Talk:Ascham School

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[edit] 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#Alumni.

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

Law

• Caroline Needham SC Barrister

Loopla 14:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

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)

[edit] 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)