Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Brisbane Girls' Grammar School, is an independent, secular, secondary day school for girls, located in Spring Hill, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Founded in 1875, the school is one of eight grammar schools in Queensland which were established under the Grammar Schools Act of 1860. The school originally opened as a branch of the Brisbane Grammar School, with fifty students, under the direction of a Lady Principal, Janet O'Connor.
Brisbane Girls' Grammar is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), and is a member of the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association (QGSSSA).
Brisbane Girls Grammar School currently has approximately 1,165 students enrolled in Years 8 to 12. In 2015, the School will commence enrolments for Year 7 girls in line with the Queensland State Government's announcement to move Year 7 into high school, in line with the Federal Government's new National Curriculum.
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