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Ascham School, Sydney
Ascham School is a non-denominational girls' day and boarding school established in Marathon Avenue, Darling Point by Miss Marie Wallis in 1886. The School moved to its current site in 1909. The school teaches students from preschool to year 12.
For an illustrated outline of key events in Ascham’s history from 1886, see https://www.ascham.nsw.edu.au/discovering/our-history/
The Archive was established in 1992.
The archives office and part of the collection are housed in The Octagon, a Georgian watchtower built in 1832 and the oldest building in Darling Point. The Octagon also has a small teaching museum on the second floor. The Octagon, along with the rest of the school buildings, stands on land that formed part of the original Glenrock estate first settled by the Smith family in the early 1830s.
The archival collection holds the following format-based collections drawn from both the official records of the school and donations received from the school community:
Finding aids are currently not available to researchers.
Publications about the school's history include:
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9am-4pm, by appointment.
Please make appointment by email or phone prior to visiting the archives.
Available. Researchers intending to publish must contact the Head of School in writing.
A small reading room exists for long-term researchers upstairs in the Octagon, subject to hours of opening.
Created 29 March 2018