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Melbourne Grammar School is an Australian
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and
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. It comprises a co-educational preparatory school from Prep to Year 6 and a middle school and senior school for boys from Years 7 to 12. The three campuses are Grimwade House (Prep to Year 6) in Caulfield, Wadhurst (Years 7 and 8) and Senior School (Years 9 to 12), both in the suburb of
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. Founded on 7 April 1858 as the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, the school currently caters for approximately 1,900 students from Prep to Year 12, including 120 boarders from Years 7 to 12. Melbourne Grammar is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the
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(IPSHA), th
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(ABSA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and is a founding member of the historic
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(APS). The school is also a member of the
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Group, and officially a partner school with
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and its affiliates in Japan. Three of Australia's former prime ministers - Deakin, Bruce and Fraser - were educated at Melbourne Grammar School.


History

The origins of Melbourne Grammar School (colloquially known as ''Grammar'') can be traced back to 1849, with the establishment of an experimental
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at St Peter's Eastern Hill,
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. This school had been established by Melbourne's first
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, Charles Perry, who founded the Diocese of Melbourne, and had been opened to meet the growing educational needs of the young
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. In 1853, Bishop Perry commenced planning for the diocesan experimental school to become permanent, although on a larger site and not under his direct management, and so he set up a committee of eminent men to consider the task. The school however did not thrive and was suspended at the end of 1854. The first board of governors was elected in 1854 to take over from the committee, and it set about drawing up a
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, finding a
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and a new site. Locations considered included Carlton,
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and St Kilda. Perry's dream of building a permanent, centrally located grammar school, based on the principles of the great English
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, was realised in 1855, with a grant from Governor
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of on
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. This is the inner South Yarra land now occupied by the Senior School and Wadhurst, next to the Royal Botanic Gardens and a short walk from the
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. At the time it was considered relatively isolated and remote. The governors chose
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s Charles Webb and Thomas Taylor, well known Melbourne contractors George Cornwell and Co. undertook the construction, and Bishop Perry laid the school's foundation stone on 30 July 1856. The Melbourne Church of England Grammar School was finally opened on 7 April 1858 with 76 pupils, and with John E. Bromby as the first headmaster. Enrolments grew to 136 during the first year, with four students being the sons of Bromby, and about one quarter of them boarders. The school's first 40 years proved to be a struggle, exacerbated in the 1890s by
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, financial concerns and changes of headmaster. Senior school enrolments fell from 272 in 1889 to 117 in 1894 prompting a group of former students to do something to save the school. They formed The Old Melburnians Society in 1895 "to be the means of bringing together many former schoolmates, reviving pleasant recollections, and at the same time benefiting the life of the School as it is today". Two significant developments of the late 19th century were, firstly, the recognition that with a limited site, one storey buildings were not a wise use of space. A move began, continued now, of adding second stories or replacing buildings with two- or three-level structures. The second was the dedication of the Chapel of St Peter in 1893, the first school chapel in the colony of Victoria. The beginning of the new century saw the school's future assured, with enrolments increasing and the
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celebrated in 1908. Hundreds of former students enlisted in the
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of 1914–1918, as they had in the
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, and more than 200 did not return. The 1920s were a relatively stable time for the school, experiencing high academic and sporting results. The 1930s however were an unsettling time. The
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put pressure on members of the Grammar community, while administrative instability affected the whole school. Between 1935 and 1938 the school had three headmasters and two acting headmasters, and the outbreak of war the following year meant building plans were put on hold. Some 3,500 old boys enlisted in the services, and school buildings were commandeered by Australian and American forces with some students dispatched to the country and others doubled up in crowded quarters. By the 1950s it became clear that the school was seriously lacking adequate space, with expansions, extensions and renovations mostly crammed into Bromby's original . The School subsequently embarked upon a building program which it was thought could take 30 years to complete, with the Senior School, Wadhurst and Grimwade campuses all receiving attention. The Centenary Building Campaign of 1958 began this expansion. Another solution to this problem since this time has been the steady acquisition of neighbouring properties. In 1986 the governors decided on a staged restructure of the school. Until then, Wadhurst, established as a preparatory school in 1886 and Grimwade House, opened in 1918, had operated as two parallel
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s taking students through to Year 8. Grimwade's boarding house had closed in the mid-1970s, leading to debate on the best use of the newly available space. It was decided to introduce girls at primary levels at Grimwade House, and today Grimwade House caters for girls and boys up to Year 6 and Wadhurst for boys in Years 7 and 8. The 1980s and 1990s were times of further growth, with the outdoor program expanded with three permanent campsites at Breakfast Creek near Licola, Woodend and
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on the
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. On 7 April 2008, as part of the celebrations of Melbourne Grammar's
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, the school officially opened the multimillion-dollar Nigel Peck Centre for Learning and Leadership on the Domain Road boundary, an event which was attended by the then Premier of Victoria,
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, who is also an Old Melbournian.


Headmasters


Campuses

Melbourne Grammar School features seven
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es, three used for everyday schooling, one for sporting activities, and three for the school's outdoor education program: * Grimwade House – Caulfield (Co-educational; prep to Year 6) * Wadhurst –
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(All boys; Years 7 to 8) * Senior School – South Yarra (All boys; Years 9 to 12) * Edwin Flack Park –
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(Sporting complex) * Camp Dowd –
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(Camp; Year 8) * Robert Knox Camp – Woodend (Camp; Years 5 to 7) * L.G.Robertson Camp – Breakfast Creek, Licola (Camp; Years 9 to 12)


House system

In 1914, headmaster George Earnest Blanch introduced a formal house structure to further encourage interest in sport and promote physical development. Six houses were originally established. In addition to School House (the traditional English name given to the boarding house), names of the others houses commented the first two headmasters of Melbourne Grammar School (Bromby and Morris), two benefactors (Rusden and Witherby), and two brilliant all-rounder Old Melburnians (Jack and Hugh Ross). A room was assigned to each house where they could gather for meetings and socialise. Initially, students were sorted into houses based on geographic distribution. Thus, boys from Toorak were put into Bromby House, while those from South Yarra and west of the Yarra River entered into Rusden House. Students from Malvern and Glen Iris joined Morris House, those from Brighton and other suburbs around Port Phillip Bay become members of Ross House, and Witherby House welcomed boys from Canterbury, Camberwell and other suburbs around the perimeter of Essendon. The houses competed for the house championship and the prestige of being named " Cock House". They competed against each other in cricket, rowing, football, boxing (until 1950), running, shooting (until 1937), tennis and swimming. In Wadhurst, there are only five houses: Caffin, Cain, Cuming, Wilhelm and Brookes. The first three were named after prominent alumni. Wilhelm was named after Paul Wilhelm, a notable head of Wadhurst. Brookes house was named after the Brookes family, a significant family of Melbourne Grammar School. Prior to this, there were only three houses, before the addition of Wilhelm (originally called Deakin) in 2017 and Brookes in 2024.


Cock House Cup

From the earliest days, competition between the houses was fierce. The prize in question was the Cock House Cup. A points system was put in place, and houses gathered points in a range of sports in their quest to be recognised as the reigning house. First presented in 1916 by Sir
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, the sixth Governor General of Australia, the Cock House Cup was intended to stimulate interest in house games and to build the sense of the houses as individual entities. School House was the most successful competitor during the competition, securing the title 26 times between 1914 and 1956. Following each victory, the cup was passed around, according to School House tradition, so that each member of the house could drink from it.


Hone reforms

Upon becoming headmaster in 1951, Brian Hone initiated significant change in the purpose of the houses, shifting the focus from sporting prowess to pastoral care, house unity and the growth of the character of the students. The Cock House Cup was thought to be impeding this vision, so it ceased to be awarded. School House, as the original boarding house, was perceived to be the backbone of life at the school. The 1920s, 1930s and 1940s were the era of the "Long Dorm", which saw justice meted out by the house captain and prefects. The North dormitory "terrorised the school", however, following the disruption to the school during the Second World War a shift in power occurred and the day boys "got out from under". Following the war, it was only the boarders who were still "terrorised", by this time it was by the East dormitory. It was Hone who gave the ''coup de grâce'' to the worst school house rituals that remained by the end of his first year.


Expansion of the house system

The house system continued to evolve over the next six decades, with the establishment of a further six houses. Perry House was founded in 1940 and established as the school's second boarding house in 1952. Bruce House was established in the same year, as a new house for day students. The next two houses were Deakin House and Miller House, both established in 1961, with Hone House following in 1979. The most recent addition was Creese House, established in 2005.


Curriculum

Melbourne Grammar offers its Years 11 and 12 students the
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(VCE), the main assessment program which ranks the students in the state. In 2004, six Melbourne Grammar students achieved the maximum possible
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(ENTER) of 99.95; only 32 students in Victoria achieved this ENTER. In 2005, five Melbourne Grammar students achieved this same ENTER of 99.95. In 2006, two Melbourne Grammar students achieved the maximum ENTER of 99.95, and three Melbourne Grammar students achieved an ENTER of 99.90. In 2007, three Melbourne Grammar students achieved the maximum ENTER of 99.95; again, only 32 students in Victoria achieved this ENTER. In 2008, five Melbourne Grammar students achieved the maximum ENTER of 99.95. This tradition was continued in 2009, when a record seven students achieved the maximum ENTER of 99.95. The school also recorded its best average score on record in 2009, with the median ENTER being 93.95. In 2010, three students achieved the highest possible ATAR score of 99.95 with median 91.5. In 2011, Melbourne Grammar School's VCE students have achieved a commendable 89.8 median ATAR score, and another seven students achieved the maximum possible ATAR of 99.95. In 2016, one student was awarded the maximum ATAR of 99.95, with five in 2018.


Co-curriculum


Debating

Melbourne Grammar has held inter-grammar school
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competitions with Scotch College and Sydney Grammar. Additionally, Melbourne Grammar enters students into the Debaters Association of Victoria's (DAV) Debating Competition in the Caufield region. In 2016, Melbourne Grammar won both the B Grade and D Grade competitions, and in 2017, won the D Grade competition for the second year in a row. In 2018, MGS won the A Grade championship.


Music

Melbourne Grammar's orchestra, the Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra (MGSSO), tours internationally in December every year. In 2005 the orchestra toured
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and in 2006 travelled to
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, performing in
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,
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and
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. In 2007 the orchestra toured
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,
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,
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, while in December 2008 the orchestra once again returned to
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for Martin Rutherford's final orchestra tour. In 2009, Mark Drummond took over the orchestra and in 2010 it toured
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, performing in
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(at the Okuma Auditorium at
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) and Gamagori. The MGSSO toured
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in 2012, then the
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in 2014, and
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,
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and the
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in 2016. In 2018, visited the UK, playing in
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and
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. Pat Miller has been the conductor of the orchestra since October 2019. The orchestra has also toured regional
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in 2022 and 2023, on a train. The orchestra is usually made up of around 100 students, the vast majority of whom attend the school. The MGSSO has accompanied international soloists such as Ronald Farren-Price,
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and Neville Taweel, and has premiered works by
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composers. All of Melbourne Grammar's campuses have their own choirs, concert bands and string orchestras. The chapel choir is the oldest of any Victorian private school and consists of about 40 select members. It sings at the weekly Eucharists along with occasional concerts with the like of the
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.


Sport


Cordner-–Eggleston Cup

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, which was played between the two schools on 7 August 1858, which ended in a 1–1 draw and is today commemorated by a statue depicting the game outside the
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.


Rose and Thistle Cup

The Rose and Thistle Cup is traditionally the match of the Melbourne Grammar Soccer 1st XI and the Scotch College 1st XI. Inaugurated in 2008, it represents the Rose of England (symbolising Melbourne Grammar School's origins) and the Thistle of Scotland (symboling the roots of Scotch College). The Cup has an annual theme of 'Two Traditions, One Spirit.'


Rowing

Melbourne Grammar has a proud rowing record, having claimed the Head of the River 28 times, the most recent occasion being in 2016. In 2009 the school had an exceptional 1st VIII who broke the Head of the River record. They also won the National Schoolboy 8+ over the
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in a record time of 5:49. The 2016 MGS 1st VIII, having won the Head of the River title, went on to compete at the
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in the UK, in the
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. The crew were inaugural winners of the Leander Club Challenge Cup.


Athletics

In recent years, Melbourne Grammar School has become a force in athletics, winning the APS premiership for the first time in 48 years in 2010. Over the past seven years, the school has won the Victorian track relay titles.


Soccer

Soccer is currently one of the most played sports at the school, with 12 teams being fielded in the APS Soccer Competition. The Melbourne Grammar 1st XI Soccer team is yet to win an APS premiership. Following the hiring of VIS youth coach Ernie Merrick in 2000, the 1st XI began a steady improvement in subsequent years, leading to a third-placed finish in a tightly contested 2014 season and subsequently missed out on winning the premiership cup following a draw against the reigning premiers, Brighton Grammar. The strong performances of the 1st XI, as seen in 2014 and 2015, have partly been due to the guidance of
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, former Manchester United and Danish International winger. Salvatore Sitch won the "
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" award for the 1st XI in 2015. Lloyd Skinner, known for scoring as a goalkeeper, won the same award in 2018, followed by
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in 2019. In recent years, Melbourne Grammar School has produced
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footballers including
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(
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), who received
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on debut against
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, and
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(Melbourne City FC) who played against EPL giants
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. Furthermore, Old Melburnians have signed for overseas clubs in
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. 20 goals is the most goals anyone has scored in a soccer APS match.


Basketball

Melbourne Grammar is an emerging force in the Victorian APS Basketball Competition, finishing 3rd in 2012 and 2014. Recent noteworthy players include
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(recruited by St Marys College US), 2012 Captain and also Captain of the Australian under-19s national team, Daniel Fisher, who went on to attend American University on a scholarship and Victorian State and BigV men's players Jakob Cornelissen (recruited by University of Hawaii US) and Andrew Panyiotou.


Volleyball

Melbourne Grammar School's highest placing in the APS Volleyball Competition is 1st in 2016 and has forged a rich heritage of boys going on to play at State levels. Most recently led by 6'2 Utility Hitter/Setter Sebastian Herbst who currently plays collegiate volleyball at Cumberland University. He is the first Melbourne Grammar Student to attend university in the United States of America on a volleyball scholarship.


Snowsports

Melbourne Grammar School has won 18 out of the last 19 Victorian APS Snowsports Cups.


Hockey

The varyingly successful MGS Hockey team has seen APS Hockey Competition victory over multiple years, most recently in 2022. Boys who play in a Premiership-winning team are awarded with a ceremonial wooden hockey stick to commemorate their efforts.


Cricket

Melbourne Grammar School competed in an annual cricket competition with Sydney Grammar from 1876 to 1998, which was dubbed "The Bat". The competition is the oldest interstate rivalry in Australia, predating even
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. Melbourne Grammar has won the competition 61 times, and Sydney Grammar has won it 57 times, with four draws and one tie. In 1998 the competition was changed to include
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and named the Tri-Grammar Shield. Since the inception of the Shield, Melbourne Grammar has won 10 times, Brisbane Grammar six times, and Sydney Grammar five times. The 1st XI Cricket team tours the UK bi-annually.


APS Premierships

Melbourne Grammar has won the following APS Premierships: * Athletics (30) – 1905, 1908, 1909, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1962, 2010, 2016, 2024 * Cricket (37) – 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1976, 2008, 2016, 2022 * Football (35) – 1893, 1901, 1905, 1906, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1995, 2008, 2013 * Hockey (8) – 1991, 1995, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023 * Rowing (28) – 1870, 1871, 1877, 1883, 1897, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1964, 1968, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1997, 2002, 2009, 2016 * Volleyball (3) – 2006, 2008, 2016 * Water Polo (6) – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2023


Theatre

Melbourne Grammar has a strong theatre department, especially within the Senior Campus, which produces four plays each school year. In Term One, the Quad Play, most commonly a Shakespeare play, but on occasion from other notable playwrights, is performed within the school's Quadrangle, and is open to students in Years 10 to 12. In 2024, the Quad Play celebrated its 50th anniversary with ''Julius Caesar'', celebrating a notable history of productions including ''
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.'' The school play, performed in August, is often the centrepiece of the year's theatrical calendar. These take place in the Memorial Hall, which was refurbished in the early 2000s. Staging and sets are constructed jointly by staff and students, often both current and former. These productions alternate between musicals and plays. Notable productions in recent history have included
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's ''
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'',
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's "
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's ''
An Ideal Husband ''An Ideal Husband'' is a four-act play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. It was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London in 1895 and ran for ...
'', and
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. In 2014, Melbourne Grammar School performed
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's
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and ''
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'' was presented in 2019. The post-COVID era of Melbourne Grammar School drama productions was rejuvenated in 2022 with ''
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'' as the quad play and famed musical ''
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''. The final performance for the year is the Spring Production, which is open to students in Years 9 and 10. These plays take place in late Term Four, off-campus to leave the Memorial Hall free for VCE exams. These productions in recent years have provided modern updates to classic stories, including ''
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'' and ''
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'', as well as performing modern plays such as
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's ''Spurboard''. In 2013
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's ''
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'' was performed. All of these plays are performed by the students of Melbourne Grammar in conjunction with students from the sister school,
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, whose campus is located nearby. Wadhurst, Melbourne Grammar's middle school, also partakes in an annual production. This is performed either on the Wadhurst Deck or in the Wadhurst Hall. These productions usually take the form of a classic children's tale such as ''
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'' or ''
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''. In 2008, to celebrate the school's sesquicentenary, the play ''Glimpses of the Generations'' was performed featuring 150 years of the school's history. In 2013, the Wadhurst Production took the form of a film, featuring a Melbourne Grammar twist on ''
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'', produced by students. Year 8 students also have the opportunity to take part in the Year 8 Project, established in 2012 with a reimagining of
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. Students from Melbourne Grammar and Melbourne Girls Grammar have the opportunity not only to act in a play but to take part in its development and production. The 2013 production was a surrealist modern update of
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's ''Ernie's Incredible Illucinations''.


Crest and motto

The school
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, ''Ora et Labora'', which may be
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from
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to "Pray and Work", was chosen by the second headmaster, Edward Morris, in 1875. An old boy of England's
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, Morris exemplified the way the principles of the English Public School system were adopted in Australia, including that education and religion should go hand in hand, as envisaged by Bishop Perry. The motto clearly reflects this. The school crest is composed of a number of elements. The Archbishop's
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placed on top of the crest indicates the school's connection with the Church of England; the mitre in the shield is in memory of Charles Perry, the school's founder; the open book represents either the
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or 'Knowledge like an Open Book', while its large clasps show that the book is not to be opened with ease; the
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(lily) is a symbol of
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; and the
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is the emblem of Australia, and is also on the Victorian and Australian flags.


Fight song

Melbourne Grammar's fight song is "Play Together, Dark Blue Twenty", sung to the tune of "
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". It is one of the oldest fight songs in Australia. Ambrose John Wilson, principal of the school from 1885 to 1893, wrote lyrics. The lyrics cover the school's three main sports in the late-19th century: Australian rules football, cricket and rowing.


Alumni


See also

*
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*
List of high schools in Victoria This is a list of high schools, also known as secondary colleges, in the state of Victoria, Australia. The list includes government, private, independent and Catholic schools. A * Academy of Mary Immaculate * Aitken College * Alamanda Colle ...
*
Old Melburnians Football Club The Old Melburnians Football Club, also known as Old Melburnians, is an Australian rules football club composed of Melbourne Grammar School alumni, based in Elsternwick, Victoria. The team is, along with Old Caulfield Grammarians, the (equal ...


Notes

* Who's Who of boys' school rankings: 1.
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, 2. Melbourne Grammar School, 3.
Melbourne High School Melbourne High School is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded Single-sex education, single-sex Selective school, academically selective secondary school, secondary day school for boys, located in the Melbourne suburb ...
, 4.
Geelong Grammar School Geelong Grammar School is a private Anglican co-educational boarding and day school. The school's main campus is located in Corio on the northern outskirts of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay and Limeburners Bay. Establ ...
, 5.
Sydney Boys High School Sydney Boys High School ('SBHS'), otherwise known as Sydney High School ('SHS') or simply High, is an Australian government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day school for boys, located at Moore Park, New South Wales, a s ...
, 6. Wesley College, 7.
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, 8. Fort Street Boys' High, 9.
North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney Boys High School (abbreviated as NSBHS) is a Education in Australia#Government schools, government-funded, Single-sex school, single-sex, Selective school (New South Wales), academically selective secondary day school for boys, loc ...
, 10.
Sydney Grammar School Sydney Grammar School (SGS, colloquially known as Grammar) is an independent, non-denominational day school for boys, located in Sydney, Australia. Incorporated in 1854 by an Act of Parliament and opened in 1857, the school claims to offer "c ...


References


Further reading

* ''Challenging Traditions'', Weston Bate and Helen Penrose (2002) * Kiddle, J Beacham, (ed), ''Liber Melburniensis (1848-1936)'', Robertson & Mullens Ltd, Melbourne, 1937 * ''Liber Melburniensis'', Centenary edition 1858–1958, revised edition 1915-1995
Southerner, "The Story of Great Public Schools: Melbourne Grammar: Sporting Record of Famous Melburnians", ''The Referee'', (Wednesday, 21 January 1931), p.13.


External links

*
Encyclopedia of Melbourne article
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