Homebush Boys High School

Curriculum

Extra-curricular activities

• Drum corps – participates in the annual Burwood march, the Anzac Day march through the streets of central Sydney, the Sandakan service at Burwood Park and, more recently, the Strathfield Fair. Homebush Boys is renowned for an elite performing Drum Corps, run by the Music faculty.
• Chess Team – Senior, intermediate and junior chess teams compete every Friday afternoon against other schools in the area.
• Debating team - Homebush Boys has a strong tradition of debating, competing in major debating competitions in NSW.
• Mock United Nations
• Public speaking – including the Toastmasters challenge that the school participates in annually.
• Tournament of Minds
• Student Representative Council
• Prefect 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

• Clive Lucas OBE – Award-winning restoration architect

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

• 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
• Alan Pettigrew – Scientist; former vice-chancellor of the University of New England, formerly chief executive officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council
• Danny Stiel – Gastro-intestinal oncologist; member of AOC Medical Commission and formerly chief medical officer at the 2000 Sydney Olympics
• Geoffrey Vaughan – Emeritus professor of pharmaceutical chemistry and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Monash University formerly Australian Rugby Union representative player

• Ray Swinfield UK studio musician, played in Bond film themes & toured with leading singers & played in orchestra on Michael Parkinson TV show.
• Neil Armfield – Film and theatre director
• Paul Furniss – Jazz musician
• Alex Hood – Renowned entertainer, writer, actor and folk singer.

• Bohdan Bilinsky – Lawyer and legal academic, Fellow of Senate, University of Sydney and Honorary Fellow of the University.
• John Coates – Lawyer and businessman; president of the Australian Olympic Committee, member of the International Olympic Committee
• Bob Debus – 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
• Jim Lloyd former federal government minister

• Rodney Blake – Rugby union player for Australia and Queensland Reds
• Tim Brasher – Former Balmain Tigers NSWRL Player
• Gordon Bray – Sports commentator, journalist and writer.
• Tony Ford – Rugby league fullback with Western Suburbs DRLFC
• 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, sprinter
• Saxon White – former rugby union international.
• Jonah Bolden – Professional NBA 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
• Vincent Durick – Maths teacher; MLA for Lakemba, 1964–84, deceased 1996.
• Peter Philpott – English/history teacher; New South Wales and Australian cricketer
• Andrew Watson – Antarctic explorer who accompanied Douglas Mawson's 1911–14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, as a geologist and photographer was headmaster from 1946 to 1949