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History

26th November 2009

Our Stanmore campus (also known as the School For Leadership training) stands on land that was part of a land grant to Captain Thomas Rowley in 1803. This original grant consisted of 240 acres of land stretching from Parramatta Road to Stanmore Road. Rowley sold the property in 1835 to James Holt. In 1872 work was begun on part of "The Lodge", the main house on this property and in 1873 Alexander... Read more