Eminent Alumnae

In 2021 аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ celebrated 135 years of exceptional girls’ education. During this year we commenced this Eminent Alumnae project to bring the stories of our inspiring Old Girls out of the archives and into the world for the entire аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ community to celebrate. These Old Girls showed audacity and tenacity as they fought for recognition in their professions. Beyond their professions they also passionately promoted equality for women in the workplace. The victories they earned for women who came after them prove them to be true ‘daughters of the light’.

This is an open ended project. If there are Old Girl successes that we are not aware of, or if there are edits to be made to current stories, we wholeheartedly seek your input. Please contact our Archivist, Barbara Hoffman, at bhoffman@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au with anything you would like to add.

We have arranged these stories by Old Girl cohort year, starting with the most recent and going back all the way to the first few years of the School’s life. You are able to search by profession by using the ‘View by Profession’ list on the right.

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Amie Thompson (2013)

Amie Thompson (2013) is an Artistic Swimmer who competed in the Artistic Swimming team event at the 2016 Rio Olympic Gam ...

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Jessica Ashwood (2011)

Jessica Ashwood (2011) represented Australia in Freestyle Swimming at two Olympic Games – London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 ...

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Elisa Barnard (2010)

Elisa Barnard (2010) competed in the Recurve Archery Individual event at the 2012 London Olympic Games. That year, Elisa ...

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Keesja Gofers (2007)

Keesja Gofers (2007) made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as a driver for the Australian Women’s Water P ...

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Taniele Gofers (2003)

Taniele Gofers (2003) was a member of the Australian Water Polo team who won Bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. S ...

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Elizabeth (Liz) Kell (2001)

Multi-award winning rower, Elizabeth (Liz) Kell (2001) represented Australia in Rowing at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games ...