Notable Alumni
For a list of notable Old Falconians, see List of Old Falconians
Former students of North Sydney Boys High School are known as 'Old Boys' or 'Old Falconians', and may elect to join the schools' alumni association, known as the 'Old Falconians’ Union' (OFU). The Union was founded over seventy-five years ago as a way to "promote goodwill fellowship amongst former students of and to provide financial and other support to the School".
In 2010 The Age reported that North Sydney Boys High School alumni ranked equal seventh among Australian secondary school alumni based on the number of alumni who had received a "top" Order of Australia honour behind Scotch College, Melbourne, Geelong Grammar School, Sydney Boys High School, Fort Street High School, Perth Modern School, St Peter's College, Adelaide; equal in rank with Melbourne Grammar School, and The King's School, Parramatta; but ahead of Launceston Grammar School, Melbourne High School, Wesley College, Melbourne and Xavier College.
Sir James Darling, Headmaster of Geelong Grammar School, paid a tribute to the school in 1988 in the following terms: ".... Melbourne High, North Sydney High, are just as good or better than any private school."
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