Until the opening of the Melbourne Continuation School, secondary education in Victoria had been provided by non-government schools. The term "Continuation" was used to indicate the school would continue the education provided by government primary schools and to bypass legal blockages of government secondary education. Criticisms of the school were that it was to be
secular, and it would not be
single-sex. The school was renamed
Melbourne High School in 1912. In 1913, the school reached capacity and senior students were relocated to a building in Victoria Street. By 1919 the Spring Street building was in poor condition and the Department of Education decided to split the school into separate single-sex schools. In October 1927 the boys moved to a new building in
South Yarra and the girls remained at Spring Street. The new schools were named Melbourne Boys' High School and Melbourne Girls' High School. In 1931 the girls moved to the vacant Government House and in 1933 to State School No. 1689 in King Street. In 1934, they moved to a new building which had been constructed on the north-east corner of Albert Park Reserve with the help of a donation from Sir
Macpherson Robertson. The new girls' school was named the
Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. In 1949, Melbourne Boys' High School was renamed Melbourne High School. ==Notable students==