Grimwade House
| Melbourne Grammar School | |
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| Location | |
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South Yarra & Caulfield, Victoria Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°50′2″S 144°58′34″E / 37.83389°S 144.97611°ECoordinates: 37°50′2″S 144°58′34″E / 37.83389°S 144.97611°E |
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| Type | Independent, Co-educational (Primary), Single-sex (Secondary), Day and Boarding |
| Motto |
Latin: Ora et Labora ("Pray and Work") |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1849 (on present site since 1858 - the celebrated date of foundation) |
| Founder | The Right Rev'd Charles Perry, First Anglican Bishop of Melbourne |
| Chairman of Governors | Mr Michael E Bartlett |
| Headmaster | Mr Roy Kelley |
| Chaplain | The Rev'd Hans Christiansen |
| Enrolment | 1,782 (P–12) |
| Colour(s) | Dark Blue |
| Website | www.mgs.vic.edu.au |
Melbourne Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, located in South Yarra and Caulfield, suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Founded on 7 April 1858 as the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,800 students from Prep to Year 12, including 120 boarders from Years 7 to 12.
Melbourne Grammar is affiliated with the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and is a founding member of the historic Associated Public Schools of Victoria (APS). The School is also a member of the G20 Schools Group.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked Melbourne Grammar School second among Australian schools based on the number of their alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians). In 2010 The Age reported that Melbourne Grammar School ranked equal seventh among Australian schools based on the number of alumni who had received a top Order of Australia honour.
The origins of Melbourne Grammar School (colloquially known as Grammar) can be traced back to 1849, with the establishment of an experimental grammar school at St Peter's Eastern Hill, East Melbourne. This school had been established by Melbourne's first Church of England Bishop, Charles Perry, who founded the Diocese of Melbourne, and had been opened to meet the growing educational needs of the young colony. In 1853, Bishop Perry commenced planning for the diocesan experimental school to become permanent, although on a larger site and not under his direct management, and so he set up a committee of eminent men to consider the task. The school however did not thrive and was suspended at the end of 1854.
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