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+61 2 9847 8399
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| 91 Pacific Hwy, Hornsby, New South Wales, 2077 | |
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0.3 miEdgeworth David Drive
0.3 miWaitara
0.4 miHornsby Interchange Stand F
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Specialties
Barker College is an Independent co-educational Christian school in Sydney. It specialises in creating and nurturing well-rounded students by offering a rigorous academic curriculum balanced with a variety of co-curricular activities. Christianity is at the core of Barker’s values, philosophy and culture.
History
Established in 1890.
Barker College was founded by The Reverend Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights in early 1890 with five pupils, and was named for Plume’s mentor and friend, The Right Reverend Frederic Barker, the second Bishop of Sydney.
When the Rev Plume established his school he had little interest in school uniform and badges. However, as a concession to prevailing custom, he permitted the boys to wear a red and blue hat band. He selected these colours from Corpus Christi College at Cambridge University in England, where he had been a student.
When the school moved to Hornsby in 1896, he allowed the cricket and football teams to wear red and blue colours when competing against local teams.
