Jackomos Hall

Jackomos Hall is a modern five-storey building that is home to 300 residents. There are 10 accessible rooms in Jackomos Hall and general accessibility features throughout the building.

Jackomos Hall is designed to achieve a Five Star Green Building Council of Australia rating - an Australian excellence award in environmentally friendly design.

Check out the map showing the location of Jackomos Hall.

Jackomos Hall Floor Plan

This shows a typical floor plan in Jackomos Hall, with some of the shared common areas accessible to our residents highlighted.
Studio Apartment Layout

Standard Studio Apartments, and Accessible Studio Apartments are fully furnished ready for you to make yourself at home.


300 residents 5 floors	15 washers 15 dryers	Accessible rooms

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Your Room

You'll have your own 20sqm room with:

A king single bed and bedside table
A built-in desk, chair and shelving
VOIP telephone and 1GB/sec internet access
A kitchen area with a microwave, two hot plates, overhead fan, 250 litre refrigerator, sink, bench space and pantry
Fully equipped en-suite bathroom
Wardrobe and drawers
Hydronic heating and overhead fan
Smoke alarm, automatic sprinkler, locks on all doors and windows
Clothes airer (drying rack)

Shared Facilities

As well as your room, you will have access to the shared facilities of Jackomos Hall:

Common Room
Floor Lounges on each floor
Games Room
Table tennis and Pool Tables
Music Rehearsal Rooms
Outdoor BBQ area & Veggie Garden

As part of the campus, MRS is supported by the University's security services, with security assistance on hand 24/7 - but we also have dedicated ‘MRS’ services personnel on site each night at Clayton to assist all residents and to ensure safety and security. Here are some of the other ways we keep everyone safe:

MRS is part of the University Respect Now Always initiative and mobile app.
Only residents have access to their hall (via proxy card or security key access)
All rooms have their own lock for added privacy
All halls and rooms have smoke alarms and fire-safety equipment which are checked regularly
On-Campus Security personnel can escort you to your residence if you’re returning late at night - and security staff are based in or close to the residences
We run fire safety inductions and regular drills
Our Residential Support Teams are made up of senior Monash University staff and student leaders who live in each hall to support each resident. They are trained to understand the special needs of younger students living away from home for the first time.
Residential Support Team members have first-aid training, mental health first-aid training and all are required to have a Working With Children Check.

A safe environment requires cooperation from everyone in the residential community, which is why our Conditions of Residency includes a number of security initiatives and responsibilities.

Mascot and flag

Jackomos Hall's official colour is red and the mascot is a long neck turtle - a totem of the Yorta Yorta people. During sporting events, intra and inter hall events we will proudly wear our colours in support of our fellow turtles.

Residential Support Team

Our live-in Residential Support Team (RST) offers guidance and support; they're dedicated to making sure you're comfortable with all aspects of campus life and you're included in the fun.

The RST provides academic-support programs, sporting, social and cultural events and they have arranged an events calendar packed with fun so you get all the fantastic social aspects of residential living, as well as your privacy.

Jackomos Hall's history

Mrs Merle Jackomos OAM photograph

Mrs Merle Jackomos OAM (nee Morgan)
1929-2019

Jackomos Hall is named in honour and recognition of Mrs Merle Jackomos OAM.

Merle Jackomos OAM has tribal connections with the Yorta Yorta Nation. She was born on 13 June 1929 and grew up at Cummeragunja Mission near Echuca in New South Wales. Her ancestral totem is the Long Neck Turtle. During the famous walk-off from Cummeragunja of Aboriginal people who crossed into Victoria in 1939, Merle and her family were amongst those who stayed to make sure that the mission was not closed and sold off by the government.

Merle married Alick Jackomos, the son of Greek immigrants, in 1951 and together they had three children, Esmai, Andrew and Michael who have all made a significant contribution to the Aboriginal community. The love of her life, Alick passed away in 1999.

Merle became very involved with the Aborigines Advancement League of Victoria and with the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders with her husband Alick. She helped found the National Aboriginal and Islander Women's Council with Aunty Geraldine Briggs, and of which she became Victorian vice-president. Merle, along with a small group of Victorian Aboriginal women, lobbied tirelessly to establish numerous services for Aboriginal people; including the Aboriginal Elders Community Services, Aboriginal Legal Service, Aboriginal Women's Refuge and Aboriginal Health Service.

In 1972 she was elected to the Victorian Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Council. She was later appointed a director of Aboriginal Hostels Ltd, and in 1981 was elected to the National Aboriginal Conference (NAC), a position she held until its abolition in 1985. In 1977, Merle represented Australia with other Aboriginal people, at the FESTAC festival in Nigeria.

Mrs Merle Jackomos was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1987 for service to Aboriginal welfare.

Acknowledgement: This text was provided by Ms. Esmai Manahan, daughter of Mrs Merle Jackomos OAM