List of Old Girls of PLC Sydney
This is a List of Old Girls of PLC Sydney, they being notable alumni – known as "P.L.C Old Girls" of the Presbyterian Church school, The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon, New South Wales, Australia.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney fourth in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia.
Academic
- Silma Ihram – Pioneer of Islamic education; Founder of Noor Al Houda Islamic College and Al Noori Primary School; Democrats candidate for Auburn; Author; Secretary–General of the Australian Council for Islamic Education
- Eunice Macindoe – Educator; Former Principal of P.L.C Sydney and the Women's College at the University of Queensland
- Professor Elizabeth Webby AM – Author; Chair of Australian Literature, School of English at the University of Sydney; Recipient Centenary Medal 2001, AA Phillips Award for the Study of Australian literature 2003
Community and philanthropy
- Millicent Baxter – New Zealand pacifist and peace activist.
- Mary, Lady Fairfax AC, AM, OBE, FAICD – Mother of Warwick Fairfax; Philanthropist; Chairman, Founder and President of ''Friends of the Australian Ballet''
Entertainment, media and the arts
- Rachel Corbett – contestant on Big Brother Australia series one, former radio presenter for Triple M Melbourne
- Olive Crane – sketcher and illustrator
- Gladys Harding Froggatt – author of the World of little lives and More about the world of little lives ; Daughter of Walter Wilson Froggatt
- Fenella Kernebone – radio presenter for Triple J
- Johanna Pigott – musician, song and television writer, co-writer of the Australian children's television series, Mortified, co-writer of the John Farnham song Age of Reason
- Margaret Pomeranz AM – film critic, former host of SBS's The Movie Show, host of ABC TV's At the Movies
- Sue Smith – model, television and radio journalist, first female reporter on the Nine Network's A Current Affair, and Logie Award winner
- Leilah Waddell – violinist and music teacher.
- Angela Webber – broadcaster, author, comedian and television writer, creator/co-writer of the Australian television series, Mortified and ''Blue Water High''
Journalism
- Geraldine Walsh 1940–2023 – Wife of Max Walsh and chair of the Sydney Morning Herald letters pages from 1990 until 1999
Medicine and science
- Jessie Strahorn Aspinall – first female junior resident medical officer at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- Sue Denison OAM – one of the first two Nurse Practitioners in Australia; Awarded an OAM for services to Nursing and the Nundle district
- Professor Susan Dorsch – Emeritus professor; pioneer of transplantation immunology. First woman appointed to a Professorship in the faculty of Medicine. Pro-Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sydney
- Marie Montgomerie Hamilton – pioneering pathologist; Hockey player
Politics, public service and the law
- Helen Bauer – Director General of Industrial Relations and Director General of Community Services
- Marie Byles – first practicing female solicitor in NSW, Mountaineer, explorer, Author and Feminist
- Louise McBride – barrister, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers; Former Director of Grant Samuel and Partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Clayton Utz; Daughter of Dr. William McBride
- Sibyl Enid Vera Munro Morrison – admitted to the NSW bar in 1924, first female practising Barrister in NSW; Wife of architect, Carlyle Greenwell
- Kerry Nettle – former Australian Greens Senator for New South Wales
- Hon. Justice Carolyn Chalmers Simpson – Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Rosemary Edna Sinclair AO – Australian Government appointed Delegate to the United Nations Special Session on Children 2002; Miss Australia 1960
Sport
- Kate Bates – Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist and current Cycling World Points Race Champion
- Nanette Duncan – Olympic swimmer
- Jennifer Emerson – rowing world championship gold medallist
- Elizabeth Fraser – Olympic medallist
- Emma Johnson – Olympic medallist
- Nicole Kriz – professional tennis player
- Nicole Ng – Australian diver
- Julia Veness-Collins – national and world championship rower
- Meg Wade – equestrian endurance champion and the first person to win the 100-mile Tom Quilty Gold Cup four times.
- Annabelle Williams – Commonwealth Games Medallist ; Current world-record holder of the EAD 100m freestyle
- Karen Brancourt – Australian rower, Olympic Games Bronze medallist 1984
- Kaitlin Nobbs – Australian hockey player, current captain of the Hockeyroos