List of Old Geelong Grammarians

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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.

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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]

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Academia

Rank
Pre-nominals		NamePost-nominalsNotes
David Armstrong Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Sydney
Lord Broers FRS 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
Alexander Charles David Drogo Montagu 13th Duke of Manchester [2] Graham Pizzey AM Ornithologist
Ted Ringwood FRS Scientist
Herman Rupp Clergyman and botanist
Michael Scriven Scientific philosopher
Dr. Richard Searby AO , KC Former Chancellor of Deakin University

Business

Rank
Pre-nominals		NamePost-nominalsNotes
Peter Alexander Fashion designer [3]
Sir Roderick Carnegie AC Businessman
James Fairfax AC Philanthropist
John Fairfax Media proprietor
Sir Warwick Fairfax Businessman and philanthropist
Squadron Leader Sir Hudson Fysh KBE , DFC Aviator and businessman, a founder of Qantas
Peter Holmes à Court
Donald McGauchie AO Farmer, company director and businessman
Hugh Morgan AC Businessman
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch AC , DBE Philanthropist
Rupert Murdoch AC Media proprietor
Lieutenant Ken Myer AC , DSC , RAN Diplomat, administrator, businessman and philanthropist; nominated to succeed Sir Paul Hasluck as Governor General
Clyde Packer Publishing and media figure
Kerry Packer AC Publishing, media and gaming tycoon
Jonathan Shier Television executive

Clergy

Media, entertainment and the arts

Rank
Pre-nominals		NamePost-nominalsNotes
Jean Battersby AO Arts executive and adviser, (née Robinson)
Tim Burstall AM Film maker
Peter Carey AO Novelist
David Chipp Journalist
Caroline Craig Actress
Vadim Dale Reality television contestant
Portia de Rossi Actress
Sir Russell Drysdale AC Painter
Keith Dunstan OAM Journalist and author
Marta Dusseldorp Actress
Geoffrey Dutton AO Poet
Simon Fieldhouse Artist
Greg Fleet Comedian and actor
Helen Garner 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 Author
Tom Long Actor
Tim Macartney-Snape AM Mountaineer and author
Ranald Macdonald AO Publisher, broadcaster, football president, academic
John Manifold AM Poet
Ali McGregor Opera singer
David Moore Photographer
Stephen Murray-Smith AM Writer, editor, educator
Robin Ramsay Actor
John Reed Art editor and patron
Sub Lieutenant Peter Smith RAN Painter
Ian Sprague Ceramic sculptor and graphic artist
David Strachan Painter
Sam Strong Theatre director
François Tétaz Musician

Medicine

Rank
Pre-nominals		NamePost-nominalsNotes
David Ames AO Psychiatrist, particularly in the field of dementia and the mental health of older persons
James W. Lance CBE , AO Neurologist, particularly in the field of headache and migraine

Military

Rank
Pre-nominals		NamePost-nominalsNotes
Captain 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
Flight Lieutenant 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 & Bar , MC British Army, later author and Principal of the King's College London
Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot KBE , AO , RAN Royal Australian Navy

Politics

Rank
Pre-nominals		NamePost-nominalsNotes
Guy Barnett MP 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 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)
Flight Lieutenant 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)
Sir 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 disaster
Franc Falkiner MHR (CLP & Nationalist) (1913–1914 & 1917–1919)
Lieutenant 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)
Sir John Gorton GCMG , AC , CH Senator & MHR (Lib) (1949–1975), Prime Minister of Australia (1968–1971) [4]
Captain David Hamer AM , DSC , RAN MHR & Senator (Lib) (1975–1990)
Colonel Sir Rupert Hamer AC , KCMG , ED MLC & MLA (Lib) (1958–1981), Premier of Victoria (1972–1981)
Charles Hardy 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 Conservative member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1964–1993)
Lieutenant John Howse Member of Australian House of Representatives (Member for Calare, Lib) (1946–1960)
George Jones MP member of the New Zealand House of Representatives (1880–1881) and Legislative Council (1895–1920) [5]
Dan Mackinnon CBE MHR (Lib) (1949–1951 & 1953–1966) and Ambassador to Argentina (1967–1970)
James Manifold MHR (Protectionist, Lib & Nationialist) (1901–1903 & 1913–1918)
Sir Thomas Manifold KBE MLC (Nationalist) (1929–1935), Minister without portfolio (1932–1933)
Richard Marles MP MHR (ALP), (2007–present), Minister for Trade (Jun–Sep 2013), Deputy Leader of the Opposition (2019–2022), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence (2022-present)
Charles Perkins MP Western Australian MLA (1942–1961), Minister for Transport, Police, Labour and Native Welfare (1959–1961)
Jim Plowman MP MLA (Lib) (1973–1982 & 1985–1999), Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1979–1982 & 1996–1999), Minister for Energy and Minerals (1992–1996)
Lieutenant Colonel 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)
Air Commodore 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

Rank
Pre-nominals		NamePost-nominalsNotes
Peter Barbour Director-General of ASIO (1970–1975)
Justice Sir Charles Belcher OBE Australian lawyer, author, British colonial jurist, and amateur ornithologist
Barrie Dexter CBE Senior public servant and diplomat, Secretary of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (1973–1977) and High Commissioner to Canada (1980–1983) [6]
Lieutenant Colonel 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)
Simon Molesworth AO , KC Barrister and solicitor
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 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); 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)
Justice Sir John Young AC , KCMG Barrister, Company Director and former Chancellor of Deakin University

Royalty

Rank
Pre-nominals		NamePost-nominalsNotes
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Sultan of Terengganu, King of Malaysia
Charles III KG , KT , GCB , OM , AK , QSO , PC King of Australia, the United Kingdom and 13 other Commonwealth Realms
Chatrichalerm Yukol Thai prince, filmmaker
Mateen bin Javed Al Nahyan

Science

Sport

Rank
Pre-nominals		NamePost-nominalsNotes
Sergeant Gerald Backhouse Olympian 1936 Berlin Games and 1938 Empire Games
Private Norman Belcher Footballer for the Geelong and Essendon Football Clubs
Captain John Bell Footballer for the Geelong Football Club
Jon Berney World champion lightweight rower
Jarrod Brander Footballer for the West Coast Eagles
Meyrick Buchanan Cricketer for the Melbourne Renegades
Jye Caldwell Footballer for the Greater Western Sydney & Essendon
Jane Chapple-Hyam Racehorse trainer
David A. Clarke Footballer for the Geelong and Carlton Football Clubs
Brent Daniels Footballer for Greater Western Sydney
Paddy Dow Footballer for the Carlton Football Club
Les Fairbairn Footballer for the Geelong Football Club
Steve Fairbairn Influential rowing coach
Charlie Gardiner Footballer for the Geelong and St Kilda Football Clubs
Squadron Leader Tony Gaze DFC & Two Bars , OAM Racing driver and World War II fighter 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
Tayla Honey Netballer for the Melbourne Vixens
Eddy James Footballer for the Geelong Football Club
John Kelly Olympic equestrian gold medallist
Captain Wallscourt Kelly First-class cricketer for the Europeans
Jock Landale Basketball player at Saint Mary's College of California
John Landy AC , CVO , MBE , FTSE Athlete, Governor of Victoria
Sam Lloyd Footballer for the Richmond Football Club
Tim Macartney-Snape AM Mountaineer, first Australian to climb Mount Everest and later, the first person to climb the full height (sea level to summit) of Mount Everest – both without supplemental oxygen
James MacKinnon First-class cricketer for Cambridge University
Emily Mannix Netballer for the Melbourne Vixens
Paddy McCartin Footballer for the St Kilda Football Club
Lieutenant Samuel McCaughey First-class cricketer for Cambridge University
Nina Morrison Footballer for the Geelong AFLW Football Club
Craig Mottram Long distance runner [8]
Sam Newman Footballer for the Geelong Football Club and media identity most notable for The AFL Footy Show
Lochie O'Brien Footballer for the Carlton Football Club
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
Major Alex Russell MC Grazier, soldier, golfer and golf course architect
Caleb Serong Footballer for the Fremantle Dockers Football Clubs
Ben Sordello Footballer for the Geelong Cats
Kate Slatter OAM Olympic rowing gold medallist
Billie Smedts Footballer for the Geelong Football Club
Dennis Smith Test cricketer for New Zealand
Devon Smith Footballer for the Essendon Football Club
Ian Toyne Footballer for the Geelong and Melbourne Football Clubs
Easton Wood Footballer for the Western Bulldogs

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