Oakburn College

In 1969 the school underwent a name change to Oakburn College, selected from the original name of the property, Oakburn. Margaret Stackhouse OC (nee Lyne, ’69), Captain of the School, noted in the 1969 Collegian, ‘It is a name that the School has been connected with since its very origin, when Eliza Thomson erected the stately home Oakburn…It is a name that one immediately connects to our traditional oaks…’.  It was felt by the Council that the term ‘Ladies’ was outdated. Enrolments were extended to boys in 1973. 

Image: Oakburn College, the official naming celebration, 1969.