fort street alumni, as well as current attendees, are traditionally called "fortians". other prominent former students include two prime ministers of australia, one of them being edmund barton, a governor-general of australia, and five justices of the high court of australia (including michael kirby), the highest number amongst government schools in australia and the second highest amongst all schools in australia. fortians have also served as the president of the united nations general assembly (h. v. evatt) and the president of the international court of justice (percy spender) (in each case, the only australians to date to hold such positions), justices of the supreme court of new south wales, federal court of australia and other state and federal courts, premiers of new south wales, and chancellors of the university of sydney, the university of new south wales and other universities. among its graduates are also well known celebrities. in 2010 "the age" reported that fort street high school ranked equal fourth among australian schools based on the number of alumni who had received a top order of australia honour.