.
Principals
Founder of Woodstock and Wenona Miss Edith Hooke (1886 to 1920); Miss Dorothy Messiter (Feb 1920 to June 1920); former student of Woodstock Miss Edith M. Ralston (1920 to 1963); Miss Frances M. Mills (1963 to 1966); Miss Barbara Jackson (1967 to 1994); Mrs Margaret Hadley (1995 to 2007); Acting Principal Mrs Denise Thomas (2007); Dr Kerrie Wilde (2008 to August 2010); Acting Co-Principals Dr Elizabeth Guy and Mrs Julie Wiseman (August 2010 to July 2011). Dr Briony ScottBriony Scott
Briony Scott is the Principal of Wenona School, located in North Sydney.She is well known for her fortnightly column in the North Shore Times entitled " Ask the Teacher" where she looks at issues regarding parenting and education. Dr Scott has now moved into the role and Principal of Wenona...
assumed the position of Principal in Term 3, 2011.
Campus
Opposite St Leonards Park at the top of a hill above Sydney Harbour on Sydney's North Shore, Wenona is not far from the North Sydney Central Business District and North Sydney railway station.Straddling Miller and Walker streets in North Sydney, Wenona comprises a Junior School (K to Year 6), including Woodstock Infants (under construction) and Hooke Primary, a Middle School (Year 7 to Year 9) and a Senior College (Year 10 to Year 12). Up to 50 boarders are housed in heritage Messiter and Ralston houses which were recently refurbished.
Progressive and inclusive since 1886, Wenona was one of the first schools in NSW to introduce laptops and continues to provide innovative resources and curriculum which focus on experiential learning. An Evening Study Centre is staffed by teachers four evenings a week for Senior College students.
Sporting facilities include a Gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium including cricket nets
Cricket nets
Cricket nets are practice nets used by batsmen and bowlers to warm up and/or improve their cricketing techniques. Cricket nets consist of a cricket pitch which is enclosed by cricket nets on either side, to the rear and optionally the roof. The bowling end of the net is left open...
, and various courts and indoor fields; a smaller gymnasium catering to dance and circuit activities; a 25 metre indoor swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
; and a weights room.
Junior School
Key Learning Areas include English, mathematics, science and technology, human society and its environment (HSIE), language other than English (LOTE), creative and performing arts, and personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE).At Wenona, Mandarin is compulsory from Kindergarten to Year 6 and French from Year 3 to Year 6.
Integration of Information and Communication Technologies(ICT) across the curriculum is a focus.
Middle School
Subject offerings, which reflect student interest and demand, change from time to time.Girls in Year 7 and Year 8 follow a curriculum largely determined by the NSW Board of Studies in preparation for the NSW School Certificate. Subjects include: English, geography, history, mathematics, science, and personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE).
Board requirements in Languages other than English LOTE), visual arts, music and technology are also met.
At Wenona, girls study Asian (Mandarin and Japanese)and European (French and German) languages.
From Year 9, Wenona offers the following electives: commerce, drama, elective history, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Music, photographic and digital media, physical activity and sports studies (PASS), psychology, textiles technology and visual arts.
Senior College
Subject offerings, which reflect student interest and demand, change from time to time.Girls in Year 10 must study English, history, geography, mathematics, science, and personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE). Electives include commerce, drama, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, music, photographic and digital media, psychology, textiles technology, visual arts, and physical activity and sports studies (PASS).
Higher School Certificate elective subjects for Years 11 and 12 at Wenona consist of a large range of interesting, rigorous and challenging options including: ancient history, biology, business studies, chemistry, design and technology, drama, earth and environmental science, economics, English, French (continuers), general mathematics,geography, German (continuers), Japanese (beginners and continuers), legal studies, Chinese (beginners),
mathematics, modern history, music 1, music 2, personal development, health and physical education (PDHPE), physics, senior science, software design and development, studies of religion (1 and 2 unit), textiles and design, visual arts and visual design (non-ATAR).
Extension courses are available in mathematics, English, music, history and languages. Girls may also study HSC languages through the Open High School or the Saturday School of Community Languages.
Enrichment and extension, including some subject acceleration and university Distinction courses, are available to students who will benefit, along with a residential HSC study camp for Year 12 girls and a range of cultural exchange programs.
Music
Music is compulsory in a number of junior and middle school years and for elective music students in Year 9 to Year 12. Music groups include vocal ensemble, senior choir, middle school choir, junior choir, infants choir, contemporary vocal group and petite voices. There are three rock bands which perform in an annual rock concert combining dance, vocals and instrumental music. The school also offers wind symphony, concert band, stage band, brass ensembles, flute, clarinet and saxophone ensembles as well as string groups such as camerata and the red hot celli peppers. Wenona also has an orchestra.The School runs a Musical in both the Senior and Junior School which alternate with the Performing Arts Showcase every second year. Musicals have included the Wizard of Oz, Footloose, Kiss Me Kate, Little Shop of Horrors, The Pajama Game, The Boyfriend, Guys and Dolls and Kismet. Other concerts include an annual choral concert, ensemble concert, carol service, rock concert, elective music concerts and other events throughout the year.
Sport
Co-curricular sport is not compulsory at Wenona, however students are encouraged to participate in competitive sport on Saturday mornings and at carnivals. Wenona teams participate in the competitions run by the Junior School Heads Association of AustraliaJunior School Heads Association of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia , is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia....
(JSHAA) for primary students, and the Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association
Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association
The Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association , was established in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1922 with five founding members, all of them independent Protestant girls' schools....
(IGSSA) for those in the secondary school.
Sports offered to junior students (Years 4 to 6) through JSHAA include: Hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
/Minkey
Minkey (Mini Hockey)
Minkey is a modified form of field hockey designed for primary school children. The name is derived from "MINi hocKEY", and originated in Australia more than 20 years ago...
, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
/Tee-ball
Tee Ball
Tee Ball or T-Ball is a sport based on baseball and is intended as an introduction for children to develop baseball skills and have fun. The name Tee Ball is a registered trademark while T-Ball is the generic name, although many sources use Tee Ball as a generic title.- Description :In T-Ball, the...
/Modball, Netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Athletics
Athletics (track and field)
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking...
, Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, Diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
and Gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
. Primary girls may also compete in Skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
and Snowboarding
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
through a separate interschool competition.
Through the IGSSA competition, secondary students may participate in: Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...
, Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
, Athletics, Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, Cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Waterpolo, Diving, Swimming, Hockey, Tennis, Netball, and Softball. External to IGSSA, Wenona students may also participate in Equestrian
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
, Indoor hockey
Indoor field hockey
Indoor field hockey is an indoor variant of "traditional" outdoor field hockey. It is not to be confused with other indoor hockey variants such as rink hockey or floorball....
, Indoor soccer
Indoor soccer
Indoor soccer or arena soccer, or six-a-side football in the United Kingdom, is a game derived from association football adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink. The most important difference in play is that the indoor field is surrounded by a wall...
, Fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
, skiing, and snowboarding and Touch football
Touch football (rugby league)
Touch is a field sport also known as Touch Football, or in some countries as Touch Rugby. Touch is overseen worldwide by the Federation of International Touch . Touch has traditionally been played in Australia and New Zealand but the sport has expanded internationally and features many regional and...
.
Notable alumnae
Alumnae of Woodstock/Wenona are known as Old Girls or Wenonians, and may choose to join the school's alumni associationAlumni association
An alumni association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools , fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni from the same organisation...
, the Wenonians Inc. Some notable Wenonians include:
Academic
- Beatrice Lilias Rennie – Headmistress and founder of Queenwood School for GirlsQueenwood School for GirlsQueenwood School for Girls is an independent, non-denominational, Christian day school, located in the suburb of Mosman, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
- Rebecca Elizabeth Scott – Rhodes Scholar (1993)
- Briony ScottBriony ScottBriony Scott is the Principal of Wenona School, located in North Sydney.She is well known for her fortnightly column in the North Shore Times entitled " Ask the Teacher" where she looks at issues regarding parenting and education. Dr Scott has now moved into the role and Principal of Wenona...
- Principal of Roseville CollegeRoseville CollegeRoseville College is an independent, Anglican day school for girls, located in the suburb of Roseville, on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
2006-2011. Appointed Principal of Wenona from July 2011
Entertainment, media and the arts
- Ann Moyal AMOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
– AuthorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
; Biographer; Social Historian of Science, Telecommunication and Technology; Recipient of the Centenary MedalCentenary MedalThe Centenary Medal is an award created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the Centenary of Federation of Australia and to honour people who have made a contribution to Australian society or government...
2003 (also attended Canberra High SchoolCanberra High SchoolCanberra High School is an Australian public high school in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. It is located in the Belconnen suburb of Macquarie and has approximately 600 students ranging from Years 7-10.Students may enter subjects including L.O.T.E...
) - Wendy ParamorWendy ParamorWendy Paramor was an Australian artist.Paramor was born in Melbourne. After leaving school at the age of 15, she studied art at the East Sydney Technical College and Julian Ashton art school, before leaving for Europe in 1960 where she held exhibitions in Lisbon, London and New York...
– Artist - April Rose PengillyApril Rose PengillyApril Rose Pengilly is an Australian model, actress and presenter. April is the daughter of INXS member Kirk Pengilly.-Early life:April attended Wenona, a girls school on the North Shore of Sydney...
– Australian model and daughter of INXSINXSINXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
band member, Kirk PengillyKirk PengillyKirk Pengilly is an Australian musician, best known as a member of the rock group :INXS.-Early career:... - Rebecca Hetherington – Miss Rebecca from Mr. Squiggle
- Ashleigh Cummings– Actress
Medicine and the sciences
- Judith Dey– Pioneer in paediatrics including developmental disabilities
Politics, public service and the law
- HEExcellencyExcellency is an honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state.Usually, people styled "Excellency" are heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, certain ecclesiastics, royalty, aristocracy, and military, and others holding equivalent rank .It is...
DrDoctor (title)Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre . It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the university. This use spread...
Ruth Adler – Australian High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam - Hon.The HonourableThe prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...
JusticeJusticeJustice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
Annabelle Claire Bennett AOOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
(née Darin) – JudgeJudgeA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is supposed to conduct the trial impartially and in an open...
of the Federal Court of AustraliaFederal Court of AustraliaThe Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law , along with some summary criminal matters. Cases are heard at first instance by single Judges...
; Additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital TerritorySupreme Court of the Australian Capital TerritoryThe Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the superior court for the ACT. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the territory in civil matters , and hears the most serious criminal matters...
; Presidential Member of the Administrative Appeals TribunalAdministrative Appeals TribunalThe Administrative Appeals Tribunal is an Australian tribunal which provides for quasi-judicial review of administrative decisions by the Australian federal government. It is not a court and not part of the Australian court hierarchy, however its decisions are subject to review by the Federal...
; Recipient of the Centenary MedalCentenary MedalThe Centenary Medal is an award created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the Centenary of Federation of Australia and to honour people who have made a contribution to Australian society or government...
2003