Talk:University High School, Melbourne

The Producers 09
May I ask who this was confirmed by? 58.160.83.40 (talk) 05:31, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

It is actually 'Of Mice and Men' 122.108.79.220 (talk) 08:25, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Once again, who was that confirmed by? At this time last year, the 2008 musical was to be 'Of Mice and Men'. And what did we get? Oliver! Anyway, I've spoken with the Director, who said the musical had not been chosen yet, and that it was "the last thing on (the Musical Director's) mind at the moment" (she's recently had an operation). Therefore, I'm going to remove any mention of the 2009 musical. 58.160.82.94 (talk) 02:51, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Im pretty sure a teacher (Mr. Campbell) confirmed it. Who are you anyway? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.108.135.152 (talk) 00:58, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm a student, enthusiastic about the performing arts. And I won't believe it 'til I hear it from Ms Verberne's mouth. Who are you? 58.175.116.36 (talk) 09:53, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm a Year 9 student who performed in this years play. Mr. Campbell even said it was going to be 'Of Mice and Men' in class. Maybe he was joking around, but he did sound very confident. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.108.69.180 (talk) 08:54, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Please, call it a musical. They're better than plays. Also, it would be pretty careless of Mr Campbell to say it so plainly like that, even though everyone generally knows what it is long before the official announcement. I hope we get something decent next year *subtle hint to any music faculty that may be reading*. 58.160.83.239 (talk) 07:40, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

first, I'm assuming you mean mr. campbell the music teacher not the science one, and even then he was probably joking. In 2007 it said it was going to be "Of Mice and Men" and of course it was Oliver instead. Therefore the 2009 musical shouldn't be on this wikipedia page until it is officially announced by Ms. Verberne. Regardless of how true the rumours that go round are. 59.154.229.130 (talk) 02:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Mr. Campbell is a very reliable source though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.108.77.196 (talk) 07:54, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

yes, when he's not joking. and that's why it is guys and dolls. don't believe everything you hear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.154.229.130 (talk) 03:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

10th best girls school
Who's Who of girls' school rankings: 1.PLC Melbourne, 2.SCEGGS Darlinghurst, 3.MLC Melbourne, 4.PLC Sydney, 5.Melbourne Girls Grammar School, 6.Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, 7.North Sydney Girls High School, 8.Sydney Girls High School, 9.MLC Sydney, 10.University High School, Melbourne except... uni high ISNT a girls school. Hahaha, where the hell did this come from? I'm going to delete it in 3 days --Carbonrodney (talk) 12:28, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

If you had read it correctly, you would see that it was actually stating that the school is in the top ten in terms of educating their girls, not the top ten girls' schools. 58.160.83.7 (talk) 08:01, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, Carbonrodney got owned.122.108.79.220 (talk) 08:25, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

unnecessary deletions?
I have just reverted the deletions of 'past principals' and most of the 'notable past pupils'. If no one has any objections to keeping the principals article, then I will merge it into the history section, where it belongs. --Carbonrodney

* please leave notable alumni

Gang Violence
What on earth is the gang violence section? I was in VCE in 2001, and the 'gang violence' was no different to what goes on at any other school -- certainly not remarkable. The only incidents I can think of were the Ryan Moses incident (which, admittedly, made it to pg2 of the Sun, and pg3 of the Age), and a couple of hyped up 'Asians vs Turks' shovefests on the oval. There were a couple of things before that, but they were largely aberrations, and I don't think it really warrants mentioning. Drug use was certainly not exceptional. 203.49.196.168 01:36, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Leon... 10:41, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I have changed the gang violence section so that it says the school grounds and its surrounds as opposed to just the school grounds - given their size alone it seems unreasonable to suggest that gang violence and drug use was rife within the grounds only.

As to the validity of the claims, I am from the class of 2005 (started in 2000) and the only act of significant violence I can remember is when someone was stabbed in the leg with a pen in a small (10 or so people) brawl about 2003. Around 2004, a "gang" of about 20 students from various nearby high schools came onto the school's oval during lunchtime. It was said that this was revenge for someone who had been whipped with a belt buckle a few nights before. A technology teacher dispelled the group before any violence occured.

In comparison with other Victorian state schools, Uni High has no noteworthy violent history to my knowledge.


 * Good update with the surrounding area. But when I was there we had someone beated up pretty much every week. We had at least 10 hospitalisations per year in the later years... In any case gang activity in the university high school area is particularly high. Noteworthily high.

--198.142.89.91 11:40, 28 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, it seems someone has removed the section completely. Could that get restored please? I will try and dig up the newspaper articles mentioned above but I am in no mood for searching through the history.

Theres defitenitly no noteworthy violence nowadays. 218.215.129.75 08:30, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Keep the warcry
Keep the warcry. We needed to learn it on enrolment day, it is the equivalent of a school anthem.

The war-cry is no longer taught on enrolment day, and as of 2007 has been removed from the school diaries. It is no longer an important school tradition, and so should not have a section devoted to it. 58.160.83.19 (talk) 11:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Notable Alumni

 * can you please put back the notable alumni?

I was disappointed to see the list of notable alumni deleted. Uni High has many notable alumni---past and present of diverse backgrounds---deserving of recognition and in whom there should be pride.


 * People keep adding nonsense entries, and it's not worth having to constantly police it to keep the crap out. Ambi 01:38, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

There are some agents that periodically revert to one accepted entry. I think the longest the page has been vandalised in the last month is about a day or something. --Carbonrodney

Confirmed Entries
--Carbonrodney
 * Sarah Boyd, bioinformaticist
 * John So, current mayor of Melbourne
 * Joan Kirner, first female Premier of Victoria
 * Michael Klim, swimmer
 * Dorothy Goble, former member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
 * Eric Phillips, composer and musician
 * Geoffrey Watson, mathematician
 * Olivia Newton-John, actor and singer
 * Elizabeth Blackburn, biochemist

Unconfirmed?
If you find evidence that these people have indeed attended, then add them to this list above Sources for confirmed entries include Ubique, Record, UHS student diaries, published biographies and personal association
 * Ruth Fincher, geography professor Daryaana (talk) 12:10, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Graeme Blundell, actor and writer
 * Helen Buckingham, current member of the Victorian Legislative Council
 * Ruth Curtain, mathematics professorconfirmed
 * Ivan Deveson, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne
 * Peter Faiman, movie producer and directorconfirmed
 * James Murray, astronomer
 * Frank Oberklaid OAM, pediatrics professor---UHS school captain, 1963
 * David Williamson, playwrightconfirmed
 * Richard Pratt, businessmanconfirmed
 * John Coleman, AFL legendconfirmed
 * Garrie Hutchinson, writer and editorconfirmed
 * Jean Baker OAM, former mayor of Heidelbergconfirmed
 * Allen Aylett, former chairman of the VFL (predecessor of the AFL)---confirmed
 * David White, former minister in the Kirner Governmentconfirmed

Vandalism
I've semi-protected this talk page because of repeated vandalism by various IPs, including inserting defamatory allegations about minors, insertion of personal information of minors and cyber-bullying. Wikipedia is not a chat site or a forum for attacking your fellow students. Sarah 13:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

unecessary edits made.
To the alumni. I think only half are true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quaked (talk • contribs) 03:28, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

School colours
I've just finished a quick clean-up of the article and don't know very much about this school, so i've had to have a guess at the school colours for the infobox. If I have got them incorrect could someone please change them. If anyone needs help with the colour boxes, let me know and I will help you out. Cheers! Loopla (talk) 04:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The school doesnt implement uniforms so there isnt really 'school colours'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.134.6 (talk) 06:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The colours are green and white, at least according to the school uniform we all wore for sports. --Carbonrodney (talk) 14:05, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * School colours have been green and tan since at least the 1930s (the colours which are on the UHS insignia). 122.108.114.243 (talk) 01:50, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I changed the colour from back to tan. It was bugging me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.94.131.50 (talk) 04:08, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Musicals
There has been a lot of edits made regarding musicals, some of which were reverted only to have them added again later by someone else. A recent addition was the names of the directors. I propose we introduce a table format, with the year, the musical and the director. Also, does anyone know what they were further back than 2002? 58.160.83.7 (talk) 08:01, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

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Formatting (lists and sources)
Hello all,

In accordance with Wikipedia formatting policy, I have removed most of the lists (bullet points) as this is in general unencyclopaedic. Where possible, I replaced them with brief text. See What not to do and when lists are appropriate. I would also like to remove the past principals list, but I'm leaving it for now in case someone can think of a good way to integrate it (otherwise I'm just going to cull, sadly).

When writing a paragraph, try to add information that is reliably sourced - where this is not possible, reference something semi-reliable - where this is not possible, at least don't predict the future. =P

So, combining those two points... Most of the notable alumni are about to be culled. This has been a problem area for some time, and in the past I have been a supporter of inclusion but it really should be restricted to a handful of people - perhaps, Nobel laureates and people of similar standing.

-- Carbon Rodney 21:39, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

List of headmasters
HiUHS historians. On Lawrence (LA, or "Dicky") Adamson's page it says "In 1898 he joined Otto Krome as joint-headmaster of the University High School"  This tallies with what I have read elsewhere. I don't know how long this joint headship lasted (LA's main attachment before and after was to Wesley College) but the table should be complete. 106.70.164.38 (talk) 06:29, 4 May 2021 (UTC)