Radford College (Australian Capital Territory)
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Radford College is situated in the capital city of Australia, Canberra. Radford College is an Anglican school that lives up to its motto "truth, compassion and wisdom." The foundation stone was laid 30th April 1983. The College was named after Bishop Lewis Bostock Radford, fourth Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn. He was a distinguished scholar, churchman and citizen. Radford’s first ever principal Mr J Mackinnon started work at Radford in the year 1984 and continued to work for Radford until 1989. Radford College’s first chairman of the board was Dr T B Millar who helped Radford from the very beginning even though he was sceptical at first.
Some people didn’t want Radford College to be built, even though Canberra didn’t have enough schools. Dr Millar helped the school in fighting off the criticism about having another school built. He frequently appeared on radio to answer questions the public had. People didn’t want Radford built so badly they set up picket fences, so the builders couldn't get into the land. Once the builders got in and started building Radford, some people were worried that they wouldn’t be finished in time. But they did get the school buildings finished. 22 years later Radford college is going strong and soon it will cover from Early learning to year 12. The College currently has 1255 enrolments across Years 5 - 12 and the Early Learning Centre. There are equal numbers of boys and girls.
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- http://www.radford.com.au/the_school/history.html
- http://www.radford.com.au/the_school/aims.html
- http://intranet.radford.act.edu.au/
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