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John Monash Science School is Victoria’s first specialist school for science, maths and technology. If you have a passion for the sciences, love a challenge, and welcome every opp... Read More. Uniquely positioned on Monash University’s Clayton campus.
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John Monash was born in West Melbourne on 27 June 1865 to German-Polish Jewish parents. As a child, he attended St Stephen's Church of England School in Richmond, Melbourne, for three years. At the age of nine, Monash and his family moved to Jerilderie, New South Wales where he attended the public school. The school quickly recognised his intellige...
He entered university at the age of 16 but stopped his studies after two years due to financial hardship. He began work on the Princess Bridge to pay the bills, the first step in a very successful engineering career. But Sir John had not lost his desire to study. By the age of 30, he had gained his Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Science (Civil E...
In 1884, at the age of 19, John Monash joined the newly formed University Company, D Company, 4th Battalion, Victorian Rifles. He rose through the ranks, and by 1913 was a soldier with knowledge of staff work, transport, supply, engineering and intelligence. In 1914, the First World War broke out. He was among the first under fire at Gallipoli and ...
During the worst of the depression of the 1890s, Sir John Monash started with the Harbor Trust, an organisation that aimed to improve access for shipping to Melbourne. While working at the trust, he also studied part time. He completed the municipal surveyors course and enrolled as a student of the Supreme Court. He began studying the water supply ...
Sir John Monash was a pillar of Melbourne society. He had great success in the military and in business, but people also recognised his contributions to the community. Monash lectured and examined at the University of Melbourne. He became Chairman of the graduates association, was president of the University Club and joined the university council a...
The John Monash Science School is a government-funded co-educational academically selective and specialist secondary day school, located on the Clayton campus of Monash University, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Post-war, Sir John Monash was the first General Manager of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. Later he became the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Melbourne.
Our unique position on Monash University’s Clayton campus gives us access to world-class science and education research, ensuring our curriculum hits the cutting edge of contemporary knowledge and practice.
Named after engineer, military leader and public administrator Sir John Monash, Monash University was established by an Act of Parliament in 1958. When our first students began their studies at our foundation campus in Clayton in 1961, we became the first university established in the state of Victoria in over 100 years.
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