Woollahra
These unique classes for academically gifted and talented students were introduced at Woollahra Public School in 1932.
What are OC classes?
This house represented by the colour green.
What is Parkes house?
The colour yellow.
What is the colour of Bates house?
This house is named after which prominent 19th-century Australian figure known for his exploration and contributions to colonial self-government?
Who was William Wentworth?
The colour purple.
What is the colour of Gilmore house?
The temporary name of Woollahra Public School from the 1960s to 1979.
What is Woollahra Demonstration School?
The region in Central West New South Wales and a famous observatory are named after Sir Henry Parkes.
What are Parkes, the town, and the Parkes Observatory?
The Aboriginal word meaning 'grandmother' that Daisy Bates was known by, due to her close relationship with the Indigenous communities?"
What is Kabbarli?
William Wentworth, along with Gregory Blaxland and William Lawson, is best known for finding a route across this significant geographic feature, opening up Central New South Wales for grazing.
What are the Blue Mountains?
The profession of Dame Mary Gilmore before she became renowned for her writing and journalism.
What is a school teacher?
This building, named after a notable Australian Prime Minister, was added to Woollahra Public School for boys between 1902 and 1903.
What is the Barton Building?
This term, used to describe Sir Henry Parkes, reflects his significant role in the movement that led to the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia.
What is the ‘Father of Federation’?
Daisy Bates compiled a dictionary of several Aboriginal dialects as part of her work in these two Australian states.
What are Western Australia and South Australia?
The newspaper, still significant in Australian journalism, established by William Wentworth and Robert Wardell in 1824.
What is The Australian?
As a prominent figure in the labour movement, Dame Mary Gilmore was the first female member of which Australian union.
What is the Australian Workers Union?
The year Woollahra Public School underwent significant refurbishment, including replacing faded paint and installing green carpets?
What happened in 1978?
In 1889, Sir Henry Parkes delivered this important speech in Tenterfield, calling for the Federation of the Australian colonies.
What was The Tenterfield Oration?
Daisy Bates offered to investigate claims of harsh treatment of Indigenous Australians after reading an article in this prominent newspaper.
What is The Times?
The electorate in the House of Representatives and a location near the Blue Mountains, both named after William Wentworth, are part of his legacy.
What are the Wentworth electorate and Wentworth Falls?
Dame Mary Gilmore wrote for The Bulletin and The Sydney Morning Herald, and also edited the women's section of this workers' publication.
What is The Australian Worker
This unique form of demonstration by the students in the late 1960s led to a significant infrastructure upgrade at Woollahra Public School.
What was the candle lit protest?
Sir Henry Parkes established this newspaper in Sydney in 1850 and was its first editor.
What is the Empire newspaper?
The year Daisy Bates emigrated to Australia, beginning her long association with the country and its Indigenous people.
What happened in 1882?
In 1819 William Wentworth authored this book, which publicised colonisation opportunities and argued for a liberal voting franchise in New South Wales.
What is ‘A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and Its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen’s Land’?
Dame Mary Gilmore's experiences in these locations greatly influenced her to embrace the labour movement and campaign for the disadvantaged.
What is the country and the city?