Picnic Point High School is a government high school located in the suburb of

Picnic Point, New South Wales Picnic Point, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of South-western Sydney region . Picnic ...

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. The school has approximately 1000 students in Years 7 to 12. It prepares students for the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in Year 12, and the

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for those students who leave school before attaining the HSC. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday, 31 March 2012.

Notable alumni

* Rod Bowercricketer; represented NSW and Tasmania *

Lachlan Burr Lachlan Burr (born 27 September 1992) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as a and for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Gold Coast Ti ...

rugby league player; played with the

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Ashleigh Gardner Ashleigh Katherine Gardner (born 15 April 1997) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for the national women's team as an all-rounder. A right-handed batter and right-arm off spinner, Gardner also plays for New South Wales in the Wome ...

cricketer; member of the national women's team *

Jarrad Hickey Jarrad Hickey (born 7 May 1985) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Wakefield Trinity, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Background Hickey was born in Sydne ...

rugby league player; played with the

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* Peter JonesAustralian naval officer; Vice-Admiral * Cameron Phelpsrugby league player with Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and

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* Peter Smithrugby league player with Canterbury-Bankstown, South Sydney and Gold Coast

Notable current and former staff

* Alan Ashtonmember of the

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(1999–2011) *

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coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs rugby league team * John Murray

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* Geoff SmithAustralian decathlon champion

Notable alumni

Notable current and former staff

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