94-719: Sydney Grammar School ( SGS , colloquially known as Grammar ) is an independent, fee-paying, non-denominational day school for boys, located in Sydney , Australia . Incorporated in 1854 by an Act of Parliament and opened in 1857, the school claims to offer "classical" or " grammar " school education thought of as liberal, humane, pre-vocational pedagogy. As of 2006, Sydney Grammar School had an enrolment of approximately 1,841 students from kindergarten to Year 12, over three campuses. The two preparatory schools (K to 6), are located at Edgecliff in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs , and St Ives , on
188-714: A Form V (Year 11) course in extension chemistry and physics and a Form VI (Year 12) course in lagrangian dynamics and quantum mechanics ; 19th Century Russian literature, with a focus on the works of Pushkin and Dostoevsky , with a smaller study of Chekhov and Nikolai Gogol . Most recently, the Special Academic Course is a formal two-unit subject undertaken during Form V (in which the pupil must take Extension 1 Mathematics and English), in which pupils are able to select two out of three 'electives', being: "Science in Ruins" (combining scientific approaches within
282-521: A Hyde Park Improvement Committee was formed. Trustees were appointed to determine policy and after 1854 the space gradually became tailored towards a more bourgeois, middle-class ideal of a passive, decorative open space for strolling. It attracted public speakers for a time, until they, like the cricketers, were banished to the Domain to the park's north. Gradually Hyde Park became more a place for passive recreation and more like an "English" garden. There
376-598: A bandstand were introduced. This broadly reflected the rise of the Public Parks Movement in England, and elsewhere in Sydney – with Parramatta Park being declared a public park in the mid-1850s after much lobbying. In the 1850s civic monuments began to be erected in the park. The first in 1857 was the Thornton Obelisk. It is also irreverently known as 'Thornton's Scent Bottle' constructed on
470-530: A boon'. His report went to Council in August 1903. Control of Hyde Park was vested by the Department of Lands in the then Sydney Municipal Council in 1904. A programme of upgrading began. By 1905 illumination of the whole of Hyde Park had been completed. In 1908 Hyde Park was redefined following the widening of Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets by 5.5 metres (18 ft) and 4.6 metres (15 ft). In 1910
564-826: A bronze statue was erected by public subscription to commemorate the populist politician William Bede Dalley (1831–88) near the north-east corner of the park near Prince Albert Road. Director of the Botanic Gardens, Joseph Henry Maiden compiled a 42-page paper on "The Parks of Sydney" which he delivered to the Royal Society on 4 June 1902. Providing a schedule of Sydney's 207 "Public Parks and Recreation Reserves" set aside between January 1855 and April 1902, Maiden dealt with their administration, and how they were (or should be) planted, fenced and provided with paths, roads, seats, lights and other facilities, such as latrines, which were now provided "for women and children" in
658-611: A cappella group is known as The Grammarphones and is composed of the best tenors , basses and baritones in the senior years. The school's senior big band , the Sydney Grammar School Big Band, is a regular feature at the Manly Jazz Festival . SGS embarked on a five-year program entitled "Bach: 2010", in which all the known choral cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach were performed in a series of concerts between 2005 and 2010. Sydney Grammar
752-430: A complete new clinical trial, which creates a prohibitive barrier to entering the market. The boys are quoted making comments highly critical of Shkreli's and Turing's behaviour, and have been applauded on social media with comments that their work highlights Shkreli's greed, though he has minimised their achievement. Shkreli subsequently posted a video about the achievement, declaring his "delight" about students entering
846-467: A consequence of the closed distribution model which Turing employs in the United States, any competing company seeking to market a generic alternative to Daraprim (including using the approach the boys developed with their teacher) would need to compare their product with a sample of Daraprim provided directly by Turing; if Turing refuses to provide that sample, the competitor would need to undertake
940-565: A drink. The taps were bronze and in the shape of a dolphin. Also in 1888 the Fort Macquarie Cannon ( c. 1810 s) was placed in the park. In 1888 the John Baptist Memorial Fountain was sited at Hyde Park, in a different location to its current one near the corner of Park & Elizabeth Streets. Early photographs (pre c.1910) show it on an "x" intersection of two paths, and surrounded by
1034-470: A fence to be made between the park and the brickfields and directed that carts carrying bricks or pottery should go through the turn-pike gate in George Street . He directed that all traffic crossing the park was to use the new line of road along the route of Liverpool Street to South Head Road (or Oxford Street ). This roadway then defined the southern boundary of Hyde Park. The northern boundary
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#17327867504411128-497: A general nature. The council should appoint a superintendent of parks: "trained professional gardeners, not labourers or handy men" should comprise the core of the staff; a nursery and depot were required; etc. With improvements, Elizabeth Street could become "the noblest street in Sydney"...More latrines were generally needed, and if "a convenience for females" were provided in Hyde Park, say near Park Street, it would, I feel sure be
1222-533: A group of year 11 students attempted to prepare the medication pyrimethamine (sold as Daraprim) in 2016. Pyrimethamine is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines , the most important medications needed in a basic health system , for both adults and children. It is used to treat toxoplasmosis , cystoisosporiasis , and malaria (in combination with sulfadoxine ). It received significant attention when its manufacturer in
1316-524: A major international exhibition in Paris (1867). Even if a railway station was not erected on Hyde Park (as had been suggested) or even used at all for an exhibition, the proximity of the railway station and exhibition hall was seen as a necessity for practical and symbolic reasons. Ease of transport was vital for a successful show but so was the powerful symbolism of the "iron horse", with its prefabricated iron railway tracks symptomatic of an age that had produced
1410-627: A metal picket fence. Baptist was an early and influential nursery proprietor in Sydney whose nursery "The Garden" in Surry Hills was successful. He was a generous benefactor, donating a fountain to Redfern Park. This fountain was commissioned for "The Garden" nursery. It was donated by his family to the City for Hyde Park on the centenary of the European settlement of Australia – at this time Australia's premier park had no fountain. While its origin
1504-432: A park. In 1830 Park Street was extended through the park. In 1832 William and Macquarie Street (southern extension) were constructed severing Hyde Park and establishing its central axis. Also in 1832 College Street was built which divided off part of the park, in the area which became Cook and Phillip Parks. Also in 1832 Sydney College was built (later Sydney Grammar School ). With the nearby Lyons Terrace (1851) and
1598-452: A plaza which terminated Macquarie Street. Macquarie blocked the street named after himself at what was later known as Queens's Square and excluded all roadways from the park. The western boundary was defined as Camden Street, later Elizabeth Street, renamed by Macquarie for his wife, Elizabeth Campbell). It was marked out in Meehan's plan of 1807 almost as far as present day Park Street. This
1692-547: A public lecture. Notable scholars have included metaethicist Simon Blackburn , science and medical historian Sir Geoffrey Lloyd , zoologist Andrew Parker , astronomer and 1999 Young Australian of the Year Bryan Gaensler , historian Sir Christopher Clark , professor of English Dame Marina Warner , professor of Greek Richard Hunter , and composer Robin Holloway . As part of an academic extension activity,
1786-533: A racecourse and – with its slightly elevated position – a promenade cites Hyde Park as being Sydney's cricket ground from 1827 to 1856. In 1811 Macquarie framed further regulations to secure the space for public recreation. He closed access across the park to the Brickfields beyond, forbade carts to cross it, or cows, sheep, goats and pigs' to graze upon it, and ordered that no cattle headed for markets near Darling Harbour were to be driven across it. He caused
1880-488: A second time in 1851, its north–south line became a rudimentary public walk (known as "Lovers" Walk'); a derivation from the planted walks in English 18th century urban pleasure gardens (such as Vauxhall Gardens). In the 1830s Governor Darling proposed to sell off the park for houses, but his successor Governor Bourke rebuffed the claims of those who desired the park for residential allotments and reaffirmed its status as
1974-561: A sort of "Common" on the edge of the town. It had quite a different status to the Governor 's Domain, which became the Botanic Gardens. It was land that belonged to the people, rather than to the Governor or his officials. The settlers grazed their animals on it and used its brush and trees as firewood. It was gradually denuded of vegetation. By 1810 it would have been a relatively open, elevated space and by then it would have had views out to
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#17327867504412068-690: A vegetable garden of 11 acres allocated to the Barracks and a site marked out for the Roman Catholic Chapel... "near the rubbish dump". The foundation stone for what would become St Mary's Cathedral was laid in 1821 on a site adjoining Hyde Park's north-eastern side, the first site granted to the Roman Catholic Church in Australia. Macquarie made no move to have the space planted. He probably had enough difficulty getting
2162-1261: Is Richard Malpass, who replaced John Vallance when he resigned on 7 April 2017. Sydney Grammar offers a liberal , pre-vocational type education, and this is reflected in its academic structure and subject choices. Every student must study Latin in 'First Form' or 7th Grade. The academic departments are: Subjects offered for the Higher School Certificate (HSC) include English Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Mathematics, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Chemistry , Physics , Biology , Earth and Environmental Science , Geography, Modern History , Ancient History , History Extension, Economics, Latin , Latin Extension, Classical Greek , Classical Greek Extension, French Continuers, French Extension, Italian Continuers, Italian Extension, German Continuers, German Extension, Chinese Continuers, Chinese Extension, Japanese Beginners, Music 1, Music 2, Music Extension, Visual Art, Drama, PDHPE , Design and Technology and Studies of Religion. Sanskrit and Special Academic Courses are offered as non-HSC subjects. The Special Academic courses previously included
2256-624: Is also a large gymnasium at College Street and full rowing facilities at the school's boatshed at Gladesville . In May 2005, Headmaster John Vallance announced that the school would lead a consortium to purchase 30 Alma Street Paddington , known as White City , from Tennis New South Wales, thus extending the Weigall grounds substantially. In 2006, development applications to subdivide the White City tennis courts (numbered DA 20/2006 and DA 302/2006) were lodged with Woollahra Council to develop
2350-655: Is available from Sigma-Aldrich for $ 36.50 per 100 g) and prepared 3.7 g of pyrimethamine, which is about US$ 110,000 at Turing's prices. Their work has attracted attention from around the world, being reported in The Independent , the Daily Telegraph , and BBC News in the United Kingdom, the Washington Post , New York Daily News , and U.S. News & World Report in
2444-505: Is located near the Sydney central business district . The campus is compact and consists of multi-storey buildings (of up to eight floors) in a concrete landscape setting. Sydney Grammar is situated on the eastern side of Sydney's Hyde Park , next to the Australian Museum , and extends from College Street to Yurong Street. The designs of the school's buildings illustrate many different architectural eras: "Big School" (dating from
2538-588: Is one of the few institutions in the world that has engaged in such an exercise and was aided by the Mander organ in the Big School. A performance has been held every year since by head of practical music studies, Robert Wagner, on the Bach's birthday. Under the current Head Master, an organic rock-&-roll movement has emerged and is currently thriving. The end of 2004 saw the consummation of years of practice in
2632-501: Is required for working parents in locations where children are expected to return home at noon to eat with their families. This article relating to education is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hyde Park, Sydney Hyde Park , Sydney, is an urban park, of 16.2-hectare (40-acre), located in the central business district of Sydney , in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales , Australia. It
2726-470: Is safe for all time. For each generation is wiser than the preceding one...". He may, in retrospect, have been over-optimistic on these last two points. After addressing the Royal Society, Maiden was asked by Sydney Council to report on the state of the reserves within the city. He furnished an interim report in July 1903, before he had inspected Prince Alfred and Moore Parks, but many of his suggestions were of
2820-403: Is the oldest public parkland in Australia. Hyde Park is on the eastern fringe of the Sydney city centre and is approximately rectangular in shape, being squared at the southern end and rounded at the northern end. It is bordered on the west by Elizabeth Street , on the east by College Street , on the north by St James Road and Prince Albert Road and on the south by Liverpool Street . The park
2914-412: Is uncertain – it seems to be a locally made copy (in sandstone) after an 1842 English design – since the 1830s catalogues of the English firm Austin and Seeley had carried descriptions of fountains made of artificial stone and J.C. Loudon had advocated installing jetting fountains. A popular theme was three dolphins or carp on rockwork, their tails holding up the shell-shaped basin.... It also appears to be
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3008-705: The 1851 Great Exhibition in Joseph Paxton 's Crystal Palace , held in London's Hyde Park, and the first Australian Colonial Exhibition in Melbourne in 1854, Sydney also held a more modest exhibition in the Museum to display exhibits destined for Paris (the 1855 International Exhibition) or Melbourne (1861). Victoria also hosted Australia's earliest intercolonial exhibition, in Melbourne (1866–7), again preceding
3102-571: The Australian Museum (1849–51) the southern end of Hyde Park attracted significant and imposing buildings which increased its importance as a planned open space envisaged by Francis Greenway. In 1837 the first major planting in the park was undertaken by Superintendent of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, Alan Cunningham . Also in 1837 Sydney's second main water supply (after the first one – the Tank Stream – had become polluted)
3196-645: The Government of New South Wales . It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 13 December 2011. It is the southernmost of a chain of parkland that extends north to the shore of Sydney Harbour via The Domain and Royal Botanic Garden . Around the park's boundaries lie various buildings housing the Supreme Court of New South Wales , St James Church , Hyde Park Barracks and Sydney Hospital to
3290-516: The Hunter and the Illawarra , to gather at a ceremonial contest ground to the south of the city. The exact location of this site of ritualized conflict settlement and resistance is unclear. Described as lying between the road to Botany Bay and the Brickfields, it was probably near Hyde Park South. Bloody fist fights involving up to 100 people, spearings and beatings were used to resolve conflicts at
3384-870: The STEM field, describing them as "proof that the 21st century economy will solve problems of human suffering through science and technology", and stating that "[w]e should congratulate these students for their interest in chemistry and all be excited about what is to come in the STEM-focused 21st century." The students presented their work at the Royal Australian Chemical Institute 's NSW Organic Chemistry symposium alongside students at fourth-year undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as postdoctoral researchers . The school has numerous clubs and societies for students. Notable examples include: A number of boys also assist in editing
3478-659: The Upper North Shore . The College Street campus caters for students from Forms I to VI (Years 7–12), and is located in Darlinghurst . The school is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference , and is a founding member of the Athletic Association of
3572-630: The trustees of the school shall consist of twelve persons, of whom six shall be persons holding the following offices respectively: The act also provides that the Governor of New South Wales shall be the official visitor of the school. Sydney Grammar School is the oldest school still in use in the City of Sydney , and is also historically significant as the site on which the University of Sydney began. The school also holds scientific significance as containing examples of early building materials and techniques in pre-Federation Australia . The site
3666-401: The Botanic Gardens, but not yet "in our parks, so far as I am aware". Maiden stressed that above all, 'in this democratic country, parks "should be inviolable". Their inalienability had to be rigorously guarded. He noted that fortunately "the battle of Hyde Park has been fought and won. Hyde Park will be immune from the builder and the railway constructor for a century, and if for so long, then it
3760-565: The Brickfields contest ground. These were observed and recorded by visiting Russian sailors in 1814, and again 10 years later by the French explorers Dumont d'Urville and René Lesson on their voyage of Coquille . The valley of the Tank Stream was cradled between two slightly elevated sandstone and shale ridges which ran down to the harbour to form Dawes Point and Bennelong Point on each side of Sydney Cove . The Tank Stream itself
3854-593: The Colonial Architect, James Barnet 's vision for the cultural focus of Sydney Town. The War Memorial wing, named for its position behind Big School's monument to the Great War , was built at the northern end of Big School in 1953 by the Scott brothers, at the cost of its double staircase. In 1876, the main building was extended to the east by Mansfield Brothers, and this extension was itself extended to
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3948-561: The Crystal Palace. Encouraged by the success of the first Sydney exhibition of the Agricultural Society of NSW in 1869, Prince Alfred Park was chosen as the site of the grand Intercolonial Exhibition of 1870. To Sydney's chagrin, the Melbourne exhibition was a great success and the "mother colony" looked anxiously to the day when she could respond with a confident rejoinder. The centenary of Cook's voyage along
4042-611: The Government Domain in order. However the formal nature of the Queens Square end of Hyde Park made it an appropriate place for Governor Brisbane 's Commission to be read to the assembled populace on 1 December 1821. < Francis Greenway , architect to Governor Macquarie, wrote in a letter to The Australian in April 1825 that Hyde Park was to be "given to the inhabitants of Sydney for ever, and to be laid down in
4136-702: The Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS). As of 2019, it was ranked the 3rd most expensive school in Australia with an average annual school fee of $ 36,615 per student. The Sydney Public Free Grammar School was opened in 1825 by Laurence Hynes Halloran , born County Meath , Ireland (1765–1831). Previously, Halloran had operated a private school in Exeter , England, however fled in 1796 due to debts, after being accused of immorality . It subsequently emerged that his degrees (in divinity ) were self-awarded. He eventually returned to Britain but
4230-1051: The Major Rennie Trophy at the AAGPS Head of the River . This marked the first victory for the school since 1978. In its history, Grammar has won the race sixteen times, the second highest number of victories after the Shore School . Many rowers have gone on to row in Varsity Crews at a university level. In the 2014–2015 Harvard University rowing roster, Sydney Grammar had the most rowers out of any high school globally and two Sydney Grammar rowers were in Harvard's top crew (First Varsity Eight). The school operates academic extension programmes in both sciences and humanities, which includes olympiad programmes and hosting visiting scholars who spend time teaching and giving
4324-665: The Manor of Hyde and which was seized from the Abbey of Westminster by Henry VIII for a forest hunting reserve in 1536). Macquarie's naming and formal definition of the park was part of his town planning policy. He named the streets and regularised their courses, erected a wharf in Cockle Bay, relocated the Market Place and planned other improvements in the town, as well as defining Sydney's first major park and formalising its use "for
4418-564: The Sydney Grammar School Act 1854 states: It is deemed expedient for the better advancement of religion and morality and the promotion of useful knowledge to establish in Sydney a public school for conferring on all classes and denominations of Her Majesty’s subjects resident in the Colony of New South Wales without any distinction whatsoever the advantages of a regular and liberal course of education. The act provides that
4512-517: The Synagogue the character of Elizabeth Street became somewhat less exclusive. By 1900, pubs and the odd private club – including Tattersall's bookmakers club – were a feature of the street. In 1879 (on the centenary of Cook's death) the Captain Cook statue was erected, on a stone base that had been erected in 1869. It stands on the highest point in the park. Its sculptor was Thomas Woolmer who
4606-593: The United States was acquired by Turing Pharmaceuticals , and its CEO Martin Shkreli decided to increase the price from US$ 13.50 to US$ 750 a dose. Hence, a group of year 11 students from Grammar, supported by Matthew H. Todd from the University of Sydney and the Open Source Malaria consortium, have prepared pyrimethamine . The students started with 17 g of (4-chlorophenyl)acetonitrile (which
4700-486: The United States, among others. By replacing expensive chemicals with alternatives available in a high school laboratory, they demonstrated that the synthesis can be carried out fairly simply and safely, and at a cost of approximately $ 2 per dose (US$ 1.48). Business magazine Forbes described the work as figuratively "punch[ing] Martin Shkreli in the face" and as raising questions about pharmaceutical companies which do not do substantial amounts of research. Unfortunately, as
4794-484: The advice of Director of the Botanic Gardens, Charles Moore . Despite removal of an earlier central avenue of Moreton Bay figs, other specimens of both of these species survive from this era. In 1866 the parkland was enclosed with a two-railed hardwood fence. A bronze statue of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert , was erected in 1866 five years after his death. This was moved to the Botanic Gardens in 1922 and relocated in front of Hyde Park Barracks in 1987. After
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#17327867504414888-457: The annual Tri-Grammar competitions, a series of cricket competitions between the Firsts teams of Sydney Grammar School, Melbourne Grammar School and Brisbane Grammar School . Sydney and Melbourne Grammar School also compete for "The Bat" in the same competition. The Sydney–Melbourne match dates back to 1876, and in 1976, to mark the centenary of this rivalry, a "Bat" was struck, with the winner of
4982-665: The annual match taking possession. The bat was donated by John Crawford, the father of the captain of the 1976 premiership winning side Andrew Crawford. The school launched its rowing program in 1878, and has maintained it since. Competition in rowing culminates in the Riverview Gold Cup for Junior Crews and the Head of the River for Senior Crews. Grammar's boatshed is on the Parramatta River at Gladesville . On 2 April 2011, Sydney Grammar School first eight won
5076-565: The ball to welcome Queen Victoria 's son Prince Alfred in 1868. Its 19th-century layout featured straight paths rather than curved ones, with the central avenue of Moreton Bay fig trees continuing the line of Macquarie Street southward. Elsewhere lawns were interspersed with clumps of trees and shrubs, water features and a bandstand. In 1861 planting was undertaken, predominantly along pathways. Moreton Bay ( Ficus macrophylla ) and Port Jackson (F.rubiginosa) figs were planted in Hyde Park in 1862 (1860 say Mackaness & Butler-Bowden, 2007, 72) on
5170-699: The centre and elevated. We know it was timbered, as was the rest of the topography, from the early drawings of the settlement, and Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney J. H. Maiden has suggested that the dominant species were probably white or brittle gum ( Eucalyptus micrantha ), blackbutt ( E.pilularis ), bloodwood ( Corymbia gummifera ), Port Jackson figs ( Ficus rubiginosa ), Bangalow palms ( Archontophoenix cunninghamiana ), cabbage tree palms ( Livistona australis ) and smooth-barked white apple ( Angophora costata ), with an understorey of tea tree (Leptospermum sp.), wattle ( Acacia sp. ) and NSW Christmas bush ( Ceratopetalum gummiferum ). From 1788 this
5264-422: The colony's first sports centre and racecourse. Prize fights and cricket matches were held here. In 1803 cricket was introduced on The Common by British officers. This game became an obsession and the area served the game from 1827 to 1856. Before 1810 the area was known as "The Common," the "Exercising Ground", "Cricket Ground" or "Racecourse". Macquarie, on 11 February 1810, formally reserved it as open space,
5358-478: The earliest surviving ornamental (c.f. drinking) fountain in Sydney. Elizabeth Bay House 's fountain is believed an earlier import. Government House 's and Vaucluse House 's – almost identical – were installed in the 1860s. In c. 2007 the City of Sydney removed the sandstone pedestal (with three triton fish forming a tapering spout) for conservation and safekeeping. The base remains in situ. The current management plan proposes its reinstallation and repair. In 1897
5452-406: The early 19th century colonial era), the Blacket buildings (annexed onto either side of "Big School" and completed in the 1850s), the original Science building (1891), the Science laboratory block (1960s), the Palladium building (an example of 1970s Modernist architecture), the Stanley Street building and Alastair Mackerras Theatre (1980s), and the A. B. 'Banjo' Paterson Library (1990s). Weigall,
5546-408: The east coast of Australia of 1770 was seen as a suitable commemorative event and Hyde Park, Sydney considered an appropriate site. A proposal to erect a new central railway station and use the hall for the exhibition, was considered A c. 1870 painting by Thomas H. Lewis showed Merry Cricket Club Matches in Hyde Park's north – the park was apparently only planted from Park Street south if
5640-474: The eastern side of the park, close to the intersection of Park Street and College Street. At the time of European settlement in 1788, the local Aboriginal people hunted ducks in the swampy marshes that were to become Hyde Park. Hyde Park is also understood to be the site of an important Aboriginal contest ground which is a part of the greater Aboriginal history of Sydney . Until the mid-1820s, Aboriginal people travelled from all over Sydney and as far away as
5734-583: The field of Archeology), "Computing", and "The Western Arc" (a study of Western Civilisation throughout history). SGS has won the AMEB Music Shield 23 times in the past 25 years. Two-thirds of pupils in the school play a musical instrument or are involved with music in some way. SGS has scores of musical groups in mostly classical , chamber and jazz styles. The School Orchestra engages in both national and international tours. Grammar's choir program involves hundreds of students, old boys, and parents, participating in its many annual concerts. The school's senior
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#17327867504415828-533: The first Grammarpalooza rock concert, which included the musical style of Old Boy band, Dappled Cities Fly . Sydney Grammar School is a member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of NSW (GPS), Australia's oldest school sporting association. GPS sporting events are contested in rugby union, football, cricket, tennis, volleyball, cross country , basketball, rowing, swimming, athletics, rifle shooting, and debating. The school also competes in fencing and chess competitions. Grammar participates in
5922-417: The first public park set aside in Australia. He formally defined the park as bounded in the north by the NSW Government Domain, on the west by the town of Sydney, on the east by the grant to John Palmer at Woolloomooloo and on the south by the brickfields. Macquarie named it "Hyde Park" after the great Hyde Park in London , north-west of Westminster, near Buckingham Palace (which had once belonged to
6016-428: The head of Cockle Bay (now Darling Harbour ) and noted in writing on the map that no land within the line was to be leased or granted and should remain the property of the Crown. In subsequent years this directive was whittled away. King granted leases in the town, Foveaux had begun to issue grants, Macquarie was to extend the grants. The area of Hyde Park however, fell largely within this line, and became regarded as
6110-418: The intersection with Art Gallery Road and St Mary's Road). The fountain was designed by John F. Hennessy as assistant to the City Architect, Charles Sapford) was sited at Hyde Park on the corner of Oxford and College Street. This was one of the first sources of clean water for Sydney and a population meeting point in the park. The original design featured cups dangling from the large water basin for people to take
6204-399: The most elegant style of landscape gardening". It would be planted out "in the modern way of landscape gardening, as many of the squares are now in London, the garden enclosed with an elegant rail fence". Lack of cooperation from the Colonial Office in London meant that Greenway's elaborate and optimistic plans for beautifying Sydney were put aside for the time being. Wrestling and boxing in
6298-493: The north and south in 1899 by John W Manson. The Science classrooms on Stanley Street were built in 1889–90. Other early buildings on the site, now demolished, included the Sergeant's Lodge, an ablutions block (known as the "White House") on Stanley Street , and a former postal sorting office on Yurong Street (now the Palladium building). Sydney Grammar is a private school. Each year up to 26 full scholarships are offered to students who show academic promise and who perform well in
6392-413: The north east across Woolloomooloo to the harbour. Early on there were shingling parties and saw pits operating in the vicinity. It was known as "the Common" even before Governor Macquarie defined its size and use by his proclamation of 5 October 1810. His 83rd regiment had established a camp there while waiting for more permanent accommodation, on the southern end near the brickfields. Later it became
6486-469: The north, St Mary's Cathedral , the Australian Museum and Sydney Grammar School to the east, the Downing Centre to the south, the David Jones flagship store and the CBD to the west. It is divided in two by the east–west running Park Street . Hyde Park contains well-kept gardens and approximately 580 trees: a mixture of figs , conifers , palms , and other varieties. It is famed for its magnificent fig tree lined avenues . Sandringham Gardens sit on
6580-399: The painting was accurate. In 1871 additional planting was undertaken. In 1876 the parkland was redefined and enclosed with a dwarf stone wall and iron palisade fence. In 1878 Hyde Park was formally delineated, its corners demarcated with gates and sandstone piers surmounted by gas lamps. In 1878 the Great Synagogue was built on Elizabeth Street facing Hyde Park. Beyond (i.e. south of)
6674-403: The park continued, with quoits, rugby union, hurling, military drills, a zoo in 1849. In public holidays the park resembled a "side show alley". From the first attempts at structuring it the site has lent itself to a formal design. Emphasis on a central avenue was given by the 1832 extension of Macquarie Street south through the park and by its flatness. When this street extension was closed for
6768-445: The park's western side entrance facing Bathurst Street (intersection with Elizabeth St.). This is actually a sewerage ventilator, made to appear like Cleopatra's Needle, an Egyptian Obelisk now displayed in London. In the 1850s with the coming of responsible government, Hyde Park became a venue for Sunday oratory on political and civic topics, and later election meetings. It was also used for processions and official gatherings such as
6862-846: The performing arts, like David Gonski (leading Australian philanthropist, chairman of the Future Fund, chancellor of the New South Wales) and Rowan Gillies (former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières). Notable alumni also include Sir Edmund Barton , the first Prime Minister of Australia (1901–1903), Sir William McMahon , 20th Prime Minister of Australia (1971–1972), Malcolm Turnbull , 29th Prime Minister of Australia (2015–2018), Bruce Gyngell , first person to appear on Australian television, Andrew "Boy" Charlton , an Olympic gold medallist swimmer, and also Banjo Paterson – bush poet and balladist, and author of "The Man From Snowy River" and "Waltzing Matilda," and who now has
6956-445: The recreation and amusement of the inhabitants". He also added another use for the park, "as a field of exercise for the troops". His proclamation acknowledged the previous uses of the area. Ten days after Macquarie named it Hyde Park it was the venue for Australia's first organised horse race and it was used for races through the 1820s. At that time it was much larger, marking the outskirts of Sydney's southern settlement. The park
7050-514: The scholarship examination. It is also regarded for its strong academic results: for example, in national government testing ('NAPLAN' testing), it is one of the best performing private school nationwide, and a high performer in the New South Wales Higher School Certificate with over 50% of graduates receiving a 95 ATAR ('Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranking') or higher between 2009 to 2023. Sydney Grammar
7144-470: The school library named after him. Day school A day school — as opposed to a boarding school — is an educational institution where children are given instruction during the day, after which the students return to their homes. A day school has full-day programs when compared to a regular school which may end early and require additional after-school programs for students with working parents . It also generally offers supervised lunches, which
7238-489: The school's sportsground (named after former Headmaster Albert Bythesea Weigall ), is located at Rushcutters Bay next to the Edgecliff Preparatory School and includes tennis courts, cricket nets and three fields for cricket, rugby and football. It is routinely used for Saturday sports matches, physical education and as a recreational area for Grammar's Edgecliff Preparatory School next door. There
7332-650: The school's yearly almanac, The Sydneian , over 400 editions of which have been produced since 1875. Alumnus of Sydney Grammar School are commonly referred to as Old Boys or Old Sydneians, and may elect to join the schools alumni association , the Old Sydneians' Union (OSU). Grammar is notable for having educated many Rhodes Scholars, High Court judges (Australia's highest court) and the equal highest number of Australian Prime Ministers, out of any school in Australia. Its alumni also include influential figures in business, international sport, science and medicine, and
7426-572: The site to accommodate more tennis and basketball courts ; these were subsequently passed. On 14 June 2008 the new field now known as Weigall 4 was opened with a range of guests including Frank Lowy , president of Football Federation Australia . In 2009, the school began the construction of a new, underground multi-purpose hall featuring a seating capacity of over 1,500 seats, now called the John Vallance Hall (formerly The New Hall from its opening until 2017). Completed in August 2011, it
7520-565: Was Busby's Bore in Lachlan Swamps (later part of Centennial Park ). An outlet for water brought to the city from the bore through a tunnel was an elevated pipe in Hyde Park where water carts queued and filled their barrels to sell in the town at 3 pennies per bucket. In 1846 work commenced on the Australian Museum on the south-east corner of William and Park Streets, probably to the design of architect Mortimer Lewis. This
7614-462: Was a place where soldiers could be quickly assembled in case of a convict rebellion. It was probably the site of a bloody battle between Aboriginal people and Europeans for control of land around Sydney. It was also the site of an important Aboriginal contest ground. Before Governor Phillip departed from the settlement in December 1792, he had drawn a line from the head of Woolloomooloo Bay to
7708-549: Was arrested for forgery and transported to the penal colony of New South Wales, arriving there in 1819. He was immediately granted a ticket-of-leave. In 1830, Sydney College was founded. Sir Francis Forbes , Chief Justice of New South Wales , became president of the college and laid the foundation stone of the present building in College Street on 26 January 1830. In 1835, Sydney College opened in this building with William Cape as Head Master . In 1842 he resigned and
7802-555: Was at first defined by the edge of the Governor's Demesne (Domain), which the Macquaries came to regard as their personal pleasure grounds. Macquarie himself directed the building of Hyde Park Barracks (1817–19), St James' Church (1820) and the Law Courts (1819–28) at the northern end of Hyde Park, using Francis Greenway as his architect, with these buildings as fine embellishments to the colonial town, facing each other across
7896-455: Was designed by Norman Weekes, Sir John Sulman (1927 design resolution), Alfred Hook, W. G. Layton and I. Berzins and was built from 1810 to 1927. Historically, it has also been known as Sydney Common , Government Domain , The Common , The Exercising Ground , Cricket Ground and Racecourse . Hyde Park is owned by the City of Sydney and the Land and Property Management Authority, an agency of
7990-403: Was first a street of scattered small wattle and daub thatched houses, brush and grass trees. These were gradually replaced by more substantial houses in the next four decades. It became a fashionable residential street, with elegant terrace houses overlooking the maturing Hyde Park. The eastern boundary was not sharply defined when the Macquaries departed Sydney in 1821. A map of that year shows
8084-467: Was founded as The Sydney College in 1830, and the following year began operations in a new building in Hyde Park designed by Edward Hallen. It consisted of a single large room (now known as "Big School") with basement rooms beneath. Sydney College continued despite financial difficulties until 1853, when it was taken over by the fledgling University of Sydney until such time as the present Grose Farm site
8178-473: Was increasing public pressure to "improve" the park and plant it. By this time the influence of Scottish/English writer John Claudius Loudon and architect/gardener (later Sir) Joseph Paxton had reached the antipodes – the garden invaded the pleasure ground to form a "gardenesque" (Loudon's term) composition with each of Hyde Park's four quarters divided by a central walk and the whole park by Park Street. Incidents or features such as statues, fountains, ponds and
8272-428: Was only a tiny rivulet which rose in marshy ground skirting the western slopes of the ground which later became Hyde Park. The seepage from the bed-joints of the underlying sandstone around the upper portion of its catchment, which headed about the centre of the park, filtered through the soil to form a definite channel near King and Pitt Streets. The area now occupied by Hyde Park was relatively flat, rising slightly along
8366-464: Was primarily designed to accommodate the entirety of the current students and teaching staff under one roof while being acoustically sound for orchestral performances. The hall was officially opened by the headmaster on 18 August 2011 with a celebratory concert featuring performances from a large number of Grammar boys past and present. The John Vallance Hall is now used by the two preparatory schools as well. The current headmaster of Sydney Grammar School
8460-525: Was probably Australia's first prominent museum building, and faced the park. In the 1850s Hyde Park was a barren expanse of grass criss-crossed with paths and dirt tracks around its perimeter. This is clear in a c.1854 photograph taken from the Mint by mint-worker and amateur photographer William Stanley Jevons in the very early days of photography. In 1854 the Public Parks Act was passed and
8554-510: Was prominent in the English pre-Raphaelite movement and who spent several years in Australia. From 1878 to 1896 Sydney Botanic Gardens Director Charles Moore was appointed a trustee of Hyde Park. A Cook's pine tree ( Araucaria columnaris ) flanks the statue. In 1881 the Frazer Memorial Fountain, one of two donated to the city by merchant and MLC John Frazer (the second fountain is in the middle of Prince Albert Road at
8648-548: Was ready for occupation. The site was then sold in 1856 to the trustees of the newly incorporated Sydney Grammar School, which had been established and endowed with a building fund by Act of Parliament . Edmund Blacket was commissioned to design extensions to the south and north of the Hallen building (now the North and South Blacket rooms), which were completed in 1856 and 1857 respectively. The "Big School" building became central to
8742-403: Was succeeded by Thomas Henry Braim . In 1850 Sydney College was closed. In 1854, Sydney Grammar School (SGS) was incorporated by an Act of Parliament and acquired the land and building in College Street which had been temporarily occupied by the newly founded University of Sydney in 1852. It was opened on 3 August 1857, specifically as a feeder school for the university. The preamble of
8836-413: Was used as Sydney's racecourse from 1820 to 1821. < Whittaker adds that as well as being a popular cricket venue in the 1820s it was also popular for informal children's games. It was delineated only as a space at the end of Macquarie Street , where the military held parades, and townspeople cut firewood and carted off soil. It became a favourite place for cricket, a playground for local school boys,
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