Recognising excellence
Academic
Accounting – The Gift of Anonymous – Winner, Agneev Bose
Algorithmics “The Alan Turing Award” – The Gift of Moss Ebeling – Winner, Folger Kong
Art Making and Exhibiting – The Gift of Mr Keith Marshall – Winner, Michael Xu
Biology: The Tony Bushell – The Gift of Mr Matthew Roberts – Winner, Patrick Phan
Business Management – The Gift Of Terry Heazlewood OAM – Winner, Rohan Chalisgaonkar
Chemistry – The Gift of Mr John Dodd and Family in memory of Dr. David Wadsley – Winner, Jineth Tissera
Dux Prize: In honour of Dr Graeme Duke – The Gift of Dr Janet Duke – Winner, Anish Narayan
Economics: The Neville Drohan – The Gift of MHSOBA Men for all Seasons – Winner, Rohan Green
English : The Terry Lawrence Prize – The Gift of Anonymous – Winner, Jineth Tissera
English as a Second Language – The Gift of Mrs Jan Hart and the Late Assoc Prof John Hart – Award withheld in 2023
English Language – The Gift of Mr John Harrison CBE AM – Winner, Billy Chen
Extended Investigation – The Gift of Andrew & Pam Saunders – Award withheld in 2023
French – Mr Owen Batt – Winner, Mark Liu
Geography – The Gift of Mr Geoff and Mrs Pam Pryor – Winner, Sebastian Tse
German – The Gift of MHSOBA Men for all Seasons – Winner, Aryan Mannan
Global Politics – The Gift of Mr Colin Axup – Winner, Billy Chen
Health & Human Development: In memory of the Late Assoc Prof John Hart – The Gift of Assoc Prof Geoff Sussman & Family – Winner, Krisigan Seevarajah
History: In Memory of Mr John Grigsby – MHS History Teacher 1964 – 1993 – The Gift of Mrs Barbara Green – Winner, Guatam Menon
Indonesian – The Gift of Ms Chitra Amaradasa – Winner, Nathan Wong
Innovation in Technology – The Gift of Mr Barry Phillips – Ankit Behera
Japanese – The Gift of Mr Graham Homes – Winner, Wooshin Park
Legal Studies: Mosk and Zee Family – The Gift of Ms Virginia Mosk – Winner, Ravine Witanachchi
Literary Arts “The George Marotous”- The Gift of Professor Max Corden AC – Winner, Arya Banerjee
Literature – The Gift of Mr David Kitchen – Winner, Noah Atfeh
Mathematics – Methods: The Ron Champion Memorial – The Gift of Mrs Marion Champion & Family – Winner, Nathan Wong
Mathematics: Specialist Maths – The Gift of Mr Carl Wood – Winner, Tim Lei
Media Studies – The Gift of The Leighton Family – Award withheld in 2023
Music Investigation – The Gift of Mr Adam Yee – Winner, Stanley Harjadi
Music Performance: – Mr Nathan Kelly – Winner, Pipo Chen
Philosophy : The Dr Janet Prideaux Memorial Award – The Gift of Ms Indika Jayasundara – Winner, Anh-Ton Truong
Physical Education – The Gift of Mr David Parkin – Winner, Thomas Jin
Physics – The Gift of Dr Aswin Wijetillake – Winner, Krishav Malhotra
Psychology – Mr Nicholas Psyhogios– Winner, Kunal Gupta
Pure Science: The Bob Dwyer Memorial – The Gift of Mr Mark Goodey – Winner, Tim Lei
Scientific Enquiry and Scholarship: In memory of Norton Hobson – The Gift of Mr Bruce Hartnett & Ms Louise Einfeld – Winner, Damketh Habaragamuwa
Sociology : In memory of Robert Campbell-Young – The Gift of Mr Ralph Renard– Not awarded in 2023
Software Development – The Gift of Mr John Harrison CBE AM – Winner, Saksham Singh
The Ganella Prize for Further Mathematics – The Gift of Mr. Galloway – Winner, Armin Fekri
Theatre Studies – The Gift of Mr John Dodd and Family – Winner, Nguyen Lu
VET – Certificate III in Laboratory Skills – The Gift of the Aarons Family – Winner, Rohan Karra
Visual Communications & Design – A Gift in Memory of Owen Spurway – Winner, Safwan Aftab
General
Air Force Cadets: Special – A Gift of Mr Gordon Lowing – Winner, Timothy Lyddy
Air Force Cadets: The Squadron Leader John Elden Memorial – A Gift of The Elden and Wood Families – Winner, Zeyang (Sunny) Zhang
Army Cadet Service – A Gift of Mr John Grigsby – Winner, Richard Zhang
Army Cadet Unit: The George Peters – A Gift of MHS Lodge 759 – Winner, Pranit Parashar
Arts – The Ray Willis – A Gift of Mrs Ruth Willis, Lyndall Willis and Family – Winner, Hogun Lim
Best All Rounder: The George Deacon Memorial Prize – A Gift of the Deacon Family – Winner, Petro Pirozek
Camerata – A Gift of Ms Zina Berezin – Winner, Wilson Mah
Chess – A Gift of Devraj Bhattacharya– Winner, Raymond Wong
Chorale – A Gift of Mr Bruce Macrae – Winner, William Wei
Debating – A Gift of Dr Robin Matthews – Winner, Ashwin Prakash
Dick Tattam Instrumentalist – A Gift of Mr Alasdair Billingham – Winner, Hong Sheng Quah
Drama – A Gift of the Late Lorraine Pole – Not awarded in 2021
Heritage – A Gift of Mr Luke Savage – Winner, Timothy Lyddy
Library – A Gift of MHS Foundation Ltd – Award withheld in 2021
Music – A Gift of Dr Alan Gregory AM – Winner, Hugo Turudia
Music Composition – A Gift of Professor Kwong Lee Dow AO – Not awarded in 2021
Music Production – A Gift of Mr John Diedrich – Not awarded in 2021
Orchestra – A Gift of Dr Anne Lierse – Winner, Clark Yuan
Raoul Wallenberg – Endowed by Dr Frank Vajda & supported by MHS Lodge 759 – Winner, Matt San Buenaventura
Robotics Club – A Gift of The Drew Family – Winner, Davit Gogiberidze
School Captain – A Gift of Mr Brian Corless OAM – Winner, Jaffer al-Haidary
School Organist: The Daryl Towers Memorial – A Gift of Mr Steven Bowler – Not awarded in 2021
School Pianist: In memory of Mr Daryl Towers – A Gift of Mrs Pamela Coad – Winner, Keane Ng
Simon Wiesenthal: Community Support Award – A Gift of The Ida & Leon Memorial – Winner, Reji Alengaden
Singers – A Gift of Mr Andrew Allan – Winner, Phi-Phi Nguyen
SRC President – A Gift of Dr Ray Boyapati – Winners, Zach Hong & Benson Lin
Stage Band – A Gift of Mr Ian Edmondson – Winner, Eric Bai
Stage Management – A Gift of Mr Laurence Pole – Winner, Victor Yao
String Orchestra – A Gift of Anonymous – Winner, Mo Hang Cheung
Tattam Band – A Gift of Mr Bruce Worland AM – Winners, Zachary Hong & Ramodh Jayasinghe
The Colin Axup Leadership Award – A Gift of MHS School Council – Winner, Ali Abud
The Gareth Evans Politics Prize – A Gift of Prof the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC – Winner, Arth Tuteja
The Inclusive Community Award – Endowed by Joshua Lam (MHSOB) – A Gift of Melbourne High School – Winner, Isabelle Vu
The Peter Larsen Music Leadership Award – A Gift of Mr John Fraser – Winner, Wing Him Wong
Theatre: The D J Niven Memorial – A Gift of The Late Barbara Niven & Family – Winner, Flynn Rose
Unicorns – A Gift of MHS Friends of Music – Winner, David (Jin) Wang
Writing Interest Group – A Gift of Ms Tania Sheko – Winner, Nicholas Huang
Sporting
Athletics: The Sandro Bisetto Award – A Gift of The Kuhlman Family – Winner, Kevin Healy
Badminton – A Gift of Mr John Barr AM – Winner, Cameron Qin
Baseball – A Gift of Mr Saki Ganella – Winner, Finn Weichard
Basketball – A Gift of Mason Rogers – Winner, Dennis Ameti
Cricket – A Gift of MHSOB Cricket Club – Winner, Gurnaz Khatra
Cross Country – A Gift of Wayne Chow – Winner, Cameron Lee
Derrimut House Cup – A Gift of MHS – Winner, Yarra House
Fencing – A Gift of MHS Foundation – Winner, Andrew Guo
Football: The Warren Fall – A Gift of MHSOB Football Club – Winner, Petro Pirozek
Golf – A Gift of Mr Paul B Birman – Winner, Abel Eduard
Hockey – A Gift of MHSOB Hockey Club – Winner, Duncan Geddes
Lacrosse – A Gift in Memory of Lewis J. Shobbrook Snr – Not awarded in 2021
Lawn Bowls – A Gift of MHS Foundation – Winner, Robert Campbell
Netball – A Gift of Ms Kristen Hinchliffe & Ms Ann Chandler– Winner, Advaith Prabha
Rowing – A Gift of Mr Bob Stephenson – Winner, Mark Putter
Rugby – A Gift of Mr Luke McFadyen – Winner, David Do
Snow Sports: Vincent Chu Prize – A Gift of Mr Geoffrey Whitelaw – Not awarded in 2021
Soccer – A Gift of In Memory of Mr David Lea – Winner, Isaac Simpson
Sports Champion: The Alec McKenzie Award – A Gift of MHSOBA Inc – Winner, Abel Eduard II
Sportsmanship: The Dr Merv Lincoln – A Gift of Mr Tim Lincoln – Winner, Gurnaz Khatra
Squash – A Gift of Mr Geoff Walker – Winner, Sanuj Ruberu
Swimming: The W H Slade Memorial – A Gift of Mr Malcolm Slade – Winner, William Drew
Table Tennis – A Gift of Mr Tony Bushell – Winner, Tim Huang
Tennis – A Gift of Mr Les Innes – Award witheld in 2021
Volleyball – A Gift of Shan Dhinakaran – Winner, Ayden Uong
Water Polo – A Gift of Mr David Smyth – Winner, Magnus Mulhall