awarded his prize for his research on the synapse. Melbourne High School students have also contributed to arts and culture. The school has produced a number of best-selling authors including Graeme Base the author of the Animalia series, Raimond Gaita a renowned author/philosopher, and Brett King, a respected author and innovator in the banking industry. The male members of the Australian band The Seekers – Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley – the creators of the now folk song I Am Australian, also attended Melbourne High School, as did two finalists in the popular reality television show Australian Idol in Thanh Bui and Dean Geyer. Geyer played Brodie Roberts in the hit TV Show Glee. A large number of famous Old Boys are featured around the school's corridors in the Distinguished Old Boys gallery. Cultural references Melbourne High School featured on Thank God You're Here on Wednesday, 27 May 2009, where the name of the school was replaced with Kevington Grammar but footage was taken of the school building and school students. Steven Spielberg's World War Two miniseries The Pacific, the follow-up to Band of Brothers, featured some footage of Melbourne High School, shot in December 2007. On 13 August 2010, the Year 12 students had their formal crashed by singer Katy Perry and DJ Ruby Rose. Lili Wilkinson's YA novel Pink is set in "The Billy Hughes School for Academic Excellence", a thinly veiled amalgamation of Melbourne High School and Mac.Robertson Girls High School based on the author's own experience of school theatre at the schools. See also List of government schools in Victoria Australian Army Cadets Australian Air Force Cadets Notes Who's Who of boys' school rankings: 1. Scotch College, Melbourne, 2.Melbourne Grammar School, 3.Melbourne High School, 4.Geelong Grammar School, 5.Sydney Boys High School, 6.Wesley College, 7.Shore, 8.Fort Street Boys' High, 9.North Sydney Boys High School, 10.Sydney Grammar School References Further reading External links Melbourne High School Website Melbourne High School Old Boys' Association Website Public high schools in Melbourne Boys' schools in Victoria (Australia) Educational institutions established in 1905 1905 establishments in Australia Selective schools in Victoria (Australia) Buildings and structures in the City of Stonnington Melbourne High School