Old Reds

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This is a list of "Old Reds", former students of the Uniting Church school Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

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Rhodes scholars

The Rhodes Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship for study at Oxford University. As of 2023, PAC has educated 20 Rhodes Scholars throughout its 154 year history. Recipients who attended PAC include:

Rhodes ScholarYear
awarded
College at OxfordRef
William Douglas Allen (1914–2008)1937 New College
Henry Brose (1890–1965)1913 Christ Church
Garry Leslie Brown1964 Magdalen [1]
Theodor Siegfried Dorsch1933 Christ Church [2]
David Wyke Evans (1934-2024)1957 New College
Henry Fry (1886–1959)1909 Balliol
Sir Brian Hone (1907–1978)1930 New College
Stanford Howard1919 Christ Church
Norman Jolly (1882–1954)1904 Balliol
Cecil Madigan (1889–1947)1911 Magdalen
Ryan Paul Manuel2006 Merton
Roger Gilbert Opie (1927–1998)1951 Christ Church [3]
Renfrey Potts (1925–2005)1948 Queen's
Howard Rayner (1896–1975)1916 Balliol
David Alexander Robertson1983 Magdalen
Peter Lindsay Rogers1963 New College
Michael Ewers Smyth1960 Exeter
Mahesh Umapathysivam2014 St Peter's
Stephen Kidman Wilkinson1982 New College
Max Kirkby2023 Magdalen [4]

Academia and education

Old Reds Senator Nick Xenophon and, behind him, historian C. J. Coventry in the Australian Senate, 2015. Coventry and Xenophon.png
Old Reds Senator Nick Xenophon and, behind him, historian C. J. Coventry in the Australian Senate, 2015.

Business and agriculture

Old Red Hugh Denison, tobacco manufacturer and MP Hugh Robert Dixson.jpg
Old Red Hugh Denison, tobacco manufacturer and MP
Old Red Sir Edward Holden, founder of Holden car company Sir Edward Holden.jpeg
Old Red Sir Edward Holden, founder of Holden car company

Clergy

Entertainment and the arts

Old Red Robert Helpmann with friend and co-star Katharine Hepburn, 1955. Katharine Hepburn and Robert Helpmann arrive at Kingsford Smith Airport, Sydney, 1955 - Australian Photographic Agency (APA) Collection (3363910055).jpg
Old Red Robert Helpmann with friend and co-star Katharine Hepburn, 1955.
Old Red Robert Hannaford, realist sculpter Hannaford.jpg
Old Red Robert Hannaford, realist sculpter

Exploration

Judiciary, civic leadership and public service

Old Red Justice Geoffrey Reed of the Supreme Court prior to becoming the first Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Geoffrey Sandford Reed.jpeg
Old Red Justice Geoffrey Reed of the Supreme Court prior to becoming the first Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)

Politics

Federal

Old Red Sir Philip McBride (centre, wearing glasses) meets the British delegation, including The Lord Carington and Duncan Sandys United Kingdom Minister for Defence, Mr Duncan Sandys on a tour of Australia.jpg
Old Red Sir Philip McBride (centre, wearing glasses) meets the British delegation, including The Lord Carington and Duncan Sandys

State

Old Red Crawford Vaughan, 27th Premier of South Australia and 2nd Labor Premier Crawford Vaughan.jpeg
Old Red Crawford Vaughan, 27th Premier of South Australia and 2nd Labor Premier

Medical, mathematics, natural and social sciences

Old Red Lionel Logue, made recently famous by The King's Speech (2010). Lionel Logue 1937.jpg
Old Red Lionel Logue, made recently famous by The King's Speech (2010).
Old Red Professor John West EWS28.13 - Professor John West.jpg
Old Red Professor John West

Military

Old Red Sir Newton Moore, 8th Premier of Western Australia, 1932. Newton Moore 1932.jpg
Old Red Sir Newton Moore, 8th Premier of Western Australia, 1932.

Sports

Old Red Ian Chappell, Australian Cricket Captain, 1971. Ian Chappell 1971.jpg
Old Red Ian Chappell, Australian Cricket Captain, 1971.

Cricket

Australian rules football

Old Red Bernie Vince playing for the Adelaide Crows, 2017. Bernie Vince 2017.6.jpg
Old Red Bernie Vince playing for the Adelaide Crows, 2017.
Old Red Ian McKay during the SANFL Grand Final, 1952 Ian McKay Spectacular Mark.jpg
Old Red Ian McKay during the SANFL Grand Final, 1952
Old Red Kysaiah Pickett playing for the Melbourne Football Club Kysaiah Pickett 190425.jpg
Old Red Kysaiah Pickett playing for the Melbourne Football Club

Association football

Rowing

Noted members of staff

Old teacher Sir Frederick Holder, first Speaker of the House of Representatives, two-time Premier of South Australia. Frederick Holder, 1916 (George Webb).png
Old teacher Sir Frederick Holder, first Speaker of the House of Representatives, two-time Premier of South Australia.

Headmasters

Teachers

Governors

Foundation council

Founders and early figures



References

  1. Emeritus Professor Garry Brown, princeton.edu
    Honors Faculty Members, May 2011, princeton.edu
  2. Hugh Trevor-Roper Theodor Siegfried Dorsch, "The Wartime Journals"
  3. Former Rhodes Scholar dies in Oxford, Adelaidean, Vol 7 No 2 (2 March 1998) pg.7
  4. "Rhodes Scholar, Max Kirkby". Prince Alfred College. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. Tim Cooper Archived 28 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine , www.coopers.com.au
  6. Glenn Cooper Archived 28 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine , www.coopers.com.au
  7. McFarlane, Ian (1999). The encyclopedia of Australian Rock And Pop . Australia: Allen & Unwin. pp.  18, 242. ISBN   1-86448-768-2.
  8. "David Basheer". Prince Alfred College. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  9. Creator of our best-loved bear, Rex Heading obituary, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 October 2010
    Obituary, www.adelaidenow.com.au, 15 January 2011
  10. Bye, John T.; Carvalho Junior, Oldemar (1996). "The first recorded successful cross Backstairs Passage swim: research note [Andrew Martin's swim is a unique entry in the annals of South Australian exploration.]". South Australian Geographical Journal. 95 (1996): 70–74.
  11. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+280/1/33/252
  12. https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001896b.htm
  13. https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+6069
  14. https://www.afc.com.au/news/759664/farewell-honours-dr-sando
  15. "Hail and Farewell – Letters from Two Brothers Killed in France in 1916", Ed. Margaret Young and Bill Gammage, Kangaroo Press 1995 ISBN   0-86417-707-0. Also "Records of an Australian Lieutenant 1915–16", privately published.
  16. Welborn, Suzanne (1990). "Throssell, Hugo Vivian Hope (1884–1933)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 223–224. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  17. australianfootball.com player profile and Norwood Football Club player profile
  18. "Riley Bonner". AFL Tables.
  19. "AFL Tables - Peter Dalwood - Stats - Statistics".
  20. "AFL Tables - Sam Day - Stats - Statistics". afltables.com. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  21. 1 2 Twins Ed and Nick Lower both attended St. Ignatius' College, Adelaide prior to completing their education at PAC.
  22. "AFL Tables - ed Lower - Stats - Statistics".
  23. "AFL Tables - Nick Lower - Stats - Statistics".
  24. "AFL Tables - David Pittman - Stats - Statistics".
  25. "AFL Tables - Kym Russell - Stats - Statistics".
  26. "AFL Tables - Scott Russell - Stats - Statistics".
  27. "AFL Tables - Luke Tapscott - Stats - Statistics".
  28. Memories for Sturt Football Club as Amrozi is sentenced Archived 10 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Ian Henschke, Stateline South Australia, Broadcast 8 August 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2007
  29. "AFL Tables - Tex Wanganeen - Stats - Statistics". afltables.com. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  30. http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/players/John-95Hall/4800 [ dead link ]