Blackburn High School

Blackburn High School
Blackburn High School sign
Location
58/62 Springfield Road Blackburn North , Victoria 3130 Australia
Coordinates	37°48′39″S145°09′00″E / 37.8109°S 145.1500°E / -37.8109; 145.1500
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Ad Lucem Crescimus (Growing Towards the Light [1] )
Established	1956
Principal	Joanna Alexander
Years	7–12
Enrollment	1321 [2]
Colour(s)	Green, white, black
Website	www.blackburnhs.vic.edu.au

Blackburn High School is a co-educational public secondary school for children from years 7 to 12 in Blackburn North, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, founded in 1956. ^[3]

The school has performed in music events such as The Victorian School Music Festival, The Royal South Street Competition and Generations in Jazz Competition in Mount Gambier, which they have won a number of times. ^{[4] [5]} In 2020 and 2025 the senior jazz orchestra were finalists in the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival. ^[6]

Notable alumni

• Christos Tsiolkas – Novelist ^[7]
• Ross Irwin – Trumpet player in Melbourne based band 'The Cat Empire'. ^[8]
• Shannon Barnett – Trombonist, Bell Awards winner for Young Australian Jazz Artist (2007) ^[9]
• Daniel Merriweather – R&B Singer/Songwriter. ^[10]
• Reuben Morgan – Singer/Songwriter at the Hillsong Church ^[11]
• Darren James – 3AW Radio Announcer ^[12]
• Don Scott – Former Hawthorn AFL Football Club Captain & Premiership Player & South Adelaide coach. ^[13]
• Dee Ryall MP – Former member for Mitcham and Ringwood in the Victorian Parliament ^[14]
• Jenny Donnet – Olympic and Commonwealth Games diving athlete ^[15]
• Steve Irons – Federal Member for Swan (WA) 2007 ^[16]
• Jacinta Parsons – Radio host ^[17]
• Timothy Fehring – student who died on a school camp ^[18]
• Kynan Brown – AFL Player ^[19]

References

1. "BHS Newsletter Issue 11 - 7th August" (PDF).
2. myschool.edu.au/school/45357
3. "Blackburn High School, Blackburn | School profile - 2016 | My School". www.myschool.edu.au. Retrieved 1 February 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "2017 Results | Generations In Jazz | Mount Gambier | South Australia". www.generationsinjazz.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
5. "Cool school combo takes top prize". www.heraldsun.com.au. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
6. Koziol, Michael (8 May 2025). "Melbourne students make history at top New York jazz event". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
7. Austlit. "Christos Tsiolkas | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
8. "CORRECTED VERSION EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMITTEE Inquiry into the extent, benefits and potential of music education in Victorian schools" (PDF). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
9. "Midwest Clinic Performing Organizations - Bla..." Midwest Clinic. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
10. "Sunny future for Merriweather". Herald Sun . Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.
11. "Reuben Morgan". hillsong.com. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
12. "Weekend Breakfast". 3AW. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
13. "Is Don, is FINALLY Legend: The complicated case of Hawks great Don Scott". afl.com.au. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
14. "Dee Ryall MLA". Dee Ryall. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
15. cgaadmin (30 September 2017). "Jenny Donnet: Brisbane 1982 was a fantastic time | Commonwealth Games Australia". commonwealthgames.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
16. corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Hon Steve Irons". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
17. "Jacinta Parsons". ABC. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
18. "Tragic new update in the fallout over the death of a teenager on a school excursion". 27 July 2022.
19. "Kynan Brown | AFL". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2025.