Blackburn High School

Blackburn High School
Blackburn High School sign
Address
58/62 Springfield Road Blackburn North , Victoria 3130 Australia
Coordinates	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 public secondary school for both girls and boys in years 7 to 12 in Blackburn North, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, founded in 1956.^[3]

The school has performed in prestigious 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]

Notable alumni

• Christos Tsiolkas – Novelist^[6]
• Ross Irwin – Trumpet player in Melbourne based band 'The Cat Empire'.^[7]
• Shannon Barnett – Trombonist, Bell Awards winner for Young Australian Jazz Artist (2007)^[8]
• Daniel Merriweather – R&B Singer/Songwriter.^[9]
• Reuben Morgan – Singer/Songwriter at the Hillsong Church
• Darren James – 3AW Radio Announcer
• Don Scott – Former Hawthorn AFL Football Club Captain & Premiership Player & South Adelaide coach.
• Dee Ryall MP – Former member for Mitcham and Ringwood in the Victorian Parliament^[10]
• Jenny Donnet – Olympic and Commonwealth Games diving athlete
• Steve Irons – Federal Member for Swan (WA) 2007
• Jacinta Parsons – Radio host
• Timothy Fehring – student who died on a school camp^[11]

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. Austlit. "Christos Tsiolkas | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
7. "CORRECTED VERSION EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMITTEE Inquiry into the extent, benefits and potential of music education in Victorian schools" (PDF). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
8. "Midwest Clinic Performing Organizations - Bla..." Midwest Clinic. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
9. "Sunny future for Merriweather". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.
10. "Dee Ryall MLA". Dee Ryall. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
11. "Tragic new update in the fallout over the death of a teenager on a school excursion". 27 July 2022.