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

David Armstrong, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Sydney
Lord Broers, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Dr Frank Cumbrae-Stewart KC, foundation registrar and librarian of the University of Queensland
Thomas Sergeant Hall, geologist, biologist and recipient of The Murchison Fund
Patience Hawker, co-founded the Stawell School for girls in South Australia
Jeremy Griffith, biologist and author
Graham Pizzey AM, noted ornithologist
Ted Ringwood, scientist
Herman Rupp, clergyman and botanist
Michael Scriven, scientific philosopher
Richard Searby, former Chancellor of Deakin University

Business

Sir Roderick Carnegie AC, businessman
James Fairfax AC, philanthropist
John Fairfax, media proprietor
Sir Warwick Oswald Fairfax, businessman and philanthropist
Hudson Fysh KBE DFC, aviator and businessman, a founder of Qantas
Peter Holmes à Court
Christopher Joye, banker, fund manager, journalist and former government advisor
Donald McGauchie AO, farmer, company director and businessman
Hugh Morgan AC, businessman
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC DBE (née Green), philanthropist (Clyde School)
Rupert Murdoch AC, media proprietor
Ken Myer AO DSC, diplomat, administrator, businessman and philanthropist
Clyde Packer, publishing and media
Kerry Packer AC, publishing, media and gaming tycoon
Jonathan Shier, television executive

Clergy

Bishop Thomas Armstrong, Bishop of Wangaratta (1902–1927)
Bishop Reginald Stephen, Bishop of Tasmania (1914–1919) and Bishop of Newcastle (1919–1928)
Bishop Jack Stretch, Bishop of Newcastle (1906–1919)

Media, entertainment and the arts

Jean Battersby AO (née Robinson), arts executive and adviser
Tim Burstall AC, film maker
Peter Carey AO, novelist
David Chipp, journalist
Caroline Craig, actress
Vadim Dale, reality television contestant
Portia de Rossi (formerly Amanda Lee Rogers), actress
Sir Russell Drysdale AC, painter
Keith Dunstan OAM, journalist and author
Geoffrey Dutton AO, poet
Marta Dusseldorp, actor
Simon Fieldhouse, artist
Greg Fleet, comedian and actor
Helen Garner (née Ford), novelist and journalist (C.E.G.G.S. The Hermitage)
Tim Hewat, journalist and television producer
Missy Higgins, singer-songwriter
Norman Kaye, organist, actor
Joan Lindsay, (née Weigall) author (Clyde School)
Tom Long, actor
Ali McGregor, opera singer
John Manifold, poet
David Moore, photographer
Stephen Murray-Smith, writer, editor, educator
Robin Ramsay, actor
John Reed, art editor and patron
Peter Purves Smith, painter
Ian Sprague, ceramic sculptor and graphic artist
David Edgar Strachan, painter
Sam Strong, theatre director
Francois Tetaz, musician

Medicine

Mr James Stuart Guest AM OBE VRD, colorectal surgeon, anatomist and medical historian^[2]

Military

Arthur Bagot GC DSC, Albert Medal recipient
Squadron Leader James Catanach DFC, World War II bomber pilot and prisoner of war, took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III and murdered by the Gestapo upon capture
Air Vice Marshal Adrian Cole CBE DSO MC DFC, Royal Australian Air Force
Roberts Dunstan DFC, World War II soldier and airman, served as an air gunner after losing a leg in action with the Army
General Sir John Hackett, GCB CBE DSO* MC, British Army, later author and Principal of the King's College London
Admiral Anthony Synnot KBE AO, Royal Australian Navy

Politics

Guy Barnett, Senator (2002–2010), Tasmanian House of Assembly (Lib) (2014–present), Minister for Resources and Building and Construction (2016–present)
Geoffrey Brown MBE, MHR (Lib) (1949–1955)
Joseph Tilley Brown, MLA (Protectionist) (1886–1889), MHR (Anti-Socialist Party) (1906–1910)
William Cumming, MLA (UAP & Lib) (1935–1945), Minister of Agriculture (Oct–Nov 1945)
Sir John Mark Davies KCMG, MLC (1889–1919), Attorney-General of Victoria (1903–1909) and President of the Victorian Legislative Council (1910–1919)
Sir Matthew Henry Davies, MLA, (1883–1892), Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1887–1892)
Alexander Downer AC, MHR (Lib) (1984–2008), Leader of the Opposition (1994–1995), Foreign Minister (1996–2007), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2014–present)
Sir Alick Downer KBE, MHR (Lib) (1949–1963), Minister for Immigration (1958–1964), High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1964–1972)
Sir David Fairbairn KBE DFC MHR (Lib) (1949–1975), Minister for Air (1962–1964), National Development (1964–1969), Education and Science (1971) and Defence (1971–1972), Ambassador to the Netherlands (1977–1980)
George Fairbairn, MHR & Senator (1906–1913 & 1917–1923)
James Fairbairn, MHR (UAP) (1933–1940), Minister for Civil Aviation, Air and Vice-President of the Executive Council (1939–1940), killed in the Canberra air disater
Franc Falkiner, MHR (CLP & Nationalist) (1913–1914 & 1917–1919)
Archibald Fisken CMG OBE MC, MRH (UAP) (1934–1937)
Malcolm Fraser AC CH GCL, MHR (Lib) (1955–1983), Prime Minister of Australia (1975–1983)
Geoffrey Giles, MHR (Lib) (1977–1983)
John Gorton GCMG AC CH, Senator & MHR (Lib) (1949–1975), Prime Minister of Australia (1968–1971)^[3]
David Hamer AM DSC, MHR & Senator (Lib) (1975–1990)
Rupert Hamer AC KCMG ED, MLC & MLA (Lib) (1958–1981), Premier of Victoria (1972–1981)
Charles Hardy, Senator (National Party of Australia|Country Party) (1932–1938)
Brian Harrison DL, Conservative member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1955–1974)
Charles Hawker, MHR (Nationalist & UAP) (1929–38), eponym of the Hawker Scholarship
David Hawker AO, MHR (Lib) (1983–2010), Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (2004–2008)
Sir Peter Hordern DL PC, Conservative member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1964–1993)
John Howse, MHR (Lib) (1946–1960)
George Jones (1844–1920), member of the New Zealand House of Representatives (1880–1881) and Legislative Council (1895–1920)^[4]
Dan Mackinnon CBE, MHR (Lib) (1949–1951 & 1953–1966) and Ambassador to Argentina (1967–1970)
James Chester Manifold, MHR (Protectionist, Lib & Nationialist) (1901–1903 & 1913–1918)
Sir Chester Manifold KBE, MLC (Nationalist) (1929–1935), Minister without portfolio (1932–1933)
Richard Marles, MHR (ALP), (2007–present), Minister for Trade (Jun–Sep 2013)
Charles Perkins, Western Australian MLA (1942–1961), Minister for Transport, Police, Labour and Native Welfare (1959–1961)
Jim Plowman, MLA (Lib) (1973–1982 & 1985–1999), Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1979–1982 & 1996–1999), Minister for Energy and Minerals (1992–1996)
Rupert Ryan CMG DSO, MHR (UAP & Lib) (1940–1952)
Ian Smith, MLA (Lib) (1967–1983 & 1985–1999), Minister for Social Welfare (1970–73), Agriculture (1973–1980), Economic Development (1980–81) and Finance (1992–1995)
Charles Sommers, Western Australian MLA (Lib) (1906–1918), Minister for Lands (1901)
Sir Robert Southey AO CMG, president of the Liberal Party of Australia (1970–1975), Chairman of the Australian Ballet Foundation (1980–1990)
Sir Peter Vanneck GBE CB AFC AE DL, Lord Mayor of London (1977), Member of the European Parliament (1979–1989)
Mechai Viravaidya, Thai politician
David Wordsworth, Western Australian MLA (Lib) (1971–1989), Minister for Transport (1977–1978), Lands and Forests (1978–1982)

Public service and the law

Peter Barbour, Director-General of ASIO (1970–1975)
Barrie Dexter CBE, senior public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (1973–1977) and High Commissioner to Canada (1980–1983)^[5]
Sir David Hay CBE DSO, senior public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (1977–1979) and High Commissioner to Canada (1961–1964)
Sir Alan Harbury Mann, (1914–1970), former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Papua and New Guinea
Simon Molesworth AO QC, Barrister and Solicitor
Dr. Richard Searby AO QC, Barrister, Company Director and former Chancellor of Deakin University
Francis Hamilton Stuart, diplomat
Michael Thawley AO, senior public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2014–2016) and Ambassador to the United States (2000–2005)
Michael Thwaites AO, Director of Counter-Espionage ASIO
Richard Woolcott AC, senior public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1988 – 1992) and Ambassador to Indonesia (1975 – 1978)
John Young AC KCMG, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria (1974–91), the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria (1974–95), and the Chief Scout of Australia (1989–96)

Royalty

HM Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Sultan of Terengganu, King of Malaysia
HRH Charles, Prince of Wales
HSH Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol, filmmaker
HRH Sheikh Mateen bin Muhammad Al Nahyan

Science

Ray Stalker, pioneering aerospace engineer^[6]
John Gordon Rushbrooke, particle physicist^[7]

Sport

Norman Belcher, footballer for the Geelong and Essendon Football Clubs
John Bell footballer for the Geelong Football Club
Meyrick Buchanan, cricketer for the Melbourne Renegades
Les Fairbairn, footballer for the Geelong Football Club
Steve Fairbairn, influential rowing coach
Charlie Gardiner, footballer for the Geelong and St Kilda Football Clubs
Tony Gaze OAM, racing driver and World War II figher ace
Norman Good, first class cricketer for Western Australia and footballer for Melbourne University Football Club
Alby Green, first class cricketer for South Australia and footballer for the Geelong and Norwood Football Clubs, inaugural Magarey Medal winner
Eddy James, footballer for the Geelong Football Club
John Kelly, Olympic equestrian Gold Medallist
John Landy, athlete, Governor of Victoria
Sam Lloyd, footballer for the Richmond Football Club
Tim Macartney-Snape AM OAM, mountaineer, 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^[8]
Paddy McCartin, footballer for the St Kilda Football Club
Sam Newman, footballer for the Geelong Football Club and media identity most notable for The AFL Footy Show
Jack Parkin, footballer for the Geelong Football Club
Bill Patterson, motor racing driver, race team owner and businessman
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula, Paralympic alpine skier and 2014 Young Victorian of the Year
Alex Russell MC, grazier, soldier, golfer and golf course architect.
Kate Slatter OAM, Olympic rowing Gold Medallist
Billie Smedts, footballer for the Geelong Football Club
Devon Smith, footballer for the Greater Western Sydney Giants
Ian Toyne, footballer for the Geelong and Melbourne Football Clubs
Easton Wood, footballer for the Western Bulldogs

References

↑ Walker, Frank (2001-07-22). "The ties that bind". Sunday Life. The Sun-Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
↑ http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/engage/alumni/community/obituaries/mr-james-stuart-guest-am-obe-vrd
↑ Burke, Kelly (2004-02-10). "One of the old school". TV & Radio. The Age. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
↑ Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 442f. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
↑ Juddery, Bruce (19 March 1969). "'Ambassador' for the Aboriginies". The Canberra Times. p. 16.
↑ http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/ray-stalker-he-helped-jets-reach-for-the-stars-20140216-32tlz.html
↑ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/26/1067103271518.html
↑ "London 2012 - Craig Mottram Athlete Profile". Retrieved 4 August 2012.

External links

Geelong Grammar School website

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