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]

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Academia

Rank Pre-nominals	Name	Post-nominals	Notes
	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	Name	Post-nominals	Notes
	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

• 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

Rank Pre-nominals	Name	Post-nominals	Notes
	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
	Daniel Thomas	AM	Art historian, curator, writer, art critic, and museum director

Medicine

Rank Pre-nominals	Name	Post-nominals	Notes
	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	Name	Post-nominals	Notes
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	Name	Post-nominals	Notes
	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	Name	Post-nominals	Notes
	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	Name	Post-nominals	Notes
	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

• John Gordon Rushbrooke, particle physicist ^[7]

Sport

Rank Pre-nominals	Name	Post-nominals	Notes
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
	Mia Gross		Australia Sprinter
	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 Football Club
	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

See also

• List of schools in Victoria
• List of boarding schools
• Associated Public Schools of Victoria

References

1. Walker, Frank (22 July 2001). "The ties that bind". Sunday Life. The Sun-Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
2. "Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage Database". www.debretts1769.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
3. Rocca, Jane (15 May 2016). "What I know about women". Daily Life. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
4. Burke, Kelly (10 February 2004). "One of the old school". TV & Radio. The Age. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
5. Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 442f. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
6. Juddery, Bruce (19 March 1969). "'Ambassador' for the Aboriginies". The Canberra Times. p. 16.
7. "Explorer of the micro-universe". 27 October 2003.
8. "London 2012 - Craig Mottram Athlete Profile" . Retrieved 4 August 2012.

External links

• Geelong Grammar School website