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| Melbourne High School | |
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 Melbourne High School, often referred to as the 'Castle on the Hill'. The building pictured is heritage listed and was used during World War II as a military base. | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 37°50′8″S 144°59′40″E / 37.83556°S 144.99444°E |
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| Type | Government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school |
| Motto | Honour the work |
| Established | 1905 |
| Founder | Frank Tate |
| Sister school | Mac.Robertson Girls' High School |
| Principal | Tony Mordini |
| Years | 9–12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrolment | 1,371 (2023) |
| Houses | Como, Forrest, Yarra, Waterloo |
| Colour(s) | Maroon, green, and black |
| Song | "Honour the Work" |
| Mascot | The Duke |
| National ranking | 15 |
| Newspaper | Ours (weekly newsletter) The Sentinel (student magazine) |
| Yearbook | The Unicorn |
| Alumni | Melbourne High School Old Boys |
| Website | www |
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Melbourne High School is a government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school for boys, located in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1905, the school caters for boys from Year 9 to Year 12.[1]
The school was founded in 1905 as the first co-educational state secondary school in Victoria. Melbourne High School was originally located in Spring Street in Melbourne. In 1927, the boys and girls split, with the boys moving to a new school at Forrest Hill in the inner city suburb of South Yarra which retained the name Melbourne High School.[2] The girls eventually moved to the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School on Kings Way, Melbourne.
In 2010, The Age reported that Melbourne High School ranked equal tenth among Australian schools based on the number of alumni who had received a top[clarification needed] Order of Australia honour.[3]
- ^ Gregory, Alan (2005). Strong Like Its Pillars. Melbourne: Thompson Library Trust. ISBN 0-646-43922-7.
- ^ Melbourne High School staff (2007). Melbourne High School Student Planner: About the School Preface. Melbourne High School.
- ^ Topsfield, Jewel (4 December 2010). "Ties that bind prove a private education has its awards". The Age. p. 11. The hard-copy article also published a table of the schools which were ranked in the top ten places, as follows: (1st, with 19 awards) Scotch College, Melbourne; (2nd, with 17 awards) Geelong Grammar School; (3rd, with 13 awards) Sydney Boys High School, (equal 4th, with 10 awards each) Fort Street High School, Perth Modern School and St Peter's College, Adelaide; (equal 7th, with 9 awards each) Melbourne Grammar School, North Sydney Boys High School and The King's School, Parramatta; (equal 10th, with 6 awards each) Launceston Grammar School, Melbourne High School, Wesley College, Melbourne, and Xavier College.