List of alumni of Wesley College, Melbourne
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This article is about the school in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. For other institutions of the same name, see Wesley College (disambiguation).
This is a List of notable alumni of Wesley College, Melbourne, they being notable former students - known as "Old Wesley Collegians" of the Uniting Church school, Wesley College in Prahran, Glen Waverley and Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked Wesley College sixth in Australia's top ten schools for boys, based on the number of its male alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).[1]
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[edit] Academia, scholars, philosophers, clergymen and educators
- Samuel Alexander, British philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college
- Professor Geoffrey Blainey, historian
- William Andrew Merrylees, Rhodes scholar, philosopher, grazier and lobbyist
- John Henry Michell, mathematician and Cambridge University Senior Wrangler
- Laurence Pyke, Rhodes Scholar, headmaster Newington College and professor
- Richard Hall, Professor of Law at Cornell University
- Graham Oppy, Professor of Philosophy at Monash University
- John Hajek, Associate Professor and Reader - Italian Studies, Chair of French, Italian and Spanish Studies University of Melbourne
- Rev. Denis Oakley
- Professor Carl Wood, IVF pioneer Monash University
[edit] Business
- Bob Ansett, founder of Budget Rent A Car
- Sir Frank Beaurepaire, founder of Beaurepaires and Olympic Tyres
- Sir Jack Brockhoff, founder of Brockhoff Biscuits and of the Jack Brockhoff Foundation
- Sir Rupert Turner Havelock Clarke, 2nd Baronet of Rupertswood, pastoralist and entrepreneur
- John Grice, National Bank of Australasia director and first boy to matriculate and qualify for the University of Melbourne
- Poppy King, Businesswoman; Young Australian of the Year 1995 (also attended Lauriston Girls' School)[2]
- Ross Oakley, former AFL CEO
- Graeme Samuel, businessman, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission since 2003
- John Schubert, businessman and company director
- Jim Barry AM MBE, businessman and company director
- Warrick Mitchell, businessman and Wesley College Council president
- Anders Floden, Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and entrepreneur
[edit] Entertainment, media and the arts
- Waleed Aly, spokesman for the Islamic Council of Victoria
- Ollie Brown, musician
- Miles Brown, musician
- Samuel Clarke, radio presenter
- Justine Electra, musician
- William Franklyn, British actor
- Christopher Gabardi, actor
- Paul Grabowsky, musician
- Lachy Hulme, actor
- Samuel Johnson, actor
- Barry Kay, stage & costume designer and photographer - alumni at Wesley College 1942-1948
- Kyal Marsh, actor
- Alexander Mason, radio presenter
- Ollie McGill, keyboard player in The Cat Empire
- Pete Smith, radio and television announcer
- Jason Stephens, actor & comedian
- Peter Stubbs, Peter "Grubby" Stubbs, comedian and Melbourne GOLD-FM radio host
- Richard Stubbs, comedian and Melbourne ABC radio host
- Bruce Watson, songwriter
- Jack Howard, musician Hunters and Collectors
- David Briggs, musician Little River Band
- Christopher Gabardi, actor
- Evan Gough, musician (www.myspace.com/evangough)
[edit] Military
- Captain Robert Cuthbert Grieve, Victoria Cross recipient (1917) (also attended Caulfield Grammar School)[3]
- Lieutenant-Colonel Vance Khan, Distinguished Service Cross recipient (2003)
- Major General Herbert Lloyd
- Lieutenant General Edward Milford
- Major General Edwin Tivey
- Major General George Vasey
[edit] Politics, public service and the law
- Charles Leonard Andrews, Australian barrister and Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1901-1904
- Reginald Ivon Argyle, Australian engineer, grazier and Liberal Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1900-1914
- Sir Frank Beaurepaire, Australian athlete, businessman and Lord Mayor of Melbourne 1940-1942, Liberal Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1942-1952
- (Blair) Cameron Boardman|Cameron Boardman, Australian police officer and Liberal Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1996-2002
- Sir Percy Thomas Byrnes, Australian farmer and Country Party Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1942-1969
- Ian Robert Cathy|Ian Cathy, Australian teacher and Labor Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1964-1970, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1976-1988 (Minister 1982-1988)
- Sir Rupert Turner Havelock Clarke, Australian baronet and Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1897-1904
- Samuel Cohen, Australian barrister and Labor Senator for Victoria 1962-1969
- Sir Frederic William Eggleston, Australian solicitor and Nationalist Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1920-1927
- Richard Herbert Joseph Fetherston, Australian medical practitioner and Nationalist Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1921-1924
- (Albert Charles) Burnett Gray|Burnett Gray, Australian manager and independent Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1927-1932
- Harold Read Hedditch, Australian farmer and Country Party Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1943-1945 & 1947-1950
- David Ernest Henshaw, Australian scientist and Labor Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1988-1996
- Harold Edward Holt, Australian solicitor and federal UAP & Liberal Member for Fawkner 1935-1949, federal Liberal Member Higgins 1949-1967 and Prime Minister of Australia 1966-1967[4]
- Michael Norman Kroger, Australian businessman and powerbroker within the Victorian division of the Liberal Party
- Sam Loxton, Australian test cricketer and Liberal Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1955-1979
- Herbert William Lloyd, Australian Army officer and Nationalist Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1929-1930 & 1932-1941
- Alexander Mair, Australian businessman and United Australia Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1932-1946; Premier of New South Wales 1939-1941,
- Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, Australian solicitor and Nationalist Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1928-1929, Nationalist & UAP Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1929-1934, federal UAP & Liberal Member for Kooyong 1934-1966, founder of the Liberal Party of Australia 1944 and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia 1939-1941 & 1949-1966
- Stuart Morris, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria (2003-2007)
- Bruce Arthur Smith, Australian Free Trade Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1882-1884, inaugural federal Member for Parkes 1901-1919 and leading political opponent of the White Australia policy
- Fred Whitlam, Australian Commonwealth Crown Solicitor (1936-1949) and father of former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam
- William Henry Williams, Australian barrister and Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1901-1902
[edit] Sciences, medicine and engineering
- Joseph Lade Pawsey, pioneer of the study of radio astronomy in Australia
- Walter Rosenhain, metallurgist
- Sir David Rivett, Rhodes Scholar and chemist
- William Sutherland, physicist
- Sir George Adlington Syme, Australian surgeon and first president of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Sir William George Dismore Upjohn, surgeon and Chancellor of Melbourne University
[edit] Sport
- Sir Frank Beaurepaire, Australian world champion swimmer, holder of 15 world swimmng records and silver medalist at three Olympic Games (1908, 1920, 1924)
- John Bartram, Former Australian Cricketer & Olympian
- Ian Johnson, Australian test cricketer (Captain 1956) and member of "The Invincibles"
- Michael Klim, Olympic swimmer (1996, 2000, 2004), dual Olympic gold medalist (2000)
- Sam Loxton, Australian test cricketer (1948-1951) and member of "The Invincibles"
- Sharelle McMahon, Australian national netballer (1997-present)
- Katie Mactier, Australian champion cyclist, Olympic silver medalist (2004)
- Jesse Martin, Australian sailor, youngest ever person to circumnavigate the world solo
- Mark Philippoussis, Tennis player
- Micheal Nakamura, Baseball Player Nippon Ham Fighters
- Nick Ries, Australian rules footballer
- Nick Stone, Australian rules footballer
- Natalie Titcume, Olympic softball silver medalist (1996, 2000, 2004)
- Fergus Watts, Australian rules footballer
- Ivor Warne-Smith, Former Australian rules footballer
[edit] Other
- Daryl Jackson, Architect
[edit] References
- ^ Walker, Frank. "The ties that bind", Sunday Life, The Sun-Herald, 2001-07-22, p. 16. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ The Age, 29/08/05. "Girl power" (accessed:27-07-2007)
- ^ McIntyre, Darryl (1983). "Grieve, Robert Cuthbert (1889 - 1957)". Australian Dictionary of Biography (Online) 9. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp.106-107. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
- ^ Burke, Kelly. "One of the old school", TV & Radio, The Age, 2004-02-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
[edit] See also
- List of Victoria Crosses by School
- List of largest Victorian Schools
- List of high schools in Victoria
- Associated Public Schools of Victoria
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