Applecross Senior High School
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| Type | Public, Co-educational, Day school |
| Established | 1958 |
| Principal | Maureen Lorimer |
| Enrolment | 1,237 (14 February 2012)[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Black, Green, Red & White |
| Website | www.applecross.wa.edu.au |
Applecross Senior High School is public, co-educational High School, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
Founded in 1958,[2] it has traditionally been one of the top public high schools in the state of Western Australia, and consistently ranks academically within the top 10 non-selective secondary schools in the state.[3][4]
Applecross runs dedicated art, tennis and chess programs, and has traditionally been dominant in these areas.[5][6][7][8] It also runs Academic Extension classes, for those students talented in the areas of English, Maths, Science, Society and Environment, French and Japanese.
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[edit] History
The school was opened in 1958 to service the rapidly growing south-of-the-river suburbs of the city of Perth, Western Australia. From about 1999 to 2002 the school underwent renovations to improve its structure. Today, around 1,300 students from Years 8 to 12 attend the school.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Dean Alston - Walkley Award winning newspaper cartoonist[9]
- Marcus Beilby - Noted realist painter, winner of Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting, works held by: National Gallery of Victoria; Parliament House, Canberra; National Library of Australia; Art Gallery of Western Australia[10]
- Darren Bennett - Former Australian Rules football player and American football punter in the NFL[11]
- Jenny Boult - Author and poet, won 1981 Anne Elder Award for first book of poetry[12]
- Jim Gill AO - Chancellor of Curtin University, Western Australia, former: CEO of WA Water Corporation; WA Commissioner of Railways[13]
- Jeanette Hacket - Vice-Chancellor of Curtin University, Western Australia [14]
- Adele Horin - Walkley Award winning columnist and reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, previously international correspondent for the National Times.[15][16]
- Bill Louden - Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Western Australia [17][18]
- Tonya McCusker - Classical dancer, wife of Governor of Western Australia [19]
- Graeme Robertson - Rhodes Scholar, former: Director of Muresk Institute of Curtin University; Director-General of WA Department of Agriculture [20][21]
- Diane Stone - Professor in Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK and Professor in Public Policy at Central European University in Budapest.[22][23]
- Lesley Vidovich - Winthrop Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Western Australia [24]
- Reece Waldock - Director General of WA Department of Transport, Commissioner for Main Roads, CEO of Public Transport Authority of Western Australia. Former WA Commissioner of Railways[25]
- Steve Ward - Boat builder, built 1983 12-metre class America's Cup winner Australia II, and challengers Australia, Australia III, Australia IV, Challenger 12 & South Australia.[26]
- Bruce Williams - Commissioner of Fair Work Australia, former Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Perth[27]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Education Department of Western Australia, Alphabetical List of Western Australian Schools
- ^ "Applecross Senior High School". Applecross Senior High School. http://www.applecross.wa.edu.au/-About-Applecross-Senior-High-.html. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "Better Education '08 WA School Ranking". Better Education Pty Ltd. 2009. http://bettereducation.com.au/Results/WA/2008/all.aspx. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "Better Education '09 WA School Ranking". Better Education Pty Ltd. 2010. http://bettereducation.com.au/Results/WA/all.aspx. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ^ "Applecross special art student wins national gallery scholarship". http://www.axnet.wa.edu.au/IMG/pdf/Bulletin_December.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ "Chirag to represent Australia in Chess". 2008-09-20. http://www.axnet.wa.edu.au/IMG/pdf/Applecross_20SHS_20Bulletin_20September08.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ "Australian Schools Teams Championships, 10th - 11th December, 2005". http://www.sydneychesscollege.com/2005ASC/. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ "Applecross a tennis ace". Melville Times. 2010-04-27. http://melville.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-sport/Applecross-a-tennis-ace/7554814/. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ "About Applecross Senior High". http://www.applecross.wa.edu.au/-About-Applecross-Senior-High-.html. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae - Marcus Beilby". http://www.marcusbeilby.com/cv.html. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "Bennett, Darren Leslie". Chargers Stats. San Diego Chargers. http://www.chargers-stats.com/97team/1163.html. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ "Boult, Jenny". Agent Details. AustLit. http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%23F(. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "GILL (Jim) James Ian". Who's Who in Business Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
- ^ "Campus News: Curtin helps celebrate anniversaries with scholarships". 2009-03-06. http://campusnews.curtin.edu.au/media_centre/archives.cfm?release=7703. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
- ^ "Adele Horin". The Age (Melbourne). http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/by/adele-horin. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
- ^ "Secular Humanism. A statement by Adele Horin". http://www.humanistwa.org.au/node/104. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
- ^ "Winthrop Professor Bill Louden". http://www.uwa.edu.au/university/governance/executive/sdvc. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "Roll of Honour". http://www.applecross.wa.edu.au/-Roll-of-Honour-.html. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "McCusker Charitable Foundation". http://www.mccuskercharitable.com.au/about-the-foundation/default.aspx. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
- ^ "Western Australian Rhodes Scholars". http://www.secretariat.uwa.edu.au/home/rhodes?f=192731. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
- ^ "Professor Graeme Robertson". http://muresk.curtin.edu.au/research/areas/staff_profile.cfm?id=9. Retrieved 2010-05-16.[dead link]
- ^ Diane Stone Capturing the Political Imagination: Think Tanks and the Policy Process, Frank Cass, 1996
- ^ "Diane Stone". http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/staff/stone/. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "Winthrop Professor Lesley Vidovich". http://www.uwa.edu.au/people/lesley.vidovich. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ^ "Reece Waldock appointed as Director-General WA Transport". 2010-04-29. http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2010/04/reece-waldock-appointed-as-director-general-wa-transport/. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
- ^ "12 Meter Yachts - Australia". http://www.ultimatesail.com/12Meter/commons1.html. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "WILLIAMS Bruce D". Who's Who in Business Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
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