Melbourne Girls Grammar

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Melbourne Girls Grammar
Location
Melbourne Girls Grammar
South Yarra
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates 37°49′53″S144°59′6″E / 37.83139°S 144.98500°E / -37.83139; 144.98500
Information
Type Independent, single sex, day & boarding, Christian school.
Motto Latin: Nisi Dominus Frustra
(Without the Lord, All is in Vain)
Denomination Anglican [1]
Established1893 [2]
FounderEmily Hensley & Alice Taylor
ChairmanMr Mark Burgess
HeadmistressDr Toni Meath
ChaplainRev. Kirsty Ross
Years offeredELC–12
GenderGirls
Enrolment~1050 (P–12) [3]
Colour(s)Navy blue, grey and white
     
SloganIntegrity, Compassion, Courage, Self Discipline
Affiliation Girls Sport Victoria
Website www.mggs.vic.edu.au

Melbourne Girls Grammar (also known as MGGS, and earlier as MCEGGS [4] ), is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in South Yarra, an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Founded in 1893 by Emily Hensley and Alice Taylor, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and caters for 1,010 students from Early Learning to Year 12, including 90 boarders. [5] It was originally known as Merton Hall and then as Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School. [6]

Melbourne Girls Grammar is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, [7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, [8] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia, [9] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria, [2] the Australian Boarding Schools Association, [1] and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria. [10]

History

MGGS chapel, 1929 MGGSChapel1929.jpg
MGGS chapel, 1929

Melbourne Girls Grammar was founded in 1893, as a private school known as Merton Hall in Domain Road, South Yarra, by Emily Hensley and Alice Taylor. In 1900, the School moved to its current location in Anderson Street, and in 1903 it became the first girls' school to be owned by the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. Mary and Edith Morris were the headmistresses [11] and in 1911 Mary Valentine Gutteridge led the junior school. [12]

Merton Hall, now the main senior campus, was named after the house in Cambridge, England, where Newnham College began. [13]

The tenth headmistress of Melbourne Girls Grammar, Christine Briggs, announced her retirement in 2007. Catherine Misson was appointed to the position of Principal in 2008 serving until 2019, when Toni Meath, previously principal at Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, was appointed as the twelfth Principal of the Melbourne Girls Grammar. [14]

Headmistresses and principals

Campuses

The Junior Years (Prep–Year 4) learning environment is located at the Morris Hall campus on Caroline Street, while the Early Learning Centre (3- and 4-Year Old Program), the Middle Years (5-8) and Senior Years (Years 9–12) are all located at the Merton Hall campus, in Anderson Street, South Yarra.

The Merton Hall campus provides a chapel, gymnasium, library, dining hall, specialist Sport, Art, Drama and Science Centres, assembly hall, multipurpose sports fields and a rowing facility located nearby on the banks of the Yarra River. The Boarding House (which caters for approximately 90 students) is also located on the Merton Hall campus.

Wildfell, which was built in 2011 for the Middle Years Program, includes an eLearning studio and learning studios.

Morris Hall, the Junior Years campus, incorporates learning studios, specialist art, music and science centres, an oval and sustainable gardens.

Buildings and facilities

The School opened its Science Futures Centre in 2005, with a ceremony attended by Sir Gustav Nossal. The Science Futures Centre comprises eight laboratories, three preparation rooms, three laboratory technicians' offices and withdrawal areas. This was renamed the Christine Briggs Building in 2007 following the retirement of Principal, Christine Briggs.

The most recent additions to the campus include the Artemis Centre (2017) and the St Hilda’s garden (2021).[ citation needed ]  

A Strategic Planning Framework was commissioned for the Anderson and Caroline Street sites from the architectural firm ARM.[ citation needed ]

Academics

Melbourne Girls Grammar offers Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) for its students at Years 11 to 12, with some students beginning their VCE studies in Year 10.

House system

The house system involves many students in a variety of student competitions from sport to art, music, drama, debating and public speaking. The houses run across Morris and Merton Halls and are: [17]

Sport

Melbourne Girls Grammar is a member of Girls Sport Victoria.

Notable alumnae

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Community and philanthropy
Entertainment, media, and the arts
Medicine and science
Olympians and Paralympians

Sports

Associated schools

Melbourne Girls Grammar School is the sister school of Melbourne Grammar School, with which it has a strong association, as the two stream productions, formals, workshops and concerts together. The student bases also enjoy a strong association throughout the secondary years as many MGGS girls attend Grimwade House (Melbourne Grammar School's co-educational primary campus).

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally Batman, named after the John Batman, one of the founders of Melbourne, but renamed in 2022. [17]

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