Horton College
Horton College was a 19th-century independent Wesleyan Methodist boys' boarding school, at Mona Vale near Ross, Tasmania, Australia. Founded by Captain Samuel Horton in 1855, the college closed in 1894; and during its brief period it was considered an extremely prestigious school, counting many of the region's landed families of the period as students.Photo: JTdale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ross Female Factory and Ross Bridge.
Ross Female Factory
Museum
The Ross Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in the village of Ross, in the midlands region of Tasmania. Ross Female Factory is situated 3 km north of Horton College.
Ross Bridge
Bridge
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ross Bridge is an historic bridge in the town of Ross in central Tasmania, Australia, completed in July 1836. It crosses the Macquarie River. The sandstone bridge was constructed by convict labour, and is the third oldest bridge still in use in Australia. Ross Bridge is situated 3½ km north of Horton College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ross and Tunbridge.
Ross
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ross is a small historic town in the centre of the Tasmanian Midlands, 120 km north of Hobart and 80 km south of Launceston. Ross was first settled in 1821 as a garrison town for soldiers, as a coaching stop on the Midlands Highway and as a market town.
Tunbridge
Village
Tunbridge is a rural locality in the local government areas of Northern Midlands and Southern Midlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 24 kilometres north of the town of Oatlands. Tunbridge is situated 10 km southwest of Horton College.
Horton College
- Type: Ruins
- Description: former independent boarding school in Australia
- Categories: school and historic site
- Location: Northern Midlands Council, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.05988° or 42° 3′ 36″ southLongitude
147.48182° or 147° 28′ 55″ eastOpen location code
4R99WFRJ+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 11047865179OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q19874413
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In Other Languages
“Horton College” goes by many names.
- Swedish: “Horton College”
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Highlights include Horton Hill and Ross Female Convict Station Historic Site.
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