Rowston grew up on a farm near
Binya approximately 45 km from
Griffith, New South Wales. His father Phillip, was in
1993 drafted by but he never played in a senior game. Harry began his footy in the juniors for
Barellan before going into Griffith where there was better standard from a major country league,
Riverina Football League. At 15 he became a boarder at
Assumption College Kilmore where played in the school’s 1st XVIII. In Years 10 and 11 he played in the school holidays for Echuca Under 18s in the Goulburn Valley League. Later for Queanbeyan in
AFL Canberra where he was linked to the GWS Academy. == AFL career ==