Uniform
As with most schools in Australia, Koonung has a set uniform which is always enforced with uniform regulations. As a "shirt, tie and blazer" uniform, its uniform could be described as somewhat formal (as far as Victorian public school uniforms go), though less so than most private schools in the area.
The uniform policy is unisex, meaning that a girl may wear the "boys'" uniform if she so wishes, or vice-versa but most girls just wear the school dress.
Blazers were originally part of the school uniform for both girls and boys, along with straw boater hats in summer and berets in winter - for girls. Sometime around 1971 girls were offered the option of wearing slacks in winter, at the time this was very forward thinking. Sometime in the late 1980s or early 1990s blazers were phased out and replaced by bomber style jackers. Blazers were brought back into the uniform starting with the 2005 Year 7 students, so by 2010 all students owned a blazer.
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