List of University of Western Australia people
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This is a list of University of Western Australia people, including its notable alumni and staff:
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[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Politics
- Kim Edward Beazley, former Whitlam Cabinet minister
- Kim Beazley, former Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Prime Minister
- Alan Carpenter, current Premier of Western Australia
- Richard Court, former Premier of Western Australia
- Geoff Gallop, former Premier of Western Australia
- Peter Dowding, former Premier of Western Australia
- Sir Paul Hasluck, 17th Governor-General of Australia
- Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister of Australia
- Carmen Lawrence, former Premier of Western Australia, Federal Minister and President of the Australian Labor Party
- Billy Snedden, former Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia
- Daryl Williams, former Federal Attorney General
[edit] Business
- Michael Chaney, former chief executive officer of Wesfarmers, and the current chancellor of UWA
- Janet Holmes à Court, businesswoman
- Robert Holmes à Court, former entrepreneur
- Sir Rod Eddington, former chief executive officer of British Airways
- Richard Goyder, chief Executive Officer of Wesfarmers
- John A. Hay, current vice-chancellor of University of Queensland
- Ken Michael, Governor of Western Australia and former Chancellor of UWA
- Tan Sri Hamdan Mohamad, current Executive Director and President of Ranhill Berhad
- Andrew Roberts, former chief executive Officer of Multiplex
[edit] Public Service and Community
- Ameer Ali, president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
- Sue Boyd, former Australian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Vietnam and Fiji. Also Australia's first female student guild president.
- Herbert Cole Coombs, The first Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
- Allan Fels, former Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Ric Smith, Defence Department Secretary and former Australian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.
- Ralph Townsend, headmaster of Winchester College
[edit] Law
- Zarah Garde-Wilson, Criminal lawyer
- Wayne Martin, current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
- Neville John Owen, current Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
- Christopher Steytler, current Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
- John Toohey, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
- Ronald Wilson, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
[edit] Science, Medicine and Engineering
- Barry Marshall, Physician. 2005 Nobel Prize laureate
- Trevor Marshall, biomedical researcher
- Fiona Stanley, Epidemiologist. 2003 Australian of the Year
- Kenneth Richard Norris, Entomologist
- Robin Warren, UWA Emeritus Professor. Nobel Prize
- Fiona Wood, UWA Professor of Medicine. 2005 Australian of the Year
- Professor Mark Cassidy UWA’s School of Civil Engineering, Physical Scientist of the Year
- Bruce Armstrong, cancer epidemiologist.
- Dr Eric John Underwood graduated UWA in 1928 B.Sci.Ag -- Dean of faculity, Agriculture 1946 to 1970
[edit] Arts, literature and religion
- Geoffrey Bolton, historian
- Greg Egan, writer
- Dorothy Hewett, writer
- Barry Hickey, Catholic Archbishop of Perth
- John Kinsella, writer
- Randolph Stow, writer
- John Andrew La Nauze, the first Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University in 1978
- Rolf Harris, famous performer and artist
- Sally Morgan, writer and artist
- Shaun Tan, artist and writer
[edit] Sport and entertainment
- Peter F. Bell, captain of the Fremantle Dockers
- Michael Fitzpatrick, Former captain of the Carlton Football Club and current Chairman of the Australian Football League
- Shirley Strickland, Olympic track and field athlete
- Ric Charlesworth, former Australia national field hockey team Kookaburras Captain and Hockeyroos Coach
- Kylie Wheeler, Olympic heptathlete
- Sandra Angelia, Miss Indonesia 2008
[edit] Music
- Roger Smalley, pianist and composer
- Tim Minchin, pianist and comedian
- Sara Macliver, Soprano
