Maryborough State High School

The Maryborough Boys Grammar School was founded on the north side of Kent Street in 1881 and the Maryborough Girls Grammar School on the south of Kent Street in 1883. An assembly hall was added to the side of the Girls Grammar School in 1888. Four Rhodes scholars graduated from Maryborough Boys Grammar School and many students went on to distinguished careers. Hit hard by the effects of the Great Depression, the Grammar Schools were forced to close. They were subsequently taken over by the Department of Education in 1936 to become the Maryborough State High and Intermediate School for Boys and Maryborough State High and Intermediate School for Girls. The Boys' and Girls' High Schools were amalgamated in 1974 to form Maryborough State High School. The original building of Maryborough Boys Grammar School was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1992. It now houses the English and Humanities Departments. == Location ==

The campus is situated on either side of Kent Street adjacent to the Maryborough CBD. ==Notable alumni and staff==

Notable alumni of the school include: • Duncan Chapman, first soldier of the Australian Imperial Forces to land at Gallipoli • Gordon Dunbar, Rhodes Scholar, soldier awarded Military Cross and Croix de Guerre • Geoff Dymock, cricketer • Grant Hayden Kenny, ironman champion • Percy Reginald Stephensen, Rhodes Scholar, writer and publisher Staff who have worked at the school include Amy Hannah Adamson, who was both an alumna (Maryborough Girls' Grammar School) and headmistress (Maryborough State High and Intermediate School from 1949 to 1959). There are currently over 26 alumni working at the school – former students who have returned to the school in many roles, from teacher aides to teaching staff, administration and Heads of Department. == References ==