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Homebush Homebush is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Municipali ...

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high school for boys. It is in

, 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 A selective school is a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems and is the opposite of a comprehensive school, which accepts all s ...

on the Higher School Certificate results. The school has an enrolment of approximately 1208 students.

Curriculum

The school has nine faculties, being English, Mathematics, Science,

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, History, Music,

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, Art, Technical and Applied Studies and

PDHPE PDHPE (''Personal Development, Health and Physical Education'') is a subject in the New South Wales school curriculum. It is a compulsory subject in the K-10 curriculum, and available as an elective in years 11 and 12 and for the HSC in year 12. ...

. Homebush Boys is a consistent achiever in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) outcome, averaging 5–10 students achieving the Premier's Award every year. In 2004, a student named Martin Feng became the first Homebush Boy to score 100 in the

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(UAI).

Extra-curricular activities

*Drum corps – participates in the annual Burwood march, the

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march through the streets of central Sydney, the

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service at

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and, more recently, the

Strathfield Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Strathfield. A ...

Fair. Homebush Boys is renowned for an elite performing Drum Corps, run by the Music faculty. *

Chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

Team – Senior, intermediate and junior chess teams compete every Friday afternoon against other schools in the area. *

Debating Debate is a process that involves formal discourse on a particular topic, often including a Discussion moderator, moderator and audience. In a debate, arguments are put forward for often opposing viewpoints. Debates have historically occurred ...

team – Homebush Boys has a strong tradition of debating, competing in major debating competitions in NSW. *Mock United Nations *

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– including the

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challenge that the school participates in annually. *

Tournament of Minds Tournament of Minds (TOM) is an academic competition focusing on collaborative problem solving and critical thinking. It is open to both primary and secondary students in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and a number of other locations in A ...

* Student Representative Council *

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body *Volunteering opportunities – Homebush Boys students have frequently received John Lincoln Youth Community Service Award from the NSW Order of Australia branch, including in 2017 and 2019.

Notable alumni

;Entrepreneurial *

John Symond John Joseph Symond (born 17 August 1947) is an Australian entrepreneur, former financial executive, and the founder of Aussie Home Loans. Early life Symond was born on 17 August 1947 in Crookwell, New South Wales and raised in Sydney. He sp ...

AM – Businessman; chief executive "Aussie Home Loans", Wynhausen, Elisabethbr>No crisis for the optimist
''The Australian'' 13 December 2008 ;Science and education *

Lionel Gilbert Lionel Arthur Gilbert CF (8 December 1924 – 28 January 2015) was an Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer, specializing in applied, natural, and local history. Born in Burwood, New South Wales, he studied at Syd ...

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) *Alan Pettigrew – Scientist; former vice-chancellor of the University of New England (2006–2009), formerly (to 2005) chief executive officer of the

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*Danny Stiel – Gastro-intestinal

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; member of

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Medical Commission and formerly chief medical officer at the

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Geoffrey Vaughan Geoffrey Norman Vaughan (9 April 1933 – 4 January 2018) was an Australian rugby union player, a national representative prop forward of the 1950s. Vaughan was born in Sydney and claimed a total of 6 international rugby caps for Australia. He ...

– Emeritus professor of pharmaceutical chemistry and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (1990–92) of

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formerly Australian Rugby Union representative player ;Entertainment and the arts *

Neil Armfield Neil Geoffrey Armfield (born 22 April 1955) is an Australian director of theatre, film and opera. Biography Born in Sydney, Armfield is the third and youngest son of Len, a factory worker at the nearby Arnott's Biscuits factory and Nita Armf ...

– Film and theatre director * Paul Furniss – Jazz musician *

Alex Hood Alexander Stewart Ferguson "Alex" Hood (born 1935) is an Australian folk singer, writer, actor, children's entertainer/educator and folklorist. It is not known whether the vocals used were new recordings, or were recordings already available on p ...

– Renowned entertainer, writer, actor and folk singer. ;Politics and law *Bohdan Bilinsky – Lawyer and legal academic, Fellow of Senate,

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and Honorary Fellow of the university.Homebush School Magazine, 1958
p. 11. Accessed 26 August 2013 * John Coates – Lawyer and businessman; president of the

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, member of the

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Homebush Boys’ High, NSW
on ''Famous alumni on Latham's hit list'' at Crikey.com *

Bob Debus Robert John Debus (born 16 September 1943) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lo ...

– Former NSW attorney-general and environment minister; Former federal home-affairs minister *Roderick Howie – Lawyer and jurist; judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales *

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former federal government minister ;Sport *

Rodney Blake Rodney Blake (born 29 April 1983) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer. He played as a prop in Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds and Melbourne Rebels, and played for Bayonne in the Top 14 in France. He is sometimes referred ...

–

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player for

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and

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Jonah Bolden Jonah Anthony Bolden (born 2 January 1996) is an Australian-American former professional basketball player. He started his professional career with FMP in Serbia, where he was named the ABA League Top Prospect in 2017. He played a season-and-a- ...

(born 1996) – basketball player *

Tim Brasher Timothy Brasher is an Australian former rugby league footballer who primarily played as a in the 1990s and 2000s. He began his career with the Balmain Tigers, where he played the majority of his career. He then moved to the South Sydney Rabbit ...

– Former

Balmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers (also known as the Sydney Tigers from 1995–96) are a rugby league club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in t ...

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Player * Gordon Bray – Sports commentator, journalist and writer. *Tony Ford –

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fullback with Western Suburbs DRLFC * Bob Howe – tennis player who won five doubles Grand Slam and four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. *

Phillip Hughes Phillip Joel Hughes (30 November 1988 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who play ...

– NSW and Australian cricketer. *

Mitchell Starc Mitchell Aaron Starc (born 30 January 1990) is an Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket. A left-arm fast bowler and a lower order left-handed batsman, Starc repre ...

– NSW and Australian cricketer *

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– Rugby union and

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player; international representative in both codes and former captain Western Suburbs DRLFC and

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rugby league teams *

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– Swimming coach * Peter Vassella - Olympian (1964), sprinter * Saxon White – former rugby union international (

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). *

– Professional

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basketball player

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.Death Of Vincent Patrick Durick, A Former Member Of The Legislative Assembly
at NSW Legislative Assembly Hansard, 16 April 1996 *

Peter Philpott Peter Ian Philpott (21 November 1934 – 31 October 2021) was an Australian cricketer. He was a leg-spin bowler and middle order batsman who played for New South Wales and the national team in the 1960s. More recently, he was known as a coa ...

– English/history teacher; New South Wales and Australian cricketer *Andrew Watson – Antarctic explorer who accompanied

Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during ...

's 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, as a geologist and photographer, was headmaster from 1946 to 1949.Price, Barry

References

External links

School Website
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