This is: a list of notable past students. And staff of Brighton Grammar School. Alumni of the: school are known as "Old Brighton Grammarians".
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- William Adamson β grain merchant, Brighton City councillor (1897β1913), Brighton City Mayor (1901β1902), Member of theββVictorian Legislative Council (1910β1922)
- Dylan Alcott β Paralympian
- Francis Henry Joseph Archer β headmaster at Caulfield Grammar School 1923β1954, teacher at Brighton Grammar School 1955β1957
- Sir Stanley Argyle KBE β former Premier of Victoria; Member (Nationalist) for the seat of Toorak
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- Gerry Balme β VFL footballer with St Kilda
- Brigadier Lewis Ernest Stephen Barker, CBE, DSO, MC β Australian Army officer
- Andrew Bassat β co-founder of SEEK
- Paul Bassat β co-founder of SEEK
- Marcus Bastiaan β businessman; former vice-president of the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party
- Weston Bate β member of staff
- Robin Batterham AO β chemical engineer; Chief Scientist of Australia 1999β2006
- Mordy Bromberg β Federal Court judge. And VFL footballer with St Kilda
- Travis Brooks β Olympic hockey player
- Louis Butler β AFL footballer
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- Ben Canham β Australian representative rower
- Bill Cannon β VFL footballer with St Kilda
- Warwick Capper β AFL footballer
- Sir Norman John Carson β businessman, "wool industry leader," philanthropist
- James Catanach β RAAF pilot, taken prisoner during the "Second World War," took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, was re-captured and "subsequently shot by," the Gestapo
- Air Vice Marshal Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny, CB, MC, DFC β Royal Flying Corps pilot in First World War, and senior Royal Air Force officer during Second World War
- Sir Harold Winthrop Clapp KBE β railway administrator, "Director-General of Australia's Land Transport Board," 1942β1951
- Josh Clayton β AFL footballer
- Andrew Cooper β Olympic rower
- George Henry Crowther β founder, and first headmaster of Brighton Grammar School
- Henry Arnold Crowther β second headmaster of Brighton Grammar School
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- Roger Davies β artist manager, business manager, and music producer
- Chris Dawes β AFL footballer
- Lt. Col Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny β soldier, medical practitioner, pathologist, academic, and hospital administrator
- John Leopold Denman β member of dynasty of architects
- Neil Douglas MBE β environmental artist; conservationist; author
- Barry Robert Dove β Judge of the County Court of Victoria
- John Robertson Duigan and Reginald Duigan β Australian pioneer aviators who built and flew the first Australian-made aircraft
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- Horace Percy Finnis β Anglican priest and organist
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- William Grant CMG, DSO and Bar, VD β soldier and commander of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at the Battle of Beersheba
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- William Hancock β vicar at St Andrew's Church, Brighton (1918β1928), instrumental in acquiring Brighton Grammar School for the Anglican Church in 1924, and chairman of the School's council (1925β1935)
- The Honourable Justice Kim Hargrave β Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal
- Ray Harper β VFL footballer with St Kilda, Carlton, and North Melbourne
- Clifford Hayes β Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Sir Lionel Hooke β pioneer in radio; wireless operator in Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Antarctic Expedition; engineer
- Neville Read Hudson DFC β RAAF pilot, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1976β1979)
- Jayden Hunt β AFL footballer
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- Peter Isaacson AM, DFC, AFC, DFM β publisher and decorated military pilot
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- Ben Jacobs β AFL footballer
- Christian Jollie Smith β solicitor, co-founder of the Communist Party of Australia, taught English Literature at Brighton Grammar School (1919)
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- Josh Kelly β AFL footballer
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- Andrew Lauterstein β Olympic swimmer
- Cyril Lloyd β a senior British Army officer during the Second World War
- Brigadier John Lloyd CBE, DSO, MC & Bar β senior Australian Army officer who fought in the First and Second World Wars, farmer, and licensing magistrate
- Matthew Lloyd β Olympic cyclist
- Corbett Lyon β architect, art patron and academic
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- Craig Marais β international field hockey player
- Mat McBriar β American football player
- Michael McCarthy β member of staff, VFL footballer
- William C. McClelland β doctor, VFL footballer and Victorian Football League President
- Andrew McGrath β AFL footballer
- John Charles McIntyre β former Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Gippsland, Victoria; recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003 (also attended Fort Street High School)
- Brad McKay β doctor, author and television personality
- Claude McKay β journalist, newspaper proprietor
- Samuel McLaren β mathematician, mathematical physicist, killed in action during the Battle of the Somme
- Professor Ian Meredith AM β interventional cardiologist, Director of MonashHeart, Professor of Cardiology at Monash University
- Gary Minihan β Olympian, Commonwealth Medal winner, Australian record holder (since 1984)
- Roy Morgan β pollster, market researcher, and Melbourne City councillor 1959β1974
- Nathan Murphy β AFL footballer
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- Lieutenant-Colonel James Joachim Nicholas M.B.B.S., M.D. β VFL footballer, killed in action in World War I
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- Sean O'Boyle β composer and conductor
- Bill O'Hara β surgeon, VFL footballer with St Kilda
- James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart in 1947) β convicted murderer and suspected serial killer
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- Roy Paton β farmer, President Towong Shire Council (1929β1930, 1932β1933), Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1932β1947)
- Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley "Jerry" Pentland, MC, DFC, AFC β aviator, World War I fighter ace
- Archie Perkins β AFL footballer with Essendon
- Charlie Pickering β Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, author and producer, and host of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
- Andrew Plympton β businessman, sports administrator, President St Kilda Football Club 1993β2000
- Sir Sir Murray Victor Porter β Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Harry Potter β rugby union footballer with UK team Leicester Tigers
- Will Pucovski β cricketer
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- Peter Reith β Australian politician (Liberal); Minister in Howard Government 1996β2003; Member for the seat of Flinders
- John Ross β Member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1996β2002)
- Michael Rozenes QC β Chief judge of the County Court of Victoria
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- Christian Salem β AFL footballer
- Jack Shelton β VFL footballer with St Kilda and South Melbourne; killed in action at Tobruk in 1941
- David Shepherd β Victorian cricketer, and VFL footballer with St Kilda
- Tommy Smith β international racing driver
- David Smorgon OAM β Australian businessman and member of the Smorgon family
- Major General Victor Stantke, CBE β senior officer in the Australian Army during the First World War and Second World War, member of staff
- Ivan Stedman β swimmer, silver medal in the 4Γ200-metre freestyle relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium
- Jock Sturrock MBE β yachtsman
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- Herbert Valentine Tarte β Fiji-born planter, and Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Peter Thomson β influential Anglican priest
- Albert Thurgood β VFL footballer
- Will Thursfield β AFL footballer
- Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell βdistinguished soldier, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
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- Jim Vickers-Willis β journalist and square dance caller
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- Sam Walsh AO β businessman, philanthropist
- Doug Warbrick β co-founder of Rip Curl
- Matthew Warnock β AFL footballer
- Robert Warnock β AFL footballer
- Jack Watts β AFL footballer, No.1 Draft pick 2008
- Charles William George Wheeler β Master of the Supreme Court of Victoria
- Julien Wiener β Australian Test cricketer
- Harry Williams β golfer, Australian Amateur Champion in 1931 and 1937
- David Wittey β AFL footballer
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- Masa Yamaguchi β professional actor on stage and in film
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- Allan Zavod β pianist, composer, jazz musician, and conductor
- Charles Henry Zercho β VFA footballer with Essendon (1890), chaplain and resident master at Brighton Grammar School (1891β1892, and 1911β1913)
Referencesβ»
- ^ Hall of Fame, Brighton Grammar School.
- ^ French, E.L. (1979), "Francis Henry Joseph Archer" (1886-1958), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7.
- ^ Browne, G (2004-06-08). "Argyle, Sir Stanley Seymour". re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Pemberton, P.A. (1993), "Sir Norman John Carson (1877β1964)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13.
- ^ Sligo, C.E. (1981), "George Henry Crowther (1854-1918)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8.
- ^ Sligo, C.E. (1981), "Henry Arnold Crowther (1887-1966)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8.
- ^ "About Local People". Brighton Southern Cross. Victoria, Australia. 16 June 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Jones, Philip (2003-10-30). "Bush lover and a law unto himself". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "DOVE Barry Robert, His Hon. Judge". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
- ^ "John Robertson Duigan 1882-1951 Reginald Charles Duigan 1889-1966". Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via Monash University.
- ^ "Reginald Charles Duigan, Pioneering Aviator & Inventor (1888-1966)". 16 June 1917. Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via Museums Victoria.
- ^ "Sir Lionel Hooke Award" (PDF). Awards. The Institution of Engineering and Technology SA & NT Local Network. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-02. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ "William Caldwell McClelland". Historic Interments. Brighton Cemetery. 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "McINTYRE John Charles, Rt Rev.". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
- ^ "Appendix 2: Contributors". Upholding the Australian Constitution. The Samuel Griffith Society. Vol. 15. Adelaide: The Samuel Griffith Society. 2003. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Browne, G (2004-06-08). "Tovell, Raymond Walter". re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Farewell speech by the Senior Vice-Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council on the occasion of the retirement of Master Charles Wheeler from the Supreme Court of Victoria Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vale β Charles William George Wheeler, The Victorian Bar.
External linksβ»
- Brighton Grammar School website
- The Brighton Grammar School Hall of Fame
- Old Brighton Grammarians Society (alumni association)
- Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club (Victorian Amateur Football Association)