thumbnail, 1937 sketch of the school
Horton College was a 19th-century
independent Wesleyan methodist boys' boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...
, at Mona Vale near ,
Tasmania, Australia. Founded by Captain Samuel Horton in 1855, the College closed in 1894; and during its brief period it was considered an extremely prestigious school, counting many of the region's landed families of the period as students.
Its first headmaster was
John Manton
John Allen Manton (17 August 1807 – 9 September 1864) was an English-born Australian Methodist minister, school principal and founding President of Newington College, Sydney.
Early life
Manton was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. As a te ...
, and for many years its motto was the la, Nil sine magno labore (Nothing without great exertion). This was replaced by the la, Perseverantia Palman Obtinebit (Perseverance will win the prize). The school building itself was an impressive red brick structure, designed by
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and its ruins were listed on the (now-defunct)
Register of the National Estate
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from 1978.
Closure
The College fell into financial ruin following a
great economic depression that hit the state in the 1890s and the college was forced to shut due to debts. The College Board of Trustees, owning the building but not the land (which was in trust from Captain Horton's estate), handed the entire property back to his nephew. For many years the nephews son lived in the school building but in 1917 he moved and the building was torn down to sell the materials. The bells from the building are still used by the
Hutchins School, while the bricks were used to build Horton Cottage and parts of what is now
Scotch Oakburn College
(I will find a way to higher things.)
, established = 1886 (MLC)1901 (Scotch)1979 (Amalgamation)
, type = Independent, co-educational, day and boarding
, denomination = in association with the Unit ...
. The building's entrance arch still stands and is visible from the highway.
Notable alumni
* Members of the
Archer family
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*
William Henry Burgess, member of Tasmanian parliament
*
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, physician and champion Australian rules footballer with
Essendon
*
Crowther family
*
Sir John Davies and
Charles Davies, sons of the founder of ''
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Arthur Groom, member of the Victorian parliament
*
Kermode family
*
William Lyne, Premier of New South Wales
*
Alexander Malcolm - New Zealand member of parliament from
Balclutha
*
Albert Solomon - Premier of Tasmania
References
External links
Photo of the College in the LINC collection
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1855 establishments in Australia
Educational institutions established in 1855
Wesleyan schools
Defunct schools in Tasmania
1894 disestablishments in Australia
Educational institutions disestablished in the 1890s