Applecross Senior High School

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.

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.

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]

See also

• List of schools in Western Australia

References

External links

• Applecross Senior High School Website