Our history

Merrylands High School was officially opened on 12 August 1960 by the Governor of New South Wales at the time, Lieutenant-General Sir Eric Woodward, but the story of our school began more than two years earlier. On 8 April 1958, the Department of Education acquired 18.5 acres of land (about 74,900 m2 or 7.49 ha) on the current site of the school, and construction commenced in October of that year.

Classes began on 27 January 1959, with 299 students and 14 staff members. Some lessons were held in the Manual Training block, now known as ‘G Block’, which includes classrooms 43–45, the learning spaces and workshops of the Technological and Applied Studies (TAS) faculty.

Construction of the two-storey main block, ‘C Block’, began in June 1959 and was completed in time for the official opening the following year. By that stage, enrolment had grown to 730 students, supported by 31 staff members.

Then and now...by numbers

(30%)
School population
(20%) Then...
27 January 1959
(30%) and now...
Present time
Male students:
Female students:
Total students:
162 (54%)
137 (46%)
299
469 (52%)
434 (48%)
903
Male prefects:
Female prefects:
Total prefects:
4 (50%)
4 (50%)
8
2 (20%)
8 (80%)
10
Male staff members:
Female staff members:
Total staff members:
7 (50%)
7 (50%)
14
57 (37%)
98 (63%)
155
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Comparing the past and present

A group photograph of the First Prefects with the First Principal of Merrylands High School, Mr A. M. Meyers, 1959. A group photograph of the First Prefects and the First Principal of Merrylands High School, Mr A. M. Meyers, 1959.
A group photograph of our Student Leaders, (School Captains, Vice-Captains and Prefects) with the current Principal of Merrylands High School, Mr A. Prasad, their Deputy Principal and Year Advisers, 2026. Our School Captains, Vice-Captains and Prefects with the current Principal, Mr A. Prasad, their Deputy Principal and Year Advisers, 2026.
A group photograph of the first staff members to work at Merrylands High School, 1959. A group photograph of the first staff members to work at Merrylands High School, 1959.
The most recent AI-generated group photograph of the current staff members to work at Merrylands High School, 2025. The most recent AI-generated photo of current staff members at Merrylands High School, 2025.
Merrylands High School Logo from 1959 to 2016. The emblem used to represent Merrylands High School in 1959. Variations included the motto being replaced with the school’s name.
Current Merrylands High School Logo since 2016. Current logo for Merrylands High School since the end of 2016. Changes include adding the school’s name and writing the motto in English.

Finding out more about our past

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