North Sydney Technical High School
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North Sydney Technical High School on Miller Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia first opened as St Leonard's Superior Public School (opening 1844). The school has subsequently been named: Greenwoods, North Sydney Primary School, North Sydney Intermediate High School, North Sydney-Chatswood Junior High and finally as North Sydney Technical High School until its closure in 1969.
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[edit] The Old Lions
The Old Lions is made up of the former students and teachers of that school which as well as providing a contact point for those connected with the school via its newsletters, website http://www.oldlions.org.au and dinners, also maintains a museum of the school and of early education on the north shore. The Lions Den is within the Greenwood Hotel complex on the old school site.
The Old Lions mounted a very strong defence of the old school after the site was sold and the old stone buildings threatened with demolition. The area has now been named Greenwood plaza in memory of the very influential and popular Headmaster of the school from 1884 to 1914 Nimrod Greenwood
See the Old Lions site for more details of the school and photos.
The Old Lions holds a members dinner and a teachers lunch each year. Membership is very strong considering that the school closed almost 40 years ago.
[edit] History
The original 1844 school was managed by The Church of Scotland, and first operated from a timber shed then a larger stone building which is still standing on the eastern side of Miller Street, North Sydney.
The old stone buildings on the school site have been restored and incorporated into the modern Greenwood Hotel, a favourite drinking site for local business people. The Old Lions still have a connection to the site with their Old Lions Den which is a museum of the former school and is a focal point for the members of the Old Lions.
[edit] Alumni
The school has had a number of notable Australians amongst its alumni:
- Peter Finch, international stage and screen actor
- Nancy Wake, World War II heroine
- Roger Woodward, world-renown pianist
- Barry Cohen, Ian Macphee and Bill Morrison, Ministers in various Australian Governments
- Alan Cadman, a long serving member of Parliament
- Neville McWilliam, Australia's first blind barrister
- Halse-Rogers brothers, both Rhodes scholars and both became barristers
- James Staunton, chief judge of the NSW Supreme Court
- Colin Parker, artist
- Richard Coxon, Olympic yachting
- David Humphreys, Olympic cycling
- Allan Livingstone, Olympic kayaks
- Bill (William) Ronald, Olympic fencing
- Allan Border, cricket international and Australian captain
- David Colley, cricket international
- Ken Eastwood, cricket international
- Trevor Allan, rugby international and Australian captain
- Rod Batterham, rugby international
- Peter Rothwell, rugby international
- Bevan Wilson, rugby international
- Ken Gulliver, baseball international
