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This is: a list of notable Old Geelong Grammarians, they being notable former students - known as "Old Geelong Grammarians" of the: Anglican Church school, Geelong Grammar School and old girls of The Hermitage and Clyde School in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked Geelong Grammar School fourth in Australia's top ten schools for boys, based on theββnumber of its male alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).
This is a dynamic list and may never be, ableββto satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by, adding missing items with reliable sources.
Academiaβ»
Rank Pre-nominals |
Name | Post-nominals | Notes | |||
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David Armstrong | Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Sydney | |||||
Lord Broers | FRS | President of the "Royal Academy of Engineering," former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge | ||||
Dr. | Frank Cumbrae-Stewart | KC | Foundation registrar and librarian of the University of Queensland | |||
Thomas Sergeant Hall | Geologist, biologist and recipient of The Murchison Fund | |||||
Patience Hawker | Co-founded the Stawell School for girls in South Australia | |||||
Jeremy Griffith | Biologist and author | |||||
Alexander Charles David Drogo Montagu | 13th Duke of Manchester | Graham Pizzey | AM | Ornithologist | ||
Ted Ringwood | FRS | Scientist | ||||
Herman Rupp | Clergyman and botanist | |||||
Michael Scriven | Scientific philosopher | |||||
Dr. | Richard Searby | AO, KC | Former Chancellor of Deakin University | |||
Businessβ»
Rank Pre-nominals |
Name | Post-nominals | Notes |
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Sir Roderick Carnegie | AC | Businessman | |
James Fairfax | AC | Philanthropist | |
John Fairfax | Media proprietor | ||
Sir Warwick Fairfax | Businessman and philanthropist | ||
Squadron Leader | Sir Hudson Fysh | KBE, DFC | Aviator and "businessman," a founder of Qantas |
Peter Holmes Γ Court | |||
Donald McGauchie | AO | Farmer, "company director." And businessman | |
Hugh Morgan | AC | Businessman | |
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch | AC, DBE | Philanthropist | |
Rupert Murdoch | AC | Media proprietor | |
Lieutenant | Ken Myer | AC, DSC, RAN | Diplomat, "administrator," businessman and philanthropist; nominatedββto succeed Sir Paul Hasluck as Governor General |
Clyde Packer | Publishing and media figure | ||
Kerry Packer | AC | Publishing, media and gaming tycoon | |
Jonathan Shier | Television executive |
Clergyβ»
- Bishop Thomas Armstrong, Bishop of Wangaratta (1902β1927)
- Bishop Reginald Stephen, Bishop of Tasmania (1914β1919) and Bishop of Newcastle (1919β1928)
- Bishop Jack Stretch, Bishop of Newcastle (1906β1919)
Media, entertainment and the artsβ»
Rank Pre-nominals |
Name | Post-nominals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Jean Battersby | AO | Arts executive and adviser, (nΓ©e Robinson) | |
Tim Burstall | AM | Film maker | |
Peter Carey | AO | Novelist | |
David Chipp | Journalist | ||
Caroline Craig | Actress | ||
Vadim Dale | Reality television contestant | ||
Portia de Rossi | Actress | ||
Sir Russell Drysdale | AC | Painter | |
Keith Dunstan | OAM | Journalist and author | |
Marta Dusseldorp | Actress | ||
Geoffrey Dutton | AO | Poet | |
Simon Fieldhouse | Artist | ||
Greg Fleet | Comedian and actor | ||
Helen Garner | Novelist and journalist (C.E.G.G.S. The Hermitage) | ||
Tim Hewat | Journalist and television producer | ||
Missy Higgins | Singer-songwriter | ||
Norman Kaye | Organist, actor | ||
Joan Lindsay | Author | ||
Tom Long | Actor | ||
Tim Macartney-Snape | AM | Mountaineer and author | |
Ranald Macdonald | AO | Publisher, broadcaster, football president, academic | |
John Manifold | AM | Poet | |
Ali McGregor | Opera singer | ||
David Moore | Photographer | ||
Stephen Murray-Smith | AM | Writer, editor, educator | |
Robin Ramsay | Actor | ||
John Reed | Art editor and patron | ||
Sub Lieutenant | Peter Smith | RAN | Painter |
Ian Sprague | Ceramic sculptor and graphic artist | ||
David Strachan | Painter | ||
Sam Strong | Theatre director | ||
François Tétaz | Musician |
Medicineβ»
Rank Pre-nominals |
Name | Post-nominals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
David Ames | AO | Psychiatrist, particularly in the field of dementia and the mental health of older persons | |
James W. Lance | CBE, AO | Neurologist, particularly in the field of headache and migraine |
Militaryβ»
Rank Pre-nominals |
Name | Post-nominals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Captain | Arthur Bagot | GC, DSC | Albert Medal recipient |
Squadron Leader | James Catanach | DFC | World War II bomber pilot and prisoner of war, took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III and murdered by the Gestapo upon capture |
Air Vice Marshal | Adrian Cole | CBE, DSO, MC, DFC | Royal Australian Air Force |
Flight Lieutenant | Roberts Dunstan | DFC | World War II soldier and airman, served as an air gunner after losing leg in action with the Army |
General | Sir John Hackett | GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC | British Army, later author and Principal of the King's College London |
Admiral | Sir Anthony Synnot | KBE, AO, RAN | Royal Australian Navy |
Politicsβ»
Rank Pre-nominals |
Name | Post-nominals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Guy Barnett | MP | Senator (2002β2010), Tasmanian House of Assembly (Lib) (2014βpresent), Minister for Resources and Building and Construction (2016βpresent) | |
Geoffrey Brown | MBE | MHR (Lib) (1949β1955) | |
Joseph Tilley Brown | MLA (Protectionist) (1886β1889), MHR (Anti-Socialist Party) (1906β1910) | ||
William Cumming | MLA (UAP & Lib) (1935β1945), Minister of Agriculture (OctβNov 1945) | ||
Sir John Mark Davies | KCMG | MLC (1889β1919), Attorney-General of Victoria (1903β1909) and President of the Victorian Legislative Council (1910β1919) | |
Sir Matthew Davies | MLA, (1883β1892), Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1887β1892) | ||
Alexander Downer | AC | MHR (Lib) (1984β2008), Leader of the Opposition (1994β1995), Foreign Minister (1996β2007), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2014βpresent) | |
Sir Alick Downer | KBE | MHR (Lib) (1949β1963), Minister for Immigration (1958β1964), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1964β1972) | |
Flight Lieutenant | Sir David Fairbairn | KBE, DFC | MHR (Lib) (1949β1975), Minister for Air (1962β1964), National Development (1964β1969), Education and Science (1971) and Defence (1971β1972), Ambassador to the Netherlands (1977β1980) |
Sir George Fairbairn | MHR & Senator (1906β1913 & 1917β1923) | ||
James Fairbairn | MHR (UAP) (1933β1940), Minister for Civil Aviation, Air and Vice-President of the Executive Council (1939β1940), killed in the Canberra air disaster | ||
Franc Falkiner | MHR (CLP & Nationalist) (1913β1914 & 1917β1919) | ||
Lieutenant | Archibald Fisken | CMG, OBE, MC | MRH (UAP) (1934β1937) |
Malcolm Fraser | AC, CH, GCL | MHR (Lib) (1955β1983), Prime Minister of Australia (1975β1983) | |
Geoffrey Giles | MHR (Lib) (1977β1983) | ||
Sir John Gorton | GCMG, AC, CH | Senator & MHR (Lib) (1949β1975), Prime Minister of Australia (1968β1971) | |
Captain | David Hamer | AM, DSC, RAN | MHR & Senator (Lib) (1975β1990) |
Colonel | Sir Rupert Hamer | AC, KCMG, ED | MLC & MLA (Lib) (1958β1981), Premier of Victoria (1972β1981) |
Charles Hardy | Country Party) (1932β1938) | ||
Brian Harrison | DL | Conservative member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1955β1974) | |
Charles Hawker | MHR (Nationalist & UAP) (1929β38), eponym of the Hawker Scholarship | ||
David Hawker | AO | MHR (Lib) (1983β2010), Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (2004β2008) | |
Sir Peter Hordern | DL | Conservative member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1964β1993) | |
Lieutenant | John Howse | Member of Australian House of Representatives (Member for Calare, Lib) (1946β1960) | |
George Jones | MP | member of the New Zealand House of Representatives (1880β1881) and Legislative Council (1895β1920) | |
Dan Mackinnon | CBE | MHR (Lib) (1949β1951 & 1953β1966) and Ambassador to Argentina (1967β1970) | |
James Manifold | MHR (Protectionist, Lib & Nationialist) (1901β1903 & 1913β1918) | ||
Sir Thomas Manifold | KBE | MLC (Nationalist) (1929β1935), Minister without portfolio (1932β1933) | |
Richard Marles | MP | MHR (ALP), (2007βpresent), Minister for Trade (JunβSep 2013), Deputy Leader of the Opposition (2019β2022), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence (2022-present) | |
Charles Perkins | MP | Western Australian MLA (1942β1961), Minister for Transport, Police, Labour and Native Welfare (1959β1961) | |
Jim Plowman | MP | MLA (Lib) (1973β1982 & 1985β1999), Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1979β1982 & 1996β1999), Minister for Energy and Minerals (1992β1996) | |
Lieutenant Colonel | Rupert Ryan | CMG, DSO | MHR (UAP & Lib) (1940β1952) |
Ian Smith | MLA (Lib) (1967β1983 & 1985β1999), Minister for Social Welfare (1970β73), Agriculture (1973β1980), Economic Development (1980β81) and Finance (1992β1995) | ||
Charles Sommers | Western Australian MLA (Lib) (1906β1918), Minister for Lands (1901) | ||
Sir Robert Southey | AO, CMG | president of the Liberal Party of Australia (1970β1975), Chairman of the Australian Ballet Foundation (1980β1990) | |
Air Commodore | Sir Peter Vanneck | GBE, CB, AFC, AE, DL | Lord Mayor of London (1977), Member of the European Parliament (1979β1989) |
Mechai Viravaidya | Thai politician | ||
David Wordsworth | Western Australian MLA (Lib) (1971β1989), Minister for Transport (1977β1978), Lands and Forests (1978β1982) |
Public service and the lawβ»
Rank Pre-nominals |
Name | Post-nominals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Peter Barbour | Director-General of ASIO (1970β1975) | ||
Justice | Sir Charles Belcher | OBE | Australian lawyer, author, British colonial jurist. And amateur ornithologist |
Barrie Dexter | CBE | Senior public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (1973β1977) and High Commissioner to Canada (1980β1983) | |
Lieutenant Colonel | Sir David Hay | CBE, DSO | Senior public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (1977β1979) and High Commissioner to Canada (1961β1964) |
Simon Molesworth | AO, KC | Barrister and solicitor | |
Francis Hamilton Stuart | Diplomat | ||
Michael Thawley | AO | Senior public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2014β2016) and Ambassador to the United States (2000β2005) | |
Michael Thwaites | AO | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria (1974β91), the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria (1974β95), and the Chief Scout of Australia (1989β96); Director of Counter-Espionage ASIO | |
Richard Woolcott | AC | Senior public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1988β1992) and Ambassador to Indonesia (1975β1978) | |
Justice | Sir John Young | AC, KCMG | Barrister, Company Director and former Chancellor of Deakin University |
Royaltyβ»
Rank Pre-nominals |
Name | Post-nominals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin | Sultan of Terengganu, King of Malaysia | ||
Charles III | KG, KT, GCB, OM, AK, QSO, PC | King of Australia, the United Kingdom and 13 other Commonwealth Realms | |
Chatrichalerm Yukol | Thai prince, filmmaker | ||
Mateen bin Javed Al Nahyan |
Scienceβ»
- John Gordon Rushbrooke, particle physicist
Sportβ»
Rank Pre-nominals |
Name | Post-nominals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Sergeant | Gerald Backhouse | Olympian 1936 Berlin Games and 1938 Empire Games | |
Private | Norman Belcher | Footballer for the Geelong and Essendon Football Clubs | |
Captain | John Bell | Footballer for the Geelong Football Club | |
Jon Berney | World champion lightweight rower | ||
Jarrod Brander | Footballer for the West Coast Eagles | ||
Meyrick Buchanan | Cricketer for the Melbourne Renegades | ||
Jye Caldwell | Footballer for the Greater Western Sydney & Essendon Football Clubs | ||
Jane Chapple-Hyam | Racehorse trainer | ||
David A. Clarke | Footballer for the Geelong and Carlton Football Clubs | ||
Brent Daniels | Footballer for Greater Western Sydney | ||
Paddy Dow | Footballer for the Carlton Football Club | ||
Les Fairbairn | Footballer for the Geelong Football Club | ||
Steve Fairbairn | Influential rowing coach | ||
Charlie Gardiner | Footballer for the Geelong and St Kilda Football Clubs | ||
Squadron Leader | Tony Gaze | DFC & Two Bars, OAM | Racing driver and World War II fighter ace |
Norman Good | First class cricketer for Western Australia and footballer for Melbourne University Football Club | ||
Alby Green | First class cricketer for South Australia and footballer for the Geelong and Norwood Football Clubs, inaugural Magarey Medal winner | ||
Tayla Honey | Netballer for the Melbourne Vixens | ||
Eddy James | Footballer for the Geelong Football Club | ||
John Kelly | Olympic equestrian gold medallist | ||
Captain | Wallscourt Kelly | First-class cricketer for the Europeans | |
Jock Landale | Basketball player at Saint Mary's College of California | ||
John Landy | AC, CVO, MBE, FTSE | Athlete, Governor of Victoria | |
Sam Lloyd | Footballer for the Richmond Football Club | ||
Tim Macartney-Snape | AM | Mountaineer, first Australian to climb Mount Everest and later, the first person to climb the full height (sea level to summit) of Mount Everest β both without supplemental oxygen | |
James MacKinnon | First-class cricketer for Cambridge University | ||
Emily Mannix | Netballer for the Melbourne Vixens | ||
Paddy McCartin | Footballer for the St Kilda Football Club | ||
Lieutenant | Samuel McCaughey | First-class cricketer for Cambridge University | |
Nina Morrison | Footballer for the Geelong AFLW Football Club | ||
Craig Mottram | Long distance runner | ||
Sam Newman | Footballer for the Geelong Football Club and media identity most notable for The AFL Footy Show | ||
Lochie O'Brien | Footballer for the Carlton Football Club | ||
Jack Parkin | Footballer for the Geelong Football Club | ||
Bill Patterson | Motor racing driver, race team owner and businessman | ||
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula | Paralympic alpine skier and 2014 Young Victorian of the Year | ||
Major | Alex Russell | MC | Grazier, soldier, golfer and golf course architect |
Caleb Serong | Footballer for the Fremantle Dockers Football Clubs | ||
Ben Sordello | Footballer for the Geelong Cats | ||
Kate Slatter | OAM | Olympic rowing gold medallist | |
Billie Smedts | Footballer for the Geelong Football Club | ||
Dennis Smith | Test cricketer for New Zealand | ||
Devon Smith | Footballer for the Essendon Football Club | ||
Ian Toyne | Footballer for the Geelong and Melbourne Football Clubs | ||
Easton Wood | Footballer for the Western Bulldogs |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
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