Primary contact
141 Burwood Highway, Burwood
Melbourne, Victoria 3125
Identity area
Identifier
daa/367
Authorized form of name
Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC), Melbourne
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Formerly PLC East Melbourne
- PLC Burwood
- PLC Melbourne
- Presbyterian Ladies College
Type
- Educational
Contact area
PLC Melbourne Archivist
Type
Address
Street address
141 Burwood Highway, Burwood
Locality
Melbourne
Region
Victoria
Country name
Postal code
3125
Telephone
03 9808 5998
Fax
archives@plc.vic.edu.au
URL
www.plc.vic.edu.au
Note
Description area
History
PLC Melbourne is a Christian College, associated with the Presbyterian Church.
Established opposite the Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne in 1875, the college is one of the oldest schools for girls still in existence in Australia. The college fully relocated to the Melbourne suburb of Burwood in 1958.
The Archive was established in 1975 to retain and preserve the history of the college's pioneering and enduring contribution to the education of women and to raising the status of women within the Australian and international community. Eminent Old Collegians and former staff include Vida Goldstein, Henry Handel Richardson, Dame Nellie Melba, Violet Teague and Walter Withers.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
PLC Melbourne is a Christian independent girls' school catering for girls from Early Learning Centre to senior years.
Records management and collecting policies
The PLC Archive fosters and promotes an understanding and appreciation of the history of the college to enrich and inform the life of current staff and students and its wider community. The collections play an active role in education, formal and informal, through promoting first-hand engagement with primary sources.
An exhibition, teaching and reference space, the PLC Melbourne Heritage Centre, is provided for students, staff and researchers who seek to understand and interpret the collection.
Buildings
Holdings
The PLC Melbourne Archive acquires those records, furniture, art, photographs, diaries, albums, trophies, minute books, curriculum samples, oral histories, memories etc, relating or referring to the college that exemplify conditions of education experienced by its students, staff, Alumni and the broader college community.
The college, and its wider, community is encouraged to donate relevant material.
Finding aids, guides and publications
- Patchwork magazines, 1876- present.
- Reid, M O, The ladies came to stay, 1961.
- Fitzpatrick, Kathleen, PLC Melbourne: the first century 1875-1975, 1975.
- Grant, Lesley (compiler), PLC Pictorial history 1875-2005, 2005.
Access area
Opening times
By appointment during the college school term.
Access conditions and requirements
Appointments must be arranged and confirmed with the Archivist.
Access to all archival material and services is to be fully acknowledged by the researcher in all research, display and publication.
Accessibility
Details will be provided on confirmation of appointment.
Services area
Research services
Reference advice is available to visitors and via email.
Reproduction services
Limited services may be available.
Public areas
Visitors must apply to arrange a time to visit the PLC Melbourne Heritage Centre and / or PLC Melbourne Archive.
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 18 May 2020
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Education (Thematic area)
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)