List of Old Collegians of PLC Melbourne

For other schools of the same name, see Presbyterian Ladies' College (disambiguation).

This is a List of Old Collegians of PLC Melbourne – known as "PLC Old Collegians" – of the Presbyterian Church school, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne in Burwood, Victoria, Australia.

In 2001, The Sun-Herald named Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne the best girls' school in Australia based on the number of its alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia.^[1]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academic

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• Maureen Brunt – Emeritus Professor of Economics, Monash University^[2]
• Maud Martha Cameron – Headmistress of Firbank Girls' Grammar School (1911–54) and president of the Victorian Association of Headmistresses (1936–37)^[3]
• Dymphna Clark (née Lodewyckx) – Language scholar and wife of historian Manning Clark
• Nina Alison Crone OAM – Teacher; Former Headmistress of Melbourne Girls Grammar School; Historian; Linguist; Journalist^[4]
• Mary (Isabel) Flinn – Prominent school teacher and university lecturer^[5]
• Julia Teresa Flynn – Educationist; First female school inspector; Namesake of 'Julia Flynn Avenue' in Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory^[6]
• 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)^[7]
• Dame Leonie Judith Kramer – Former Chancellor of the University of Sydney^[8]
• Elizabeth Inglis Lothian – Teacher of Classics; Councillor of the Classical Association of Victoria^[9]
• Isabel McBryde AO – Professor Emerita, Australian National University; School Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts; Independent Researcher^[10]
• Joan Montgomery AM. OBE – Educator; former principal of Clyde School, Woodend and Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne^[11]
• Helen Gwynneth Palmer – Educationist, Socialist and Writer^[12]
• Rosemary Teele – Rhodes Scholar^[13]
• Marjorie Jean Tipping MBE – Freelance Author, Art Historian, Consultant and Lecturer on Early Victorian and Tasmanian History and Oriental and Colonial Art History^[14]

Business

• Fiona Balfour – Chief Information Officer of Telstra (2006–07), and Qantas (2001–06)^[15]
• Dur-e Najaf Dara OAM – Restaurateur; Owner and Operator of EQ Cafebar (Melbourne); Partner/Menu Design of Nudel Bar (Melbourne); Partner of the Tea Corporation; Recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003 (also attended Methodist Girls' School, Singapore)^[16]
• Jane Harvey – Director of Medibank Private; Director of IOOF Holdings^[17]
• Rosemary Jessamyn Howell – Proprietor, Strategic Action Pty Ltd (formerly Rosemary Howell Business Services); Director National Board of Directors, Quality in Law Inc.^[18]
• Patricia Kailis AM, OBE – Governing Director and Co-Founder of the M G Kailis Group of Companies^[19]
• Kerrie Kelly – Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Council of Australia (also attended Walford Anglican School for Girls)^[20]
• Karen Mahlab AM – Managing Director of the Mahlab Group; Founder of Pro Bono Australia^[21]

Community

• Annie Cohen – Charity worker^[22]
• Gladys Maeva Cumpston – Community worker, prize winning gardener and Braille transcriber^[23]
• Henrietta Jessie Shaw Daley – Community worker; Founder of the ACT branch of the National Council of Women^[24]
• Dame Phyllis Frost – Welfare worker and philanthropist, known for her commitment to unpopular causes.^[13]
• Jessie McLaren – Australian missionary in Korea, book collector, teacher and translator^[25]
• Florence Mitchell - Girl Guide leader
• 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^[26]
• Eleanor Harriett (Nell) Rivett – Missionary and principal of the Women's Christian College, Chennai, India^[27]
• Philadelphia Nina Robertson – Red Cross administrator^[28]
• Helen Macpherson Schutt – Philanthropist^[29]
• 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^[30]
• Hilda Stevenson DBE – philanthropist and community worker^[31]
• Jean Marion Tom AO – Community worker; Recipient Centenary Medal 2003, ANZAC of the Year Award RSL 1999^[32]
• Rita May Wilson – Community worker^[33]

Entertainment, media and the arts

• Christine Dorothy Brunton – Actress^[34]
• Felicity Cockram – Executive Producer, Producer, Business and Script Consultant; former CEO Australian Film Institute^[35]

Dame Nellie Melba

• Enid Derham – Poet^[36]
• Lauris Margaret Elms – Opera Singer^[37]
• Louise Berta Mosson Hanson Dyer – Patron of the arts and music publisher^[38]
• Helen Mitchell – Soprano, who would be known as Dame Nellie Melba^[39]
• Helen Morse – Australian actress and costume designer^[13]
• Ida Rentoul Outhwaite – Artist^[40]
• Janet Gertrude (Nettie) Palmer – Writer and critic^[41]
• Ada May Plante – Artist^[42]
• Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson – Author, published as Henry Handel Richardson^[43]
• Irene Frances Taylor – Journalist and feminist^[44]
• Violet Helen Evangeline Teague – Artist^[45]
• Tamsin West – Actress best known for her role as Linda in Round the Twist^[46]
• Helen Casey – Current Slushee Queen^[47]

Medicine and science

• Lilian Helen Alexander – Pioneering medical practitioner^[48]
• Constance Ellis – First Victorian woman to become a doctor of medicine^[49]
• Ethel Godfrey – Victoria's first female dentist^[50]
• Ethel Gray – Nursing sister and army matron^[51]
• 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^[52]
• Ida Gertrude Margaret Halley – Medical officer and Feminist; One of the first female medical students at the University of Melbourne^[53]
• Dr Margaret Hilda Harper – Pioneering paediatrician, daughter of former PLC principal Rev. Dr Andrew Harper^[54]
• 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^[55]
• Kate Mackay – Physician and public servant^[56]
• Dame Annie Jean Macnamara – Medical scientist^[57]
• Winifred Barbara Meredith – Pioneering medical practitioner specialising in child and infant care^[3]
• Joan Janet Brown Refshauge – Pioneering medical practitioner and medical administrator^[58]
• Alice Ross-King – Civilian and Army nurse^[59]
• Anna "Nan" Schofield – One of the first Australian Army nurses to serve in the Middle East during World War II; Author^[60]
• Dr Eleanor Margrethe (Rita) Stang – Pioneering medical practitioner^[61]
• Elizabeth Kathleen Turner AO – Paediatrician who was a Medical Superintendent of the Children's Hospital Melbourne (1943-1946) and was the first doctor in Australia to administer penicillin.^[62]
• Rose Ethel Janet White-Haney – Botanist^[63]

Politics, public service and the law

• Sally Capp – Lord Mayor of Melbourne
• Catherine Deakin – Sister of Alfred Deakin^[50]
• Joan Rose Dwyer OAM – Former Chairman Equal Opportunity Board (Vic); Member, Mental Health Review Tribunal (Vic)^[64]

Vida Goldstein

• Elizabeth Moulton Eggleston – Academic lawyer and activist^[65]
• Vida Goldstein – Suffragette and first woman to stand for election to the Federal Parliament of Australia^[66]
• Flos Greig – First woman admitted to the Victorian Bar^[67]
• 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^[68]
• Fiona Krautil – Director of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency^[69]
• Eleanor May Moore – Pacifist^[70]
• Alice Frances Mabel Moss – Campaigner for women's rights^[71]
• Hon. Justice Marcia Ann Neave AO- Judge, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria;^[72] Chairwoman of the Victorian Law Reform Commission^[73]
• Senator Jocelyn Newman – Former Senator for Tasmania^[13]
• Kelly O'Dwyer – Federal member for the seat of Higgins.^[74]
• Marion Phillips – Politician, first Australian woman to win a seat in a national parliament^[75]
• Kim Rubenstein – Professor and Co-Director, 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, University of Canberra^[76]
• Judge Meryl Elizabeth Sexton – Judge, County Court of Victoria^[77]
• Jillian Skinner – Politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; Former Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Shadow Minister for Health, Shadow Minister for Science and Medical Research, and Shadow Minister for Arts^[78]
• Christian Brynhild Ochiltree Jollie Smith – Solicitor, second woman to be admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, first female taxi driver in Melbourne^[79]

Religion

• Margaret Ruth Redpath AO – Former Acting Precentor, St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, and ground-breaking surgeon.^[80]

See also

• List of schools in Victoria
• List of high schools in Victoria
• List of boarding schools
• Girls Sport Victoria

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Further reading

• Fitzpatrick, K. 1975. PLC Melbourne: The First Century 1875–1975. Burwood, 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.

External links

• Presbyterian Ladies' College Website