# Danebank

Danebank, officially Danebank An Anglican School for Girls, is an independent Anglican early learning, primary and secondary day school for girls, located in Hurstville, a southern suburb of Sydney, Australia. It is a member school of the Anglican Schools Corporation.
Established in 1933 by Edith Roseby Ball, Danebank has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 930 students from Preschool to Year 12.
The school is affiliated with the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).

## History

Danebank was established in 1933 on its current site in Hurstville, by Edith Roseby Ball. The school was established as a small co-educational Kindergarten with just five students.
On the 29th October 2018 the current Principal, Mrs Maryanne Davis, co-signed an open letter to the Australian members of parliament supporting the rights of faith-based schools to discriminate against staff who do not share the religious beliefs of faith-based schools.

## Principals

| Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| 1 | Edith Roseby Ball | 1933 | 1950 | 16–17 years |
| 2 | Olga Wilson | 1951 | 1953 | 1–2 years |
| 3 | Joyce Cowell | 1952 | 1974 | 21–22 years |
| 4 | Carole Tisdell | 1975 | 1987 | 11–12 years |
| 5 | Rosalyn Bird | 1988 | 2009 | 20–21 years |
| 6 | Maryanne Davis | 2010 | 2019 | 10 years |
| 7 | Dr Emma Burgess | 2020 | present | |

## Facilities

Note: Construction and demolition is currently ongoing in Danebank and new facilities will be constructed. The Langdon Wing is being partly demolished for newer facilities. Danebank's current facilities include:
* The first stage of the Danebank masterplan for redevelopment was officially opened in May 2018. It houses a Pre-Kindergarten Centre and classrooms for Kindergarten to Year 2 students, as well as specialist music, technology and extension class rooms for Junior School.
* The Pre-Kindergarten Centre is part of the new Junior School Building. It has a large classroom, break-out areas where equipment serves different learning needs, outdoor play areas, Little-one's toilet area and staff facilities.
* The Gymnasium: opened in 2006. Holds a gymnastics area, court, upstairs dance studio, classroom, staffroom, storerooms, changerooms and contains equipment for sporting activities.
* The Terraces: contains equipment and facilities for Design and technology, visual arts, hospitality, visual design, industrial technology multi-media and computing. New facilities for Drama and Music have now been added including a drama space, drama room, music foyer and music classroom.
* K–12 Resources Centre: contains the JC Cowell Library, the Careers Reference Area, AudioVisual Control Room and the Independent Learning Centre.
* Wingara Senior Studies Centre: study rooms, geography and history classrooms, common room, conference room, and kitchen, for Year 12.
* Roseby Ball House: "The Quad" – a three-storey building designed around a central courtyard. For administration, classroom teaching, science laboratories, mathematics laboratory, staff rooms. Currently has no electricity in certain areas due to an overloaded power grid, and when it will be expanded is uncertain.
* The Aquatic Centre: consists of the Aquatic Centre plus a multi purpose court. The indoor Aquatic Centre contains a 25-metre water polo pool plus a beginners pool. Other sporting facilities include a mini gymnasium and multi purpose court.
* The Performing Arts Centre: Also commonly known as the PAC, consists of a main stage with seating for 1,000+ people including a gallery level, large music and drama classrooms and storeroom, and 10 individual music practice rooms for individual student tutorials and class groups.

## Notable alumnae

* Dr. Kerry Chant – NSW Chief Health Officer
* Nicole Harris – paralympian
* Alex Lee – comedian