Somerville House

Somerville House
Address
Map
17 Graham Street

South Brisbane
,
Queensland
,
4101

Australia
Coordinates27°29′2″S 153°1′26″E / 27.48389°S 153.02389°E / -27.48389; 153.02389
Information
TypeIndependent, day and boarding
MottoHonour Before Honours[1]
DenominationPresbyterian and Uniting Church
Established1899[2]
FounderEliza Fewings
PrincipalSarah Hastie
Staff~80[3]
GradesPre–prep to Year 12
GenderGirls
Enrolment~1,400[3]
Colour(s)    Green, blue, and white[4]
Websitesomerville.qld.edu.au

Somerville House is an independent, boarding and day school for girls, located in South Brisbane, an inner-city suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Established in 1899 as the Brisbane High School for Girls, the School was eventually named after the Scottish scientific writer, Mary Somerville (1780–1872), though the school's official name is still Brisbane High School for Girls. Today, Somerville House is owned by the Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association (PMSA),[5] and provides classes from Preparatory to Year 12, within two sub-schools — Junior School (Years Prep to 6) and Senior School (Years 7 to 12). Within the Senior School it is also split into Middle Years (Years 7–9) and Senior Years (Years 10–12). The school currently caters for approximately 1,385 students from Prep to Year 12,[3] including approximately 100 boarders currently ranging from Years 6 to 12.[6]

Somerville House is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[8] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[9] the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA),[6] and is a founding member of the Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc (QGSSSA).[10]

The boarding house, Cumbooquepa, meaning waterholes that existed below the house, is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

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  2. ^ "Somerville House". Study Queensland. Queensland Government. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  3. ^ a b c "School Annual Reporting 2006". About Us. Somerville House. 2007. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference BadgeMotto2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Somerville House". Schools. Presbyterian and Methodist Schools Association. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Somerville House". Schools – Queensland. Australian Boarding Schools Association. 2005. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Queensland". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  8. ^ "JSHAA Queensland Directory of Members". Queensland Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  9. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  10. ^ "(What is) QGSSSA". QGSSSA. Queensland Girls' Secondary Schools Sports Association Inc. 2005. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.