Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Boys' High School

Corner Chapel Street and Alexandra Avenue, South Yarra, MELBOURNE CITY

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South Yarra Melbourne Boys High School War Memorial 1956_0002

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  • Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Boys' High School - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Argus, 2 July 1919, p.5; 1 May 1956, p.12; Alan Gregory, Strong Like its Pillars Melbourne High School 1905-2005: Victoria's first state high school, MHS, 2005; R. Triolo, ' "Our Schools and the War" Victoria's Education Department and the Great War, 1914-18', PhD thesis, Monash University, 2008.

    Memorial Window Subject

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Boys' High School - Memorial Window Subject

    Service and Sacrifice

    Memorial Window Text

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Boys' High School - Memorial Window Text

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    Memorial Window Inscription

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Boys' High School - Memorial Window Inscription

    A tribute to Old Boys who served in the Second World War 1939-1945 'We will Remember Them'

    Memorial Window Description & History

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Boys' High School - Memorial Window Description & History

    The Argus reported that Melbourne High School proposed to erect a First World War memorial window and mural tablets to record the former students who enlisted for active service, however this memorial was not commissioned, and it was not until May 1956 that a 'tribute to Old Boys who served in the Second World War' was unveiled by Sir Alan Ramsay. It was one of two windows that the School's principal, George Langley, had been keen to install on the central staircase: the other window commemorated Frank Tate, long-serving Director of Education in Victoria and founder of its education system. Alan Sumner (1910-1994) was commissioned to design and make both windows.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study

    Author: Bronwyn Hughes
    Year: 2013
    Grading: Local

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