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Results - HSC 2008

The awards ceremony for the 2008 HSC were held on Friday 20 February 2009 in the Dixson Room at the Mitchell Library, Sydney.

View photographs of this ceremony

 
     
   
 

TOP 10 STUDENTS

Rank

Name

 

School

Eq 1
Sorcha McGee St Marys Senior HIgh School
Eq 1
Daniel Swain Smith's Hill High School
3
Emily Reynolds Gosford High School
4
Tamara Al Hashemi St Marys Senior High School
5
Mary Go All Saints Catholic Senior College
6
Samuel Lewin Merewether High School
7
Elizabeth Penning Domremy College
8
Stephanie Lukins Burwood Girls High School
Eq 9
Georgina Girdler Kooringal High School
Eq 9
Alexandra Peters North Sydney Girls High School
 
 
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PIP AWARDS AND PRIZES

Category

Name

 

School

Project Title

HD & The President's Prize Jessica McDonell Willoughby Girls High School Torture-tainment
HD & Studies of Asia Prize Jenny Yu Xi Song Hornsby Girls High School Chinese Dundee: Racialisation and Chinese-Australian Identities
HD & Popular Culture Prize Patrick Girdler Sydney Secondary College, Blackwattle Bay Campus Don't Be Scared It's Only Street Art: An Investigation into street art culture, its legality and its art
HD & Gender Studies Prize Lauren Oldfield Lurnea High School Look-Out Feminism: The Relationship between Aboriginal Women and Feminism
HD & Reconciliation Prize Natalie Keech St Clare's High School 'What is the Ness?' The Realization, Deconstruction and Re-Articulation of Whiteness
HD & Civics & Citizenship Prize Alexandra Peters North Sydney Girls High School Activism or Apathy? A cross-generational investigation into how and why student activism has changed over the last four decades.
HD & Equality and Difference Prize Jemima Stratton Hornsby Girls High School Open Wide, Come Inside ... Australia: Play School as a Reflection of Wider Australian Society
HD & Belief Systems Prize Catherine Eggett Hornsby Girls High School How the Birredoow Found its Way: An Investigation into the Relevance of Dreamtime Stories for Modern Indigenous Youth
HD & Work & Leisure Prize Carley Rowland Calrossy Anglican School The Driving Force Behind the Driving Force: How, and to what Extent do Parents and Peers Impact on the Psychological Behaviour of Individuals Regarding Sports Performance
High Distinction Emily Reynolds Gosford High School Don't Think Twice, it's All Right: From Activism to Apathy. The Decline in the popularity of protest songs since the 1960s.
High Distinction Amanda Liu All Saints Catholic Senior College PIP Personal Interest Project or Pushy Immigrant Parents
High Distinction Megan Williams-Thompson Hornsby Girls High School The Australian One-Child Policy: Investigating the Significance of Socialisation Factors Unique to Only Children in Shaping Identity.
High Distinction Hannah Smyth Willoughby Girls High School Baa Baa Politically Correct Sheep: The Intent, Extent and Effect of Political Correctness in Children's Media
Distinction Lauren Goodson St Marys Senior High School Local Political Participation: A Cross Cultural Comparison between Generations Within Local Political Participation
Distinction Benita Laylim St Marys Senior High School You Can't Touch This
Distinction Tamara Al Hashemi St Marys Senior High School Extrapolating the Future of Politics: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Muslim Women and their Career Prospects in Contemporary Australian Politics
Distinction Georgia Murphy-Haste Willoughby Girls High School Chasing the Line: Freedom or Treason
Distinction Razak Akunyare Sydney Secondary College, Blackwattle Bay Campus The Only African in the Village
Distinction Barbara Vallejos Macarthur Girls High School Influence of Machismo on the Formation of Gender Identity
Distinction Laura Cole Elderslie High School Explosive Reactions: Dying to Kill. A study into Female Suicide Bombers
Distinction Claire Herms Hunter School of the Performing Arts 'Low Tide' an Exploration of Third Wave Feminism
Distinction David Wojtysiak All Saints Catholic Senior College Manipulation, Media and Muslims: How has xenophobia been heightened as a result of Media portrayal of Muslims in Australian Society?
Distinction Rebecca May Hornsby Girls High School Back Row, Centre: An exploration of the socialisation of tall women. A continuity or a change?
Distinction Munna Salekin Macarthur Girls High School Business Manager to Bus Driver: Status Depreciation Among Migrant Males from the Subcontinent - the Effects on Family and Identity

 

 
 
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