Melbourne Girls Grammar

Melbourne Girls Grammar
Location
Map
South Yarra
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates37°49′53″S 144°59′6″E / 37.83139°S 144.98500°E / -37.83139; 144.98500
Information
TypeIndependent, single sex, day & boarding, Christian school.
MottoLatin: Nisi Dominus Frustra
(Without the Lord, All is in Vain)
DenominationAnglican[2]
Established1893[1]
FounderEmily Hensley & Alice Taylor
ChairmanMark Burgess
HeadmistressDr Toni Meath
ChaplainRev. Kirsty Ross
Years offeredELC–12
GenderGirls
Enrolment~1050 (P–12)[3]
Colour(s)Navy blue, grey and white
     
SloganIntegrity, Compassion, Courage, Self Discipline
AffiliationGirls Sport Victoria
Websitewww.mggs.vic.edu.au

Melbourne Girls Grammar School (commonly called MGGS and formally known as MCEGGS[4]), is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in South Yarra, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Founded in 1893 by Emily Hensley and Alice Taylor, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and caters for 1,010 students from Early Learning to Year 12, including 90 boarders.[5] It was originally known as Merton Hall and then as Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School.[6]

Melbourne Girls Grammar School is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia,[7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia,[8] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia,[9] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria,[1] the Australian Boarding Schools Association,[2] and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Melbourne Girls Grammar". Find a School. Association of Independent Schools of Victoria. 2007. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Melbourne Girls Grammar School". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools Association. 2005. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  3. ^ Melbourne Girls Grammar School- School Structure Archived 7 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:26-06-2007)
  4. ^ Falk, B. (2012) Australian Dictionary of Biography: Dorothy Jean Ross. Archived 7 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine M.U.P. Retrieved 7 August 2018
  5. ^ Melbourne Girls Grammar School Annual Report 2006 Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:26-06-2007)
  6. ^ Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School: History of the School 1893-1928. Archived from the original on 12 September 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Victoria". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  8. ^ "JSHAA Victorian Directory of Members". Victoria Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  9. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  10. ^ Mawkes, Leonie (2005). "Member Schools". Profile. Girls Sport Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2008.