Maryborough State High School


Maryborough State High School is a public high school located in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. The school is run by the Queensland State Government, and is split on either side of Kent Street. The school colours are blue and brown. In 2025 MSHS had 1260 students with 102 teachers and 100 non-teaching staff.
The school has had many incarnations, starting its life as Maryborough Boys Grammar School and Maryborough Girls Grammar School, then from 1937 a segregated boys and girls state high school. The school became coeducational from 1974. From 2017, Maryborough State High School is an Independent Public School. The school is now the largest secondary school in Maryborough, with more than 50% of all students in Maryborough attending Maryborough SHS.
WWW maryboroshs.eq.edu.au

History

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:
Staff who have worked at the school include Amy Hannah Adamson, who was both an alumna and headmistress.
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.