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Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne

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Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne (PLC), is an independent, private, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls, located in Burwood, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [1]

121 relations: Aerobic gymnastics, Alumni association, Alumnus, Andrew Harper, Art, Association football, Astronomy, Australian one hundred-dollar note, Badminton, Basketball, Bathroom, Bedroom, Boarding school, Burwood, Victoria, Charles Henry Pearson, Chess, Christian, Cognitive development, Computer, Cricket, Cross country running, Dallas Brooks, Dance, Day school, Debate, Diving, Drama, Early Learning Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Edward Goll, Emil von Sauer, Emotion, Equestrianism, Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, Fencing, Fitzroy Gardens, Franz Liszt, French language, German language, Girls Sport Victoria, Golf, Governor of Victoria, Hamer Hall, Melbourne, Head teacher, Henry Handel Richardson, Hockey, House system, IB Diploma Programme, Independent Primary School Heads of Australia, Independent school, ..., International Baccalaureate, Joseph Reed (architect), Junior school, Karate, Language, Leadership, List of boarding schools, List of high schools in Victoria, List of pipe bands, List of schools in Victoria, Australia, Literature, Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, Margaret Sutherland, Marion Phillips, Mathematics, Melbourne, Melbourne Girls Grammar, Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne, Mixed-sex education, MLC School, Motor skill, Motto, Music, Musical theatre, Nancy Weir, Nellie Melba, Netball, North Sydney Girls High School, Parliament of Australia, Presbyterian Church of Australia, Presbyterian Church of Victoria, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, Presbyterian polity, Presbyterianism, Private school, Public Schools Act 1868, Reading (process), Reggio Emilia approach, Religious education, Rowing (sport), SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Science, Scotch College, Melbourne, Single-sex education, Skiing, Social studies, Softball, Soprano, Suffragette, Surf lifesaving, Surfing, Swimming (sport), Sydney Girls High School, Taekwondo, Technology, Tennis, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, The Sun-Herald, Track and field, Triathlon, University High School, Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victorian Certificate of Education, Victorian Essential Learning Standards, Vida Goldstein, Volleyball, Water polo, Who's Who in Australia, World War II, Writing, Year Twelve. Expand index (71 more) »

Aerobic gymnastics

Aerobic gymnastics or sport aerobics is a competitive sport originating from traditional aerobics in which complex, high-intensity movement patterns and elements of varying difficulty are performed to music.

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Alumni association

An alumni association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students (alumni).

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Alumnus

An alumnus ((masculine), an alumna ((feminine), or an alumnum ((gender-neutral) of a college, university, or other school is a former student. The word is Latin and simply means student. The plural is alumni for men and mixed groups and alumnae for women. The term is often mistakenly thought of as synonymous with "graduate," but they are not synonyms; one can be an alumnus without graduating. (Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example.) An alumnus can also be a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate.

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Andrew Harper

Rev Andrew Harper DD (13 November 1844 – 25 November 1936) was a Scottish–Australian biblical scholar, teacher, and school Principal.

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Art

Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's imaginative, conceptual idea, or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Astronomy

Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.

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Australian one hundred-dollar note

The Australian one-hundred-dollar banknote was first issued in 1984 as a paper note.

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Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Bathroom

A bathroom is a room in the home for personal hygiene activities, generally containing a sink (basin) and either a bathtub, a shower, or both.

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Bedroom

A bedroom is a room of a house, mansion, castle, palace, hotel, dormitory, apartment, condominium, duplex or townhouse where people sleep.

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Boarding school

A boarding school provides education for pupils who live on the premises, as opposed to a day school.

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Burwood, Victoria

Burwood is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Charles Henry Pearson

Charles Henry Pearson (7 September 1830 – 29 May 1894) was a British-born Australian historian, educationist, politician and journalist.

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Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Cognitive development

Cognitive development is a field of study in neuroscience and psychology focusing on a child's development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning, and other aspects of the developed adult brain and cognitive psychology.

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Computer

A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass.

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Dallas Brooks

General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, (22 August 1896 – 22 March 1966) was a British military commander who went on to become the 19th and longest-serving Governor of Victoria, Australia.

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Dance

Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.

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Day school

A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an educational institution where children (or high school age adolescents) are given instruction during the day, after which the students return to their homes.

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Debate

Debate is a process that involves formal discussion on a particular topic.

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Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics.

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Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.

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Early Learning Centre

The Early Learning Centre (ELC) is a British retailer selling toys aimed at very young children.

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East Melbourne, Victoria

East Melbourne is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, 2 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Edward Goll

Edward Goll (4 February 188411 January 1949) was a Bohemian pianist who settled in Australia in his late 20s and became a noted piano teacher at the Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music.

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Emil von Sauer

Emil Georg Conrad von Sauer (8 October 186227 April 1942) was a German composer, pianist, score editor, and music (piano) teacher.

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Emotion

Emotion is any conscious experience characterized by intense mental activity and a certain degree of pleasure or displeasure.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

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Erikson's stages of psychosocial development

Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, as articulated in the second half of the 20th century by Erik Erikson, in collaboration with Joan Erikson, is a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of eight stages, in which a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood.

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Fencing

Fencing is a group of three related combat sports.

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Fitzroy Gardens

The Fitzroy Gardens are 26 hectares (64 acres) located on the southeastern edge of the Melbourne Central Business District in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (Liszt Ferencz, in modern usage Liszt Ferenc;Liszt's Hungarian passport spelt his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simply "c" in all words except surnames; this has led to Liszt's given name being rendered in modern Hungarian usage as "Ferenc". From 1859 to 1867 he was officially Franz Ritter von Liszt; he was created a Ritter (knight) by Emperor Francis Joseph I in 1859, but never used this title of nobility in public. The title was necessary to marry the Princess Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein without her losing her privileges, but after the marriage fell through, Liszt transferred the title to his uncle Eduard in 1867. Eduard's son was Franz von Liszt. 22 October 181131 July 1886) was a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, organist, philanthropist, author, nationalist and a Franciscan tertiary during the Romantic era.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Girls Sport Victoria

Girls' Sport Victoria (GSV) was established in 2001, and is one of the largest independent school sporting association in Victoria, with 24 member schools from around Melbourne.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Governor of Victoria

The Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of its monarch, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia and is one of the Governors of the Australian states.

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Hamer Hall, Melbourne

Hamer Hall (formerly the Melbourne Concert Hall) is a 2,466 seat concert hall, the largest venue in the Arts Centre complex, used for orchestra and contemporary music performances.

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Head teacher

The head teacher,See American and British English spelling differences headmaster, headmistress, head, chancellor, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the teacher with the greatest responsibility for the management of a school, college, or, in the case of the United States and India, an independent school.

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Henry Handel Richardson

Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (3 January 187020 March 1946), known by her pen name Henry Handel Richardson, was an Australian author.

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Hockey

Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.

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House system

The house system is a traditional feature of schools in England, originating in England.

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IB Diploma Programme

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16 to 18 year olds.

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Independent Primary School Heads of Australia

The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA) formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia.

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Independent school

An independent school is independent in its finances and governance; it is usually not dependent upon national or local government to finance its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, donations, and in some cases the investment yield of an endowment.

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International Baccalaureate

The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968.

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Joseph Reed (architect)

Joseph Reed (c. 1823–1890), a Cornishman by birth, was one of the most talented, prolific and influential Victorian era architect in Melbourne, Australia.

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Junior school

A Junior school is a type of school which provides primary education to children, often in the age range from 8 and 13, following attendance at Infant school which covers the age range 5–7.

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Karate

(Okinawan pronunciation) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

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Language

Language is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system.

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Leadership

Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.

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List of boarding schools

This list includes notable boarding schools (where some or all people study and live during the school year) offering a curriculum in English and other languages.

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List of high schools in Victoria

This is a list of high schools, also known as secondary colleges, in the state of Victoria, Australia.

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List of pipe bands

A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers.

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List of schools in Victoria, Australia

Below are lists of schools in Victoria, Australia.

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Literature

Literature, most generically, is any body of written works.

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Mac.Robertson Girls' High School

The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School (also known simply as Mac.Rob or MGHS) is an academically selective, public high school for gifted students, located in the city of Melbourne, Australia.

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Margaret Sutherland

Margaret Ada Sutherland AO OBE (20 November 189712 August 1984) was an Australian composer, among the best-known female musicians her country has produced.

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Marion Phillips

Marion Phillips (29 October 1881 – 23 January 1932) was a Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament in England.

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Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Melbourne Girls Grammar

Melbourne Girls' Grammar (also known as MGGS), is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in South Yarra, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne

Methodist Ladies' College (commonly referred to as MLC) is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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MLC School

MLC School is an independent day school for girls, located in Burwood, Sydney.

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Motor skill

A motor skill is a learned ability to cause a predetermined movement outcome with maximum certainty.

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Motto

A motto (derived from the Latin muttum, 'mutter', by way of Italian motto, 'word', 'sentence') is a maxim; a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group or organization.

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Music

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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Nancy Weir

Nancy Mary Weir (13 July 1915 – 14 October 2008) was an Australian pianist and teacher.

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Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba GBE (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic soprano.

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Netball

Netball is a ball sport played by two teams of seven players.

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North Sydney Girls High School

North Sydney Girls' High School (NSGHS, more commonly known as NSG) is an academically selective public high school for girls, located in Crows Nest, in Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Federal Parliament; also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or just Parliament) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia.

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Presbyterian Church of Australia

The Presbyterian Church of Australia (PCA) is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Australia.

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Presbyterian Church of Victoria

The Presbyterian Church of Victoria is one of the constituent churches of the Presbyterian Church of Australia.

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Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney

The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia.

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Presbyterian polity

Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a part of the reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to Britain, particularly Scotland, and Ireland.

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Private school

Private schools, also known to many as independent schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments.

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Public Schools Act 1868

The Public Schools Act 1868 was enacted by the British Parliament to reform and regulate seven of the leading English boys' schools of the time, most of which had grown out of ancient charity schools for the education of a certain number of poor scholars, but were then, as they do today, also educating many sons of the English upper and upper-middle classes on a fee-paying basis.

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Reading (process)

Reading is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning (reading comprehension).

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Reggio Emilia approach

The Reggio Emilia approach is an educational philosophy focused on preschool and primary education.

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Religious education

In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion (although in England the term religious instruction would refer to the teaching of a particular religion, with religious education referring to teaching about religions in general) and its varied aspects: its beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles.

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Rowing (sport)

Rowing, often referred to as crew in the United States, is a sport whose origins reach back to Ancient Egyptian times.

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SCEGGS Darlinghurst

SCEGGS Darlinghurst is an independent, Anglican school for girls, located in Darlinghurst, an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Science

R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.

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Scotch College, Melbourne

Scotch College is an independent Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys, located in Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Single-sex education

Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools.

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Skiing

Skiing can be a means of transport, a recreational activity or a competitive winter sport in which the participant uses skis to glide on snow.

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Social studies

In the United States education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science.

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Softball

Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball (11 in. to 12 in. sized ball) on a smaller field.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Suffragette

Suffragettes were members of women's organisations in the late-19th and early-20th centuries who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for women's suffrage, the right to vote in public elections.

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Surf lifesaving

Surf lifesaving is a multifaceted movement that comprises key aspects of voluntary lifeguard services and competitive surf sport.

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Surfing

Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore.

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Swimming (sport)

Swimming is an individual or team sport that requires the use of ones arms and legs to move the body through water.

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Sydney Girls High School

Sydney Girls High School, is an academically selective public high school for girls located at Moore Park, in Sydney, NSW.

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Taekwondo

Taekwondo (from Korean 태권도, 跆拳道) is a Korean martial art, characterised by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping and spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques.

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Technology

Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia) is first robustly defined by Jacob Bigelow in 1829 as: "...principles, processes, and nomenclatures of the more conspicuous arts, particularly those which involve applications of science, and which may be considered useful, by promoting the benefit of society, together with the emolument of those who pursue them".

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award (commonly abbreviated DofE), is a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, that has since expanded to 144 nations.

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The Sun-Herald

The Sun-Herald is an Australian newspaper published in tabloid or compact format on Sundays in Sydney by Fairfax Media.

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.

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Triathlon

A triathlon is a multiple-stage competition involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance disciplines.

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University High School, Melbourne

The University High School (UHS or Uni High) is a public, co-educational high school, located in the Melbourne, Australia suburb of Parkville.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Victorian Certificate of Education

The Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is one credential available to secondary school students who successfully complete year 11 and 12 in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Victorian Essential Learning Standards

In the state of Victoria, Australia, the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) is the curriculum framework for Preparatory to Year 10 school levels, which replaced the Curriculum and Standards Framework II (CSF 2) in 2006.

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Vida Goldstein

Vida Jane Mary Goldstein (13 April 186915 August 1949) was an Australian suffragette and social reformer.

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Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.

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Water polo

Water polo is a competitive team sport played in the water between two teams.

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Who's Who in Australia

The Who's Who in Australia is an Australian biographical reference first published by Fred Johns in 1906 as Johns's Notable Australians.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Writing

Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols.

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Year Twelve

Year 12 is an educational year group in schools in many countries including England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_Ladies'_College,_Melbourne

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