List of Ipswich Grammar School Old Boys

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Alumni of Ipswich Grammar School in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia are known as 'Old Boys' and automatically gain membership into the schools alumni association, the IGS Old Boys Association (IGSOBA). Established in 1907, IGSOBA organises regular reunions and occasional sporting competitions.^[1]

Some notable Old Boys of Ipswich Grammar School include:

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Academic

• Herbert (Joe) Burton – Foundation Professor of Economic History at Canberra University College (later the University of Canberra); Foundation President of the Australian Council for Civil Liberties; First Emeritus Professor of Australian National University; Rhodes Scholar (1922)
• Ambrose John Foote - Rhodes Scholar (1924)^[2]
• Lord Robert Hall KCMG CB - Economic advisor to successive Chancellors of the Exchequer in the Parliament of Great Britain; Rhodes Scholar (1923)^[3]

Dr J.J.C. Bradfield, 1933

Architecture, building and engineering

• Dr John Bradfield - Engineer famous for designing the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Story Bridge; Developed the Bradfield Scheme for diverting rivers west of the Great Dividing Range^[3]

Entertainment, media and the arts

• John Birmingham – Author, best known for He Died With A Felafel In His Hand
• Charles Chauvel – Pioneer of the Australian film industry; Influential early film director; Credits include Jedda (first colour feature film made in Australia), In The Wake Of The Bounty, 40,000 Horsemen and The Rats Of Tobruk^[3]
• David McCormack – Lead singer of the band Custard
• George Miller – Hollywood director, screenwriter and producer. Credits include Mad Max, Babe, Babe: Pig in the City, Lorenzo's Oil and The Witches of Eastwick
• Pacharo Mzembe - Actor, Underbelly: Razor
• Vance Palmer - Eminent Australian novelist, dramatist, essayist and critic; the Vance Palmer Literary Prize is presented annually at IGS^[3]
• Percy Savage, fashion publicist, designer, artist, raconteur and bon viveur.
• Thomas Shapcott - Writer and poet; Former Professor of Creative Writing at University of Adelaide; Current Fellow at the National Library of Australia

Military

• Lt. Gen. John Coates AC MBE - Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon; Head of the Australian Defence Staff, Washington and Chief of the General Staff, Australian Army^[3]
• Walde Fisher, Australian Infantry Soldier killed in action in World War I^[4][5]
• Major Percival Savage DSO^[6] MBE^[7] - Gallipoli veteran, farmer, chairman of the Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing, Queensland for 30 years.^[8]

Politics, public service and the law

• Sir Llewellyn Edwards – Former State Liberal Party leader; Deputy Premier and Treasurer of Queensland; Chairman and Chief Executive for World Expo '88; Current Chancellor of the University of Queensland
• William Horner Fletcher – Former Mayor of Manly, New South Wales
• Sir Harry Gibbs – Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia; Puisne judge of the High Court of Australia^[3]
• Norm Jensen - Member of the First Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly -^[9] 1989 to 1991.
• Peter Slipper – Former federal member for the electorate of Fisher and Speaker of the House of Representatives
• Thomas Welsby - Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Jon Krause - Member for Beaudesert in the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Medicine and science

• Raymond Dart - Anatomist and anthropologist best known for his controversial discovery of the Taung Child, or Australopithecus africanus^[3]
• Major John Lockhart Gibson - One of Queensland's most notable doctors of the early twentieth century
• Dr Harry Gilmore Wilson (1917 - 1998) - Physician, cardiologist and teacher - Topped the first class (of 21 students) to graduate from University of Queensland Medical School in 1940 and winner of the W N Robertson medal. Author of "Medicine Without Tears: a light-hearted look at the early medical school, Queensland" (1986)

Sport

Cricket

• Cameron Gannon - QLD Bulls
• Craig McDermott - Australian Test cricketer^[3]
• Nathan Reardon - QLD Bulls
• Shane Watson - Australian Test and One Day Vice Captain^[3]

Rugby League

• Dud Beattie - Australian Kangaroos
• Willie Carne - Brisbane Broncos, Queensland, Australia; also played Rugby Union for the Queensland Reds^[3]
• Johnny Hunt - Australian Kangaroos
• Ryan Kelley - East Tigers
• Martin Kennedy - Sydney Roosters
• Brett Plowman - Brisbane Broncos
• Craig Polla-Mounter - Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
• Junior Sau - Newcastle Knights
• Lagi Setu - St George-Illawarra Dragons Brisbane Broncos
• Noah Stevens - Gold coast Titans
• Lama Tasi - Sydney Roosters
• Kevin Walters - Brisbane Broncos and Australian Kangaroos^[3]
• Kerrod Walters - Brisbane Broncos and Australian Kangaroos^[3]
• Steven Walters - Canberra Raiders, Queensland State of Origin, Australian Kangaroos

Rugby Union

• Albert Anae - Queensland Red
• Berrick Barnes - Queensland Reds and Wallaby Vice Captain New South Wales Waratahs
• Nic Berry - Queensland Reds
• Herbert Bullmore, Scotland (also grandfather of Kerry Packer)
• Rodney Davies - Queensland Reds
• Ken Donald - Wallaby^[3]
• Eric Francis - Ipswich's first Wallaby^[10]
• Graham Hislop - Queensland Reds, Japan Sevens,
• Tu Tamarua - Played in Europe and represented the Pacific Islanders team
• Alan Henry Ware - Wallaby^[10]
• David Wilson - World Cup and Bledisloe winning Wallaby flanker^[3]
• Barry Arthur Wright - Wallaby^[10]

Tennis

• Roy Emerson - International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee; Former record holder for most Grand Slam men's singles titles^[3]
• Robert Smeets - Australian Open Men's Doubles player

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