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| Location | |
| Armidale, NSW Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent |
| Motto | Absque Deo nihil ' Without God, Nothing' |
| Established | 1894 |
| Headmaster | Mr Murray Guest |
| Chaplain | Rev Richard Newton |
| Grades | T–12 |
| Enrolment | 400 |
| Campus | 19 mm |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and straw |
| Affiliations | Anglican, GPS |
| Website | www.as.edu.au |
The Armidale School (TAS) is an Anglican boarding and day school for boys, located on the New England Tablelands of northern New South Wales, Australia. It was founded in 1894 , and is a member of the GPS.
The school
TAS, which is part of the Round Square, has a coeducational junior school, with classes for:
- transition (four years old) to Year 5;
- middle school for boys from Years 6 to 8; and
- a senior school from Years 9 to 12.
Pastoral care
The school participates in the annual Pilgrimage of Hope to India.
Notable alumni
Academic
Rhodes Scholars
- 1949 - Robert Clarence Robertson-Cuninghame - BSc(Agric) University of Sydney
Media, entertainment, and the arts
- Peter Cousins - one of Australia's most outstanding musical theatre performers
- Angus Sampson - TV & Film actor. Recently apppearing in Kokoda (film) and Thank God You're Here
- Alex Buzo - playwright
- Ian Kiernan - AO, OAM environmentalist & around the world yachtsman
Sport
- Joe Roff - Rugby union footballer
- Sam Payne - Represented NSW & Australia in Rugby Union at halfback
- Richard Tombs - Represented NSW & Australia in Rugby Union (5 tests at inside & outside centre between 1988-1996)
- James Holbeck - Played Representitive Rugby Union for ACT Brumbies & Australia
Politics
- William Wentworth (Australian politician) - William Charles Wentworth IV
March 2007 scandal
In March 2007, the school was rocked by allegations that one of its senior teachers has been engaged in internet child pornography. At the time of the scandal, the principal, Murray Guest, confirmed the school had accepted the resignation of a house master and year 10 Physical Education teacher, Jeremy Roberts, after he was arrested and charged over the alleged production of child pornography on the internet.
Mr. Guest stressed in a statement that the allegations did not relate to any of the 600 students at the 114-year-old school in the Northern Tablelands.
See also
External links
| Members of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales, Australia | |
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