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This is a List of notable Old Boys of The Scots College , they being notable former students - known as "Old Boys" of the
Presbyterian Church school,
The Scots College in
Bellevue Hill ,
New South Wales ,
Australia .
Academic
Rhodes scholars
Business
James Bain , a company director, farmer, author; Chairman of
NatWest Aust. Bank Ltd (1985–91),
W. Bain & Co. (1947–87);
Sydney Stock Exchange Ltd (1983–87) (also attended
The Armidale School )
[2]
Lee Freedman , a racehorse trainer with 120 career
Group one wins including five
Melbourne Cups , four
Golden Slippers , four
Caulfield Cups , four
VRC Oaks , four
Australasian Oaks , five
Lightning Stakes , two
Cox Plates , one
AJC Oaks
[3]
Ted Harris
AC , a company director, tennis commentator and sport administrator
[4]
Justin Hemmes , an entrepreneur and principal of the
Merivale Group
[5]
Ezra Norton , a former newspaper proprietor (also attended
Waverley College )
[6]
Tom Parry
AM , an economist and public servant
[7]
Robert Somervaille
AO , a legal and telecommunications technology consultant and company director; awarded the
Légion d'honneur (also attended
Scotch College Melbourne )
[8]
Harry Triguboff
AO , a property developer and billionaire owner of
Meriton Apartments [
citation needed ]
Clergy
Media, entertainment and the arts
Conway Bown , war artist and Army helicopter pilot
Luke Bracey , an actor, best known for his roles in
The November Man and in
The Best of Me
[11]
Callan McAuliffe , an actor, best known for his roles in the romantic comedy drama film
Flipped and in the teen action science fiction film
I Am Number Four
[12]
Roger McDonald , a poet and writer
[13]
Scott McGregor , an actor and presenter on the
Seven Network 's
Better Homes and Gardens
[14]
Sam Parsonson , an actor[
citation needed ]
Peter van Onselen , a political commentator and biographer
[15]
Tim Webster , a newsreader and sports presenter
[16]
Peter Weir
AM , a
film director (
The Truman Show ,
The Cars That Ate Paris ,
Dead Poets Society )
[17]
Brett Whiteley , an artist (also attended
The Scots School, Bathurst ) Whiteley disliked attending The Scots College, Sydney, and was expelled for stealing from the newsagency in Double Bay
[18]
Rusty Young , an author[
citation needed ]
Hiroaki Yura , a violin virtuoso, founder and concertmaster of the
Eminence Symphony Orchestra
[19]
Medicine and science
Military
Arthur Aspinall , together with Archibald John, Andrew Eric and William Robert Aspinall
Arnold Brown
OBE ,
MC ,
DSO , an
Australian Army officer; decorated for services in
Cyrenaica
[23]
Rear Admiral
Sir David James Martin
KCMG ,
AO , a former senior officer of the
Royal Australian Navy
[24]
Vice Admiral
Sir Alan McNicoll
KBE ,
CB ,
GM , a senior officer in the
Royal Australian Navy and a diplomat
[25]
Major-General
Ronald McNicoll
CBE ,
AM
Colonel
Rowan Tink
AM , a former
Australian Army
Special Air Service Regiment commander, awarded the US
Bronze Star following active duty in
Afghanistan
[26]
Politics, public service and the law
Judiciary
Politics
Alexander Armstrong , a
pastoralist and Member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council representing the
Liberal Party of Australia (1953–69)
[28]
Richard Bull , a former Member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council representing the
National Party of Australia (1984–2000)
[29]
Joseph Calcraft
OBE , a Member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council ; Councillor at
Shoalhaven Council (1962–65)
[30]
Peter Dowding
SC , a barrister and former
Premier of Western Australia (also attended
Caulfield Grammar School and
Hale School )
[31]
David Drummond , a former Member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the
Australian House of Representatives representing the
Country Party
[32]
Andrew Hastie , a Liberal Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the division of Canning since 2015. Prior to politics, he was a troop commander in the
Special Air Service Regiment .
Ralph Hunt
AO , a former Member of the
House of Representatives for
Gwydir (1969–89) representing the
National Party of Australia
[33]
John Jobling
AO , a former member of the
New South Wales Legislative Council representing the
Liberal Party of Australia and local councillor
[34]
Wal Murray , a former
Deputy Premier of New South Wales and Leader of the NSW National Party
[35]
Public service
Other notable lawyers
Sport
Rugby
Wallabies
Tom Bowman ,
Wallaby (1998–99)[
citation needed ]
David Brockhoff ,
Wallaby player (1949–53) and coach of the
Wallabies and
Waratahs
[39]
Hugh (Murray) Buntine ,
Wallaby (1924)
[40]
Sam Carter ,
Wallaby (2014)
[41]
Ken Catchpole ,
Wallaby , 27 Tests (1961–68) and captain in 13 match
[42]
Tim Gavin ,
Wallaby (1988–96)
Phil Hardcastle ,
Wallaby , 5 Tests (1946–49) and captain in 1 match
[42]
Jim Hindmarsh ,
Wallaby (1975–76)
[40]
Rupert Rosenblum ,
Wallaby (1969–70)
[40]
John Solomon ,
Wallaby , 14 Tests (1949–55) and captain in 8 matches
[35]
[43]
Warwick Waugh ,
Wallaby (1993–97)
[40]
State/Provincial
Other sports
Forbes Carlile
Hugh Bowman , a jockey; recipient of the Silver Saddle Award for most successful jockey (
Royal Ascot )
[46]
Jack Buckley , AFL footballer
Forbes Carlile
MBE , Australia's first post-
World War II
Olympics
swimming coach; Australia's first competitor in the
modern pentathlon (
1956 Summer Olympics ); only person to have coached and later competed at the
Olympic Games
[47]
Andrew Ratcliffe , Commonwealth Games gold medal winning sprinter.
Colin Scotts , former
NFL Defensive End; played for the
St. Louis Rams /
Cardinals
[48]
[49]
Murray Stewart , Australia kayaker and Olympic Gold medallist at the 2012 Summer Games in London
(Men's K-4 1000 metres )
Thomas Whalan , four-time
water polo
Olympian (
Sydney 2000 ,
Athens 2004 ,
Beijing 2008 , and
London 2012 )
[50]
Angus Crichton , Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.
Toby Rudolf , Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and lock for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL
Billy Smith , Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL)
Siua Wong , Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL)
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