Partnering with Single Handed Equity, the Heritage Society celebrates International Womens Day 2026.
In light of the beginning of Centenary celebrations at Melbourne High School this year, International Womens Day this year at MHS is focused around the exceptional young women of Melbourne Continuation School, and later the High School.
While it might not be common knowledge today, Melbourne High School was once co-educational, in the early 20th century.
Even while held back by strict societal standards of the conservative 1920s, the girls of Melbourne High School (and formerly the Melbourne Continuation School, which is now the MacRobertsons Girls High School) exemplified how even when held back, women are capable of incredible things – the same their male counterparts can.
This year’s digital signage features a collection of female students who embodied the school motto, Honour the Work, in their time at Melbourne High School. A testament to exactly what International Womens Day is about – a celebration of what women can and do achieve.
Pictures on the screens at MHS today include ‘A Grade’ sports teams, both group photos and mid-game images of girls representing MCS in adelaide, a royal honor guard made up entirely of girls, and the winner of the most prestegious prize conferred to a student at the time, the ‘Rix Prize’.
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