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This is a list of notable Old Wesley Collegians , former students of
Wesley College, Melbourne ,
Victoria ,
Australia .
Alumni of Wesley College are known as Old Collegians and are automatically members of the school's alumni association, the Old Wesley Collegians Association, which was founded in 1882.
[1]
Academia, scholars, philosophers, clergymen and educators
Samuel Alexander
OM , British philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an
Oxbridge College
[2]
Waleed Aly , lecturer at Global Terrorism Research Centre, School of Political & Social Inquiry, and at the
Monash University Faculty of Arts ; spokesman for the Islamic Council of Victoria; presenter on
Network Ten 's
The Project
[3]
The Hon. Chief Justice
Michael Black
AC
QC , Barrister, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Foundation Chairman of the Victorian Bar’s Readers Course, chair of the Advisory Committee (Juris Doctor Degree at the
Melbourne Law School )
[4]
[5]
Professor
Geoffrey Blainey
AC , historian
[6]
Dr
Andrew Dent
AC , associate professor of medicine (
Melbourne University )
[7]
Professor
Brian Lewis , Dean of the Faculty of Architecture (
University of Melbourne )
[8]
Professor
John Henry Michell , mathematician and
Senior Wrangler (Cambridge University)
[9]
Professor
Graham Oppy , philosopher (
Monash University )
[10]
Joseph Lade Pawsey , pioneer of the study of radio astronomy in Australia
[11]
Lawrence Pyke ,
Rhodes Scholar , Headmaster of
Newington College [
citation needed ]
Sir
David Rivett
KCMG , Rhodes Scholar and associate professor and professor of chemistry (
University of Melbourne )
[12]
Walter Rosenhain , metallurgist
Professor
Chris Silagy
AO , leading pioneer in
evidence-based medicine
[13]
Professor
Warren Thomson
OAM , Music (
University of Sydney )
[14]
[15]
Sir
Harold L. White
CBE , Parliamentary Librarian of Australia and National Librarian
[16]
Professor
Carl Wood
AC ,
CBE ,
FRCS ,
FRANZCOG ; IVF pioneer (
Monash University )
Business and sports administration
Sir
Frank Beaurepaire , founder of
Beaurepaires and Olympic Tyres
Sir
John Grice , director of
National Australia Bank (first Wesley student to qualify for entrance to
University of Melbourne )
Daryl Jackson
AM , architect; chairman of the Australian Film Institute; trustee of
NGV ; vice president of
Melbourne Cricket Club
Poppy King , businesswoman;
Young Australian of the Year 1995 (also attended
Lauriston Girls' School )
[17]
Eric McCutchan , manager of the
Victorian Football League ; inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 1996
Ross Oakley , chief executive officer of the
Australian Football League ,
Victorian Rugby Union ,
[18]
Melbourne Rebels
[19]
[20] and
Royal Insurance ,
[21] director of
Harris Scarfe (1997–2001); chairman of the Royal Australian Holdings Ltd, the Royal Life Insurance Australia Ltd, the State Training Board of Victoria, the Get Going Sport Foundation; director of
AAMI and Tisdall Wines; inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2009
Wayne Reid
OBE , president of
Tennis Australia
Graeme Samuel
AC , former chairman of the
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Entertainment, media and the arts
Actors
Laura Brent , actor
Isabella Dunwill , actor
William Franklyn , British actor
Christopher Gabardi , actor
Christopher "Kick" Gurry , Hollywood actor (star of
Speed Racer ,
Looking for Alibrandi )
Jane Harber , actor
Alan Hopgood , actor and dramatist
Lachy Hulme , actor
Samuel Johnson , actor,
AFI recipient and
Logies nominee, radio host (
Nova FM )
Lloyd Lamble (1934–2008), Australian and British film, theatre, radio and television actor
Kyal Marsh , actor
Eloise Mignon , actor (also attended
St Michael's Grammar School ,
St Kilda )
Chris Scalzo , actor
Jason Stephens , actor
Ashley Zukerman , actor
Comedians
Musicians
David Briggs , musician (
Little River Band )
Sophia Brous , musician, former program director of the
Melbourne Jazz Festival and former curator of music at the
Adelaide Festival
Justine Electra , musician
Paul Grabowsky , musician
The Groop , 1960s rock band (original lineup)
Louis Lavater (1867–1953), composer and author
Ollie McGill , musician (keyboard player in
The Cat Empire )
The Temper Trap , band
Bruce Watson , songwriter
Producers
Radio and television
Other
Charles Baeyertz , publisher of The Triad , critic and broadcaster
Margaret Jane Gurney , Australian artist (Methodist Ladies' College, Elsternwick)
Barry Kay , stage and costume designer and photographer
Frank Arthur Nankivell , artist
Rohan Rivett , journalist and editor
Athol Shmith , photographer
John Spooner , political illustrator (
The Age ), 2002 winner of the Graham Perkin Award for the Australian Journalist of the Year
[24]
Shura Taft , television and radio presenter
[25]
Tom Wright , writer
Military
Victoria Cross recipients
Australian Army
Politics and government
Kenneth Bailey
James Bennett
Russell Broadbent , Federal MP[
citation needed ]
Ian Castles , economist and Australian statistician
Ian Cathie , Labor Victorian State Cabinet Minister
Sam Cohen , Senator for Victoria
Harold Edward Holt
CH ,
Prime Minister of Australia
[27]
Julian Hill , Federal MP
Michael Kroger
Major General
Herbert William Lloyd
CB ,
CMG ,
CVO ,
DSO
Sam Loxton
OBE
Alexander Mair ,
Premier of New South Wales
John Maynard Hedstrom , member of the
Legislative Council of Fiji
Andrew McCutcheon , Labor Victorian State Cabinet Minister
Sir
Robert Gordon Menzies
KT
CH AK
PC
KC , Prime Minister of Australia
[28]
Peter Nixon , National Party politician, Federal cabinet minister
Senator
John Siddons , Australian Senator
Bruce Arthur Smith
Senator
Reg Turnbull , Leader of the
Australia Party
William Henry Williams
Law
Sciences, medicine, architecture and engineering
Doctor
Tony Atkins
AM , medical practitioner recognised for his work in famine relief and agricultural development in Africa
Professor Sir
Robert Chapman CMG, first Professor of Physics and Engineering at Adelaide University
Herbert Dennis , architect
Doctor
Andrew Dent
AM , medical doctor and humanitarian worker
Professor
Graham Farquhar
AO ,
FAA ,
FRS
Doctor
Alan William Greenwood CBE
FRSE , zoologist and geneticist
Charles Hoadley , geologist and Antarctic explorer
Doctor John Orchard
AM , sports and exercise medicine physician recognised for his work in cricket
[30]
Doctor
Joseph Lade Pawsey , pioneer of the study of radio astronomy in Australia
Sir
David Rivett
KCMG , chemist, chairman and chief executive officer of the
CSIR and founder of the
CSIRO
[31]
Walter Rosenhain , metallurgist
John Springthorpe , physician
William Sutherland , physicist
Sir
George Adlington Syme , surgeon and first president of the
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Sir
William George Dismore Upjohn , surgeon and chancellor of
Melbourne University
Professor
Carl Wood
AC
CBE
FRCS
FRANZCOG , IVF pioneer,
Monash University
Sport
Athletics
Ross Abbey ,
Footscray Football Club
Ray Allsopp , Richmond Football Club
Stuart Anderson ,
Fremantle Football Club and
North Melbourne Football Club
Simon Arnott , Geelong Football Club and
Sydney Swans
Darren Baxter , Hawthorn and Footscray
James Bennett ,
Hawthorn Football Club
Peter Bennett , St Kilda Football Club
George Bickford , Melbourne Football Club
Peter Box ,
Footscray Football Club and
Brownlow Medalist
Frank Boynton ,
Melbourne Football Club ,
Geelong Football Club and
University Football Club
Adam Cerra ,
Fremantle Football Club
Arch Corbett ,
Melbourne University Football Club (VFL)
Harry Curtis ,
Collingwood Football Club and
Carlton Football Club
[32]
Kate Dempsey ,
Richmond
AFLW
Jasmine Fleming ,
Hawthorn Football Club
Sam Frost ,
Greater Western Sydney Giants and Melbourne Football Club
Warwick Green , St Kilda Football Club
Toby Greene , Greater Western Sydney Giants
Will Johnson , St Kilda Football Club
[33]
Allan McKellar , Richmond and Sydney
Stephen Mount , Richmond, 1980 premiership
George Moysey , Melbourne (VFA), Melbourne (VFL), Perth, Subiaco
Ross Oakley , St Kilda Football Club
Roy Park , Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne University Football Club
Arthur Pearce , St Kilda Football Club
Pepa Randall ,
GWS
AFLW
Gordon Rattray , Fitzroy Football Club, Brighton Football Club; first to use the
torpedo punt
[34]
Les Reeves , North Melbourne Football Club
Nick Ries , Hawthorn Football Club
Elijah Tsatas ,
Essendon
Ivor Warne-Smith , Melbourne Football Club, dual
Brownlow Medallist
Fergus Watts ,
Adelaide Crows Football Club
Baseball and basketball
Cricket
Cycling
Netball
Rowing
Sailing
Jesse Martin , youngest person to have circumnavigated the globe solo, non-stop and unassisted (age 17); Ambassador of Reach Young & Young Endeavour
Swimming
Michael Klim
OAM , Olympic gold medallist (1996, 2000, 2004), world record holder (1996–2000),
Commonwealth Games athlete (1998, 2006) and Australian Representative (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Triathlon
Emma Carney , Triathlon World Champion 1994, 1997 World Number 1 Triathlete (1995, 1996, 1997) Australian Representative (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004); also represented Australia in Athletics
Tennis
Water polo
Other
References
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"Alexander, Samuel" .
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ANU Law Conference and Sawer Lecture Program (2009)
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"Dent, Andrew Wesley (1955 - 2008)" . Royal College of Surgeons of England . Retrieved 28 April 2024 .
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"The Limits of Manliness" . Australian Humanities Review . Archived from
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Malcolm Douglas & Crocs ,
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The Age: Blacklisted performer took his talent to Britain and blossomed
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"Spotlight Profile - Wesley College Melbourne Australia" . Archived from
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"Grieve, Robert Cuthbert (1889–1957)" . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 9 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 106–107. Retrieved 23 January 2008 .
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"Ceremonial - Swearing-in of Nettle J - Canberra [2015] HCATrans 5 (3 February 2015)" .
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"Harry Curtis : Blueseum - Online Carlton Football Club Museum" . Blueseum. 31 March 1968. Retrieved 27 December 2010 .
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"Will Johnson Player Profile bio - Official AFL Website of the St Kilda Football Club" . Saints.com.au. 26 October 1989. Retrieved 27 December 2010 .
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