THE MCDONALD COLLEGE

'The McDonald College' is an independent, co-educational, non-denominational, performing arts, day and boarding school, located in North Strathfield, an inner western of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
The school was established in 1984 and currently caters for approximately 520 students from preparatory year to year 12, including 30 female boarders.

Contents

History

Notable alumni

References

See also

External links

History

Whilst officially established in 1984, The McDonald College has a tradition and history dating back to the establishment of the 'Ann
McDonald College of Dancing' by Ann McDonald, a dance and singing teacher, in 1926.
On Ann McDonald's retirement her daughter, Margaret Markham, took over the Ann McDonald College of Dancing. In 1983 Markham saw the opportunity for establishing a specialist academic and performing arts school for gifted children, and subsequently, in partnerhsip with Ann Fraser and Maxine Kohler, agreed to change the Ann McDonald College of Dancing from a private company into a community-based, not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, thus facilitating the establishment of 'The McDonald College Limited'.
The McDonald College commenced in 1984 with 75 students in Strathfield. The school moved to its current site in North Strathfield in 1999.^[3]

Notable alumni

★ Tim Draxl - Actor

★ Sarah Murdoch - International model, wife of Lachlan Murdoch

★ Rhys Wakefield - Actor

★ Nikki Webster - Singer

★ Bojana Novakovic - AFI Award-winning actress

★ Robert Curran - Principal Artist with The Australian Ballet

★ Craig Cathcart - Former artist with The Australian Ballet

★ Gina Brescanini - Artist with The Australian Ballet

★ Keian Langdon - Trainee dancer with the Queensland Ballet

★ Josef Brown - Musical Theatre performer, former artist of The Australian Ballet

★ Rohan Furnell - Artist with the Australian Ballet

★ John-Paul Idaszak - Artist with the The Australian Ballet

References

1. Sydney's Child- The McDonald College (accessed:19-06-2007)
2. The McDonald College Annual Report 2005 (accessed:19-06-2007)
3. The McDonald College- History (accessed:19-06-2007)

See also

★ List of non-government schools in New South Wales

★ List of creative and performing arts high schools in New South Wales

★ List of boarding schools

External links

★ McDonald College website