This report shows the 2009 top students in each HSC subject, along with their ranking as assigned by the NSW Education Standards Authority.
Rankings are calculated from student HSC marks in the subject, or, where this results in a tie, from the average of the students' examination and assessment marks.
Students must achieve a band 6 or band E4 result in the relevant subject to appear in this list.
The number of top achievers reported varies from 5 to 20, according to the number of candidates taking each subject.
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| 501 | Italian Extension | Turchi, Maria Teresa | 2 | Rosebank College | Five Dock |
| 502 | Italian Extension | Bida, Iryna (Irene) | 3 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 503 | Italian Extension | Pagani, Gionata | 4 | Christian Brothers High School Lewisham | Lewisham |
| 504 | Italian Extension | Henderson, Emma | 5 | Loreto Kirribilli | Kirribilli |
| 505 | Japanese Background Speakers | Fujita, Minami | 1 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 506 | Japanese Background Speakers | Tagawa, Chika | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 507 | Japanese Background Speakers | Mori, Yuta | 3 | SCECGS Redlands | Cremorne |
| 508 | Japanese Background Speakers | Natsume, Mari | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Chatswood Campus | Chatswood |
| 509 | Japanese Background Speakers | Watanabe, Ayumi | 5 | Davidson High School | Frenchs Forest |
| 510 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Yu Mi | 1 | Marsden High School | Meadowbank |
| 511 | Japanese Beginners | Do, Ji Hyun | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 512 | Japanese Beginners | Park, Ji Eun | 3 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 513 | Japanese Beginners | Zou, Chu Ling | 3 | Randwick Girls High School | Randwick |
| 514 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Ho-Kyung | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 515 | Japanese Beginners | Kim, Richard Min-Ho | 5 | Pennant Hills High School | Pennant Hills |
| 516 | Japanese Beginners | Li, Rose | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 517 | Japanese Continuers | Zhang, Betty | 1 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 518 | Japanese Continuers | Zhang, Guan Ling Angel | 2 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 519 | Japanese Continuers | Rosier, Stephanie | 3 | International Grammar School | Ultimo |
| 520 | Japanese Continuers | Tolentino, Jonathan Bernilo | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 521 | Japanese Continuers | Jung, Jin Won | 5 | Cherrybrook Technology High School | Cherrybrook |
| 522 | Japanese Extension | Lam, Yeung Charmaine | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 523 | Japanese Extension | Huang, Joanne Yun-Chiau | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 524 | Japanese Extension | Zhang, Betty | 3 | Strathfield Girls High School | Strathfield |
| 525 | Japanese Extension | Degens, Erika | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 526 | Japanese Extension | Choy, Lydia Chung-Sin | 5 | Cheltenham Girls High School | Beecroft |
| 527 | Khmer Continuers | Huy, Our Thang | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 528 | Khmer Continuers | Ouy, Nalin | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Liverpool Girls Campus | Liverpool |
| 529 | Korean Background Speakers | Choi, Yoon Jung Eunice | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 530 | Korean Background Speakers | Park, Ji Eun | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 531 | Korean Background Speakers | Jeon, Soo Hwa | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 532 | Korean Background Speakers | Jung, Da Oun | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Dulwich Campus | Dulwich Hill |
| 533 | Korean Background Speakers | Kim, Hyun Jin Celia | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Strathfield Girls Campus | Strathfield |
| 534 | Latin Continuers | Fung, Rosemary | 1 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 535 | Latin Continuers | Cohen, Adrienne Wai Seung | 2 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 536 | Latin Continuers | Lee, William | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 537 | Latin Continuers | Chan, Branden | 4 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 538 | Latin Continuers | Wilson, Jeremy | 5 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 539 | Latin Extension | Chan, Branden | 1 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 540 | Latin Extension | Lee, William | 2 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
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| 541 | Latin Extension | Wilson, Jeremy | 3 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 542 | Latin Extension | Jiang, Kevin Wei | 4 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 543 | Latin Extension | Buchan, Katherine Alice | 5 | St George Girls High School | Kogarah |
| 544 | Legal Studies | Yu, Teresa | 1 | Girraween High School | Girraween |
| 545 | Legal Studies | Miu, Ryan Ho Yuen | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 546 | Legal Studies | Dodd, Stephen Donald | 3 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 547 | Legal Studies | Unsworth, Andrew | 4 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 548 | Legal Studies | Krook, Joshua | 5 | Reddam House Bondi Campus | North Bondi |
| 549 | Legal Studies | Butel-Simoes, Grace Isabella | 6 | All Saints College St Marys Campus | Maitland |
| 550 | Legal Studies | Williamson, Thomas | 7 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 551 | Legal Studies | Knaap, Aden David | 8 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 552 | Legal Studies | Druce, Natalie Elizabeth | 9 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 553 | Legal Studies | Tam, Kenneth Jonathan | 10 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 554 | Macedonian Continuers | Rabadzievska, Angela | 1 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 555 | Macedonian Continuers | Najdenska, Elica | 2 | Secondary College of Languages Bankstown Girls Campus | Bankstown |
| 556 | Macedonian Continuers | Ristov, Natalie | 3 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 557 | Macedonian Continuers | Bogdanovska, Simona | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 558 | Macedonian Continuers | Georgiev, Tomislav | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Kogarah Campus | Kogarah |
| 559 | Maltese Continuers | Grech, William | 1 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 560 | Maltese Continuers | Cuschieri, Anna | 2 | Secondary College of Languages The Hills Sports Campus | Seven Hills |
| 561 | Mathematics | Freelander, Isaac David | 1 | Normanhurst Boys High School | Normanhurst |
| 562 | Mathematics | Nguyen, Monica | 2 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 563 | Mathematics | Barnes, David Peter | 3 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 564 | Mathematics | Cheung, Timothy | 3 | Pacific Hills Christian School | Dural |
| 565 | Mathematics | Nindra, Udit | 5 | Hurlstone Agricultural High School | Glenfield |
| 566 | Mathematics | Farinha, Daniel | 6 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 567 | Mathematics | Kim, Kyudong | 7 | St Patricks Marist College | Dundas |
| 568 | Mathematics | Mohan, Vithushan | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 569 | Mathematics | Tang, Cyril | 7 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 570 | Mathematics | Dai, Tim Ming Xi | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 571 | Mathematics | Lin, Kai | 11 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 572 | Mathematics | Croft, Michael Andrew | 12 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 573 | Mathematics | Comber Todd, Daniel | 13 | Mater Maria Catholic College | Warriewood |
| 574 | Mathematics | Roy, Sajeeb Kumar | 13 | Homebush Boys High School | Homebush |
| 575 | Mathematics | Wilkinson, Hayden | 13 | Trinity Catholic College Lismore | East Lismore |
| 576 | Mathematics | Yeap, Claudia Mei-Ling | 13 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 577 | Mathematics | Zhuo, Shirley | 13 | Fort Street High School | Petersham |
| 578 | Mathematics | Ross, James | 18 | St Aloysius College | Milsons Point |
| 579 | Mathematics | Uddin, Arif Mohammed | 19 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 580 | Mathematics | Yan, Sally | 19 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 581 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Jiang, Fan | 1 | Smiths Hill High School | Wollongong |
| 582 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Tawfik, Samuel | 1 | St Mary and St Minas Coptic Orthodox College | Rockdale |
| 583 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Thakkar, Devesh | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 584 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Janakan, Yashvini | 4 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 585 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Muir, Jack Broderick | 4 | Knox Grammar School | Wahroonga |
| 586 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Tan, Yi Ling | 4 | Ascham School | Edgecliff |
| 587 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Cao, Yiming | 7 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 588 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Proctor, Alice Kate Koorey | 8 | Merewether High School | Broadmeadow |
| 589 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Cheng, Simon | 9 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 590 | Mathematics Extension 1 | Hanamshet, Ameya | 10 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 591 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Cheng, Simon | 1 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 592 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Tawfik, Samuel | 2 | St Mary and St Minas Coptic Orthodox College | Rockdale |
| 593 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Cao, Yiming | 3 | Sydney Boys High School | Moore Park |
| 594 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Pitney, Sarah Nadine | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 595 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Liu, Bonnie Mengyuan | 5 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 596 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Thakkar, Devesh | 6 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 597 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Janakan, Yashvini | 7 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 598 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Pham, Jenny Kieu Loan | 8 | Sydney Girls High School | Surry Hills |
| 599 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Dave, Aneesh | 9 | Sydney Grammar School | Darlinghurst |
| 600 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Leon, Cho Chun Ross | 10 | Kingsgrove High School | Kingsgrove |
| 601 | Mathematics Extension 2 | Watson, Olivia | 10 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 602 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Gillespie, Daniel Keith | 1 | Kiama High School | Kiama |
| 603 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Caruana, Joshua | 2 | North Coast Institute Coffs Harbour Campus | Coffs Harbour |
| 604 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Firth, Darryl Kenneth | 3 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 605 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Rohr, Wesley Norman | 4 | Kandos High School | Kandos |
| 606 | Metal and Engineering Examination | Brown, Kris Edward | 5 | Batlow Technology School | Batlow |
| 607 | Modern Greek Beginners | Moundoulas, Katie | 1 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 608 | Modern Greek Beginners | Dendrinos, Tanya | 2 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 609 | Modern Greek Beginners | Zisimopoulos, Patricia | 3 | Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus | Oatley |
| 610 | Modern Greek Beginners | Papantoniou, Victoria | 4 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 611 | Modern Greek Beginners | Koutoulas, Stephanie | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 612 | Modern Greek Continuers | Asimakopoulos, Elaine | 1 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 613 | Modern Greek Continuers | Drimousis, Stiliani | 2 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 614 | Modern Greek Continuers | Arronis, Connie Marie | 3 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 615 | Modern Greek Continuers | Kefalas, Evy | 4 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 616 | Modern Greek Continuers | Voutos, Lambros | 5 | NSW School of Languages | Petersham |
| 617 | Modern Greek Extension | Asimakopoulos, Elaine | 1 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 618 | Modern Greek Extension | Drimousis, Stiliani | 2 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 619 | Modern Greek Extension | Kokkinos, Metaxia | 3 | All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School | Belmore |
| 620 | Modern Greek Extension | Kefalas, Evy | 4 | Blakehurst High School | Blakehurst |
| 621 | Modern Greek Extension | Stathakis, Dennise | 5 | St Euphemia College | Bankstown |
| 622 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Feiglin, Tali | 1 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 623 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Manor, Daria | 2 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 624 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Robinson, Devora | 3 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 625 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Rabinowitz, Daniel | 4 | Rose Bay Secondary College | Dover Heights |
| 626 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | Barhom, Niv | 5 | Emanuel School | Randwick |
| 627 | Modern History | Chen, Wendy Ke Xing | 1 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 628 | Modern History | Miu, Ryan Ho Yuen | 2 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 629 | Modern History | Morrison, Isaac Richard | 3 | SHORE Sydney Church of England Grammar School | North Sydney |
| 630 | Modern History | Davidson, Pearl Marie Garrad | 4 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 631 | Modern History | Williams, Angelique | 4 | Brigidine College St Ives | St Ives |
| 632 | Modern History | Langshaw, Thomas Robert | 6 | Caringbah High School | Caringbah |
| 633 | Modern History | Clark, Olivia Gwenyth | 7 | SCEGGS Darlinghurst | Darlinghurst |
| 634 | Modern History | D'Souza, Lovelle Dominica | 8 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 635 | Modern History | Chiang, Timothy | 9 | North Sydney Boys High School | Crows Nest |
| 636 | Modern History | Healey-Nash, Caitlin | 10 | Chevalier College | Burradoo |
| 637 | Modern History | Munro, Lucy | 10 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 638 | Music 1 | Lagana, Bernard Joseph | 1 | Wagga Wagga High School | Wagga Wagga |
| 639 | Music 1 | Pinkerton, Daniel | 1 | Summerland Christian College | Goonellabah |
| 640 | Music 1 | Stanley, Jamie Lewis | 3 | Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts | Fairy Meadow |
| 641 | Music 1 | Lowe, Andrew David | 4 | Camden Haven High School | Laurieton |
| 642 | Music 1 | Anderson, Reece | 5 | Hunter School of Performing Arts | Broadmeadow |
| 643 | Music 1 | Lim, Emaline Izu-Yan | 6 | Catherine McAuley Westmead | Westmead |
| 644 | Music 1 | Barnes, Rachael Alyce | 7 | Narrabri High School | Narrabri |
| 645 | Music 1 | Liu, Xingzhou | 8 | Narrabri High School | Narrabri |
| 646 | Music 1 | Woodhead, Rosemary Elizabeth | 9 | Roseville College | Roseville |
| 647 | Music 1 | Ho, Alison | 10 | Ryde Secondary College | Ryde |
| 648 | Music 2 | Chan, Noni Long | 1 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 649 | Music 2 | Davidson, James Struan | 2 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 650 | Music 2 | Longmuir, Sophie | 2 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 651 | Music 2 | Nahm, Nicole Dahyun | 4 | Pymble Ladies College | Pymble |
| 652 | Music 2 | Leung, Stephanie Hei-To | 5 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 653 | Music Extension | Davidson, James Struan | 1 | Conservatorium High School | Sydney |
| 654 | Music Extension | Longmuir, Sophie | 1 | Ravenswood School for Girls | Gordon |
| 655 | Music Extension | Mui, Jonathan | 3 | Barker College | Hornsby |
| 656 | Music Extension | Gill, Samuel Pangas | 4 | Sydney Technical High School | Bexley |
| 657 | Music Extension | Zhen, Xi May | 4 | Meriden School | Strathfield |
| 658 | Persian Background Speakers | Amir Goudarzi, Saba | 1 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 659 | Persian Background Speakers | Riazi, Fatemeh | 2 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 660 | Persian Background Speakers | Ali, Jawaid Wali | 3 | Outside Tutor | N/A |
| 661 | Persian Background Speakers | Assadzadeh, Sahand | 4 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 662 | Persian Background Speakers | Al Naerie, Kawther | 5 | Secondary College of Languages Arthur Phillip Campus | Parramatta |
| 663 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Rowe, Brodie Kate | 1 | Albury High School | Albury |
| 664 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Wood, Crystal | 1 | Campbelltown Performing Arts High School | Campbelltown |
| 665 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Martin, Erin Elizabeth | 3 | Abbotsleigh | Wahroonga |
| 666 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Murphy, Kate | 4 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 667 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Stokes, Martina | 5 | Monte Sant Angelo Mercy College | North Sydney |
| 668 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Miller, Hugh Reid | 6 | The Kings School | North Parramatta |
| 669 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Cox, Karina Iris | 7 | Carlingford High School | Carlingford |
| 670 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Langham, Jessica Kate | 7 | Macksville High School | Macksville |
| 671 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Gilbert, Emma Louise | 9 | Queenwood School for Girls | Mosman |
| 672 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Daley, Tulsa Grace | 10 | Macksville High School | Macksville |
| 673 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Smith, Ashleigh | 11 | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney | Croydon |
| 674 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Wiltshire, Stephanie Farrah | 12 | Karabar High School Distance Education Centre | Queanbeyan |
| 675 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Dunkley, Laura Jane | 13 | St Leos Catholic College | Wahroonga |
| 676 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Westcott, Jessica Amy | 13 | Parkes High School | Parkes |
| 677 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Carr, Elizabeth May | 15 | Asquith Girls High School | Asquith |
| 678 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Patterson, Niketa Lea | 15 | Woolooware High School | Woolooware |
| 679 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Resnick, Michaela | 17 | Moriah College | Queens Park |
| 680 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Hennessy, Kayla | 18 | Holy Spirit College | ? |
| 681 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Sheumack, Terrey | 18 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 682 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Campbell, Ashleigh | 20 | Mount St Joseph Milperra | Milperra |
| 683 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | Ferguson, Tanikah Rhiann | 20 | Dubbo School of Distance Education | Dubbo |
| 684 | Personal Development, Health and Physical Education | White, Jessica Florence | 20 | Terrigal High School | Terrigal |
| 685 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Yeo, Lee-Anne | 1 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 686 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Choudhari, Sameer | 2 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 687 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Hamid, Mariya Farah | 3 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 688 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Chen, Wendy Ke Xing | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 689 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Hatzistergos, Joanna | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 690 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Hayes, Sarah | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 691 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | Romanowski, Adam Roman | 4 | University of New England Distance Education | Armidale |
| 692 | Physics | Kerr, Annabel | 1 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 693 | Physics | Herron, Christopher | 2 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
| 694 | Physics | Hanamshet, Ameya | 3 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 695 | Physics | Chen, Peter Wei Yung | 4 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 696 | Physics | Whitaker, Matthew John | 5 | Cranbrook School | Bellevue Hill |
| 697 | Physics | Shi, Sonya Shengri | 6 | North Sydney Girls High School | Crows Nest |
| 698 | Physics | Jeganathan, Jayson | 7 | Baulkham Hills High School | Baulkham Hills |
| 699 | Physics | Lai, Jacqueline Van | 8 | James Ruse Agricultural High School | Carlingford |
| 700 | Physics | Hayes, Sarah | 9 | Gosford High School | Gosford |
Source: NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).
Supplementary data from school publications.
Supplementary data from school publications.
Last Updated: 27 Jan 2021