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Cameraygal Land & European Settlement

Redlands acknowledges the Cameraygal people, a clan of the Eora Nation whose traditional land encompasses the Lower North Shore of Sydney including the site occupied by our School today. We pay our respect to elders past and present and extend that respect to other First Nations people within the Redlands community.

1

Military Road Gates

Since the building of the original 'Redlands' house in 1882 by the Phillips family, there have been gates at this entrance on Military Road. There have been at least four different sets of gates. The original wooden gates hung for 60 years, replaced by a second, more modest set of gates during the Depression and World War II years. These were replaced by a set of wrought iron gates gifted by the Mothers' Canteen (now part of the RPFA) in 1961. The present gates replaced these during the School's centenary year in 1984. The School's main entrance is now on Gerard Street at the former back gates.

2

Lone Oak

Lone Oak houses the offices of the School administration including those of the Principal and Deputy Principal. The building was constructed as flats by a developer during World War II on the footprint of the original Redlands House.The building was purchased by the School and renovated into offices with the addition of a reception area and porch. Opened in 1987, it was named Lone Oak after the garden that once stood on this site. The Lone Oak garden was created by Redlands' second Principal, Miss Amy Roseby during World War I in 1917, to commemorate Lone Pine in Gallipoli.

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Front Garden

The front garden is a place with shade umbrellas, benches, trees and flowering shrubs where the students relax at lunchtime and recess. In the late 19th and 20th centuries, two houses stood here, originally owned by the Belbridge family, Redlands' neighbours. Redlands purchased both former family homes to expand the School's facilities. The Vines was demolished in 1956 to create additional playground space, and the Secondary School Office (formerly the Senior Administration cottage) was demolished in 2021 to build a driveway through the campus.

4

Hattersley Court

When the first Co-principals, Miss Liggins and Miss Arnold moved to Redlands in 1899, an existing tennis court, located close to where the current court is today, was immediately utilised by the students. Use of the tennis court and outdoor lawns marked the beginning of sport at Redlands. Due to its inner suburban location and confined campus space, tennis, netball and basketball have always been popular sports at Redlands and the court continues to serve a multi-purpose function.

5

Liggins Building

Liggins House was opened in May 1923 to provide accommodation for the Junior School classrooms downstairs and Senior boarders upstairs. After the discontinuation of boarding in 1941, the rooms upstairs were turned into classrooms and the former resident staff bedrooms became small classrooms or staff rooms. Today the Liggins Building is home to Redlands' language department which has a history spanning back to the establishment of the School in 1884.

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Redlands Hall

The new assembly hall was opened in 1966 with funds raised by the Redlands Parents Association in collaboration with the Old Girls Union. Redlands Hall became the epicentre for the School community. With a full sized hall, Redlands could support an orchestra for the first time, formed in 1972. School productions flourished after the opening of the hall. It was also in the hall that the parents came together to discuss the future of the School when it was threatened with closure in the mid-seventies.

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Humphery Building and Roseby Library

The first stage of the Humphery Building was opened in 1972. Looking up from the outside, between the Liggins and Humphery Buildings, it is possible to see from the brickwork where the original two storey Junior classroom block, built in 1964 was incorporated into the present building. The Roseby Library moved to its third and current location and opened on the top floor in 1972 where it originally incorporated language laboratories. The second stage of the Humphery Building was opened in 1984, the year of the School Centenary.

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Canteen

From the first year of the College for Girls (later renamed Redlands) in 1884, the Co-principals provided a hot meal for lunch for their students which they cooked in between teaching classes. When boarding was introduced in 1891, day students were given the option to eat a cooked lunch with the boarders for a small additional term fee. Since the 1920s, tuck shops and canteens have been part of the School culture and were housed in a variety of garden huts and rooms around the school until the present canteen was opened in 1968.

9

Lang Gymnasium

A gymnasium is mentioned as early as the 1890s at the College for Girls (later renamed Redlands) when the school was located in Milson's Point. This gymnasium was used for dancing and calesthetics. Various venues around the Senior Campus have been used for indoor sports and PDHPE, but it wasn't until 1988 that the School had its first official gymnasium. The Gym was designed by Alex Popov who won an award for the building design. The fitness centre beneath the gym was opened in 2010.

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Fahl Garden

The Fahl Garden is named after the Fahl Family. Lynette Fahl died in 1963 while she was still a student at Redlands and a small memorial rose garden with a plaque was built in the south west corner of where the present garden is today.Today, the Fahl Garden is a large green space where the students relax and learn. Opened in 2020, it was built over the John Roberts Centre and extends out from the Learning Hub.

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Redlands Learning Hub

The Learning Hub was opened in 2020 after the first Sydney Covid-19 lockdown. It was built on the footprint of an earlier building, the Mowll Building and two blocks of flats in Monford Place, all of which were demolished in 2017. The Learning Hub comprises four floors dedicated to specialist subject areas and a sustainable roof top garden.

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Roseby Building

The Roseby Building was opened as the Wyndham Building in 1967, Redlands' first specialist science block. At the time of opening it housed four laboratories and two preparation rooms. After the opening of the science block, there was a significant increase in Redlands students entering science based degree courses. A passive space on the roof was allocated to the Senior students in the 1980s. In 2007 the building underwent its first major refurbishment in forty years with the addition of an extra floor, walkways and a soaring atrium over Liggins Quad.