Billanook College

Billanook College
Address
97-199 Cardigan Road Mooroolbark, Victoria, 3138 Australia
Coordinates	37°47′21″S 145°20′26″E / 37.789243°S 145.340431°E / -37.789243; 145.340431
Information
Type	Independent, Co-educational
Established	1980
Principal	Roger Oates
Grades	Early learning - 12
Color(s)	Green and Cream
Website	www.billanook.vic.edu.au

Billanook College is an independent co-ed school with an early learning program through to Year 12, located in Mooroolbark, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is a school of the Uniting Church in Australia, and a member of Round Square. It was founded in 1980 by the founding principal Dr Peter Harris. The current principal is Roger Oates.

Billanook College is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne. EISM member schools regularly play each other in sporting activities ranging from cricket and Australian Rules Football to Badminton and Table Tennis. Billanook hosts the local VET Media and Music course since 2004.

Notable alumni

• Daniel Merriweather - 2005 ARIA Winner (Best Urban Release) - R&B artist - 2009 ARIA Winner (Best Male Artist)
• Danielle Atkin - Price is Right model
• Chris Jones - Channel 9 sports reporter
• Julian de Stoop - Fox Sports News reporter
• Jason Hill - electronic entertainment journalist with The Age
• Damian Monkhorst - AFL footballer
• Daniel Hargraves - AFL footballer
• Brodie Young - Big Brother Australia contestant / Channel 9 Quizmania host
• Trent Lowe - Professional road bicycle racer
• Simon Clarke - Professional road bicycle racer
• Tony D'Alberto - Professional racecar driver
• Tim Lee - Fox FM announcer / past Hot30 Countdown host
• Stephanie Payne - writer and activist

School Partnerships

See also

• List of schools in Victoria
• List of high schools in Victoria
• Victorian Certificate of Education

References

External links

• Billanook College Website
• Homepage Partnership School, Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany