Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Mordialloc College

Tim RICHARDSON (Mordialloc) (09:51): Excitement is building in the Mordialloc electorate as we go closer to the celebration of Mordialloc College’s centenary anniversary. It will be such a wonderful moment with our school community as we come together with thousands of locals who have benefited from an outstanding public education at Mordialloc College. It was the borough of Carrum and the borough of Mentone that came together and realised that they needed a secondary college some 100 years ago. 18 February 1924 was the moment that the Mordialloc College got underway in the mechanics institute. It was a few years later in 1927 that the main building was built, and at that time it was £30,000 – a bit more for stages of school works now.

It will be a great celebration, because Mordialloc College has the prestige of having back-to-back Lindsay Thompson awards. That is the equivalent of the Brownlow Medal in education, which demonstrates the leading role that it plays in education across our community and the generations that have benefited from the teachers, the learning and the great outcomes. We are really excited to celebrate that with principal Michelle Roberts, her principal leadership team, the educators, the students and the Mordialloc College Alumni Association, which has done so much work to make this such a wonderful occasion. So on 18 February 2024 I am sure there will be millions heading towards our local area to celebrate one of the best schools not only in Victoria but in Australia!