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Whanganui Girls' College

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Funding type
  
State

Ministry of Education Institution no.
  
188

Years offered
  
9–13

Ministry of education institution number
  
188

Founded
  
1891

Established
  
1891

Principal
  
Tania King

Motto
  
Ad Astra; Poutamatia

Phone
  
+64 6-349 0944

Gender
  
Single-sex Secondary School for Girls

Address
  
Jones St, Wanganui East, Whanganui 4500, New Zealand

Similar
  
Whanganui High School, Wanganui Collegiate School, Whanganui Intermedi School, Wanganui City College, Wanganui East School

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

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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

    • References

    Whanganui Girls' College Wikipedia
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