Queenwood School for Girls
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Mosman, New South Wales Australia 
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| Coordinates | 33°49′26″S 151°14′55″E / 33.82389°S 151.24861°ECoordinates: 33°49′26″S 151°14′55″E / 33.82389°S 151.24861°E |
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| Type | Independent, Day school |
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Latin: Per Aspera Ad Astra (Through Struggles to the Stars) |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Established | 1925 |
| Founders | Grace Lawrance and Beatrice Rennie |
| Chair | Judith MacCormick |
| Principal | Elizabeth Stone |
| Employees | ~81 |
| Years | K–12 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | ~800 (2007) |
| Colour(s) | Red, Grey and White |
| Website | www.queenwood.nsw.edu.au |
Queenwood is an independent, non-denominational, day school, based upon Christian values, located in the suburb of Mosman, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1925 by Miss Grace Lawrence (Wenona alumnae) and named after the Queenwood Ladies' College in East Sussex, Queenwood has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12.
The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia, and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).
Queenwood was established by Grace Lawrance, assisted by Beatrice Rennie, as a private, independent, day and boarding school for girls, on 21 September 1925.
The two women had met in 1918, at the Glennie Memorial School in Toowoomba, Queensland, where Lawrance was Principal, and Rennie first assistant-mistress. They travelled to England in 1921, where they visited many of the best girls' schools. Both women resigned from the Glennie in 1925, with the intention of founding a school in Sydney. They chose a large, old house at 47 Mandalong Road, Mosman. Their entrepreneurial courage was remarkable since neither enjoyed perfect health.
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