Talk:Normanhurst Boys' High School

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  • Might be worthwhile discussing the school's Jenolan Caves excursion.... 49th consecutive year this year?
  • What about mentioning Richard Pybus as a notable alumni? According to a 1999 article which appeared in the "Sydney Morning Herald" - "Players go back to fielding school, hoping to catch on" [12/11/1999]. It says "....Pakistan coach Richard Pybus - who was born in England, reared in Australia (he went to Normanhurst Boys' High in Sydney)..."
    • Can you find out the details of the article? (title, reporter, date of publication etc... all the stuff you'd need to reference this). -- saberwyn 23:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
      • Yeah. The reference might be needed. Also, the Jenolan Caves should be mentioned, as I don't know any school that has such a strong year camp tradition 58.106.138.11 06:01, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
        • This is the best I found, without actually having to pay a subscription for the SMH archive; Usenet Discussion

--220.237.53.152 18:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Jenolan Caves

Yes, it's amazing it has been going on for so long. I guess I was on Camp #5 in 1962. Seem to remember we had a pretty good time. Rumiton 10:12, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The biannual "Jelly Shuffle"

What was it? I never heard of it, but several teachers pointed out that I spent much of my time asleep, so maybe I missed it. Rumiton 14:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

  • I don't know, but no event by that name or possible description happened during my six years at the school. -- saberwyn 09:57, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Thats the first I've ever heard of the "Jelly Shuffle". If it existed during your time, I assure you that it was dead by the new millenium. Can you tell us more? --220.237.53.152 18:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The "goat" incident

It was previously suggested that some mention should be made with regard to an incident that happened on one of the jenolan excursions, regarding the death of an infant goat. While it was previously rejected on the grounds of bringing the school into disrupute, I have now reconsidered my view on the matter. Considering that Wikipedia is not supposed to be a school advertisement notice board as the page now currently resembles.

Hence I now think some mention of the incident, a major news item of the time (covered by various media), should be made. Possibly under the new jenolan caves section? Thoughts? Opinions?

  • I agree we should explore this. I was a student at the time of the incident, and it was a big news item of the time. Can anybody find archived articles
  • If you could find a reliable, independant source on the incident, whack it in, but DON'T put it in until its sourced. -- saberwyn 01:09, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

on this? --210.49.189.243 15:10, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NBHS student Userbox

If anyone is interested, I created a Userbox for past and present NBHS students:

NBHS This User currently attends or attended Normanhurst Boys' High School.

Cdlw93 10:31, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Attempting to provide ref for Richard Shine

I tried to put this URL in but failed. http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/Shinelab/shine/shine.html There is no Wikilink. Any advice happily received. (Thanks for the Userbox. I grabbed it.) Rumiton 12:39, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Fixed now I hope. (Had the / round the wrong way.) Rumiton 10:42, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Correct me if I missed something, but I wasn't able to find any actual reference to NBHS on the web page you linked to. Also, these types of references should be published in reliable, third-party sources as per WP:V. Please reply here or on my Talk page so we can sort this out. Cdlw93 08:04, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ian Dicker, etc

The founding principal was Tom Pearson. The school song ('Boldly let us raise the chorus ...') and school hymn ('Sons of Normanhurst uniting ...') were written by the school librarian, Ian Dicker. He was there during my years as a pupil, 1965-'70. I haven't added these as I don't know if the song and hymn have changed. I can furnish the lyrics, I think. They were frequently sung in my day. The school song referred to the Delphic origin of the school motto. Also on the matter of notable old boys, one from the 1960s became a famous heroin importer -- front-page news. The Wiki article makes it sound like the school has an unbroken tradition of sports-loving. This was far from the case in the 1960s. See http://wilsonsalmanac.blogspot.com/2003/05/normanhurst-boys-high-school-seniors.html for a historical photo.Alpheus (talk) 00:50, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey there. That seems like some graet info to have, but we really need some more references, especially for the songs etc. If you can find them that would be great. Cheers, Cdlw93 (talk) 01:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

  • I suppose the school archives would have the info about Pearson, Dicker and the song and hymn. I used to have copies of Phoenix, the school magazine, from 1965-70 but these were lost. If I can find this info from friends I will post here. Happy 50th birthday, Normo. Alpheus (talk) 01:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)