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North Sydney Boys High School

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North Sydney Boys High School is a public, selective high school for years 7-12 on Sydney's North Shore, established in 1915. It is situated on the corner of Falcon Street and Miller Street, Crows Nest.

In the 1960s it was noted for strong NSW Leaving Certificate exam results. North Sydney still performs well in Higher School Certificate results; in the 2004 NSW Higher School Certificate, North Sydney was the top ranked boy-only public school.

Old Boys (Also Known As 'Old Falconians')

Notable alumni of North Sydney Boys High School include:

  • Allan Border and Ian Craig, Test Cricket Captains;
  • Arthur Bishop, inventor of differential steering used in vehicles throughout the world;
  • Admiral Michael Hudson, Chief of Naval Staff;
  • Admiral Chris Barrie, Chief of Defence Force;
  • Rear-Admiral Peter Sinclair, Governor of NSW;
  • Archbishops of Sydney Sir Marcus Loane and Donald Robinson;
  • TV personalities Peter Overton, Mike Gibson and Dr James Wright;
  • Wallabies Rod Phelps, Rob Heming, Frank O'Brien, Ron Meadows, Jim Cross, Andy Stewart, Eric Hutchinson, Roger Cornforth;
  • Rugby League Internationals Frank Stanton, Herman Peters, Greg Florimo, Don McKinnon;
  • Olympians Keith Kirkland, Spenser Grace, John Treloar, Alex Watson, Mark Bethwaite;
  • Brigadier Sir Frederick Chilton, 100-year-old leader of the Sydney Anzac Day march;
  • Cellist Nathan Waks;
  • Kerry Sibraa, President of Australian Senate;
  • Poets Martin Johnson and Bob Adamson;
  • Sir Raymond Purves, industrialist;
  • Ben Hinshelwood, Scottish Rugby international;
  • Major-Generals Engel, Ford, Wilson, Hellstrom, Finlay and Simpson;
  • Brigadiers McAlister, Campbell, Charlesworth, Ermert, Stevens, Forward, Hanlin, Salmon, D'Hage;
  • Air Vice Marshals Neil, Frost, Scully and Ramsay-Rae of RAF;
  • Rear-Admirals Dovers and Crawford;
  • Air Commodores Steege and Greenaway;
  • Naval Commodores Cooper, Berger and Rayment;
  • Tom Roper, Victorian Treasurer;
  • Paul Brickhill, author of The Great Escape;
  • Ken G. Hall, first Australian to win an Oscar;
  • Graham Keating, World Champion Town Crier;
  • Politicians Peter Baume, Michael Baume, Peter Coleman, Sir Alan Hulme and F M Osborne;
  • Bill Waterhouse, bookmaking king;
  • Maurice Newman, Stock Exchange Chairman;
  • Mark Rayner, Chairman National Australia Bank;
  • Man of steel John Prescott, Chief Executive of BHP;
  • Peter Philpott and Graeme Hole, Test cricketers;
  • Bjarne Halvorsen, original designer of the golden Wallaby jersey;
  • Sir Vernon Christie, Speaker of Victorian Parliament;
  • Judges Sir Frank Kitto, Sir John Moore, Allen, Begg, Conti, Court, Goldring, Fox, Purdy, Roder, Emmett, Brownie, McClemens, Roper, Grogan, Conybeare, Moffitt, James, Levine, Nash, Ward, Raphael, Staff, Marks, Robson, Hutley, Philip Evatt and Baragry;
  • High Commissioner in London Phillip Flood;
  • Professors Dobson and Adams, both of Oxford and Fellows of the British Academy;
  • Professor Stuart Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society;
  • Rhodes Scholars Professor Don Melrose, Michael Fullilove, Marc de Rosnay;
  • Eric Gowing, Bishop of Auckland;
  • Clive Kerle, Bishop of Armidale;
  • Sir Kempson Maddox and Sir Thomas Greenaway, eminent medicos;
  • Sir Anthony O C Trollope and Sir Anthony S Trollope, Sir Robert Gordon, Baronets;
  • Dr John Vallance, Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School;
  • Trevor McCaskill, Headmaster of Barker College;
  • Dr Lionel Wilson, President of Australian Medical Association;
  • Professor Cheviot Kidson, Director of Queensland Institute of Medical Research;
  • Dato Tom Critchley, High Commissioner in PNG;
  • Hugh Hudson, Deputy Premier of South Australia;
  • Sir Oscar Meyer, engineer of Westgate Bridge;
  • Sir Robert Madgwick, Chairman of ABC;
  • Dr Gilbert Phillips, neurosurgeon rushed from England to Austria to try to save American General Patton;
  • Lex Marinos, comedian;
  • Professor Ted Wolfers, adviser to PNG Government and broker of Bougainville Peace Accord;
  • Winston O'Reilly, President of Uniting Church;
  • Dr Bob Connell, Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard;
  • Architect John Andrews, designer of the Toronto Tower, the world's tallest concrete structure;
  • Sir Lincoln Hynes, who once bowled Donald Bradman for a duck in the Sheffield Shield;
  • Professor Arthur Delbridge, Editor of The Macquarie Dictionary;
  • Chris Noonan, the film director who saw the potential in casting a little pig as a sheepdog (Babe);
  • Howard Purnell QC, the only barrister to argue and win two High Court appeals on the same day;
  • Professor John Prineas, world's foremost authority on Multiple Sclerosis;
  • Vladimir Pleshakov, American concert pianist;
  • Kanga Birtles, international yachtsman who in 1999 set the record for the fastest non-stop circumnavigation of Australia;
  • Professor Michael Stone of The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, one of the official editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls;
  • His brother Dr Jonathan Stone, Challis Professor of Anatomy at Sydney University;
  • Sydney University Medical Professors John Read, Chris Tennant, Martin Silink, Paul Vincent, Phillip Sambrook, Lloyd Ibels, John Yeo and John Overton;
  • American venture capitalist Ian Bund

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