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Ashfield, Boys' High School
Ashfield, Boys' High School
Location
	Ashfield, New South Wales; Australia
Coordinates	33°53′22″S 151°7′45″E / 33.88944°S 151.12917°E
Information
Type	Public, Secondary, Single-sex, Day school
Motto	Here We Decide
Established	1962
Principal	Dwayne "the rock" Hopwood
Number of students	820 approx.
Campus	Suburban
Website	www.ashfieldbo-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

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Ashfield Boys' High School is a public secondary school for boys in Ashfield, an Inner West suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It can be found on Liverpool Road, just off Parramatta Road.

History

Part of the school land area was once used by the Australian Army^{[citation needed]}. 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.

Notable alumni

Graeme Innes AM – Human Rights Commissioner and Commissioner Responsible for Disability Discrimination for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission^[1]
Dirk Wellham – Former Australian cricketer and NSW captain
Malcolm Young – Rhythm guitarist for the Australian rock band AC/DC.^[2]
Angus Young – Lead guitarist for Australian rock band AC/DC, known for wearing the Ashfield Boys High School uniform on stage^[3]
Craig Alexander – Three times Hawaiian Ironman World Champion (2008, 2009 & 2011)^[4]
Salesi Ma'afu - Current professional Super Rugby player and former Wallaby.

Royal Visit

On 4 November 2014 His Royal Highness Prince Edward Earl of Wessex visited Ashfield Boys High School. The visit was to mark the 50th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award in Australia. The Prince represented his father Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

The Prince meet with different students from eight different Sydney inner west schools.

References

^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (17 November 2006). "INNES Graeme". Who's Who in Business Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ Identity, Colourful Sydney. "Angus & Malcolm Young". TimeOut Sydney. TimeOut. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Cashmere, Paul. "AC/DC - The Undercover Interview". Undercover: Your daily music fix. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ Alexander, Craig. "Craig Alexander". Linkedin. Linkedin. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

External links

[GInnes-1] Suzannah Pearce, ed. (17 November 2006). "INNES Graeme". Who's Who in Business Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[2] Identity, Colourful Sydney. "Angus & Malcolm Young". TimeOut Sydney. TimeOut. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] Cashmere, Paul. "AC/DC - The Undercover Interview". Undercover: Your daily music fix. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[4] Alexander, Craig. "Craig Alexander". Linkedin. Linkedin. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

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 *[[Dirk Wellham]] – Former Australian cricketer and NSW captain
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+*[[Malcolm Young]] – Rhythm guitarist for the [[Australia]]n rock band [[AC/DC]].<ref>{{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 |accessdate=15 July 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716032553/http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/the-bridge/features/2017/angus-and-malcolm-young |archivedate=16 July 2014 }}</ref>
 *[[Angus Young]] – Lead guitarist for Australian rock band AC/DC, known for wearing the Ashfield Boys High School uniform on stage<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cashmere|first1=Paul|title=AC/DC - The Undercover Interview|url=http://www.undercover.fm/news/6533-ac-dc-the-undercover-interview|website=Undercover: Your daily music fix|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref>
 *[[Craig Alexander (triathlete)|Craig Alexander]] – Three times Hawaiian Ironman World Champion (2008, 2009 & 2011)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Alexander|first1=Craig|title=Craig Alexander|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/craig-alexander/10/4b4/2a9|website=Linkedin|publisher=Linkedin|accessdate=15 July 2014}}</ref>