Presbyterian Ladies College

A Pictorial History: Presbyterian Ladies' College 1875-2005

A history of Presbyterian Ladies' College in pictures.

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Agents of Change: women's social reform networks in Melbourne 1890-1940

An occasional paper given to the Friends of the Library (Queen's College). Vida Goldstein is one of the women mentioned. She was a pupil at PLC.

2292 reads

Bid Time Return

First of two volume memoir by Fairlie Taylor. Taylor started work as a teacher in regional Victoria. In 1933 she became Victoria's first full-time teacher-librarian at Presbyterian Ladies' College, East Melbourne and later at Methodist Ladies' College. This volume covers the period 1887-1919.

2051 reads

Birth of Australian Ballet School

Newspaper clippings about the formation of the Australian Ballet School 4o years earlier. It started in an East Melbourne boarding school (PLC). Photos. 2004.

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PLC clippings

Clippings from 1931 and 1932 Patchwork. Include House Notes and articles on The Late Dame Nellie Melba and Henry Handel Richardson. Illustrations of decorative furniture and joinery in Wyselaskie Hall. Photo of students at assembly in Wyselaskie Hall. Photo of Music Rooms (Koorinya). Also photo of student Jean Campbell who later became a writer under a nom-de-plume.

2593 reads

PLC Melbourne: The First Century 1875-1975

History of Presbyterian Ladies College 1875-1975. Photos. Index.

2468 reads