Graphical Site Map
All levels expanded
This version has no interactive expanding or collapsing folders.
It is complete in this one page.
NOTE: Not all pages are represented here, however, menu or
index pages to all sections are shown and linked below.
No page on this site should be more than three links (worst case) from here.
Home Page
- configuration
home page
setup - frame configuration
about Parramatta High - first content page
navigation - buttons in the sidebar
Navigation
- help, alphabetical index, contents, site map; ways to explore this site
help - about this site
what's gnu - archived from the "about" page
siteindex - alphabetical index
Graphical site map - interactive version of this page
Complete Graphical site map - »you are here«
sitemap - links to all pages on one hierarchical tree
contents - links to the major sections - with images
History
from 1913 - decade-by-decade; with related snippets
history menu page
1913-15 - the beginnings
"Tommy" Atkins, the founding headmaster
Rudyard Kipling wrote about Tommy, too
Was the school built on a disused shale quarry - or not?
1915-17 - World War I
A letter from an ex-teacher at war,
with a reference to Hamlet
The Honour Roll (text) and
(photo) - for the Great War -
with a translation of its Latin inscription
The "splendid new flagpole" is dedicated with this plaque
The first history of the school, published in 1916
The 1920s - era of nicknames
In 1921 we published this joke - 77 years before Column 8 re-used it
The 1930s (i) - characters and identities
George Best, a blind poet at 13
The 1930s (ii) - Tommy moves on...
The School Badge
- explanation of its elements; evolution and history
Menu of badge-related pages
The elements which comprise the badge
The Sydney Morning Herald lends a hand with a definition of "Parramatta"
The evolution, or development of the badge
A piece of badge-related whimsy from the SMH's Column 8
Location
- locate precisely where we are
The first map shows all of Australia, with an arrow pointing at us
The state of NSW comes next
Next is the greater Sydney region
(Incidentally, this milestone proves where we are!)
The streets of Parramatta
(Finally!) a map of the school
Students
- pages contributed by current students
All pages beyond this menu are the work of current (or recent) PHS students
Ex-students
- famous ex-students, anniversaries, reunions, biographies
The ex-students menu page is where you'll
find notices promoting upcoming events
You can read about our database of ex-student contacts here, or...
use this survey form (text file) to add yourself to the database
Here is the index to the database so far
Some famous ex-students make an appearance here
Faculties
- information specific to PHS faculties
A menu to take you to one of the twelve
faculties, or subject departments at PHS
Images
- photos and digital creations; of the school, by the school and from the school.
The images menu has links to all the submenus below.
Varied views around the school in this General interest menu
A charming watercolour of the school,
painted in 1983 for the 70th anniversary
Assorted views:
the front of the school; again, but
closer.
A peaceful
glade on the west side, the
I.A. block and
again and the
north-west corner.
Two shots from the roof of a block of flats;
one of St John's cemetery and one (naturally) of
the school
Our ever-expanding library of historical photos, from
1913 on...
Photos from the earlier editions (c1916 and on...) of the PHS
School Magazine feature here
A gallery of headmasters of PHS, 1913-1999
More than 25 separate staff photos are available from this menu
Experience the third dimension through this gallery of Stereoscopic photos of PHS
The 3D menu page is a good place to start...
Learn how to view parallel pairs - and how
to make a viewer
Discover how red-blue anaglyphs work -
and how to make a viewer
Visit one of the 3D images menu pages: number
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Truly w-i-d-e-angle photos of the school may be seen at the
panoramic images menu
A web site would not be complete without a collection of
animations.
These are all original, and some are
even relevant(!)
WARNING: Gratuitous frivolity!
Relatively unique amongst school web sites is our collection of
Kite Aerial Photographs
The first KAP menu has links to all the others...
Here are the other Kite Aerial Photography Galleries: |
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Details on
how its done may be found here, or in more detail
here
The Picavet stabilising platform is shown
here and in more detail
here
The kites used to lift the cameras are
indexed here.
These kites include the
flowform 12, the
flowform 30, the elegant and reliable
delta conyne
Kites which haven't (yet) lifted a camera include the
conyne and the patriotic
rokkaku.

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