Vale Dr Lloyd S Owen 20 June 1940 – 29 May 2024 MHS 1954-1957 It is with great sadness that we announce the death of dear Dr Lloyd Stanley Owen who left this world peacefully […]

Vale Dr Alan Gregory, B.Com MEd PhD AM 9 May 1938 – 28 April 2024 MHS 1952-1955 Honorary School Historian Melbourne High School has lost one of its great supporters with the death of its […]

John Raymond James Grigsby B.A.(Hons.), Dip.Ed. 10 August 1940 – 11 August 2023 MHS Staff 1964 – 1993 Studying a Bachelor of Arts in history, John was awarded Honours for a thesis on the leadership […]

Simon Finlay Crean, B.Ec., LL.B. 26 February 1949 – 25 June 2023 MHS 1963-1966 Simon Crean’s father, Frank Crean attended MHS in 1933 to complete his Leaving Honours from Hamilton High School, and after settling […]

Vale – Peter Hans Frank B.Ap.Sc (16 January 1936 – 11 August 2020). MHS 1949-1952 A student from Hawthorn West Central School, he completed his degree in Optometry after leaving MHS. Luke Savage Honorary School […]

Vale – Kenneth Charles Mawson, OAM, B.Com. 28 February 1922 – 10 June 2019 MHS Staff 1945 – 1946 Kenneth started his teacher career at the age of 16, and after completing his Diploma of […]

Max William Boyce, T.P.T.C., B.Com., M.Ed. 11 November 1935 – 25 September 2022 MHS 1951-1952 Max transferred from Hampton High School to complete his Leaving and Matric.  He was selected for the 2nd XVIII in […]

Vale – Walter Davis Hardy OBE, M.A., B.Sc., Dip.Ed. 6 January 1911 – 8 January 2015 MHS Staff 1938 – 1939 His parents married in South Africa, Walter born and initially educated in the International […]

Robert James Phillips, B.Sc., Dip.Ed. 28 December 1930 – 26 August 2022 MHS Staff 1954-1963 Robert was born in Bendigo, and when he joined the Education Department in 1949, taught for a year at State […]

William “Billy” Robert Picken 7 June 1956 – 23 July 2022 MHS 1974 At the school he was in the 1st XVIII as Vice-Captain and was awarded Full Colours in Football and Half Colours in Athletics.  He […]