Mr ALISTER HENSKENS (Wahroonga) (20:49): The Wahroonga electorate has many excellent girls' schools, including Abbotsleigh Junior School, which recently celebrated its seventieth birthday. Abbotsleigh has been educating girls since 1885, when Miss Marian Clarke opened the school in a terrace house in North Sydney. This year, the junior school celebrates 70 years at its current premises in Wahroonga. Miss Marian Clarke was ahead of her time, teaching her students what were seen as more masculine subjects, including geometry and Latin. She encouraged the girls to pursue other subjects as well, including woodwork, gymnastics, music, drama and art. In 1952, the fourth headmistress, Miss Gladys Gordon Everett, selected the site in Wahroonga. In 1954 she opened the purpose-built school. I was happy to attend the anniversary celebrations and it was great to see so many generations of Abbotsleigh girls celebrating 70 years in Wahroonga.