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St Anne's Diocesan College is a private girls' boarding school situated in the small town of
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( Umgungundlovu District Municipality) in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of
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History

St Anne's Diocesan College was founded by the Rt Revd
William Macrorie The Rt Revd William Kenneth Macrorie (1831–1905) was bishop of Maritzburg, while John Colenso was bishop of the Diocese of Natal. Macrorie was born at Liverpool on 8 February 1831, was eldest son of David Macrorie, a Liverpool physician, by h ...
, Bishop of Maritzburg and Miss Creswell in 1877 in the Manse Building in Pietermaritz Street in
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. In 1878 the school was moved to the corner of Loop Street and Pine Street in Pietermartzburg. The move to its current location in the village of Hilton which lies above Pietermaritzburg happened in 1904. In 1977 the tradition to wear white to the matric ball was started.


Previous lady wardens and headmasters/headmistresses

* 1877-1879 Miss Creswell (1st lady warden) * 1879-1889 Miss Usherwood * 1890-1903 Miss Marianne Browne * 1903-1907 Miss Isabel Drury * 1907-1917 Miss Frances Baines * 1917-1941 Miss Dorothy L. Andrews * 1942-1950 Miss Molliew Kate Stone * 1950-1954 Miss Molly Woods * 1954-1955 Miss Dorothy Beggs (Acting Warden) * 1955-1963 Miss Dorothy McEune * 1964-1968 Miss Joyce Carew * 1969-1972 Miss Margaret E. Beer * 1973-1974 Mrs Sheila Morgan * 1975-1986 Mr Anthony Cheetham * 1987-1997 Mr Bill McQuade * 1998-2009 Mr David Wilkinson * 2010-2020 Mr David Arguile *2021 - Mrs Debbie Martin


Boarding

There are six boarding houses: *Andrews, *Frances Baines, *Macrorie, *Marianne Browne, *Mollie Stone and *Usherwood.


Notable alumni

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Killie Campbell Dr Margaret Roach 'Killie' Campbel