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110 years of building connections

The Abbotsleigh Old Girls’ Union (AOGU) was founded in 1908, by the School’s first Headmistress, Miss Marian Clarke. The AOGU aims to maintain and pass down the traditions of the School, unite past students of the School with the present and keep past Abbotsleigh girls connected with each other.

AOGU 110th Anniversary Grant

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AOGU 110th Anniversary Grant

We want to be part of lifting up women who dare to dream and have hopes to improve our future. The AOGU will award grants to Old Girls to help them pursue worthwhile endeavours across a range of activities.

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Old Girls' Union

Old Girls' Union

The AOGU celebrated its centenary in 2008 and the Union continues to flourish as the connections grow and strengthen between our many Old Girls. The AOGU Committee meets twice per term.

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Our Old Girls

Abbotsleigh's students are inspired by the careers, successes and adventures of our Old Girls. The connections in our alumni community are strengthened as we enjoy celebrating each other's news and achievements.

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Giving back

Abbotsleigh's Old Girls give their time to the School in many ways such as at annual Careers Night. Old Girls also generously support scholarships and programs providing opportunity and enrichment in girls' education.

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Old Girl news

Abbotsleigh alumni

The Loom is a quarterly newsletter publishing stories and news about Old Girls and Abbotsleigh. Feature articles about Old Girls are also published here on the Abbotsleigh website.

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The AOGU's support was instrumental in the building of the School's Chapel. Jane Garrett (Maynard, 1983) designed the stained glass windows.

The Abbotsleigh Old Girls Union has nearly 6,000 members spread across eight decades of reunion years.

In 2018, the AOGU celebrated 110 years of the Union; of building connections between past students and with Abbotsleigh.

Jill Ker Conway (1951) was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia; seven Old Girls have been appointed Officer of the Order of Australia.

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Old Girls Old Girls Business Directory: A directory of businesses owned by Abbotsleigh Old Girls.

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Old Girls 2020 Grant winner Nina Dunn (Tesoriero): Lighthouse for the Community provides frontline support for those experiencing domestic and family violence.

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Old Girls 2020 Grant winner Linda Dalton: Linda developed a community driven program to help Bellingen's young people to be the safest drivers they can be.

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Old Girls 2019 110th Anniversary Grant Winners: Rebecca Ladd (1981), Helen Hoskin (1969) and Gillian Truman (1999) were worthy winners in 2019

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Old Girls 2018 Grant winner Hannah Goodwin (2010): Hannah and her team chose to produce a play in response to the worsening violence against women in Australia and around the world

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Early Learning | Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Boarding | Old Girls Little Green Idea – Keep Your Cool This Summer: How can we keep cool without racking up financial and ecological debt?

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Early Learning | Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Boarding | Old Girls Little Green Idea: Christmas Shouldn’t Cost the Earth: There are many ways in which you can share the joy of Christmas.

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Early Learning | Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Boarding | Old Girls ARTEMIS Winners at FLL Sydney Regional: It was mission accomplished for our Years 7 and 8 teams at this exciting event.

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Senior College | Old Girls Farewell, Year 12: A farewell and some photos from the last few days of Year 12 activities.

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Senior College | Old Girls 2019 Year 12 HSC Showcase: Reflecting on the incredible effort and outstanding talent displayed in this year's HSC Showcase.

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Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Old Girls | History Abbotsleigh's 134th Birthday Celebrations: Happy 134th Birthday, Abbotsleigh!

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Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Old Girls | Giving 2019 Grant winner Rachel Scott: Taking music to the bush with AOGU grant winner, Rachel Scott (1990).

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Junior School | Senior College | Old Girls Old Girls Spreading an Important Message in the Outback: Ex-Abbotsleigh students and sisters present their two-woman play.

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Early Learning | Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Boarding | Old Girls A Marvel-lous Day: Microsoft held the international launch of Captain Marvel-themed STEAM workshops for girls at their Sydney flagship store – and Abbotsleigh was there. ...

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Middle School | Senior College | Old Girls Senior School Swimming Carnival 2019: Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre was alive with colour, chanting and house spirit this week.

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Early Learning | Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Boarding | Old Girls Grace Cossington Smith art award 2018: Selected from a shortlist of 37 artists, the winners of the three Grace Cossington Smith art awards were recently announced.

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Early Learning | Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Boarding | Old Girls | Giving | History For those whose futures never unfolded: Abbotsleigh's crocheters and knitters have contributed to the beautiful poppy installation at the Australian War Memorial.

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Early Learning | Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Boarding | Old Girls A letter from the Headmistress: I am very aware of the distress that my support of the Open Letter to Parliament has caused among members of our community.

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Old Girls AOGU 110th Anniversary Grant Program: The AOGU 110th Anniversary Grant Program: helping Old Girls pursue worthwhile endeavours across a range of activities.

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Early Learning | Junior School | Middle School | Senior College | Boarding | Old Girls Because of her, we can: NAIDOC Week at Abbotsleigh: Abbotsleigh celebrated NAIDOC Week with some very special visitors and their stories.

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Old Girls Abbotsleigh mourns the loss of Jill Ker Conway AC: It was with great sadness that the Abbotsleigh community learnt of the passing of well-renowned Old Girl, academic and author, Jill Ker Conway.

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Senior College | Old Girls Women, work, wisdom and wi-fi: Old Girl Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz presented on gender diversity in the workplace at this term's Archdale and Senior College Breakfast Club.

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Middle School | Senior College | Old Girls Abbotsleigh celebrates IWD, #PressforProgress and STEM: Abbotsleigh Old Girl, Katie Rigg-Smith, the Australasian CEO of Mindshare, helped us celebrate IWD. We later opened STEM Street in the Junior School.

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Old Girls AOGU Honorary President’s Remarks 2017: AOGU Honorary President Kim Boniface reflects on 2017 and all the Old Girls' association has achieved.

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Old Girls | History The first HSC cohort: Old Girls from the first Abbotsleigh cohort to ever sit the Higher School Certificate exams following its introduction in 1967 writes about their expe ...

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Senior College | Old Girls | History Tildesley Shield 100 years on: The Tildesley shield, a tennis tournament in which Abbotsleigh participates, celebrates its 100 year anniversary in 2018.

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Middle School | Senior College | Old Girls Leadership at Abbotsleigh: Abbotsleigh Old Girl and Deputy Headmistress Victoria Rennie talks about her love of education and her interests outside of school.

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Senior College | Old Girls Robotics at Abbotsleigh: Help the ARTEMIS Club: ARTEMIS is an acronym for Abbotsleigh Robotics Team: Engineering, Mathematics, Inspiration, Science. The team designed its logo with arrows to represe ...

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Old Girls An Abbotsleigh evening to remember: Our annual networking evening saw Old Girls gather to hear from a guest speaker at a restaurant owned by current Abbotsleigh parents.

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Old Girls | History The formation of our Old Girls' Union: Founded on 23 May 1908, the Abbotsleigh Old Girls' Union is amongst the earliest school alumni unions to be formed in Australia.

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