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2025 Graziher Boarding Schools Directory
Education
2025 Graziher Boarding Schools Directory

From All Souls to Stuartholme, from Geelong to Darwin, Graziher brings you a list of boarding schools to consider when making decisions about your children’s education.

Access the full 2025 Graziher Boarding Schools Guide right here
Education
Access the full 2025 Graziher Boarding Schools Guide right here
The latest guide, brought to you in association with Boarding Schools Expo Australia.
Mother-of-four Kirsty Wiggins shares her boarding advice
Co-Education
Mother-of-four Kirsty Wiggins shares her boarding advice

Kirsty Wiggins has fond memories of her boarding days. But that didn't stop her worrying when it came time to send her own brood away.

WORDS KIRSTY WIGGINS MAIN PHOTOGRAPH CLANCY PAINE
Amanda Ferrari took a leap of faith when she enrolled in ag college
Co-Education
Amanda Ferrari took a leap of faith when she enrolled in ag college
These days, she's a pillar of the community. But decades ago, Amanda Ferrari had no connection to the country just a hankering for the land and an urgent sense of belonging.
WORDS VICTORIA CAREY PHOTOGRAPHY PIP FARQUHARSON
The innovative program giving Brisbane girls a taste of life in the bush
Girls Schools
The innovative program giving Brisbane girls a taste of life in the bush

Boarding school mum Georgina Poole says hosting daygirls on the farm has given her a new perspective on the place she calls home.

WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY GEORGINA POOLE
The boarding school where fishing, biking and camp fires are part of the curriculum
Co-Education
The boarding school where fishing, biking and camp fires are part of the curriculum

The head of Tudor House wants to lay claim to Australia's most adventurous primary school.

WORDS EMMA MULHOLLAND
How to choose the right co-ed boarding school for your children
Girls Schools
How to choose the right co-ed boarding school for your children

Photographer Amy Holcombe says involving her children in choosing a school made the transition process easier for the whole family.

WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY BY AMY HOLCOMBE AND PIP WILLIAMS
Piper Christensen thrived during her time at The Rockhampton Grammar School — just like her mother did before her
Education
Piper Christensen thrived during her time at The Rockhampton Grammar School — just like her mother did before her
For boarders, school is much more than just timetabled lessons and sporting activities; friendships are forged for life and lasting memories are made.
WORDS ASHLEIGH HARVEY PHOTOGRAPHY JESSICA TURICH
Homesickness and happiness: My three years at boarding school
Girls Schools
Homesickness and happiness: My three years at boarding school
Alexandra MacAlpine reflects on the struggles and rewards of leaving home in her late teens.
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY KIRSTEN CUNNINGHAM
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Moments to remember, as captured by Graziher readers

Bore runs, stock work and a chance to kick back... For these photographers, it's the day-to-day moments that resonate.

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPH GRACE PERRY PRODUCER AMIE SHANN
Fashion
Mount Isa’s Cungelella Art sisters are taking Australia's fashion industry by storm

The sisters have created their own label, Myrrdah.

Photography Sarah Conlan
The 2024 Graziher Boarding School Guide
Education
The 2024 Graziher Boarding School Guide

Graziher’s Boarding School Guide helps you weigh up the pros and cons as you explore what each school has to offer.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY AMY HOLCOMBE
A love of tennis combined with fierce determination has opened the world to this Central Queensland teenager
People
A love of tennis combined with fierce determination has opened the world to this Central Queensland teenager

“The longer and hotter the game, the more I enjoy it,” she says.

WORDS JAYNE CUDDIHY PHOTOGRAPHY AMY HOLCOMBE
“I cried for the entire day.” What it’s like to send your first child to boarding school
Co-Education
“I cried for the entire day.” What it’s like to send your first child to boarding school

Queensland photographer and mum of three Lindy Hick on sending her oldest son Jack off to boarding school this year in Charters Towers.

WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY LINDY HICK
A friend’s illness made Amy Stewart examine how we produce our food. Now, she teaches others about it
Education
A friend’s illness made Amy Stewart examine how we produce our food. Now, she teaches others about it

Today, her role at Australian Organic is all about educating others.

WORDS JAYNE CUDDIHY PHOTOGRAPHY PIP WILLIAMS

Graziher magazine

June/July 2025

The cover star of our special Wool Issue is AgriFutures award winner Carol Mudford. We talk to two women who are helping woolgrowers on Kangaroo Island reclaim their livelihoods and showcase the wedding of a bride who celebrated her heritage with a wool wedding dress.

April/May 2025

Artist Lottie Rae talks risks, rewards and why she walked away from her beloved Trangie business. We step inside the Arnott family’s lovingly restored Coolah homestead and meet an agribusiness powerhouse who’s determined to change the way ag research happens in Australia.

February/March 2025

Our cover star is Queensland grazier Bridget Adams, who reflects on the relationship that saw her switch a TV career for life on the land. Plus, we catch up with a bunch of bright entrepreneurs, including a Tassie mum who turned lockdown boredom into a booming seed business.