School Archives
The book "The Making of Women" by historian Pauline Parker covers the history of The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. This book is available from the school at $40 or $45 for packing and postage.
In the early 1980s, Monica Jacomb commenced the task of formulating an archive collection for Mac.Rob. The process of collection and recording is an ongoing task.
The archives contains records and memorabilia dating from the commencement of the forerunner of Mac.Rob, the Continuation School, in 1905.
The collection contains:
- student records from 1905 on
- a complete collection of the school magazine ‘Pallas’ and an incomplete collection of the magazine ‘Ours’ which predates the 1927 splitting of Melbourne High School into separate girls and boys schools (the boys’ school has a complete set of ‘Ours’)
- a collection of photographs of school events, personalities and infrastructure
- programs for a wide range of school activities – speech nights, concerts, chorals and musicals, drama and sports
- uniforms, original and copies, badges and trophies
- a selection of correspondence to and from the school
- architectural plans of changes or proposed changes over the years in Albert Park
The archives are located in two rooms, Archive 1, Level 1 at the southern end of the Kingsway building and Archive 2 on the third floor of the Kingsway building next to the hall.
The archive collection continues to grow with numerous donations from current and past staff and students and the acquisition of items during the day-to-day running of the school.
Donations are most welcome and the origin of the items is now identified for future generations. The archive office may be contacted by phone, the School’s number, or by the email address below.
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