Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne
| Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne | |
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| Address | |
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141 Burwood Highway Burwood, Victoria, 3125 Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°50′52″S 145°6′23″E / 37.84778°S 145.10639°ECoordinates: 37°50′52″S 145°6′23″E / 37.84778°S 145.10639°E |
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| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding |
| Motto |
Latin: Lex Dei Vitae Lampas (The law of God is the Lamp of Life) |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
| Established | 1875 |
| Chairman | Russell Walley |
| Principal | Elaine Collin |
| Chaplain | Charles Green |
| Years | ELC–12 |
| Enrollment | ~1,450 |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Black and Gold |
| Website | plc.vic.edu.au |
Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne (PLC), is an independent, private, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls, located in Burwood, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Founded in 1875 at East Melbourne, PLC was one of the first independent schools for girls in Australia. The College has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,450 students from the Early Learning Centre (ELC) to Year 12, including 122 boarders. P.L.C features a co-educational Early Learning Centre, and a girls-only environment from Prep to Year 12. The College has been an IB World School since September 1990, and is authorised to offer the IB Diploma Programme.
PLC is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA), is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV), and is an accredited school of the Council of International Schools (CIS).
In 2001 The Sun-Herald named PLC Melbourne the best girls' school in Australia on the basis of the number of its alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).
The Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria set up an Education Committee in 1869, to look into establishing a ladies' college. At this time the Church owned 2 acres (1 ha) in Albert Street, East Melbourne, opposite the current Fitzroy Gardens, and not far from the original site of the school's brother school, Scotch College. A school building and a teacher's home were already built on the site, and were rented to a teacher as a primary school. The committee resolved to build the college and provide advice and support, but the college would be self-supporting.
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