Connecting community with legacy.

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Melbourne High School Heritage Society, the school’s premier student historical society.

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30 Years of Heritage.

Honouring the Work for 30 years.

2026 marks a major milestone: the 30th anniversary of the Melbourne High School Heritage Society. We are incredibly proud to be one of the oldest continuously running clubs at Melbourne High School today.

Over the past three decades, we have had the privilege of preserving and championing the rich traditions of Melbourne High. Our mission has always been to connect our community with its legacy, ensuring that the school’s unique history is celebrated, recognized, and safeguarded for generations to come.
This milestone is a true testament to what passionate students can collectively achieve over time. As we look ahead to the school’s Centenary next year, our commitment to celebrating 100 years of educational excellence stands stronger than ever.

The Heritage Society, 1996

Preserving MHS history for years to come.

Service to the school like no other.

Over the decades the Heritage Society has been active at Melborurne High School, we have been supporting the archives staff in cataloguing and maintaining the school’s extensive curation of historical artefacts. We have also in aided and delivered requests for historic sources from old boys and communities alike, while also working on research projects into MHS’s history.

Noteable projects the Heritage Society has partaken in include the extensive distinguished Old Boys’ gallery visible around the school’s hallways, the distinguished teachers honour board, collating and presenting historical timelines of the school’s development, and the maintainence of a public digital archive of noteable historic publications.

The Unicorn, July 1941

What the Heritage Society does

The Archives

Melbourne High School maintains an archive of historic documents, records, photographs, and uniform. The Archivist and Heritage Society maintain repositories of digitized historical sources.

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Request images/documents

The Heritage Society welcomes requests from old boys and communities for sources which feature past pupils or teachers of the school.

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Projects

The society is undertakes numerous projects over the year, including curating timelines and images, celebrating key days of the school’s founding, and publicising the rich history of the school.

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The society

One of the oldest continuously-running clubs at Melbourne High School.

The Heritage Society has been a key part of MHS since it’s inception in the 1990s. The society has worked alongside many generations of admin and staff to aid in preserving, understanding, and celebrating the rich history of Melbourne High School.

30 Years of serving our community

In 1992 a group of interested students and staff formed the Heritage Committee, an informal forerunner to the Heritage Society. This committee oversaw the curation and discovery of historic artefacts, and was the first student body to oversee the John Elden Heritage Room.

110+ Members

The Heritage Society boasts a large base of passionate members dedicated to it’s cause and focus.

Serving our community like no other

The Society is the only historical preservation group at Melbourne High School. Our mission is, and always has been, to preserve, protect, and celebrate the history of Melbourne High.

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The Heritage Committee, 1992 – Forerunner to the Heritage Society

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The Society over the years

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