The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, (P.L.C) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school predominantly for girls, located in Burwood, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1875 at East Melbourne, P.L.C was the first public school for girls in Australia. The College has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,450 students from the Early Learning Centre (ELC) to Year 12, including 110 boarders. P.L.C features a co-educational Early Learning Centre, and a girls only environment from Kindergarten to Year 12. The College has been an IB World School since September 1990, and is authorised to offer the IB Diploma Programme. P.L.C is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA), is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV), and is an acredited school with the Council of International Schools (CIS). In 2001, The Sun-Herald named P.L.