Ashfield Boys High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Ashfield Boys High School
| image = Ashfield Boys High School logo.png
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| motto = Here We Decide
| location = 117 Liverpool Road, Ashfield,
Inner Western Sydney
| country = Australia
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| type = Government-funded comprehensive single-sex secondary day school
| gender = Boys
| educational_authority = New South Wales Department of Education
| oversight = NSW Education Standards Authority
| principal = Dwayne Hopwood
| established = {{start date and age|1962}}
| grades_label = Years
| colours = Grey, black and white {{color box|grey}}{{color box|black}}{{color box|white}}
| enrolment = 771
| enrolment_as_of = 2023
| teaching_staff = 55.5 FTE (2023){{cite web |url=https://www.myschool.edu.au/school/41189 |title=Ashfield Boys High School, Ashfield, NSW: School profile |work=My School |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |date=2024 |access-date=17 August 2024 }}
| district = Canterbury; Regional South
| campus = Suburban
| homepage = {{URL|ashfieldbo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}
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Ashfield Boys High School is a government-funded comprehensive single-sex secondary school for boys, located on Liverpool Road, in Ashfield, an inner western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1962, the school had 771 enrollments in 2023, of whom two percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 64 percent as being from a language background other than English.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |title=Master dataset: NSW government school locations and student enrolment numbers |url=https://data.cese.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-public-schools-master-dataset |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=NSW Education Data Hub |publisher=NSW Department of Education}} The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority; the principal is Dwayne Hopwood.
The High school had two names before Ashfield Boys High School, Ashfield Superior School and Ashfield Superior Technical School.
History
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Part of the school land area was once used by the Australian Army.{{Citation needed|date=January 2015}} The land (gym and sheds) have since been acquired by the school and the site rebuilt.
The Drill Hall was built in the 1800s and was home to the local citizen militia and other volunteer military units. In 1913 the land was acquired by the Department of Defence as the Ashfield Corps continued to grow. In 1915 it was the second to last stop for the Gilgandra Rifle Club on their Cooee March before 240 men were sent to war. In 1939 the Army sheds were built to house armoured vehicles (25 in total). The last company to be stationed at the depot were the 3 Company Royal Australian Army Service Corps Infantry Division, leaving in the 1960s.
= Royal visit =
On 4 November 2014, His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, then The Earl of Wessex, visited Ashfield Boys High School. The visit was to mark the 50th anniversary of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award in Australia. The Prince met with students from eight Sydney inner west schools.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/inner-west/his-royal-highness-prince-edward-earl-of-wessex-visits-students-at-ashfield-boys-high-school/news-story/72280df419cc2f59679d1439354eaa38|title=Students meet 'down to earth' prince|website=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|access-date=19 November 2017}}
Notable alumni
- Craig Alexander{{spaced endash}}ironman; three-times Hawaiian Ironman world champion (2008, 2009 & 2011){{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Craig|title=Craig Alexander|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/craig-alexander/10/4b4/2a9|website=Linkedin|access-date=15 July 2014}}
- Graeme Innes {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}}{{spaced endash}}Commissioner responsible for disability discrimination for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission{{cite encyclopedia| editor = Pearce, Suzannah |encyclopedia = Who's Who in Business Live!| title = INNES Graeme| date = 1 November 2006| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic}}
- Keaon Koloamatangi{{spaced endash}}South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league player{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Principal's Report |url=https://ashfieldbo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/a/ashfieldbo-h/newsletter/2020/6/Ashtag_Term_2__Week_6__20201.pdf |access-date=7 August 2023 |website=#ASHTAG}}
- Salesi Ma'afu{{spaced endash}}rugby union player; played with the Wallabies{{Cite web |title=Ratu Salesi Liueli Ma'afu {{!}} Player Profile {{!}} Classic Wallabies |url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/ratu-salesi-liueli-ma-afu |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=classicwallabies.com.au}}
- Daniel Neurath – musician (Sticky Fingers){{Cite book |last=Groom |first=Nelson |title=Belly of the Beast: On the Road With Sticky Fingers |publisher=Westway Collective |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-646-86635-2 |location=Marrickville, NSW |publication-date=2023 |pages=81, 147 |language=English}}
- Dirk Wellham{{spaced endash}}cricketer; played with the Australia cricket team and captained the NSW cricket team{{Cite web |title=Dirk Wellham – help others perform well |url=https://stumptostump.com/westernsuburbscricketclubsydney-o__ZTVB7/dirkwellhamhelpothersperformwell-s__fdrI |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=stumptostump.com}}
- Angus Young{{spaced endash}}lead guitarist for Australian rock band AC/DC, known for wearing the Ashfield Boys High School uniform on stage{{cite web|last1=Cashmere|first1=Paul|title=AC/DC – The Undercover Interview|url=http://www.undercover.fm/news/6533-ac-dc-the-undercover-interview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226014031/http://www.undercover.fm/news/6533-ac-dc-the-undercover-interview|url-status=usurped|archive-date=26 December 2010|website=Undercover: Your daily music fix|access-date=15 July 2014}}
- Malcolm Young{{spaced endash}}former rhythm guitarist for the Australian rock band AC/DC{{cite web|last1=Identity |first1=Colourful Sydney |title=Angus & Malcolm Young |url=http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/the-bridge/features/2017/angus-and-malcolm-young |website=TimeOut Sydney |publisher=TimeOut |access-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716032553/http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/the-bridge/features/2017/angus-and-malcolm-young |archive-date=16 July 2014 }}
- Allan Alaalatoa - Rugby Union player; played and captained for the Wallabies{{Cite web |title=Allan Alaalatoa {{!}} Player Profile {{!}} Wallabies Rugby |url=https://wallabies.rugby/players/allan-alaalatoa/2035 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=wallabies.rugby |language=en}}
See also
{{Portal|New South Wales|Schools}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://ashfieldbo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au}}
{{High Schools in Sydney}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Public high schools in Sydney
Category:Boys' schools in New South Wales
Category:Educational institutions established in 1962
Category:1962 establishments in Australia