the Australian Association for Dance Education (now Ausdance) with other notable educators such as Dame Peggy Van Praagh. She also founded the Tertiary Dance Council of Australia and the Green Mill Dance Project. List of providers Specialist performing arts education in primary schooling Hunter School of the Performing Arts The McDonald College Specialist performing arts education in secondary schooling Australian Performing Arts Grammar School Campbelltown Performing Arts High School Conservatorium High School Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School Newtown High School of the Performing Arts Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School The McDonald College Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School New South Wales is the only state to have selective high schools specifically dedicated to the performing arts. NSW has 9 government, and 4 non-government selective schools for students who wish to excel in this sector. Specialist performing arts education in tertiary schooling Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts Academy of Film, Theatre & Television Academy of Music and Performing Arts Actors Centre Australia Adelaide College of the Arts Australian Ballet School Australian Dance Institute Australian Institute of Music Australian National Academy of Music – Dramatic Arts Australian Performing Arts Conservatory Bangarra Dance Theatre Box Hill Institute Excelsia College National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association National Institute of Circus Arts National Institute of Dramatic Art Victorian College of the Arts Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts See also Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust New South Wales List of creative and performing arts high schools in New South Wales International Screen Academy, Sydney South Australia Helpmann Academy Western Australia UWA Conservatorium of Music Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts Tasmania Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music Victoria Australian Institute of Music References THE TRUST The rise and fall of an Australian icon by Brian Adams charts the establishment and nurturing of professional performing arts in Australia by The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, founded in 1954 by Dr HC (Nugget) Coombs. This unique organisation spawned the independent opera, ballet and theatre companies of today, as well as the development of arts education in post-WW2 Australia. Available at amazon outlets. External links Music, Drama,Dance & Performing Arts at Australian universities History of Music Education in Australia at Deakin University The Australian School of Performing Arts The Australian Girls Choir