Launceston Church Grammar School opened on 15 June 1846 and lays claim to the longest continuous history of any school in Australia. Its genesis lay in a meeting held in Launceston in 1838 called to establish Church of England schools in Tasmania. In 1845-46 subscriptions were raised in both England and Tasmania with approximately 800 pounds allocated to establish a school in Launceston. The school opened in George Street under its first headmaster, the Rev Henry Plow Kane, and in 1847 moved to purpose-built premises in Elizabeth Street. ;;;;Growth in the School population led to a move to its present Mowbray Heights site in 1924. A preparatory school was established in High Street in 1930 but closed in 1970, with classes consolidated at Mowbray. Co-education was introduced in 1973. The School absorbed the Launceston High School in 1912 and its sister school, Broadland House, in 1982. ;;