Sydney Girls High School (abbreviated as SGHS) is an academically selective

Selective school (New South Wales)

Selective schools in New South Wales, Australia are government high schools operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, that have accepted their students based upon their academic merit...

, Public high school

High school

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 for girls, located at Moore Park

Moore Park, New South Wales

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, in the Eastern Suburbs

Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)

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 of Sydney, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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.

Established in 1883 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training

New South Wales Department of Education and Training

The New South Wales Department of Education and Communities, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsibile for primary schools, secondary schools and Technical and Further Education colleges...

, the school currently caters for approximately 940 students from Years 7 to 12, and is situated next to its 'brother school

Sister school

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', Sydney Boys High School

Sydney Boys High School

Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective public secondary school for boys, located in the City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with 1,180 students, from years 7 to 12...

.

In 2001, The Sun-Herald

The Sun-Herald

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ranked Sydney Girls High School eighth in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia

Who's Who in Australia

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(a listing of notable Australians).
In 2006 and 2007 they ranked third in NSW and fourth in 2008.
Established as Sydney High School in 1883, the school grounds were originally located on Elizabeth Street

Elizabeth Street, Sydney

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 in the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

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, where the David Jones

David Jones Limited

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 store now stands.