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APPLY NOWThrough our Year 7-8 school and boarding program, our Senior Boarding Houses and our Pathways Program, MITS supports young Indigenous people as they pursue away-from-home schooling in Melbourne.
Chief Executive Officer
Head of Boarding and Wellbeing
Principal
Boarding Manager (Senior Girls)
Boarding Manager (Senior Fellas)
Development Manager
Transition Manager
Executive Support
Head of Strategy
Head of Teaching and Learning
Learning & Careers Mentor
People and Capability Manager
Alumni Transition Manager
Student Counsellor
Facilities Manager
Boarding Coordinator
Boarding Coordinator
Teacher
Student Wellbeing Coordinator
Learning & Careers Mentor
Assistant Boarding Manager (Year 7)
Head Chef
Teacher
Assistant Boarding Manager (Senior girls)
Boarding Coordinator
Boarding Coordinator
Assistant Accountant
Boarding Coordinator
Boarding Coordinator
Assistant Boarding Manager (Senior fellas)
Assistant Boarding Manager (Senior girls)
Education Support Officer
Operations Coordinator
Senior Boarding Coordinator
Commis Chef
Located inside the Richmond Football Club, our school provides a highly differentiated Year 7 and 8 learning program which celebrates Indigenous cultures and enables each student to grow academically, socially and emotionally.
Through partnerships with organisations including Melbourne Uni Science Faculty, Bangarra Dance Company, the Monash University Museum of Art and many more, our students participate in a vibrant curriculum which makes the most of the opportunities and excitement of Melbourne. Wellbeing sits at the core of our school program and every student is supported to ensure their physical, social, emotional and cultural wellbeing is strong.
With a fire pit and yarning circle at its heart, our Year 7 Boarding House is a warm, culturally safe place designed to feel like a family home.
Located on Richmond Hill, our Boarding House is staffed by an expert team, many of whom are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. Our students enjoy a rich program of weekend and after school activities including weekend excursions to the beach, museums and cultural events, camping trips on country and AFL with Richmond Junior Football Club. Our students complete homework three nights a week and prepare their own breakfasts and lunches each day.
Our students and families tell us that they want to attend the best schools in Melbourne while remaining strong in their culture and surrounded by their peers. Our Senior Boarding Houses allow our students to live in a MITS-run boarding house throughout their high school years.
Our three Senior Boarding Houses are located on Richmond Hill, a short walk from our Year 7 Boarding House and close to trains and trams. Our Year 8 MITS students live in these houses, along with our Years 9-12 students who attend one of our Melbourne Pathways Schools each day.
Virtual tour of our 371 Church St boarding house
MITS is made possible through partnerships with charitable trusts, foundations and donors, with corporate pro bono supporters, with community organisations and many other supporters.
In 2023 MITS opened a fourth boarding house at 371 Church St, completing our connected community of 100 beds across Richmond Hill. We also established our Year 8 school program, meaning students now spend two years studying at MITS.
Download PDFIn 2022 MITS opened its third boarding house on Richmond Hill at 364 Church St, and began construction of its fourth at 371 Church St. We also prepared to launch our Year 8 program and students relished the joy of Melbourne life post-COVID.
Download PDFDespite the continuing challenges presented by the COVID 19 pandemic, 2021 was another highly successful year for our MITS students, our alumni and for our organisation.
Download PDFWe are always keen to hear from prospective families, parents and students, interested supporters and new partners. To contact us, please complete the form below.
Edward is the founding CEO of MITS, where he has been responsible for the establishment, strategic direction, and growth of the organisation. Prior to MITS, Edward was a mergers & acquisitions lawyer with law firm King & Wood Mallesons, where he completed secondments to KWM’s Beijing office and to Leighton Holdings.
Edward is a 2017 Jack Brockhoff Foundation Churchill Fellow, having studied organizations supporting the transition of young Indigenous people into mainstream educational opportunities across New Zealand, Canada, the USA and Finland. In 2019 he attended Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management as a Harvard Club of Victoria Non-Profit Fellow and in 2021 he completed the McKinsey & Company Executive Leadership Program as a Not-for-Profit scholarship recipient.
Edward graduated from the University of Melbourne with a combined Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Hons). He is a member of the MITS Executive and Leadership Teams.
