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The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS), also known as GPS or Great Public Schools is an association boys' schools in New South Wales, Australia that contest sporting events among themselves. AAGPS was formed on 30 March 1892,〔 and today has nine members - eight Sydney schools and one northern NSW country school〔 GPS representative sports sides are selected for matches are typically against representative sides of the Combined Associated Schools (CAS), Independent Schools Association (ISA) and Combined High Schools (CHS). Of the 130 Rhodes Scholars from 1904 to 2006 and from New South Wales, 85 attended a GPS School.〔("NSW Rhodes Scholars" ) — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 29 June 2006)〕 ==History== The Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS) was formed at a meeting held at Gunsler’s Café, near Circular Quay, on 30 March 1892. The schools represented at this first meeting were The King's School, Saint Ignatius' College, St Joseph's College, All Saints College, Bathurst and the North Shore Grammar School (Shore). On 12 April, representatives from Sydney Grammar School, Newington College and Cooerwull Academy joined those who had attended the first meeting. A third meeting was held on 28 April 1892, where membership of the AAGPS was clarified, and St Patrick's College, Goulburn, St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, and The Scots College joined those Schools who attended the first two meetings.〔 Sydney High School applied for membership in March 1894, but were not accepted for admission until 14 February 1906. The final entrant was The Armidale School, who were admitted to the Association on 7 May 1897.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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