This is a list of notable Old Falconians, alumni of North Sydney Boys High School. The Old Falconians Union is the alumni body of the school. The name "Old Falconians" is derived from Falcon Street which is the address of the school. All pupils who once attended the school are considered a part of the union, even if they were only on the roll for a short amount of time.
Politics Mark Aarons former political adviser to NSW Labor Premier Bob Carr, journalist, author and activistNSBHS HSC 1969Excerpt from page 104 of A History of the Democratic Socialist Party and the Resistance, Volume I by John Percy: "……….. Alan Tomlinson, one of the more conservative students in HSSAWV, who went to the same school as Mark Aarons, North Sydney Boys High, and ……." (This is accessible on internet) John Armitage Deputy Speaker of the Australian Parliament, Federal Member for Mitchell (1961–63) and Chifley (1969–83) Michael Baume Federal Member for Macarthur (1975–1983), NSW Senator (1985–1996) Professor Peter Baume NSW Senator (1974–1991), Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1980-1982), Federal Health Minister (1982), Federal Education Minister (1982-1983), Chancellor of Australian National University (1994–2005) Sir Vernon Christie Victorian Member for Ivanhoe (1955-1973), Speaker of Victorian Parliament (1967–73)Sydney Morning Herald of Monday 19 January 1925 records Intermediate Certificate passes from North Sydney boys High and included is name of Vernon Howard Christie with pass of IB 2B 4B BA GA 7A OB 10A Peter Coleman NSW Member for Fuller (1968–1978), Leader of the NSW Opposition (1977–1978), Federal Member for Wentworth (1981–1987), editor of The Bulletin Alan Hulme Federal Member for Petrie (1949-1961, 1963-1972), Federal Vice-President of the Executive Council (1966-1972), Postmaster-General of Australia (1963-1972) Frederick Osborne Federal Member for Evans (1949-1961 Michael Richardson NSW Member for The Hills (1993-2007), NSW Member for Castle Hill (2007-2011)p. 377 Contemporary Australians 1995/96 Tom Roper Victorian Member for Brunswick West (1973-1976), Victorian Member for Brunswick (1976-1992), Victorian Member for Coburg (1992-1994), Victorian Treasurer (1990–1992) Kerry Sibraa NSW Senator (1975–1994), President of Australian Senate (1987–1994)p. 775 Who's Who in Australia 1985, director of Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Limited and patron, life member and director of Manly-Warringah Rugby League Football Club Limited
Law Justice Colin Begg Judge of NSW Supreme Court (1964-1984), Chief Judge at Common Law (1983–84), also attended Sydney Grammar School Justice Richard Conti Judge of Federal Court of Australia (2000-2007)NSBHS LC 1954 Justice Arthur Emmett Judge of the Federal Court of Australia (1997-2013), Judge of the New South Wales Court of Appeal (2013-2015) The Right Honourable Sir Frank Kitto Justice of the High Court of Australia (1950–1970), Chancellor of University of New England (1970-1981), inaugural Chairman of the Australian Press Council (1976-1982) Professor Ted McWhinney Canadian lawyer specialising in Canadian constitution law and international law, Professor of International Law at Simon Fraser University, Canadian Member for Vancouver Quadra (1993-2000) Justice Athol Moffitt Judge of NSW Supreme Court (1959, 1962-1984), President of NSW Court of Appeal (1974-1984), known for the Moffitt Royal Commission Justice Sir John Moore President of Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (1973-1985)
Religion Eric Austin Gowing Anglican Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand (1960-1978) Rupert Grove solicitor and a prominent Methodist and Uniting Church layman Clive Kerle Anglican Bishop coadjutor of Sydney (1956-1965), Anglican Bishop of Armidale (1965-1976) Sir Marcus Loane debut native-born Anglican Archbishop of Sydney (1966–1982), Anglican Primate of Australia (1978–1981) (also attended King's School)p. 527 Who's Who in Australia – note: Does not mention attendance at NSBHS; note: at that time full high school course lasted 4 years, He passed Intermediate Certificate after 2 years at NSBHS and that fact was published in Sydney Morning Herald under heading NSBHSIn 1966 Southern Cross, newspaper of Sydney Anglican Diocese, reported the newly appointed Archbishop M L Loane was educated at "North Sydney Boys' High School and Kings School, Parramatta; also mentioned at page 55 of History of North Sydney High School 1912–1962"Pupil No 1522 on NSBHS Roll Rev Winston O'Reilly President-General of the Methodist Church of Australasia (1972–74), former Principal of Methodist Ladies' College, Burwood (1960-1965) Most Rev Donald Robinson Anglican Archbishop of Sydney (1982-1992) (also attended SCEGS)1955 Societas Magazine of Moore Theological College contains a biography of Donald William Bradley Robinson. p. 17 states: "Leaving Chatswood School, he commenced his secondary education at North Sydney Boys' High School. It was here that Donald started Greek – this was to prove most valuable in the years to come. .... The next year found D.W.B. at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, entering on the Archbishop's Scholarship for Clergy sons." James Udy an Australian Uniting Church minister, Master of Wesley College, University of Sydney and author
Public service John Brew , CEO of State Rail Authority of NSW (1992–1995), MD of State Transit Authority of NSW (1988–1992), President of Baptist Unions of NSW & ACT (2011–2012)NSBHS Leaving Certificate 1954 Chris Conybeare, former secretary of Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1993–1996) and secretary of Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1990–1993) Dr Michael Fullilove (Captain and Dux of School 1989) adviser to Prime Minister Paul Keating, Director of Global Issues Program at Lowy Institute for International Policy, columnist for various publications Ian Lawrence , former Deputy Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand (1974-1983), Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand (1983–86), Chairman of National Housing Commission of New ZealandNSBHS Leaving Certificate 1954 David Rosalky, secretary of Department of Industrial Relations (1995-1997), secretary of Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business (1997-1998), secretary of Department of Social Security (1998), secretary of Department of Family and Community Services (1998–2001)NSBHS Leaving Certificate 1962 Rae Taylor , secretary of Department of Employment and Youth Affairs (1978-1982), secretary of Department of Transport and Construction (1982-1983), secretary of Department of Transport (1983-1986), secretary of Department of Aviation (1986-1987), secretary of Department of Industrial Relations (1987-1989)
Business and industry Arthur Ernest Bishop, inventor with over 300 patents in 17 countries, one in five of the world's cars use his power and variable-ratio rack-and-pinion steering technologyp. 104 Who's Who in Australia 1985Obituary in Sydney Morning Herald 12 July 2006 Alexander Boden Hon DSc, Philanthropist, industrialist and publisher, founder of Boden Chair of Human Nutrition at Sydney University, founder of Bioclone Australia, Hardman Chemicals and Science Press, awarded Leighton Medal of Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1986, author of A Handbook of Chemistry 1937 (11 editions)p. 111 Who's Who in Australia 1985 David M. Morgan, Chancellor of Deakin University, former President of Ford Motor Company AustraliaNSBHS Leaving certificate 1954 Maurice Newman AC, Chairman of ABC, Chairman of Australian Stock Exchange, Chairman of Deutsche Bank, Chancellor of Macquarie UniversityThe Age, 14 December 2006 (accessed 12 May 2007)
Academia Emeritus Professor Noel Beadle, Professor of Botany at University of New England 1955–79, Clarke Medal of Royal Society of NSW 1982, author of Vegetation of Australia (1981)Who's Who in Australia 1988 page 104 Professor Richard Bryant AC, Scientia Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales and Director of the Traumatic Stress Clinic, Appointed Companion of the Order of Australia for his work in Indigenous and refugee mental health, and as an adviser to government and international organisations Rev Arthur Capell Hon D Litt FAAH, linguist and anthropologist, Reader in Linguistics at Sydney University, authority on Australian Aboriginal and Oceanic languages, author of A New Approach to Australian LinguisticsAustralian Dictionary of Biography Professor Raewyn Connell, polled the most influential contemporary Australian sociologist, former Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard, known for research on large-scale class dynamics ("Ruling Class, Ruling Culture", 1977 and "Class Structure in Australian History", 1980), and the ways class and gender hierarchies are re-made in the everyday life of schools ("Making the Difference", 1982), advisor to UNESCO and UNO initiatives relating men, boys and masculinities to gender equality and peacemaking, her work is translated into 13 languages Professor John J. Furedy, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto (1975–2005), President of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship, co-author of Theories and Applications in the Detection of Deception: A Psychophysiological and International PerspectiveNSBHS Leaving Certificate 1957 Professor Charles Hamblin, philosopher and pioneer computer scientist. In philosophy, he advanced the classical logical fallacies, using the formal dialogue games first studied by Aristotle. In computer science, he was the originator of the recursive stack (or last-in, first-out store), an idea implemented in 1957. Also, inventor of Reverse Polish NotationPupil No 3531 on NSBHS Roll, also attended Geelong GS Professor Wallace Kirsop FAHA, the debut Australian to be a member of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, in 1980–81 held the appointment of Sandars Reader in Bibliography at CambridgeNSBHS Leaving Certificate 1949 Dr Robert Madgwick, educationist. Madgwick was commander of the Australian Army Education Service during World War II, then inaugural Vice-Chancellor of the University of New England. From 1967 to 1973 he was chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Dr David Makinson, Professor in Department of Computer Science at King's College, London University, authority on mathematical logicKing's College London (accessed 12 May 2007) – note: high school attendance not stated Professor Raymond Martin , former Vice-Chancellor of Monash Universityp. 588 Who's Who in Australia 1985 Dr Milton Osborne, authority on Southeast Asia and the French role there; Visiting Professor at Yale 1974–75; First Director of the British Institute in Southeast Asia 1975–79; Author of numerous books on Asian issues including Before Kampuchea: Preludes to TragedyNSBHS Leaving Certificate 1953 http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s125909.htm Dr David G. Peterson, scholar of the New Testament Dr Michael Taussig, Class of 1933 Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and also Professor at European Graduate School in Switzerland, acclaimed for his commentaries on Karl Marx and Walter Benjamin, especially in relation to the idea of commodity fetishism, winner of a Berlin Prize 2007 from the American Academy in Berlin, author of The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America (1980) and Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man: A Study in Terror and Healing (1987)NSBHS LC 1958
Science and medicine
Dr Andrew Vern-Barnett , the pioneer in Australia of the care and treatment of autistic children, the Autistic Children's Association which he chaired at its beginning in 1966 has grown to over 600 staff and claims to be the largest single autism specific school system in the world with 800 studentsp. 860 Who's Who in Australia 1985 Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM, Professor of Discipline of Immunology & Microbiology, University of Newcastle, Inventor of vaccine against bronchitis, author of The Mapping of Terra Australis