List of Old Geelong Grammarians
This is a List of Notable Old Geelong Grammarians, they being notable former students - known as "Old Geelong Grammarians" of the Anglican Church school, Geelong Grammar School and old girls of The Hermitage and Clyde School in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked Geelong Grammar School fourth 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]
Academe
Royalty
Business
Media, entertainment and the arts
- Tim Burstall, film maker
- Peter Carey, novelist
- Vadim Dale, Outback Jack
- Portia de Rossi, actress (then known as Amanda Lee Rogers)
- Sir Russell Drysdale, painter
- Keith Dunstan, journalist
- Geoffrey Dutton, poet
- Simon Fieldhouse, bad artist
- Helen Garner (née Ford), novelist and journalist (C.E.G.G.S. The Hermitage)
- General Sir John Winthrop Hackett Junior, Army General, author, and Principal of King's College London
- Tim Hewat, journalist and television producer
- Missy Higgins, singer-songwriter
- Norman Kaye, organist, actor
- Joan Lindsay, author (Clyde School)
- Tom Long, actor
- Ali McGregor, opera singer
- John Manifold, poet
- David Moore, photographer
- Robin Ramsay, actor
- Michael Richardson (journalist), journalist
- Will Robertson, poet
- Peter Purves Smith, painter
- David Strachan, painter
- Francois Tetaz, Musician
- Daniel Thomas, art-historian
Military
Politics, public service and the law
- Sir John Mark Davies, MLC (1889–1919), President of the Victorian Legislative Council (1910–1919)
- Sir Alec Downer, MHR (Lib) (1949–1963), Minister for Immigration (1958–1964), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1964–1972)
- Alexander Downer, MHR (Lib) (1984–2008), Leader of the Opposition (1994–1995), Foreign Minister (1996–2007)
- John Gorton, Senator (Lib) (1949–1968), MHR (1968–1975), Prime Minister of Australia (1968–1971) (also attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School)[2]
- Rupert Hamer, MLC (Lib) (1958–1971), MLA (1971–1981), Premier of Victoria (1972–1981), Chairman of the Victoria State Opera (1982–1995)
- Charles Hawker, MP, eponym of the Hawker Scholarship
- David Hawker, MHR (Lib) (1983 - ), Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (2004–2008)
- Sir David Hay (1916–2009), Ambassador to the United Nations, Administrator of Papua New Guinea
- Sir Alan Harbury Mann, (1914-1970), former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Papua and New Guinea
- Simon Richard Molesworth AM QC; Member of the Victorian Bar; Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of Victoria (1978), High Court of Australia (1978), Supreme Court of New South Wales (1984) (also attended Haileybury)[3]
- Dr. Richard Searby AO QC, Barrister, Company Director and former Chancellor of Deakin University
- Sir Robert Southey, former president of the Liberal Party, Chairman of the Australian Ballet Foundation
- Mechai Viravaidya, Thai politician
- Richard Woolcott, diplomat
- Archibald Fisken, Former MHR for Balarat, OBE, CMG
- Ian Smith, Victorian Liberal Minister for Social Welfare (1970-73), Agriculture (1973-1980), Economic Development (1980-81) and Finance (1992-1995).
Sport
- Charlie Gardiner, St Kilda Football Club Player
- John Kelly, Olympic Equestrian Gold Medallist
- John Landy, athlete, Governor of Victoria
- Tim Macartney-Snape, first Australian to climb Mt. Everest and later, the first person ever to climb the full height (sea level to summit) of Mt. Everest - both without supplemental oxygen
- Craig Mottram, long distance runner
- Sam Newman, former AFL footballer and media identity
- Kate Slatter Olympic Gold Medallist, Atlanta Olympics
- Easton Wood, Western Bulldogs Football Club Player
See also
References
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