THISTLELONIANS

Established in 1994, the Thistlelonians Association strives to provide an ongoing meaningful connection between the College and past and present staff and students.
All of our fundraising endeavours are proudly channeled direclty back to the College.
Geoff Woolnough
Thistlelonians President
THISTLELONIANS CONTACT DETAILS
Thistlelonians inc.
Phone: (03) 8520 9092
E-Mail: thistle@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
Mail: Attention: Thistlelonians,
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Road, McKinnon, VIC 3204
GRAND REUNION 2025
Save the date! The 2025 Grand Reunion will be held at the McKinnon Road Campus on Saturday, 25 October, and will encompass ex-students and staff from the following years: 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015, and 2020.
We’d love your support! Share with your classmates and come along to enjoy this exciting event. More details coming soon!
We hope to see you there!
THISTLELONIAN MAGAZINE
The Thistlelonian Committee is delighted to present our 2024 Magazine. We hope you enjoy it.
STAY CONNECTED
We’d love our alumni to connect with us on any of the following platforms:
Are you a McKinnon Secondary College Alumni on LinkedIn? If so, we’d love you to update the education section of your LinkedIn profile to include the McKinnon Secondary College LinkedIn page.
Our college LinkedIn page includes an ‘alumni’ tab, and once you've added McKinnon Secondary College to the education section of your profile, you will be added to the alumni on our official page.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Currently performing as a Soul Singer in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Princess Theatre, Danielle Matthews (Class of 2001) is a celebrated cabaret and recording artist.
Her career highlights include leading roles in musical theatre, national concert performances, television appearances, and singing the National Anthem at the MCG. Danielle is also the Co-Artistic Director of the award-winning Choir of Hard Knocks, a popular content creator, and has featured on the in-game soundtracks of major video game franchises.
At McKinnon, Danielle played Velma Kelly in the 2001 school production of Chicago and was a member of the Senior School Leadership team.
Congratulations Danielle! We’re so proud to follow your continued success.
UNIFORM DISPLAY
We now have a permanent display space for our uniform collection featuring uniforms from the 1950's to the present day located in the MERC at Main Campus.
If you find any school memorabilia at home (or a family member’s) that you’re happy to part with, please contact Melanie Lynch at the College or email thistle@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au.
We’d love to preserve these pieces of McKinnon’s history.