Homebush Boys High School, founded in 1936, is a public high school for boys. It is in Homebush, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Formerly a selective high school, in 2006 Homebush Boys was regarded as one of the academically best-performing comprehensive schools, and has, in the past, been ranked above selective schools on the Higher School Certificate results.

The school has an enrolment of approximately 1208 students.

Notable alumni

Entrepreneurial

  • John Symond AM – Businessman; chief executive "Aussie Home Loans",

Science and education

  • Lionel Gilbert OAM – author and historian specializing in natural, applied, and local history.
  • Stephen Leeder – Medical scientist; Former dean of Medicine at the University of Sydney (1996–2002)

Entertainment and the arts

  • Neil Armfield – Film and theatre director
  • Alex Hood – Renowned entertainer, writer, actor and folk singer.

Politics and law

  • John Coates – Lawyer and businessman; president of the Australian Olympic Committee, member of the International Olympic Committee and environment minister; Former federal home-affairs minister
  • Jim Lloyd
  • Jonah Bolden (born 1996) – basketball player
  • Tim Brasher – Former Balmain Tigers NSWRL Player
  • Gordon Bray – Sports commentator, journalist and writer.
  • Bob Howe – tennis player who won five doubles Grand Slam and four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles.
  • Phillip Hughes – NSW and Australian cricketer.
  • Mitchell Starc – NSW and Australian cricketer
  • Arthur Summons – Rugby union and rugby league player; international representative in both codes and former captain Western Suburbs DRLFC and Australian rugby league teams
  • Don Talbot – Swimming coach
  • Peter Vassella – Olympian (1964), sprinter
  • Jonah Bolden – Professional NBA basketball player

Other

  • Andrew Chan (1984-2015) – drug trafficker who was sentenced to death in 2015

Notable former staff

  • Dave Anderson – Australian Olympic oarsman in 1952 and 1956. Rowed King's Cup 1950, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57; Henley 1952; New Zealand 1951; and was in winning coxed-fours crew at Empire Games, 1954
  • Darrel Chapman – Representative rugby league player (Australia and NSW), team captain of South Sydney between 1961 and 1964, subsequently lectured in sports sciences at Southern Cross University taught physical education 1963.
  • Vincent Durick – Maths teacher; MLA for Lakemba, 1964–84, deceased 1996.
  • Peter Philpott – English/history teacher; New South Wales and Australian cricketer

Principals

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|William Roberts

|1936 - 1945

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|K. Hannay

|1945 - 1946<br>(Acting)

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|Andrew D. Watson

|1946 - 1949

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|Robert A. Golding

|1950 - 1958

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|Richard T. W. Jane

|1959 - 1964

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|Kevin J. Myers

|1965 - 1973

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|J. R. Kelly

|1974 - 1975

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|W. E. Barry

|1976 - 1978

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|Douglas Thornton

|1979 - 1984

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|Malcolm Brown

|1985 - 1990

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|Brian Greene

|1991 - 1998

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|Ian Patterson

|1999 - 2009

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|Tim Jurd

|2010 -

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|John G. Kennedy

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See also

  • List of Government schools in New South Wales

References

  • School Website