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272 Military Road, Cremorne
Sydney, New South Wales 2090
Redlands, Sydney
Established in 1884 by Elizabeth Liggins and Clara Arnold as one of the first non-denominational girls' schools on Sydney's Lower North Shore, Redlands has undergone several changes including a fifty year period - it was a girls' boarding school (with boys in the Prep School) from the 1890s to early 1940s, then an all girls' Anglican day school from the mid-1940s to the mid-1970s. Redlands has been a co-educational Anglican day school since 1978.
The school was established in Fitzroy Street, Milson's Point but moved to its current location on Military Road, Cremorne in September 1899. Misses Liggins and Arnold bought 'Redlands', originally built by Gerard Phillips and took the name for their school. The original house, 'Redlands' was demolished in 1936. In 1989, the school purchased the former site of Cremorne Girls' High School on Murdoch Street, Cremorne. The campus, occupied by the Junior and Middle School, was opened in 1990. The site is now occupied by the Preparatory and Junior Schools with the entire Senior School (Years 7 to 12) located on the Military Road campus.
In the mid-1990s, Redlands acquired its High Country Campus at Jindabyne where its Winter School is held each year in Term 3.
The archives, established in the 1960s has been managed by professional archives staff since the mid-1980s.
The archives is located in Monford Place, adjacent to the Senior School campus.
The archives collection falls into two categories:
Finding aids are currently not publicly accessible.
Published school history, primarily reminiscences relating to the period, 1911-1965: 'Redlands in Retrospect' 1st ed, 1983, Ronald Dunlop and Myrtle Gillham; 2nd ed, 1990, Ronald Dunlop, Myrtle Gillham and Joanne Birkl.
Open Monday, Thursday and Friday, 10am-4pm by appointment.
Appointment essential.
On the second floor of building with no lift.
Reference enquiries welcome, with research leading to publication requiring written permission from the Principal.
Limited onsite reading room facilities available.
Revised 11 April 2018