The Monash Whites football team was established in 1964 and is located in
Clayton, Victoria
Clayton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District,Australia. The club competed under its own name in the
Victorian Amateur Football Association
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up until the 2000 season. From the 2001 season onwards the club has competed as the "thirds" for the
Monash Blues Football Club
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Monash University
Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university h ...
opened its doors in 1961 and in the University's second year,
Monash Blues Football Club
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entered the
Victorian Amateur Football Association
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(VAFA).
In 1964, the Football Club established a second team, which commenced in the newly created VAFA F Section, a grade that did not require a reserves side. The original team, by then playing in C Section, played as the Monash Blues whilst the new team took the name Monash Whites. After only two seasons the Whites went into a five-year hiatus, along with the F Section competition itself.
Monash Blues gained promotion to A Section by 1969 and, "in an effort to expand and field a greater number of teams in order to hold and develop players within the club", the Whites were resurrected by the Monash Blues Football Club in 1971 and returned to F Section.
After early success, both Monash sides struggled in the late 1970s leading to a split at the end of the 1979 season.
The Whites continued as a stand-alone club until 2000 when it again merged with the
Monash Blues Football Club
The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. It consists of seven senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division 4.
In addition there ...
, its original partner. The Whites now play as the Monash Blues' Club XVIII side in the
Victorian Amateur Football Association
The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It consists of seven senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division ...
.
In its thirty-two years of competition the Monash Whites participated in fourteen senior finals series, finishing fourth on four occasions, third six times, runners-up twice and champions twice.