Blackburn High School

Blackburn High School is a co-educational public secondary school for children from years 7 to 12 in Blackburn North, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, founded in 1956.^[3]

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

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^[10]
• Darren James – 3AW Radio Announcer^[11]
• Don Scott – Former Hawthorn AFL Football Club Captain & Premiership Player & South Adelaide coach.^[12]
• Dee Ryall MP – Former member for Mitcham and Ringwood in the Victorian Parliament^[13]
• Jenny Donnet – Olympic and Commonwealth Games diving athlete^[14]
• Steve Irons – Federal Member for Swan (WA) 2007^[15]
• Jacinta Parsons – Radio host^[16]
• Timothy Fehring – student who died on a school camp^[17]
• Kynan Brown – AFL Player^[18]