Melbourne High in Popular Culture
Melbourne High School has become an iconic landmark in the city of Melbourne. It featured on Thank God You're Here on Wednesday, 27 May 2009, where the name of the school was replaced with Kevington Grammar but footage was taken of the school building and school students.
Steven Spielberg's World War Two miniseries The Pacific, the follow-up to Band of Brothers, featured some footage of Melbourne High School, shot in December 2007.
On 13 August 2010, the Year 12 students had their formal crashed by singer Katy Perry and DJ Ruby Rose.
Lili Wilkinson's YA novel Pink is set in "The Billy Hughes School for Academic Excellence", a thinly veiled amalgamation of Melbourne High School and MacRobertson Girls High School based on the author's own experience of school theatre at the schools.
Thank God You're Here featured a skit recorded around Melbourne High school.
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