History
Columba College was established in 1915 by the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand as a private day and boarding school for girls with co-educational primary classes and a kindergarten. The Rev'd Alexander Whyte was a key figure in the foundation of Columba College, through his vision for a Presbyterian girls school.
Columba College was created from two earlier Dunedin girls' schools, Girton College and Braemar House. The headmistress of Girton College, Frances Ross, purchased Braemar House and became the first Head Mistress of Columba College. The schools moved to the current site, at Bishopscourt, a property purchased from the first Anglican bishop for Otago and Southland, Bishop Nevill which had a large house on it designed by William Mason (architect) built in 1872.
Columba College became integrated as a composite school under the terms of the Private Schools' Integration Act in 1994.
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