List of alumni of Wesley College, Melbourne
This is a list of notable Old Wesley Collegians , former students of Wesley College, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia .
Alumni of Wesley College are known as Old Collegians and are automatically members of the school's alumni association, the Old Wesley Collegians Association, which was founded in 1882.[ 1]
Samuel Alexander OM , British philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge College[ 2] Waleed Aly , lecturer at Global Terrorism Research Centre, School of Political & Social Inquiry, and at the Monash University Faculty of Arts ; spokesman for the Islamic Council of Victoria; presenter on Network Ten 's The Project [ 3] The Hon. Chief Justice Michael Black AC QC , Barrister, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Foundation Chairman of the Victorian Bar’s Readers Course, chair of the Advisory Committee (Juris Doctor Degree at the Melbourne Law School )[ 4] [ 5]
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC , historian[ 6]
Dr Andrew Dent AC , associate professor of medicine (Melbourne University )[ 7]
Professor Brian Lewis , Dean of the Faculty of Architecture (University of Melbourne )[ 8]
Professor John Henry Michell , mathematician and Senior Wrangler (Cambridge University)[ 9]
Professor Graham Oppy , philosopher (Monash University )[ 10]
Joseph Lade Pawsey , pioneer of the study of radio astronomy in Australia[ 11] Lawrence Pyke , Rhodes Scholar , Headmaster of Newington College [citation needed Sir David Rivett KCMG , Rhodes Scholar and associate professor and professor of chemistry (University of Melbourne )[ 12]
Walter Rosenhain , metallurgistProfessor Chris Silagy AO , leading pioneer in evidence-based medicine [ 13]
Professor Warren Thomson OAM , Music (University of Sydney )[ 14] [ 15]
Sir Harold L. White CBE , Parliamentary Librarian of Australia and National Librarian[ 16]
Professor Carl Wood AC , CBE , FRCS , FRANZCOG ; IVF pioneer (Monash University )
Business and sports administration
Sir Frank Beaurepaire , founder of Beaurepaires and Olympic Tyres
Sir John Grice , director of National Australia Bank (first Wesley student to qualify for entrance to University of Melbourne )
Daryl Jackson AM , architect; chairman of the Australian Film Institute; trustee of NGV ; vice president of Melbourne Cricket Club Poppy King , businesswoman; Young Australian of the Year 1995 (also attended Lauriston Girls' School )[ 17] Eric McCutchan , manager of the Victorian Football League ; inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 1996Ross Oakley , chief executive officer of the Australian Football League , Victorian Rugby Union ,[ 18] Melbourne Rebels [ 19] [ 20] Royal Insurance ,[ 21] Harris Scarfe (1997–2001); chairman of the Royal Australian Holdings Ltd, the Royal Life Insurance Australia Ltd, the State Training Board of Victoria, the Get Going Sport Foundation; director of AAMI and Tisdall Wines; inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2009Wayne Reid OBE , president of Tennis Australia Graeme Samuel AC , former chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Actors
Laura Brent , actorIsabella Dunwill , actorWilliam Franklyn , British actorChristopher Gabardi , actorChristopher "Kick" Gurry , Hollywood actor (star of Speed Racer Looking for Alibrandi Jane Harber , actorAlan Hopgood , actor and dramatistLachy Hulme , actorSamuel Johnson , actor, AFI recipient and Logies nominee, radio host (Nova FM )Lloyd Lamble (1934–2008), Australian and British film, theatre, radio and television actorKyal Marsh , actorEloise Mignon , actor (also attended St Michael's Grammar School , St Kilda )Chris Scalzo , actorJason Stephens , actorAshley Zukerman , actor
Musicians
David Briggs , musician (Little River Band )Sophia Brous , musician, former program director of the Melbourne Jazz Festival and former curator of music at the Adelaide Festival Justine Electra , musicianPaul Grabowsky , musicianThe Groop , 1960s rock band (original lineup)Louis Lavater (1867–1953), composer and authorOllie McGill , musician (keyboard player in The Cat Empire )The Temper Trap , bandBruce Watson , songwriter
Producers
Radio and television
Other
Charles Baeyertz , publisher of The Triad , critic and broadcasterMargaret Jane Gurney , Australian artist (Methodist Ladies' College, Elsternwick)Barry Kay , stage and costume designer and photographerFrank Arthur Nankivell , artistRohan Rivett , journalist and editorAthol Shmith , photographerJohn Spooner , political illustrator (The Age [ 24] Shura Taft , television and radio presenter[ 25] Tom Wright , writer
Military
Victoria Cross recipients
Australian Army
Politics and government
Kenneth Bailey James Bennett Russell Broadbent , Federal MP[citation needed Ian Castles , economist and Australian statisticianIan Cathie , Labor Victorian State Cabinet MinisterSam Cohen , Senator for VictoriaHarold Edward Holt CH , Prime Minister of Australia [ 27] Julian Hill , Federal MPMichael Kroger Major General Herbert William Lloyd CB , CMG , CVO , DSO
Sam Loxton OBE Alexander Mair , Premier of New South Wales John Maynard Hedstrom , member of the Legislative Council of Fiji Andrew McCutcheon , Labor Victorian State Cabinet MinisterSir Robert Gordon Menzies KT CH AK PC KC , Prime Minister of Australia[ 28]
Peter Nixon , National Party politician, Federal cabinet ministerSenator John Siddons , Australian Senator
Bruce Arthur Smith Senator Reg Turnbull , Leader of the Australia Party
William Henry Williams
Law
Doctor Tony Atkins AM , medical practitioner recognised for his work in famine relief and agricultural development in Africa
Professor Sir Robert Chapman CMG, first Professor of Physics and Engineering at Adelaide University
Herbert Dennis , architectDoctor Andrew Dent AM , medical doctor and humanitarian worker
Professor Graham Farquhar AO FAA FRS
Doctor Alan William Greenwood CBE FRSE , zoologist and geneticist
Charles Hoadley , geologist and Antarctic explorerDoctor John Orchard AM , sports and exercise medicine physician recognised for his work in cricket[ 30] Doctor Joseph Lade Pawsey , pioneer of the study of radio astronomy in Australia
Sir David Rivett KCMG , chemist, chairman and chief executive officer of the CSIR and founder of the CSIRO [ 31]
Walter Rosenhain , metallurgistJohn Springthorpe , physicianWilliam Sutherland , physicistSir George Adlington Syme , surgeon and first president of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Sir William George Dismore Upjohn , surgeon and chancellor of Melbourne University
Professor Carl Wood AC CBE FRCS FRANZCOG , IVF pioneer, Monash University
Sport
Athletics
Ross Abbey , Footscray Football Club Ray Allsopp , Richmond Football ClubStuart Anderson , Fremantle Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club Simon Arnott , Geelong Football Club and Sydney Swans Darren Baxter , Hawthorn and FootscrayJames Bennett , Hawthorn Football Club Peter Bennett , St Kilda Football ClubGeorge Bickford , Melbourne Football ClubPeter Box , Footscray Football Club and Brownlow Medalist Frank Boynton , Melbourne Football Club , Geelong Football Club and University Football Club Adam Cerra , Fremantle Football Club Arch Corbett , Melbourne University Football Club (VFL)Harry Curtis , Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club [ 32] Kate Dempsey , Richmond AFLW Jasmine Fleming , Hawthorn Football Club Sam Frost , Greater Western Sydney Giants and Melbourne Football ClubWarwick Green , St Kilda Football ClubToby Greene , Greater Western Sydney GiantsWill Johnson , St Kilda Football Club[ 33] Allan McKellar , Richmond and SydneyStephen Mount , Richmond, 1980 premiershipGeorge Moysey , Melbourne (VFA), Melbourne (VFL), Perth, SubiacoRoss Oakley , St Kilda Football ClubRoy Park , Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne University Football ClubArthur Pearce , St Kilda Football ClubPepa Randall , GWS AFLW Gordon Rattray , Fitzroy Football Club, Brighton Football Club; first to use the torpedo punt [ 34] Les Reeves , North Melbourne Football ClubNick Ries , Hawthorn Football ClubElijah Tsatas , Essendon Ivor Warne-Smith , Melbourne Football Club, dual Brownlow Medallist Fergus Watts , Adelaide Crows Football Club
Baseball and basketball
Cricket
Cycling
Netball
Rowing
Sailing
Jesse Martin , youngest person to have circumnavigated the globe solo, non-stop and unassisted (age 17); Ambassador of Reach Young & Young Endeavour
Swimming
Michael Klim OAM , Olympic gold medallist (1996, 2000, 2004), world record holder (1996–2000), Commonwealth Games athlete (1998, 2006) and Australian Representative (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Triathlon
Emma Carney , Triathlon World Champion 1994, 1997 World Number 1 Triathlete (1995, 1996, 1997) Australian Representative (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004); also represented Australia in Athletics
Tennis
Water polo
Other
References
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