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'''Horton College''' was a 19th-century [[Independent school#Australia|independent]] [[Wesleyanism|Wesleyan methodistMethodist]] [[Single-sex education|boys']] [[boarding school]], at Mona Vale near {{TAScity|Ross}}, [[Tasmania]], Australia. Founded by Captain Samuel Horton in 1855, the Collegecollege closed in 1894; and during its brief period it was considered an extremely prestigious school,<ref>{{cite news|title=HORTON COLLEGE|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38348496|accessdate=28 December 2014|newspaper=Launceston Examiner|date=22 May 1889}}</ref> counting many of the region's landed families of the period as students.<ref name="grandoldmemories">{{cite news|last1=Sharland|first1=Michael|title=Only memories remain of the grand old (Midlands) school|url=http://eprints.utas.edu.au/6188/1/scrapbook_page42.pdf|accessdate=28 December 2014|newspaper=The Saturday Mercury|date=22 March 1975}}</ref>

Its first headmaster was [[John Manton]], and for many years its motto was the {{lang-la|Nil sine magno labore}} (Nothing without great exertion). This was replaced by the {{lang-la|Perseverantia Palman Obtinebit}} (Perseverance will win the prize). The school building itself was an impressive red brick structure, designed by [[William Archer (architect)|William Archer]]<ref name=adb>{{cite book |author=G. T. Stilwell |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=3 |year=1969 |publisher=[[Melbourne University Press]] |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/archer-william-1460 |accessdate=July 17, 2013}}</ref> and its ruins were listed on the (now-defunct) [[Register of the National Estate]] from 1978.<ref>{{cite web|title=Horton College Remains, Midland Hwy, Ross, TAS, Australia|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=13158|website=environment.gov.au|publisher=[[Department of the Environment (Australia)|Department of the Environment]], Commonwealth of Australia|accessdate=31 December 2014}}</ref>

The Collegecollege fell into financial ruin following a [[History of Hobart#Late 19th century|great economic depression]] that hit the state in the 1890s and the college was forced to shut due to debts. The Collegecollege Board of Trustees, owning the building but not the land (which was in trust from Captain Horton's estate), handed the entire property back to his nephew. For many years the nephewsnephew's son lived in the school building but in 1917 he moved and the building was torn down to sell the materials. The bells from the building are still used by the [[Hutchins School]], while the bricks were used to build Horton Cottage and parts of what is now [[Scotch Oakburn College]]. The building's entrance arch still stands and is visible from the highway.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Prettyman|first1=E. R|title=SOME NOTES ON HORTON COLLEGE, ONCE, A WELL-KNOWN SCHOOL NEAR ROSS, TASMANIA|url=http://eprints.utas.edu.au/14372/1/1958_Pretyman_Horton_College.pdf|website=eprints.utas.edu.au|publisher=[[Royal Society of Tasmania]]|accessdate=28 December 2014}}</ref>

* [[Alexander Malcolm (politician)|Alexander Malcolm]] -, New Zealand member of parliament from [[Balclutha, New Zealand|Balclutha]]

* [[Albert Solomon]] -, Premier of Tasmania<ref name="grandoldmemories"/>

* [http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?id=688160 Photo of the Collegecollege in the LINC collection]

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