Methodist Ladies’ College

Methodist Ladies’ College was established in 1886.  The Australasian Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church (1863) recorded that the founding of Horton College was the inspiration for the establishment of the Methodist Ladies’ College, continuing as Scotch Oakburn College.   

The main objective of the Methodist Ladies’ College was to provide girls with the same educational advantages afforded to boys. In 1903 Miss Mary Fox was appointed Lady Principal of the Methodist Ladies’ College. In 1941 the stately home of Lemana was purchased to provide extra classrooms for Domestic Science and the lower Primary School. The Wesleyan Tasmanian District Meeting of 1857 documents that Horton College was the inspiration for the later establishment of the Methodist Ladies’ College, (1886-1978), also known as Launceston Ladies’ College (1890-1974) and later known as Oakburn College. 

Image: Methodist Ladies’ College, Foundation (First Day), 1886.