List of Old Boys of Shore
This is a list of former students of the Anglican Church school, the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (also known as Shore School) in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Business[]
- Tim Bristow - private eye, convicted criminal, corporate 'fixer', bouncer, rugby player[1]
- Roger Corbett - board member of Reserve Bank of Australia (for a term of five years, from 2 December 2005); board member of Wal-Mart (2006-); CEO of Woolworths Limited (1999–2006)
- Jim Penman - founder of Jim's Group and historian.[2]
Entertainment, media, and the arts[]
- Peter Berner - comedian
- Terence Clarke AM - composer, director, teacher
- Philip Cox AO - architect
- Errol Flynn - legendary Hollywood actor known for swashbuckling roles[3]
- Tim Freedman - musician, lead singer and songwriter for The Whitlams
- Frank Hinder - artist
- Eric Campbell - ABC foreign correspondent, author of 'Absurdistan', 'Silly Isles'[4][circular reference]
- Geoffrey Lehmann - poet, children's writer, lawyer
- David Marr - author, broadcast journalist, and columnist
- Morgan Mellish - award-winning Australian Financial Review journalist, killed in the Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 air accident in 2007[5]
- Jim Moginie - musician with Midnight Oil
- Sir Frank Packer - media proprietor
- Garry Shead - artist
- Kenneth Slessor - poet and journalist
- Tim Storrier AM - artist
- Chris Taylor - member of The Chaser team and playwright
- John Wood - actor[6]
Medicine and science[]
- Sir Lorimer Dods LVO - founder of the Children's Medical Research Institute[7][8]
- Professor Anthony Gill AM - researcher, doctor, author
- James Roy Kinghorn - naturalist and broadcaster
- Professor Sir Brian Windeyer (1904-1994) - Professor of Therapeutic Radiology; Dean at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London 1942–69; Vice-Chancellor of the University of London 1969-72
Politics, public service, and the law[]
- David Arblaster - former Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation and Minister for Tourism (1976) and Member for Mosman (1972–1984), representing the Liberals
- John Booth - former Member for Wakehurst (1984–1991), representing the Liberals
- Vivian Gordon Bowden CBE (1884–1942), businessman public servant and diplomat
- Sir John Gorton AC, GCMG, CH - politician and Prime Minister of Australia, representing the Liberals (also attended Geelong Grammar School)[9][10]
- Justice John Dyson Heydon AC, QC - Judge of the High Court of Australia[11]
- Stuart St. Clair - former Member for New England (1998-2001), representing the Nationals
- Sir Vernon Treatt KBE, MM, QC - Minister for Justice (1938–1941) Leader of the Opposition (1946–1952), and Member for Woollahra, representing the Liberals[12]
- Peter Young AO - former Chief Judge in Equity of the New South Wales Supreme Court
Religion[]
- Geoffrey Cranswick - Anglican bishop[13]
- Glenn Davies - Archbishop of Sydney
- Donald Robinson AO - a former Archbishop of Sydney[14]
Sport[]
- Al Baxter - Wallaby
- Andrew Smith - Rugby Union
- Nick Baxter - Olympic rower
- David Codey - former Wallaby captain[15]
- James Duckworth - Australian tennis player
- Phil Emery - Australian test cricketer[16]
- Angus Gardner - Australian Rugby Union referee
- Jack Gregory - Australian test cricketer
- Mike Hercus - United States national rugby union team
- Tobias Lister - Australian rowing team
- Alexander Lloyd - Olympic rower
- - former Socceroo
- Roy Minnett - Australian test cricketer
- John Hudson - Olympic rower
- John Newcombe - tennis player, two-time US Open and three-time Wimbledon champion
- Hamish Playfair - Australian rowing team
- Henry Playfair - Australian Football League player with the Geelong Football Club and most recently the Sydney Swans
- Eric Pockley - Australian tennis player, among the first dozen pupils[17]
- Nick Purnell - Australian rowing team
- Alexander Purnell - Australian rowing team- Gold Medalist Tokyo 2020 - Mens Coxless 4
- Bob Radford - Australian cricket administrator
- Lewis Roberts-Thomson - Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans
- Justin Sampson - sports television personality, professional speaker, former Australian rugby union player
- Haig Sare - rugby union player
- Dr Claude Tozer DSO - cricketer
- Ben Tudhope - snowboarder
- Barclay Wade - Commonwealth and Olympic Games rower
- Phil Waugh - former Wallaby player
See also[]
- List of non-government schools in New South Wales
- List of boarding schools
- Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales
References[]
- ^ Mercer, Neil (15 February 2003). "End of a Hard Man". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
- ^ Catherine Moolenschot (author) (15 April 2019). Jim's book: the surprising story of Jim Penman, Australia's backyard millionaire. Milton, QLD. pp. 6–9. ISBN 9780730368151. OCLC 1078404005.
- ^ "Gentleman John fell on his sword" (note in obituary of Sir John Gorton). The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2002.
- ^ Eric Campbell (reporter)
- ^ "Australians dedicated to foreign service". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 March 2007.
- ^ Macdonald, Julia (7 March 1936). "An Australian in Hollywood". The Advertiser (Adelaide). National Library of Australia. p. 24.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "Obituary: Gentleman John fell on his sword". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2002.
- ^ [3]
- ^ High Court of Australia Website Archived 2007-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, (accessed 25 April 2007)
- ^ "Shore Rhodes Scholars – Sir Vernon Treatt". Shore Old Boys. Shore School. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ Cable, K. J. (1993). "Cranswick, Geoffrey Franceys (1894 - 1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 13 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 525–526. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
- ^ Alexander, Joseph A., ed. (1965). Who's Who in Australia 1965. Colorgravure Publications. p. 729.
- ^ David Codey Archived 2009-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Phil Emery, player profile". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
- ^ "Dr. Eric Pockley". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 November 1956. p. 17.
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