The Moriah War Memorial College (or more commonly, Moriah College) is an independent Modern Orthodox Jewish co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in Queens Park, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The college provides education from early learning through Kindergarten to Year 12.
| Moriah War Memorial College | |
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 Harry Triguboff Family Corner House, Moriah College | |
| Location | |
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Queens Park, New South Wales, Australia NSW Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°53′58″S 151°14′38″E / 33.89944°S 151.24389°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school |
| Motto | To Learn, To Heed, To Act |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Modern Orthodox Judaism |
| Established | 1942 |
| Founder | Abraham Rabinovitch |
| Status | Open |
| Principal |
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| Teaching staff | c. 260 |
| Years | Early learning and K–12 |
| Enrollment | c. 1,700 (2023[1]) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue and sky blue |
| Sports | Basketball
Rugby Soccer |
| Feeder schools | Mount Sinai College |
| Affiliations |
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| Website | moriah |
The college is a member of the Jewish Communal Appeal,[2] and the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA).[3]
History
editFounded in 1942 by Abraham Rabinovitch, Moriah College started as a small school located in Glenayr Avenue, Bondi, which is still in use today as an affiliated kindergarten.[4] Harold Nagley, the first principal of Moriah, travelled door to door in an attempt to recruit pupils.[citation needed] In 1952, Rabinovitch purchased a 1+1⁄2-acre (0.6 ha) Bellevue Hill property from the estate of the late Mark Foy for A£30,500. Following renovations, the college opened at the Bellevue Hill site in 1953, with 57 students.[citation needed]
Further renovations were completed in the mid-1960s and, by 1967, the King David School in Edgecliff, formed by the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies in 1960, merged with Moriah College. The King David School relocated to a property in Dover Road, Rose Bay, purchased from another school, and the Bellevue Hill site was used as a high school. From 1975, the college rapidly expanded from 500 to 800 students, and additional properties were acquired in Bellevue Hill to allow for further expansion. Yet college officials had reservations that the site would not accommodate future growth.
By the early 1980s, the Government of New South Wales decided to amalgamate two public schools in Dover Heights and sell the unused campus. Moriah College made an offer for this campus, but the Premier, Neville Wran, rejected the offer, following a public campaign organised by the New South Wales Teachers Federation. Wran offered the college a lease over land located in Queens Park, on the site of the old Eastern Suburbs Hospital, and construction of a new high school began. Amid cost overruns and delays, by late 1993 the college decided to relocate the primary school to the site as well, and sell all land held at Bellevue Hill. Over $12 million was realised from the sale of the college's Bellevue Hill properties.[4]
The college is now entirely situated on the Queens Park campus, having purchased the land from the Government of New South Wales in 2011[5] for $27 million,[6] with the final instalment of $20 million payable in February 2014.[7] Some older buildings remain from the Eastern Suburbs Hospital that previously occupied part of the site. Additional affiliated preschool campuses are located in Bondi, Bondi Junction, Randwick, and Rose Bay.
In 2021, Moriah's former financial controller, Augustine Nosti, was jailed for nine years for stealing $7 million.[8][9]
In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic a student tested positive to coronavirus causing the school to be shut down as a precaution.[10]
Extracurricular
editThe school's Symphonic Wind Ensemble won the NSW Junior band championships in May 2012[11] building on the work of a number of band tours.[12]
The Moriah Football (soccer) First XI won the prestigious NSW Combined Independent Schools Cup for the first time in 2015, beating Barker College in the grand final.[13] The team then went on to retain the title in 2016, becoming the first school to do so, after coming back from 3-1 down to beat Newington College 4–3 in the grand final.[14]
Notable alumni
edit- Cheryl Bart AO, lawyer, company director, and expeditioner[15]
- Linton Besser, Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist.[16]
- Nikki Bart, Australian mountain climber and medical doctor with a specialist interest in hypoxia secondary to high altitude[17]
- Ryan Blumberg, former professional footballer who played as a defender for Charlton Athletic in 2017[18] and accepted a two-year scholarship at the University of Maryland, USA in 2019[19]
- Jonathan Daddia, 2010 MasterChef contestant[20]
- Yuval Freilich (born 1995), Israeli épée fencer, 2019 European Épée Champion
- Professor Michelle Haber AM, a leading Australian cancer scientist at the Children's Cancer Institute of Australia – class of 1973[21]
- Max Lemberg, receiver of an OAM and teacher for over 5 decades
- Ben Lee, musician[22]
- Nick Molnar, co-founder and CEO of Afterpay[23]
- Ben Pasternak, co-founder and CEO of SIMULATE
- Henry Roth, fashion designer[24]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Moriah turns 80 Moriah College
- ^ a b "Moriah College". Jewish Communal Appeal. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
- ^ a b "New South Wales Directory of Members". JSHAA. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
- ^ a b Rutland, Suzanne D. (15 September 1999). Moriah College: History and Heritage (MS Word). History in Heritage Works. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "Sale Contract" (PDF). Property NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Our Land, Our Buildings". Moriah Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "Board of Studies Report". Moriah College. 2012. p. 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "School's ex-financial controller charged over defrauding allegations worth $7 million". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 May 2020.
- ^ Moriah College's former financial controller jailed after stealing $7.4 million Sydney Morning Herald 25 August 2021
- ^ "Two eastern suburbs schools close after students test positive for COVID-19". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 May 2020.
- ^ Moriah Wind Ensemble wins NSW title Archived 10 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (1 July 2012)
- ^ Moriah Band in Israel Archived 10 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine (1 July 2012)
- ^ "Moriah boys pull off stunning win". 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Two-time champions". 16 June 2016.
- ^ Turnbull, Malcolm (5 June 2008). "Statements by Members: Ms Cheryl Bart; Ms Nikki Bart". OpenAustralia.
- ^ Benjamin, Henry (10 December 2010). "Walkley for Linton". J-Wire. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ Marcus, Caroline (25 May 2008). "Fearless mother and daughter set Everest record". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ Desiatnik, Shane (23 August 2018). "Blumberg earns pro debut at Charlton". JewishNews.net.au. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Henry, Luke (19 December 2018). "U23s defender accepts scholarship at University of Maryland". Charlton Athletic F.C. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Chickened out". Australian Jewish News. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "Getting Involved". Alumni. Moriah College. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Molitorisz, Sacha (9 November 2002). "The ballad of Ben Lee". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ Prasad, Jocelyn (26 March 2018). "A breakthrough business that's changing how we shop". Sydney Alumni Magazine. University of Sydney. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Year 11 Industry Panel" (PDF). Contact. Moriah College. December 2009. p. 22. Retrieved 30 November 2013.