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Methodist Ladies' College (commonly referred to as MLC) is an

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, Uniting, non-selective, day and

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for girls, located in

, an eastern suburb of

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia. The school has two additional outdoor education campuses known as "Marshmead" and "Banksia". Established in 1882 on its current campus by the

Methodist Church of Australasia The Methodist Church of Australasia was a Methodist denomination based in Australia. On 1 January 1902, five Methodist denominations in Australia – the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the Primitive Methodists, the Bible Christian Church, the Unite ...

, MLC caters for approximately 2200 students from the Early Learning Centre (MLC Kindle) to year 12, including more than 100 boarders.School Choice Victoria: Methodist Ladies' College
(accessed:14-08-2007) The college is a member of

,Girls Sport Victoria: Member Schools
(accessed:14-08-2007) the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, the

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(JSHAA),Junior School Heads Association of Australia
(accessed:14-08-2007) the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia
(accessed:14-08-2007) and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia.
(accessed:15-06-2007) MLC offers students both the

Victorian Certificate of Education The Victorian Certificate of Education (often abbreviated VCE) is one credential available to secondary school students who successfully complete year 11 and 12 in the Australian state of Victoria. The VCE is the predominant choice for students ...

and the

International Baccalaureate The International Baccalaureate (IB), formerly known as the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), is a nonprofit foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and founded in 1968. It offers four educational programmes: the IB Dip ...

.Studies in Australia: Methodist Ladies' College
(accessed:04-09-2007) Fees are up to $36,000 per student per year.

History

William Henry Fitchett was secretary of a committee formed in 1879 to start a secondary school for girls. MLC was founded on its current campus in

on 14 February 1882 as a ''modern school of the first order'', with buildings that formed ''a collegiate institution for girls unsurpassed in the colonies''. It was the first Australian girls' school established by the

Wesleyan Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan– Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles W ...

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s and Fitchett was the first principal. The goal of its founders was to provide a ''high-class Christian education for girls, comparable with that provided elsewhere for boys''. As the first Australian girls' school established by the Wesleyan Methodists, MLC attracted boarders from all

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. In 1990, MLC became the first school in the world to introduce laptop computers for all students from Year 5 to Year 12.Methodist Ladies' College: History
(accessed:15-06-2007) In 1991, MLC Marshmead opened, providing Year 9 students with an eight-week residential experience with a focus on outdoor education. In 2001, ''

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'' reported a 1988 study which ranked MLC third in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its

alumni Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for grou ...

mentioned in the ''

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'' (a listing of notable Australians). In 2002, MLC won the title of 'Australian School of the Year', as published in ''

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...

'' newspaper.Australian Boarding Schools' Association: Methodist Ladies College
(accessed:14-08-2007)

Principals

There have been a total of nine principal or formerly headmaster’s of MLC since the school was founded in 1882.

House system

As with most Australian schools, MLC has a

house system The house system is a traditional feature of schools in the United Kingdom. The practice has since spread to Commonwealth countries and the United States. The school is divided into subunits called "houses" and each student is allocated to o ...

through which students partake in inter-house competitions and activities. The college currently has five houses: *Berry - Colour: Purple, Mascot: Turtle. *Cato - Colour: Blue, Mascot: Bear. *Fitchett - Colour: Yellow, Mascot: Lion *Krome - Colour: Green, Mascot: Frog *Nevile - Colour: Pink, Mascot: Pink Panther In the past, there was a Tiddeman house (colour red), which was specifically for boarders.

Curriculum

MLC offers an extensive range of VCE and Vocational Education Training (VET) courses, as well as the

IB Diploma Programme The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) is a two-year educational programme primarily aimed at 16-to-19-year-olds in 140 countries around the world. The programme provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into ...

. It has one of the largest VCE subject selections in the state. The school's success with the IB Programme is internationally renowned, with students consistently achieving in the top global percentile each year. Its physical education program includes a wide variety of summer and winter sports. It participates in the

competition. The music school features an auditorium, and a department for woodwind, strings, keyboard, percussion and brass, with multiple ensembles including a concert orchestra, senior strings, choirs and bands. The music school is known for its excellence. The state of the art auditorium is often used for external performances. The school offers a speech and drama program from early years and theatre arts and drama at VCE level, as well as a variety of studio arts subjects.

Sport

MLC is a member of

(GSV).

GSV premierships

MLC has won the following GSV premierships. * Athletics - 2010 * Badminton (2) - 2011, 2016 * Basketball (6) - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2017, 2019 * Cricket (4) - 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017 * Diving (2) - 2001, 2002 * Football (8) - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 * Hockey (11) - 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 * Indoor Cricket (2) - 2009, 2010 * Netball - 2002 * Soccer - 2005 * Softball (3) - 2001, 2008, 2009 * Swimming (18) - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 * Tennis (4) - 2005, 2006, 2010, 2018 * Volleyball (5) - 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019 * Water Polo (3) - 2016, 2017, 2018

Indigenous programmes

MLC works with the Yalari scholarship programme to support Indigenous girls from regional, rural and remote communities to study and board at MLC. Yalari is a not-for-profit organisation that offers secondary education scholarships at leading Australian boarding schools. MLC includes Indigenous issues in its mainstream curriculum, maintains a student Aboriginal Reconciliation Committee, grows an Indigenous garden, and appoints a senior Year 12 prefect to an Indigenous portfolio. MLC holds annual sporting and cultural exchanges with Worowa Aboriginal College at Healesville, Victoria.

Notable alumnae

Alumnae of the Methodist Ladies' College are known as 'Old Collegians' and automatically become members of the 'MLC Old Collegians' Club' upon graduation. The club was established on 29 October 1904 for the purpose of providing an ongoing relationship between the college and its alumnae.Methodist Ladies' College: Old Collegians' Club
(accessed:14-08-2007) Some notable "Old Collegians" include: ;Entertainment, media and the arts * Alice Marian Ellen Bale – artistAustralian Dictionary of Biography: Bale, Alice Marian Ellen (1875 - 1955)
(accessed:14-08-2007) * Katie Bender, filmmaker *

Cate Blanchett Catherine Elise Blanchett (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor. Regarded as one of the finest performers of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. She has received nu ...

, AC –

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-winning actress, director, (also attended

Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School , motto_translation = Christ my light , established = 1903 , type = Independent, single-sex, day school , denomination = Anglican , slogan = , principal ...

) *

Zoe Caldwell Zoe Ada Caldwell, (14 September 1933 – 16 February 2020) was an Australian actress. She was a four-time Tony Award winner, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for '' Slapstick Tragedy'' (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for '' The Pri ...

, OBE –

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-winning actress * Margaret Dredge, painter and printmaker *

Roma Egan Roma Jean Egan (born 1948) was a child actress on Australian television, and an Australian ballet dancer and teacher. She was notably a senior soloist for The Australian Ballet, and variously performed for the Queensland Ballet, Basel Ballet, ...

– child TV actress, ballet dancer and teacher * Ada Lorna Forbes – actressAustralian Dictionary of Biography: Forbes, Ada Lorna (1890 - 1976)
(accessed:14-08-2007) *

Deborra-Lee Furness Deborra-Lee Furness (born 30 November 1955) is an Australian actress and producer. She is married to actor Hugh Jackman. Early life Furness was born in Annandale, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, and raised in Melbourne, Victoria. At ...

– actress *

Marzena Godecki Marzena Godecki (born 28 September 1978) is a Polish-Australian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Neri in ''Ocean Girl''. Early life Marzena Godecki was born on 28 September 1978 in Bytom, Poland. When she was three years o ...

– actress *

Libbi Gorr Lisbeth Joanne "Libbi" Gorr (born 24 March 1965) is an Australian broadcaster working in both TV and radio. Gorr is also an author, voice artist, writer and performer. She first came to prominence with the satirical television character that sh ...

– entertainer (also once commonly known as "

Elle McFeast Elle McFeast is an Australian television character created by comedian Libbi Gorr. The character appeared in several shows during the 1990s, beginning with the ABC series ''Live and Sweaty'' in 1991. The character became the host of the show in ...

" working as a comedian on the major media network the

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) *

Tessa James Tessa James (born 17 April 1991) is an Australian actress. She made her acting debut as Anne Baxter (Neighbours), Anne Baxter in soap opera ''Neighbours'' in 2006. James played the role of Nicole Franklin in ''Home and Away'' from 2008 until 201 ...

– actress *

Nene King Nene Claire King is an Australian journalist. She is the former editor of some of Australia's women's magazines, including ''Woman's Day'', '' New Idea'' and '' Women's Weekly''. Early life Nene Claire King was born in March 1943 in Melbourn ...

− magazine publisher, former editor and editor-in-chief of ''Women's Weekly'' and ''Woman's Day''Crikey.com.au: "Famous alumni on Latham's hit list"
(accessed:26-04-2006) * Karen Knowles – singer, producer and director *

Joyce Nicholson Joyce Nicholson (née Thorpe) (1 June 1919 – 30 January 2011) was an Australian author and business woman. The daughter of publisher D.W. Thorpe, Nicholson was born in Melbourne and educated at Methodist Ladies' College and the University o ...

– author, political philanthropist *

Yumi Stynes Yumi Tasma Stynes (born 2 June 1975) is a feminist television and radio presenter, podcaster and author. She is the co-host of KIIS FM's 3PM Pick-Up radio show and presenter of the ABC Radio podcast ''Ladies, We Need to Talk'' about female heal ...

– television presenter (also attended Melbourne Girls' Grammar School) * Ilona von Feuchtersleben - Violinist Melbourne Symphony Orchestra * Dora Lynnell Wilson – artistAustralian Dictionary of Biography: Wilson, Dora Lynnell (1883 - 1946)
(accessed:14-08-2007) *

Elizabeth Wood-Ellem Dr Elizabeth Wood-Ellem (10 September 1930 – 8 September 2012) was a Tongan-born Australian historian actively engaged in the life of Tonga and author of the definitive biography of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga. Birth and family Bo ...

– editor and biographer ;Medicine and science *

Isabel Clifton Cookson Isabel Clifton Cookson (25 December 1893 – 1 July 1973) was an Australian botanist who specialised in palaeobotany and palynology. Early years and education Cookson was born at Hawthorn, Victoria, Hawthorn, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, an ...

– botanist and palaeobotanistAustralian Dictionary of Biography: Cookson, Isabel Clifton (1893 - 1973)
(accessed:14-08-2007) *

Mary Clementina De Garis Mary Clementina De Garis (16 December 1881 – 18 November 1963) was an Australian medical doctor. During World War I she worked at the Ostrovo Unit in Serbia for the Scottish Women's Hospitals and after the war worked at Geelong Hospital i ...

– obstetrician, second woman in Victoria to take out a Doctorate of MedicineAustralian Dictionary of Biography: De Garis, Mary Clementina (1881 - 1963)
(accessed:14-08-2007) * Hilda Estelle Kincaid – medical practitionerAustralian Dictionary of Biography: Kincaid, Hilda Estelle (1886 - 1967)
(accessed:14-08-2007) *

Adrienne Clarke Adrienne Elizabeth Clarke (née Petty; born 6 January 1938) is Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Melbourne, where she ran the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre from 1982–1999. She is a former chairman of the Commonwealth Scie ...

AC – botanist, Chancellor of La Trobe University, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria ;Politics and the law *

Millie Peacock Millie Gertrude Peacock, Lady Peacock (née Holden; 3 August 1870 – 7 February 1948), was the first woman elected to the Parliament of Victoria. She was the wife of Sir Alexander Peacock, a three-time Premier of Victoria. Upon his death in 193 ...

– first woman elected to the Parliament of Victoria *

Nicola Roxon Nicola Louise Roxon (born 1 April 1967) is a former Australian politician, who was a member of the House Representatives representing the seat of Gellibrand in Victoria for the Australian Labor Party from the 1998 federal election until he ...

– Labor, federal Minister for Health, Attorney-General of Australia *

Fiona Richardson Fiona Catherine Alison Richardson (22 November 1966 – 23 August 2017) was an Australian politician. She was a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 until her death in 20 ...

– State Labor Minister for Northcote, Minister for women and Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence *

Mary Wooldridge Mary Louise Newling Wooldridge (born 29 July 1967) is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2006 to 2019. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the seat ...

– State Liberal member for Doncaster, Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Women's Affairs and Minister for Community Services, 2010–14 * Judith Troeth – Liberal Senator for Victoria *

Lara Giddings Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings (born 14 November 1972) is a former Australian politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she ...

– Labor Premier of Tasmania *

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– barrister, cellist ;Sport *

Alisa Camplin Alisa Peta Camplin, (born 10 November 1974) is an Australian aerial skier who won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the second ever winter Olympic gold medal for Australia. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Camplin finished third to receive a bronz ...

– aerial skier, Winter Olympiad gold medallist * Lydia Ierodiaconou – freestyle skier, Winter Olympiad gold medallist * Marina Cade – lightweight rower (world champion) * Rebecca Adam – sports administrator (President of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf) * Elizabeth Patrick – rowing coxswain (national champion, world champion and a dual Olympian) * Meg Hutchins- AFLW footballer *

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-AFLW *

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-AFLW ;Other * Frances Gertrude Kumm (8 April 1886 – 4 June 1966) – women's activist and philanthropist *

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– social historian at University of Melbourne *

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– founder, War Widows' Guild of Australia (also attended

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)Australian Dictionary of Biography: Vasey, Jessie Mary (1897 - 1966)
(accessed:14-08-2007) *

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, Lydia Ierodiaconou,

Controversy

In September 2012 the school board sacked the then principal of 15 years, Rosa Storelli, leading to calls by Storelli plus many parents and Old Collegians for the board's dismissal.The Australian: Sacked MLC school principal Rosa Storelli calls for school board's dismissal:Stuart Rintoul
(accessed:19-09-2012) There were also protests outside the school by parents and students. The action by the board was made possible by changes to the school's constitution. This became a cautionary tale for other independent schools in Australia about the relationship between principals and the boards of those schools and the power-sharing relationships among the various stakeholders. By 2017 most members of that board had been replaced. Rosa Storelli is currently a senior academic at

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.https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/display/rstorelli

Notes

* Who's Who of girls' school rankings: 1. PLC Melbourne, 2.

SCEGGS Darlinghurst , motto_translation = Let Your Light Shine , established = , type = Independent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school , denomination = Anglicanism , oversight = , educational_authority = New South Wales Departme ...

, 3.MLC Melbourne, 4. PLC Sydney, 5.

Melbourne Girls Grammar School , motto_translation = Without the Lord, All is in Vain , established = 1893 , type = Independent, single sex, day & boarding, Christian school. , years = ELC–12 , gender ...

, 6.

Mac.Robertson Girls' High School , motto_translation = Mastery of self , established = , type = Government-funded single-sex selective secondary day school , principal = Sue Harrap , location = South Melbourne, Victoria , country = Australia , coordi ...

, 7.

North Sydney Girls High School , motto_translation = Towards Higher Things , established = , type = Government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school , gender = Girls , oversight = New South Wales Department of Education , principal = Megan Co ...

, 8.

Sydney Girls High School , motto_translation = Work Conquers All , location = Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Sydney#New South Wales#Australia , established = , type = Governmen ...

, 9. MLC Sydney, 10.

University High School, Melbourne , motto_translation = With Zeal and Loyalty , established = , type = Government-funded co-educational secondary day school , principal = Ciar Foster , location = 77 St ...

References

External links

Official website
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History

Principals

House system

Curriculum

Sport

GSV premierships

Indigenous programmes

Notable alumnae

Controversy

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

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