Blakehurst High School is a public, co-educational, specialist Languages high school for years 7-12 located in Blakehurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.The school has around 1130 students, 75 teaching staff and 12 administrative staff. 40% of students are from an Anglo Celtic background and 60% of students identify as having a non-English speaking background, many of whom were born in Australia. Of these students the largest group is of Chinese background, 30% of the school population, and the second largest is Greek. Of the remainder of the 60%, there are over 40 language groups represented.Notable alumni Hon. Robert McLelland MP — Current Attorney-General of Australia and Member for Barton Dr. Mark Sheldon (dec) — dux and school captain in 1976, Senior Registrar in Psychiatry in Alice Springs - specialising in "Psychiatric Assessment in Remote Aboriginal Communities". Mark was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in October 1997 and the College has named the annual "The Mark Sheldon Prize for Service in Indigenous Mental Health" in his honour. Mark Sheldon's Dissertation Professor David Williams — Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, Physics Education Centre, Australian National University (Canberra)See also List of Government schools in New South WalesExternal links Blakehurst High School website
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