Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne

The Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne (EISM or EIS) are a group of twenty independent secondary schools in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

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, Australia

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. The schools compete against one another in sporting competitions.

History

The first instance of the Independent Schools in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne coming together is in 1964 as the Eastern Independent Schools Association. Initially the competition was for boys only, and the only sport offered was Australian Rules Football. It developed rapidly to include Athletics, Cross-Country and Swimming carnivals, Cricket, Tennis, and Debating. These competitions were held on Saturdays. The 1966 Swimming carnival was held at Croydon Memorial Pool on 5 March. Tennis, Softball and a Swimming carnival were contested for the first time in the 1971 season. The Boys by this stage had included Soccer, Basketball and Table Tennis into their sporting fixtures.

Cultural Component

Part of the original intention of the EISM was for it to have a cultural component for the boys. This took the form of a Music Festival. Students from all schools would meet at a central venue and give a performance. The girls also had the opportunity to do this and also participate in a Drama festival which was discontinued in 1982 due to lack of interest.

Amalgamation of EISA & EIGSA

In 1978, moves were initiated to combine the boys and girls competitions, with the 2 meeting formally in the middle of Term 2, 1978. After 12 months of joint meetings, the motion That there be an amalgamation of E.I.S.A. with E.I.G.S.A. to form one association was put to the Principals meeting on the 8th August 1979. The motion was defeated. An alternative motion was then put which established a committee of principals and sport teachers whose task was to investigate the special needs of schools and also draw up a draft set of rules and regulations. The second draft of this committee had the name of the association as the ESISA, The Eastern Suburban Independent Schools Association. Eventually, the name Association of Eastern Independent Schools was agreed upon in April 1980.

Current

(N.B. Year of entry to the EIS in brackets.)

Alphington Grammar School
Alphington Grammar School
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(1998)
Aquinas College, Ringwood (1964)
Bialik College, Hawthorn East
Bialik College
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Billanook College, Mooroolbark
Billanook College
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(1978)
Donvale Christian College, Donvale (1996)
Emmaus College, Vermont South/Burwood (1989)
Huntingtower School, Mt Waverley
Huntingtower School
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(1971)
Kingswood College, Box Hill (1964)
The King David School, Armadale
King David School, Melbourne
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(2004)
The Knox School, Wantirna South [formerly known as Knoxfield College until 1996] (1991)
Lilydale Adventist Academy, Lilydale (2001)
Luther College, Croydon Hills
Luther College (Victoria)
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(1964)
Mt Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale
Mt Lilydale Mercy College
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(1970)
Mt Scopus Memorial College, Burwood
Mount Scopus Memorial College
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(1989)
Nathan Strugnell College (2010)
Nunawading Adventist College, Nunawading (2001)
Oakleigh Greek Orthodox College, Oakleigh (1998)
Oxley College, Lilydale (2008)
Plenty Valley Christian School, Doreen (1997)
Melbourne Rudolf Steiner School, Warranwood
St. Joseph's College, Ferntree Gully
St. Joseph's College, Ferntree Gully
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(1966)
Tintern Schools - Southwood B.G.S. and Tintern G.G.S., Ringwood (2003)

Former

(N.B. Years of participation in the EIS in brackets.)

Eltham College of Education, Eltham
Eltham College of Education
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(?-1997)
ERA, Mooroolbark [Associate]
John Paul College, Frankston (early 1980s?-1986)
Kingswood College Doncaster (1987-1989)
Loyola College, Bundoora (1991-1997)
Mater Christi College
Mater christi college
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, Belgrave (1977-?)
Mazenod College, Mulgrave (1968-1998)
Mt Evelyn Christian School [Associate]
Mt Evelyn Technical School (early 1980s - ?)
Our Lady of Sion, Box Hill
Our Lady of Sion College
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(?-1997)
Parkmore (early 1980s - ?)
Rudolf Steiner, Donvale (1997-?)
Sacred Heart College, Oakleigh (early 1980s - ?)
Salesian College, Chadstone (1966 - 1967) (1984-1998)
St Bede's, Mentone
St Bede's College (Mentone)
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, (1987-1997)
St John's College, Dandenong
St John's Regional College
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(1983-1986)
St Leonard's College, Brighton (?-1997)
St Leo's College, Box Hill [Closed in 1994] (1964 - 1994)
St Michael's Grammar School, East St Kilda
St Michael's Grammar School
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(early 1980s?-1997)
St Thomas More College, Forest Hill [Now part of Emmaus College
Emmaus College (Burwood)
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] (1966-1979)
Wesley College
Wesley College, Melbourne
Wesley College, Melbourne is an independent, co-educational, Christian day school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1866, the college is a school of the Uniting Church in Australia. Wesley is the largest school in Australia by enrolment, with 3,511 students and 564 full-time staff...

, Glen Waverley campus [Associate]
Whitefriars College
Whitefriars College
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, Donvale (1964 - 1998)
Westbourne Grammar School, Hoppers Crossing
Westbourne Grammar School
Westbourne Grammar School is an independent and non-denominational Christian co-educational day school in Truganina, in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....

(1997)
Yarra Valley Grammar, Ringwood
Yarra Valley Grammar
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(1967 - 1968) (1987-?)

Eastern Independent Girls Schools Association (1970-1980)

There was a push for girls to have access to inter-school sport, and after extensive meetings in 1970 the following schools formed the EIGSA:

Aquinas College, Ringwood
Aquinas College, Melbourne
Aquinas College is a co-educational Roman Catholic college located in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood.The current Principal is Tony O'Byrne, who has held the position since 1989. In 2007, O'Byrne was selected by the Herald Sun as "Principal of the Year"...

(1970-1977)
Chavoin College, Burwood (Now part of Emmaus College) (1970-1979)
Huntingtower School, Mt Waverley
Huntingtower School
Huntingtower School was founded in 1927 as a co-educational. day and boarding School for children from Christian Science families. Its first home was in Huntingtower Road, Armadale. In 1953 a new site was purchased in Mount Waverley and the school moved to its new home in 1954...

(1970-1980)
Luther College, Croydon
Luther College (Victoria)
Luther College is a co-educational independent secondary school of the Lutheran Church of Australia located in the outer-eastern suburb of Croydon in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It maintains a close relationship with the Outer Eastern Lutheran Church parish of the Lutheran Church of Australia,...

(1970-1980)
Kingswood College, Box Hill (1978)
Mater Christi, Belgrave
Mater christi college
Mater Christi is a Catholic girls' secondary college located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Belgrave, Victoria, Australia.The school was founded by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan religious order in 1963 outside Belgrave, overlooking the Dandenong Ranges of Victoria...

(1977)
Mt Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale
Mount Scopus Memorial College
Mount Scopus Memorial College is a Jewish private school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- History :Mount Scopus Memorial College opened on St Kilda Road in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1949, taking its name from Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, which remained under Israeli control after the 1948...

(1970-?)
Mt Scopus Memorial College, Burwood (1970-?)
Our Lady of Sion College, Box Hill
Our Lady of Sion College
Our Lady of Sion College is a Catholic school for girls located in Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia.The college educates around 750 girls from year 7 to VCE...

(1970-?)

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