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Some great stories about some of our ex students & staff.
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BEARD, Harold

Revered Headmaster / About Harold Beard

1948 First year as Headmaster
Address to the Students

” … I want to remind you that you have to live with yourself all your life. This is the time when you indulge in hero worship and form ideals. Whether you realise it or not, your heroes and your ideals are all the time forming your own character. Are they the ones that will make you a decent man in your own eyes, the sort of fellow that you won’t be ashamed of when you are fifty?Remember that your future – and indeed the future of the nation and the world itself – depends on what you really are. The world has never known such change and upset before as we have seen in this century. But some things don’t change. Love of truth, consideration of others, appreciation of the beautiful things around us – these will always have value. Include them in the make-up of that most important person of all to you – yourself.Then, collectively, you can go on to the task that fate has thrust into your hands – the building of a better world.“

ALEXANDER, Keith
– Hockey Rep

ALLAN, Robert & TEMPLE, Richard
– 1st Place LC 1958

ANDERSON, Ian
– at CHS

ANDREWS, Allen
– Sports Field Honour

ANTCLIFFE, Terry
– Basketball Representative 1971

ATKIN, Mervyn
– Closure of Barnett’s

BANFIELD, Ken
– Killed WW2 Aircraft England

BARRETT, Reginald
– Judge NSW Supreme Court – Wikipedia

BATES, Frederic
– Renowned Artist, Year of ’35

BEACH, John
– Newcastle East PS

BEAL, Prof Robert
– Blood transfusion Expert

BEARD, Harold
– Revered Headmaster
– About Harold Beard

BEECHAM , Alan Douglas
– Breakup Day 1940

BEECHAM, Alfred
-Renowned Sailor

BERGER, Kevin
– Founder DALE school

BLUNDEN, Tom
– NBHS Teacher

BRANDRICK, William
– Centenary of Public Education Cert.

BURKE, Family
– Bruce Burke & Cyril Burke

BURNS, Neville
– Animal pathologist

BURROWS, J (“Spot”)
– Retiring 1966

CAIN, David
– Cadets Passing Out Parade 1957 PHOTO plus attendance sheet

CAMERON, Angus
– with Admirers – Tech High Dance 1956

CARRUTHERS, Dr Raymond G.
– Letter to President NBHS OBA 2023

CAVANAGH, Alan
– Surveying in Egypt

CAVE, Paul
– Sydney Bridge Climb

CHARLTON, Allan
– Detroit Lawyer

CHEEK, Russell
– Sale of the Century

CHRISMAS, C.H.

CLARKE, Bill
– Captain, Sportsman 1942
– Play ‘The Admirable Bashville’ circa 1940

CLIFFORD, Ken OA
– Order of Australia
– NBN3 Item 01/09/2015
– Tributes on his death

COOPER, William T.
– Superb Bird Artist / death 2015

COOPER, Philip
– 2013 Funeral and Life Story

CORNISH, Jack
– Pilot to the Queen 1954

COULIN, Ted
– History of Carrington

CROSSMAN, John Dallas
– WWII RAF Fighter Pilot

DAVIES, D (“Snoz”)
– Teaching

DAVIS, Leslie
– Reference 1948

DEED, Leonard
– RAAF

DONEGAN, Brian
– Maths teacher at Jubilee 2006

DUFFEL, Tony
– Life Saving

DUNCANSON, Eric
– Outstanding Scientist – 1930

DUNN, Trevor
– Speech night Silver Trowel

(Photo) EDWARDS, Tony – GILMOUR, Gary
– Edwards-Gilmour Shield

ERWIN, John
– Swimming 1941

EVANS, William Walter
– WWII fighter pilot

FLOWERS, Ted
– Year of ’43 UoN Librarian

FREEMAN, Alfred
– Year of ’30 Long Jump record

GILMOUR, Gary (‘Gus’)
– Printable Tribute
Outstanding Test Cricketer & Tribute Video & Cricket Australia

GIRLE, Kelvin
– WWII Airman

GITTINS, Ross
– Economics Editor SMH

GOFFET, Charles
“Charlie” – professeur de français extraordinaire

Charlie Goffet – Profile

“Some of my fondest schoolboy memories were of Charlie – my French Teacher & his wife “Nita Goffet” – my Y3 teacher at Mayfield East PS” – Webmaster

EPILOGUE
(From Readers’ Opinions, Newcastle Herald, 16 November 1991]
Adieu, Charlie Goffet
Charles Goffet (or ‘Charlie’, as his many students knew him) was a regular correspondent
to these pages, so this seems a fitting place to put down a few words in his memory.
Charlie was in his element last Saturday night. It was the 30-year reunion for the fifth year
students of 1961 at Newcastle Boys’ High, and he was our guest speaker.
We were having the kind of night you would expect from a group who had gathered
together from from all over Australia after a long separation, reminiscing about the school
we loved, the teachers we knew, the friends we had. And the teacher we remembered
best was with us, still full of life.
Not only was Charles Goffet an excellent French master and athletics coach, he was
more importantly a friend to all of us, teaching us from his wide experience of a life lived
to the full.
In the greyness of our school world, he was one of the brightest and most colourful stars.
Towards the end of the dinner, Charlie entertained us with stories (mostly unrepeatable)
about our old school and teachers, delivered in his own inimitable style. It was as if the
years had been rolled back, and we were once again in the classroom.
And then we watched in disbelief as suddenly, without warning, he fell to the floor as his
heart stopped.
Charlie, you died in the full flower of life, in the company of good friends, and one could
not have wished for a better way to go.
I think you would have been proud of the Marseillaise we sang later in memory of you.
The words had been lovingly and carefully taught to us all those many years before.
Au revoir old friend.
Ian Graham

Picture - Charlie at the Alliance Francaise Meeting — Picture – Charlie at the Alliance Francaise Meeting

LETTERS to the NEWCASTLE MORNING HERALD
64 pages of Charlie’s Famous Letters

Prologue_NMH

A Difficult Job

Bad Eating Habits

Charlie Goffet ‘Victim of Smokers’

I Remember the Bad – Good Old Days

continuing … I Remember the Bad – Good Old Days

Circular Burials

Newcastle Harbour

The Millionaire Professor Who Lived in a …

“I remember” – 11 December 1971

Other “CHARLIE”- isms

Charlie Goffet Obituary – NMH

Charlie Goffet Feature Story Herald – Maree Eggleston

Charlie Goffet ‘Adieu’ 1991 – Lee Jensen

Charlie the Joker ⇔

Charlie LC Results 1926

GOFFET, Charlie, NBHS memorabilia
– including Nita Goffet, Janette McHugh, Jim Perry, Tony Duffel, Don Willis, Jack McLaughlin …

GOOLD, Wilf
– ‘Local Hero’ article

GOSPER, Kevan & DUNN, Trevor
– Newcastle Athletics Meeting

HALL, Robert
– AM for services to Gliding – Year of ’57

HARPER, John
– at CHS Carnival 1954
– High Jump, NBHS Sports Carnival 1954
– Torch Bearer 1956 Olympics

HARRIS, Bruce
– Year of ’59

HART, Peter
– DUX RAN College 1963

HARTLEY, Dr Kelver
– Remembered

HARVEY, Robert F
– Headmaster 1927

HAWKE, Doug
– Newcastle Rugby League representative

HAWKINS, Jim
– B2 Hockey Premiers 1951

HAYES, Matt
– Media identity

HOGAN, Basil
– Retiring Judge 1988

HOWARD, John Frederick, Richard and RH (Dick)
– Family of Old Boys

HUDSON, Graham
– Dedicated Maths Teacher 2020

HUMPHRIS-CLARK, Peter
– New Guinea RL Trip 1965

JOHNSON, Ian
– CEO Newcrest Mining

JONES, Samuel Barry
– Member NSW Legislative Assembly

JUNIUS, Dr Frank
– OAM

KABLE, Walter
– 8 A’s in Intermediate Certificate

KEITH, Don

KELLOW, Robert and LEGGO, Jack
– ‘Dam Busters’ 1942

KEMP, Dale
– OBA 1986 Co-founder – – – Caricature

KENTISH, Greg
– NBHSOBA Webmaster, Tennis Blue

KEYS, Lewis
– Professor, Old Boy, Benefactor
– Tribute from Ian Hall, Phillip J Mackey and J Bruce See

KING, Ken
– 100 yard Champion 1951

KNOTT, Allen
– Tribute in a Frame
– letter to FH Beard re JUBILEE 1956

KNOTT, Allen and STEWART, David
– Rhodes Scholars

LAFFEY, Kevin (NBHS teacher)
– Fortress Newcastle – YouTube Video

LONGWORTH, Ken
– Newcastle’s Theatre Scene – OAM 2017

LUPISH, John
– Leaving certificate – Russian language

MAIDEN, Bill
– Assistant Principal 1967-1973 NBN TV 2020
– Funeral Notice

MASKEY, Don
– ‘I could never read a book, but I could write one,’’’
– “Story Teller will be missed”
“Man of Opinion Loved Tackling Meaty Issues” – Newcastle Herald

McCOURTIE, Jack
– School 100 yard Champion 1948
– Athletic Award

McKENZIE, John (et al)
– Bike Safety Lessons

McLEOD, Finlay Donald
– “Captain of the Skies” 1918 – 1942

McNAUGHTON, John
– Honoured – Emeritus Lord Mayor

McNAUGHTON, John & PARK, Ian
– 1989 Newcastle Earthquake

McRAE, Len
– Much loved Latin teacher

MEARNS, Norman, “Ross”
– Gaining the University of Newcastle – Norman “Ross” Mearns, as the key instigator
– Trades Hall backed Uni
– War Story 1935

MELICK, Greg, Major General AO RFD FANZCN SC
– New National President RSL
– Attending Funeral HRH Queen Elizabeth 2022

MILBURN, John
– 1st Australian to win basketball Scholarship

MILES, Chief Justice Jeffrey
– Leaving Certificate 1951 – 3 First Class Honours and 2 A’s
– Guest Seaker 1990 introduction from Charles Goffet

MOLESWORTH, Athol (‘Tom’)
– Maths teacher 2006

MOONEY, Wallace Phillip
– more

MOORE, David AO
– Lawyer and top public servant

MORGAN, Emeritus Prof. Trefor
– Awarded AO 2019

MORRIS, Arthur
– A cricket legend and a gentleman
– Tribute from Sports Writer for the Age – Jesse Hogan

MUDFORD, S and STORER, W
– in Chem Lab

MURRAY, Kevin Ross– Barrister and citizen soldier
– Bar History

NEWBIGGIN, Robert
– 1937 Swimming Champion

NEWELL, Frank
– The War Years at NBHS

NEWMAN, Wayne – (famous or infamous?)
– The legend of a City “Heavy”

(Photo) O’DONOGHUE, John
– Tributes to Newcastle Playwright & Teacher

Vic Rooney & John O'Donoghue — Vic Rooney & John O’Donoghue

ORTON, Richard
– Press clippings Athletics

OWENS, George
– ‘Supermarket pioneer’

OWENS, Richard
– Vigneron – Milbrovale Vineyards
– Businessman enjoyed a varied life

PATERSON, Philip
– Remembering Vic Rooney

PAUL, Albert
– Yr of ’45 Rugby League International

PILLANS, W – Headmaster 1945

PINCZEWSKI, Leo
– AM Awarded in 2019

RENFREW, Glen
– Collection of NBHS Items 1943

RICHARDSON, Tom – Principal 1964-1974

– Farewell to Students
– Retirement
– Testimonial Dinner

RIGBY, Sid
– Librarian Retirement 1975

RODGERS, Norm Snr
– Schoolwork & Certificates

ROONEY, Vic
Vic Rooney was born in 1935 in Australia.
He was an actor, known for E Street (1989), The 13th Floor (1988) and Farscape (1999).
He was married to Chelsea Brown.
He died in November 2002 in Sydney, Australia.
– Anecdote from Philip Paterson, Year of ’69