List of Australian Presbyterians
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following are notable Australian Presbyterians:
- Arthur Aspinall - Co-founder and first Principal of The Scots College, Bellevue Hill, Sydney; Congregational and Presbyterian Minister; Joint founder of the Historical Society of New South Wales
- Jessie Aspinall - First female junior medical resident at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital[1]
- James Boag I - Founder and proprietor of J. Boag & Sons, owner of the Boag's Brewery in Launceston, Tasmania
- James Burns - Businessman, shipowner and philanthropist
- Peter Cameron - Principal of St Andrew's College; Minister convicted by the Presbyterian Church of Australia of heresy[2]
- Professor Graeme Clark AC AO - Pioneered the multiple-channel cochlear implant
- Thomas Simpson Crawford - Australian politician and New South Wales Senior Crown Prosecutor
- Betty Cuthbert - Australian athlete, and a four-fold Olympic champion
- Ken Duncan - Christian photographer
- John Dunmore Lang
- John Ferguson - Presbyterian minister; Acting Principal of St Andrew's Theological College; Senior Chaplain and Chairman of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Council[3]
- John Flynn - Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and the Australian Inland Mission
- James Forbes - Presbyterian minister and educator
- Dame Mary Jean Gilmore DBE - Prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist
- Friedrich Hagenauer - Presbyterian minister; Founder of Ramahyuck Mission to house the members of the Ganai tribe who survived attacks in west and central Gippsland
- Rev. Dr Andrew Harper - Biblical scholar and teacher
- Vice-Admiral John Hunter RN - British naval officer and colonial administrator who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second governor of New South Wales
- Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC, CVO, MBE - Former Governor of South Australia and athlete
- Lieutenant General Iven Giffard Mackay KBE CMG DSO & Bar VD - Prominent Australian soldier (World War II)
- Bruce Mansfield - Television and radio personality
- Dr. John Marden - First Headmaster of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney; Pioneer of women's education; Presbyterian elder[4]
- Peter Dodds McCormick - Composer of the Australian national anthem Advance Australia Fair
- John McGarvie - Presbyterian minister and writer
- William McIntyre - Presbyterian minister and educator
- Dr Ewen Neil McQueen - Second Headmaster of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney; Prominent educational innovator; Scientist; Psychologist; General Practitioner[5]
- Dame Pattie Maie Menzies GBE - Wife of Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies
- Sir Robert Menzies - Twelfth and longest serving Australian Prime Minister
- Reverend William Miller - Minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria
- Sir John Moore - Jurist and presiding judge of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
- Alexander Morrison - Former headmaster of the Scotch College, Melbourne
- Sibyl Enid Vera Munro Morrison - First female barrister in New South Wales[6]
- Thomas Muir - Scottish political reformer
- John Shaw Neilson - Poet
- Sir Hugh Muir Nelson KCMG - Premier of Queensland from 1893 to 1898
- Francis Ormond - Pastoralist and philanthropist
- Andrew Petrie - Builder and architect
- John Petrie - Mayor of Brisbane and a contractor
- Margaret Pomeranz AM - Film critic and television personality[7]
- Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG - Politician, Premier of New South Wales and fourth Prime Minister of Australia
- William Ridley - English Presbyterian missionary who studied Australian Aboriginal languages
- Reverend F. R. M. Wilson - Early pioneer lichenologist and minister
[edit] References
- ^ Durie, E. Beatrix (1979). Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880 - 1953). Australian Dictionary of Biography p.118. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-17.
- ^ Cameron, Peter. "The making of a heretic", Opinion-Analysis, Melbourne: The Age, 1993-07-08, p. 14. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ Dougan, Alan (1981). "Ferguson, John (1852 - 1925)". Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online) 8. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp.486-487. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
- ^ Dougan, Alan (1986). "Marden, John (1855 - 1924)". Australian Dictionary of Biography 10. Melbourne, Vic.: Melbourne University Press. pp. 407-408. Retrieved on 2007-10-09.
- ^ McFarlane, John (1988). The Golden Hope: Presbyterian Ladies' College, 1888-1988. P.L.C Council, Presbyterian Ladies' College Sydney, (Croydon). ISBN 0-9597340-1-5.
- ^ O'Brien, Joan M (1986). Morrison, Sibyl Enid Vera Munro (1895 - 1961). Australian Dictionary of Biography p.596. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
- ^ Moses, Alexa. "Movie critic is all ears and proud of her role", Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
