Blackburn High School is a public secondary school for both girls and boys in years 7 to 12 in
Blackburn North
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, a suburb of
Melbourne, Victoria
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, Australia, founded in 1956.
The school has performed in prestigious music events such as The Victorian School Music Festival, The Royal South Street Competition and Generations in Jazz Competition in
Mount Gambier
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, which they have won a number of times.
Notable alumni
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Christos Tsiolkas
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- Novelist
* Ross Irwin - Trumpet player in Melbourne based band '
The Cat Empire
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'.
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Shannon Barnett
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* Daniel Merriweather - R&B Singer/Songwriter.
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Reuben Morgan
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- Singer/Songwriter at the
Hillsong Church
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The original church was established in 1983 as Hills Christian Life Centre, in Baulkham Hills, New ...
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Darren James
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Discovery of infection and after ...
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3AW
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The station is owned and operated by Nine Entertainment Co.
Hist ...
Radio Announcer
* Don Scott - Former Hawthorn AFL Football Club Captain & Premiership Player & South Adelaide coach.
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Dee Ryall
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Ringwood Ringwood may refer to:
Places Australia
* Ringwood, New South Wales, in Federation Council area
* Ringwood, Queensland
*Ringwood, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
** Ringwood railway station, Melbourne
Canada
* Ringwood, Ontario, a hamlet in the ...
in the Victorian Parliament
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Jenny Donnet
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She was the first woman in any sport to represent Australia at four Olympic Games, competing in 1980 (Moscow), 1984 (Los Angeles), 1988 (Seoul) and 1992 (Bar ...
- Olympic and Commonwealth Games diving athlete
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Steve Irons
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- Federal Member for Swan (WA) 2007
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Jacinta Parsons
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Radio
Parsons began broadcasting at community radio station T ...
- Radio host
*Timothy Fehring - student who died on a school camp