The Ngardi , also spelled Ngarti , are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory and Western Australia .
31-641: Arthur Capell took the term Ngardi to refer, not to a distinct tribe, but to a branch of the Warlpiri , a point contested by Norman Tindale , who maintained they were distinct. The Wanjina and Wunggurr spirits are essential elements of the life of the cultural bloc known as the Wanjina Wunggurr , generally consisting of the Worrorra , Wunambal and Ngarinyin peoples of the Kimberley. For
62-541: A lectureship in linguistics for him in 1945. He was appointed reader in 1948, and remained in that position until retirement in 1967. He was made an honorary canon of Ss Peter and Paul Cathedral, Dogura in 1956. Notwithstanding his extensive work on Papuan and Polynesian languages, including dictionaries of Fijian , Palauan and Western Futuna , Capell managed to make important contributions to Australian linguistics, particularly in discovering typologically distinct north-western languages which could not be assimilated to
93-555: A major capital building program funded by the State and Federal Governments. In DA1, completed in about 2003, the Keele Street Lawn area was acquired and refurbished. In DA2, completed in 2005, new tennis courts and other building works were carried out. A new building that includes music rehearsal spaces, visual art classrooms and design and technology workshops have been finished in term 4 of 2006 and students have moved into
124-439: A new library completed in the end of 2013, and begun being used by students in 2014. A completely parent and donation funded development of new outdoor tennis, basketball and futsal courts was completed and opened to students at the end of 2017. The project aimed to resolve shortages in adequate dedicated sporting facilities in the school, and replaced the worn out grass playing fields. Currently, requests have been made to increase
155-614: A number of one- to three-storey buildings on an minimally irregular-shaped site over 2.53 hectares (6.3 acres) and situated on the southwestern corner of Falcon and Miller Streets, Crows Nest. It also borders residential and commercial retail properties on West Street and Falcon Street. There are a number of mature native and exotic trees with some shrubs. The built environment comprises classrooms, library, amenities, assembly hall, administration and gymnasium, various courtyards, playground areas, tennis courts, car parking, cricket practice nets and an open waste storage area. Construction began on
186-552: Is a government-funded , single-sex , academically selective secondary day school for boys, located at Crows Nest , on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 2023, North Sydney Boys High School sat as the first ranking high school in the state of NSW, based on the percentage of exams sat that achieved a Distinguished Achievers (DA), overtaking the first ranked James Ruse Agricultural High School (abbreviated as JRAHS, or simply JR), sending JRAHS to
217-627: Is said to have regarded his research of aboriginal languages to be a matter of weekend work, though he did spend lengthy periods doing fieldwork in both the Kimberleys and Arnhem Land . When Elkin, then the Anglican rector at Morpeth , was appointed to a professorship in anthropology at Sydney, Capell served as his locum tenens in the parish. On vacations back in Morpeth, Elkin was impressed by Capell's linguistic gifts, and eventually arranged
248-587: The sandhill country west of the Tanami track , extending from Chilla Well, the Granites, and Gardiner Range over the border into Western Australia at Ima Ima. They were present at Sturt Creek, and the Pallottine Mission area at Balgo Hill . Their southern extension, he adds, went as far as across the mulga scrubland to Milidjipi and Tekkari north of Lake Mackay . On 21 August 1980 a land claim
279-534: The Capell Collection of Solomon Islands Photographs. Capell's records have been digitised and deposited with the National Library of Australia . In some cases, his papers are the only surviving record of lost languages. Capell House at Northholm Grammar School , Arcadia is named after him. North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney Boys High School (abbreviated as NSBHS )
310-641: The University of Sydney (1931). Encouraged by Elkin, he undertook a doctoral programme at the University of London in 1935, and graduating the following year with a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies , with a thesis on The linguistic position of south-eastern Papua , which was published in book form in 1943. His primary interest was the languages of the Pacific and of New Guinea, and he
341-661: The claim area be granted to a Land Trust for the benefit of Aboriginals entitled by tradition to its use or occupation, whether or not the traditional entitlement is qualified as to place, time, circumstance, purpose or permission". in April 2006, the Aztec Resources (now Mount Gibson Iron ) mining company signed a co-existence agreement with the Dambimangari (Dambima/ Worrorra -Ngardi) traditional owners of Koolan Island regarding their iron ore mining operations on
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#1732772382047372-511: The establishment of the High School and had 33 years of service as Headmaster of the two schools. On his retirement in 1915, he was succeeded by Charles Rattray Smith who had founded Newcastle High School and was to go to head Sydney High School in 1918. Smith was succeeded by the headmaster who had replaced him at Newcastle High School, William Williams, who guided the school for the next 13 years. On his promotion to Inspector, Williams
403-592: The first building on the Crows Nest campus in 1913 on contract by John Brown whose tender price was £7770 "on much the same lines" as North Sydney Girls High School, whose construction was then underway. In August 1914, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the "Girls' High School at North Sydney has been completed and occupied, while the buildings for the Boys' High School are being erected ... on
434-504: The height of the fence surrounding the new facilities due to the frequency of sports equipment such as soccer balls clearing the fence ending up in the residencies adjacent. Further refurbishment of the school gymnasium commenced in December 2019. The gymnasium was finished in 2020 and was made available in 2021 to students. Former students of North Sydney Boys High School are known as 'Old Boys' or 'Old Falconians' and may elect to join
465-518: The island. The agreement aimed to ensure that 30% of the 220 person workforce is filled by Indigenous people by the eighth year of operation. The Ngarti people spoke the Ngardi language . Source: Tindale 1974 , p. 234 Arthur Capell Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist , who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages , Austronesian languages and Papuan languages . Capell
496-404: The languages – Ngarti , Warlpiri , and Kukatja – is dominant. People from the different language groups have been influenced by each other when residing at Balgo, Western Australia and Lajamanu, Northern Territory . The claim was presented at Balgo Mission . The recommendation handed down by Justice Sir William Kearney on 23 August 1985 and presented on 19 August 1986 was that "the whole of
527-442: The most modern lines, while the accommodation and fittings will be ample, and up to date." By the end of December 1914, Sydney Morning Herald could report that the "Boys' High School at North Sydney is being erected by day labour at an estimated cost of £7900. It consists of a two-story brick building, with stone facings, and provides eight classrooms and staff rooms. The science and manual training rooms are detached." Around 1920
558-606: The new building, now named 'J Block'. A dedicated music computer lab is also available in the new building. The school community also completed a major upgrade of the AF Henry Hall in 2005 including the addition of a mezzanine, new ceiling, lighting, stage, and stage curtains. In 2007–2009 six science labs were completely refurbished costing over $ 1million. In 2011, the School named the recently refurbished gymnasium in honour of Old Falconian John Treloar . Construction of
589-467: The number of alumni who had received a "top" Order of Australia above Scotch College, Melbourne , Geelong Grammar School , Sydney Boys High School , Fort Street High School , Perth Modern School , St Peter's College, Adelaide , Melbourne Grammar School , and The King's School, Parramatta , Launceston Grammar School , Melbourne High School , Wesley College, Melbourne and Xavier College . Sir Ralph Darling, Headmaster of Geelong High School, paid
620-763: The purpose of a mineral rights agreement with a mining company in 2006, the Worrorra were also grouped with the Ngardi, as Dambimangari (Dambima-Ngardi), said to share the Wanjina-Wunggurr belief systems. Rock paintings depicting Wanjina, as well as the Gwion Gwion ("Bradshaw") paintings, are evidence of the shared culture. In Norman Tindale 's calculations, the Ngarti's tribal territory stretched over approximately 25,000 square miles (65,000 km), covering
651-477: The recent 2022-2023 complete renovation of the kitchen facilities. In more recent times, the school has undergone cosmetic upgrades through general usage classrooms in the school, alongside a newly installed gym within the John Treloar Gym, and a series of outdoor court upgrades including a Volleyball Court and interchangeable outdoor Basketball/Tennis Courts. North Sydney Boys High School is undergoing
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#1732772382047682-402: The schools' alumni association , known as the 'Old Falconians’ Union' (OFU). The Union was founded over seventy-five years ago as a way to "promote goodwill fellowship amongst former students of and to provide financial and other support to the School" . In 2010 The Age reported that North Sydney Boys High School alumni ranked equal seventh among Australian secondary school alumni based on
713-483: The second rank for the first time since 1996 (or in 27 years), and establishing itself as a contender to the previously established reign of James Ruse Agricultural High School. North Sydney Boys began off-site in temporary classes in 1912, as North Sydney Intermediate High School, which was located in Blue Street. At the beginning of 1915, the new school on the corner of Falcon Street and Miller Street, Crows Nest
744-664: The site expanded and the Arts/TAS building dates from this time. In or about 1953 a library and administration block were erected. In or about 1968 science and classroom blocks were added. The gymnasium dates from 1962. A government grant totalling $ 50,000 (Adjusted for Inflation) was provided in 1980 by the NSW State, allowing for expansion of the TAS Facilities to undergo construction of a temporary food technology kitchen that has since undergone iterations of upgrades including
775-537: The standard Pama-Nyungan language family. Capell was fond of punning, an example being his pronunciation of semantics as "some antics". When his housekeeper fell ill, he hired another to care for her and, when the second in turn fell ill, Capell looked after both of them. He died in 1986, aged 84. He was unmarried. The University of Sydney awards an annual prize in Capell's name for an essay on Australian and Pacific Linguistics. The Australian Museum holds
806-613: The third standard deviation against all Australian students as well as students with a similar background in NAPLAN examinations. North Sydney Boys has ranked within the top 5 schools in New South Wales by the percentage of examinations sat that achieved a distinguished achievers for the past decade. The table below shows the school's HSC ranking relative to other schools in NSW. The campus of North Sydney Boys High School consists of
837-694: Was born in Newtown, New South Wales in 1902, the only child of Sarah Ann (née Scott) and her husband, Henry Capell. He attended North Sydney Boys' High School . Capell graduated from the Sydney Teachers' College in Modern Languages in 1922 and the University of Sydney in the same year as the University medallist in Classics. He taught in high schools for three years at Canterbury Boys' Intermediate High and Tamworth High School . He
868-554: Was opened to 214 students. The School chose the Falcon as its mascot as well as its logo according to the location of the school on Falcon Street, even going as far as to name its Old Boys Alumni "Old Falconians" in 1933. After years of controversy, it was decided to celebrate the centenary in 2012. The first headmaster was Nimrod Greenwood. He had been headmaster of the North Sydney Superior School before
899-561: Was submitted by 90 claimants on behalf of the Warlpiri , Kukatja and Ngarti peoples, as traditional owners , under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 , for an area of about 2,340 square kilometres (900 sq mi). It was the 11th traditional land claim presented on behalf of Aboriginal traditional owners by the Central Land Council . The land borders on areas in which each of
930-575: Was succeeded by the then Headmaster of Newcastle Boys High School, RF Harvey, in 1932; Harvey was head until his death in 1947. Following its closure in 1969, students from North Sydney Technical High School were transferred to NSBHS. North Sydney Boys High School has consistently achieved outstanding academic results in both the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) and Higher School Certificate (HSC) assessments. The school has regularly placed in
961-755: Was then ordained deacon in 1925 and priest in 1926 in the Church of England in Australia . He worked in Newcastle for a decade, as Curate, St Peter's, Hamilton (1926–1928); Priest-in-Charge, All Saints, Belmont (1928–1929); as a teacher at Broughton School for Boys in Newcastle (1929–1932), where he was introduced to the anthropologist and priest A. P. Elkin ; and as Curate to Elkin at St James' Church, Morpeth (1932–1935). He pursued his linguistic studies privately, but went on to obtain an M.A. in Classics at