Presbyterian Ladies College Croydon
| Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney | |
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Croydon, New South Wales Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°52′54″S 151°6′57″E / 33.88167°S 151.11583°ECoordinates: 33°52′54″S 151°6′57″E / 33.88167°S 151.11583°E |
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| Type | Independent, single-sex, day and boarding |
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Latin: Sancte Sapienter (Holy, Wisely name="GH299"/>) |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
| Established | 1888 |
| Chairman | David Lim |
| Principal | Paul Burgis |
| Chaplain | Chris Morphew |
| Employees | ~131 |
| Enrolment | ~ 1,250 (R–12) |
| Colour(s) | Black, Red and white |
| Slogan | "Women of Integrity and Purpose" |
| Website | www.plc.nsw.edu.au |
The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia. The school has a non-selective enrolment policy for all years but Year 11, and caters for approximately 1,250 girls from age four (Branxton Reception) to age eighteen (Year 12), including 65 boarders. Students attend PLC from all regions of the greater metropolitan area, New South Wales, and overseas.
Established in 1888 by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of NSW, PLC is the oldest continuously running Presbyterian Church school in its state. The college is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools and is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, and the Australian Boarding Schools' Association. PLC is one of two Sydney schools in the Round Square organisation.
Notable alumnae include the first qualified female architect in Australia and other pioneering women in education, law, and medicine.
In 1883 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of NSW formed a special committee to investigate a proposal to establish boarding schools for girls and for boys, to provide Presbyterian alternatives to the proliferating number of Roman Catholic secondary schools in the colony. The Minister at Richmond, Rev James Cameron stated: "Presbyterians should take prompt action because the Popish party, seeing the want that was felt throughout the colony in regard to higher education, has stepped in to supply that want, and if Protestants did not look to the matter, the Roman Catholics would take advantage of them." The General Assembly was also inspired to establish a school, particularly a Ladies' College, by less worthy motives. Other Protestant denominations in NSW had recently established their own Ladies' Colleges, and the neighbouring colony of Victoria had maintained a Presbyterian Ladies' College since 1875, and so it was felt that NSW Presbyterians should also have one. At the 1884 Assembly the Committee announced that while a boys' school was not needed, the secondary education options available to girls were not satisfactory, and they recommended that a Ladies' College, similar to the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, be established as soon as possible.
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