Canterbury Boys High School

Sydney, Australia

  • Day School

  • 1918

  • $ N/A-N/A

    • Australian

School History & Details

Canterbury Boys' High School (CBHS) is a public secondary day institution for boys situated in Canterbury, a southwestern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school is in proximity to the Canterbury Park Racecourse and approximately 200 meters north of Canterbury Girls' High School. Founded in January 1918 as the Canterbury Intermediate High School, it is a member of the St. George Region of high schools and currently accommodates around 470 students across Years 7 to 12. Nearly 90 percent of the student body at Canterbury Boys' High School originates from a non-English-speaking background.

    School Values

  • Respect
  • Honesty
  • Excellence
  • Resilience
  • Compassion
School Achievements

Achievements

Unspecified
School Achievements

Non-Academic Achievements

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Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Some of the alumni members are- Emeritus Professor Harry Jocelyn: leading world expert on the classical languages Distinguished Professor Dexter Dunphy: internationally recognised expert on the management of organisational change and human resource management Ron Reilly: distinguished economics educator and former Chair, HSC Economics Examination Committee Professor Alf Pollard: admitted to the Actuaries' Hall of Fame Donald R Horne: distinguished academic, social critic and author, best known for “The Lucky Country” Professor Sam Carey: geologist John Lovering: geologist John Coutman: Principal of CBHS, 1980-1984 Douglas Trathen: Headmaster of Newington College, 1963-1970 Dr Bruce Leckie: pioneering heart surgeon Emeritus Professor Alan Fish: Human Resource Management professional and an academic for over 45 years.  Emeritus Professor Philip Brown and Senior Honorary Research Fellow  in Accounting and Finance at UWA

School Information

The amenities at Canterbury Boys' High School comprise a library dedicated to texts and references, alongside four primary computer laboratories, with additional smaller computer rooms distributed thr...View moreView Less

Mr Ross Dummett

Link

02 9798 8444

Holden Street Ashbury NSW, 2193

Subjects & Curriculum Offered

  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • History
  • Sociology
  • Political Science
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • English
  • Social Studies

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