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This is a List of Old Collegians of PLC Melbourne, they being notable former students - known as "P.L.C Old Collegians" of the Presbyterian Church school, The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne in Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald named the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne the best girls' school in Australia based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).[1]
[edit] Academic
- Catherine Anderson - Rhodes Scholar[2]
- Maureen Brunt - Emeritus Professor of Economics, Monash University[3]
- Jeanette Buckham - Educator; Former Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Goulburn, and Pymble Ladies' College[4]
- Maud Martha Cameron - Headmistress of Firbank Girls' Grammar School (1911-54) and president of the Victorian Association of Headmistresses (1936-37)[5]
- Dymphna Clark (nee Lodewyckx) - Language scholar and wife of historian Manning Clark
- Nina Alison Crone OAM - Teacher; Former Headmistress of Melbourne Girls Grammar School; Historian; Linguist; Journalist[6]
- Associate Professor Susan Elliott - Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne[7]
- Mary (Isabel) Flinn - Prominent school teacher and university lecturer[8]
- Julia Teresa Flynn - Educationist; First female school inspector; Namesake of 'Julia Flynn Avenue' in Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory[9]
- Nancy Jobson - Educator; Former headmistress of Southland Girls' High School (Invercargill, New Zealand), Queen Margaret College (Wellington, New Zealand), Fairholme Presbyterian Girls' College (Toowoomba, Queensland), and Pymble Ladies' College (Pymble, New South Wales)[10]
- Dame Leonie Judith Kramer - Former Chancellor of the University of Sydney[11]
- Elizabeth Inglis Lothian - Teacher of Classics; Councillor of the Classical Association of Victoria[12]
- Isabel McBryde AO - Professor Emerita, The Australian National University; School Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts; Independent Researcher[13]
- Joan Montgomery AM. OBE - Educator; Former principal of Clyde School, Woodend and the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne[14]
- Helen Gwynneth Palmer - Educationist, Socialist and Writer[15]
- Rosemary Teele - Rhodes Scholar[2]
- Marjorie Jean Tipping MBE - Freelance Author, Art Historian, Consultant and Lecturer on Early Victorian and Tasmanian History and Oriental and Colonial Art History[16]
[edit] Business
[edit] Community
- Annie Cohen - Charity worker [27]
- Gladys Maeva Cumpston - Community worker, prize winning gardener and Braille transcriber[28]
- Henrietta Jessie Shaw Daley - Community worker; Founder of the ACT branch of the National Council of Women[29]
- Dame Phyllis Frost - Welfare worker and philanthropist, known for her commitment to unpopular causes.[2]
- Hilda Mabel McKay - Philanthropist[30]
- Jessie McLaren - Australian missionary in Korea, book collector, teacher and translator[31]
- Lady Eliza Fraser Morrison - Charity worker; Chairman of the Victorian Red Cross home hospitals committee; Assistant commissioner of the Australian Red Cross Society in England; Appointed C.B.E. and Edward K.C.M.G[32]
- Eleanor Harriett (Nell) Rivett - Missionary and principal of the Women's Christian College, India[33]
- Philadelphia Nina Robertson - Red Cross administrator[34]
- Helen Macpherson Schutt - Philanthropist[35]
- Lady Alice Maud Sewell - First woman to win the Wyselaskie scholarship in classical and comparative philology and logic; Founder of the Lyceum Club, Melbourne; Awarded the Coronation medal[36]
- Jean Marion Tom AO - Community worker; Recipient Centenary Medal 2003, ANZAC of the Year Award RSL 1999[37]
- Rita May Wilson - Community worker[38]
[edit] Entertainment, media and the arts
[edit] Medicine and science
- Lilian Helen Alexander - Pioneering medical practitioner[52]
- Constance Ellis - First Victorian woman to become a doctor of medicine[53]
- Ethel Godfrey - Victoria's first female dentist[54]
- Ethel Gray - Nursing sister and army matron[55]
- Robyn Guymer - Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne; Head, Macular Research Unit, Centre for Eye Research Australia; Consultant, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital[56]
- Ida Gertrude Margaret Halley - Medical officer and Feminist; One of the first women medical students at the University of Melbourne[57]
- Dr Margaret Hilda Harper - Pioneering paediatrician, daughter of former PLC principal Rev. Dr Andrew Harper[58]
- Mary Jermyn Heseltine - One of the first Australian doctors to study exfoliative cytology; Established the first gynaecological cytology unit in Australia at King George V Hospital[59]
- Dame Annie Jean Macnamara - Medical scientist[60]
- Elizabeth Robyn Mason - Director of the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd (also attended The Friends' School, Hobart)[61]
- Winifred Barbara Meredith - Pioneering medical practitioner specialising in child and infant care[5]
- Joan Janet Brown Refshauge - Pioneering medical practitioner and medical administrator[62]
- Alice Ross-King - Civilian and Army nurse[63]
- Anna (Nan) Schofield - One of the first Australian Army nurses to serve in the Middle East during World War II; Author[64]
- Dr Eleanor Margrethe (Rita) Stang - Pioneering medical practitioner[65]
- Alison Mary Street AO - Head, Haemostasis and Haemophilia Units, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne; Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital[66]
- Rose Ethel Janet White-Haney - Botanist[67]
- Barbara Skeete Workman - Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University and Southern Health at Kingston Centre Campus[68]
[edit] Politics, public service and the law
- Hon. Jennifer Mary Acton - Senior Deputy President, Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC)[69]
- Catherine Deakin - Sister of Alfred Deakin[54]
- Joan Rose Dwyer OAM - Former Chairman Equal Opportunity Board (Vic); Member, Mental Health Review Tribunal (Vic)[70]
- Norma Clare Ford - Lawyer; Consultant; Member Immigration Review Tribunal, Migration Review Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal, Firearms Appeal Committee[71]
- Elizabeth Moulton Eggleston - Academic lawyer and activist[72]
- Vida Goldstein - Suffragette and first woman to stand for election to the Federal Parliament of Australia[73]
- Flos Greig - First woman admitted to the Victorian Bar[74]
- Rosemary Claire Hunter - Professor of Law at the University of Kent; Formerly Professor of Law at Griffith University, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Director of the Socio-Legal Research Centre[75]
- Fiona Krautil - Director of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency[76]
- Eleanor May Moore - Pacifist[77]
- Alice Frances Mabel Moss - Campaigner for women's rights[78]
- Hon. Justice Marcia Ann Neave AO- Judge, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria;[79] Chairwoman of the Victorian Law Reform Commission[80]
- Senator Jocelyn Newman - Former Senator for Tasmania[2]
- Marion Phillips - Politician, first Australian woman to win a seat in a national parliament[81]
- Kim Rubenstein - Professor and Director, Centre for International and Public Law, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University[82]
- Her Hon. Judge Meryl Elizabeth Sexton - Judge, County Court of Victoria[83]
- Jillian Skinner - Politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; Currently Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Health, Shadow Minister for Science and Medical Research, and Shadow Minister for Arts[84]
- Christian Brynhild Ochiltree Jollie Smith - Solicitor, second woman to be admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, first female taxi driver in Melbourne[85]
[edit] Religion
[edit] References
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- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography: Flynn, Julia Teresa (1878 - 1947)(accessed:07-08-2007)
- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography: Jobson, Nancy (1880 - 1964)(accessed:07-08-2007)
- ^ The University of Sydney Past Chancellors: Dame Leonie Judith Kramer (1924- )(accessed:07-08-2007)
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- ^ "ELMS Lauris Margaret". Who's Who in Australia Live!. (2006-11-17). Ed. Suzannah Pearce. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.
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- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography: Melba, Dame Nellie (1861 - 1931)(accessed:07-08-2007)
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- ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography: Plante, Ada May (1875 - 1950)(accessed:07-08-2007)
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[edit] Further reading
- Fitzpatrick, K. 1975. PLC Melbourne: The First Century 1875-1975. Burwood, The Presbyterian Ladies College.
- Reid, M.O. 1960. The Ladies Came to Stay: A Study of the Education of Girls at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne 1875-1960. Melbourne, Council of the College.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
