List of University of New England (Australia) people

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This is a list of University of New England (Australia) people, including a number of notable alumni and faculty members of the University of New England.

Alumni[]

Academics[]

• Don Aitkin, AO, professor of politics at Macquarie University (1971–79) and the Australian National University (1980-1988); Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra (1991-2002)
• Kym Anderson, AC, Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University; President of the Policy Advisory Council at the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
• Max Hartwell (1921-2009), professor of economic history at the University of New South Wales (1950–56); reader in economic and social history at the University of Oxford; professorial fellow of Nuffield College Oxford (1956–77) (Emeritus 1977); was amongst the first intake of students in 1938 at the New England University College and the first of his cohort to become a professor
• Keith Leopold (1920-1999), professor of German at the University of Queensland (1964); was amongst the first intake of students in 1938 at the New England University College
• John Quiggin, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow in economics and political science
• Brenda Walker, Award-winning novelist and Winthrop Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia. Sister of Don Walker

Business[]

• Douglas Daft, AC, former global CEO of Coca-Cola
• Canning Fok Kin-ning, group managing director of Hutchison Whampoa and Chairman of Hongkong Electric Holdings

Government[]

Politicians[]

• Natalie Bennett, the Rt Honourable Baroness Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
• Dean Brown, AO, former Premier of South Australia
• David Elliott, the current Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Barnaby Joyce, current Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and current Member of the Australian Parliament for New England
• John Kerin, AO, former Member of the Australian Parliament and Federal minister (Primary Industries, Energy, Transport and Communication, Trade and Overseas Development, Treasurer)
• Don Page, former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and grandson of Sir Earle Page, founding Chancellor of UNE
• Milena Pires, member of the first National Parliament of East Timor and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• George Souris, AM, former member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Tony Windsor, former Member of the Australian Parliament for New England

Civil servants[]

• Jock R. Anderson, professor and agricultural economist at the World Bank
• Justin Brown, Australian diplomat who has served as High Commissioner to Canada (2008-2011) and Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO (2018- )
• Bernie Fraser, former governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia

Humanities[]

Arts[]

• Amanda Bishop, comedian, actor and musician
• Lewis Fitz-Gerald, actor, writer and director
• Lionel Gilbert, historian
• Don Walker, musician, notably with Cold Chisel. Brother of Brenda Walker.

Literature, writing and poetry[]

• Marshall Moore, American writer
• James Page, educationist
• Gayla Reid, writer

Law[]

• Geoffrey Edelsten, businessman and entrepreneur

Sciences[]

• Catherine King – ecotoxicologist, Antarctic researcher
• Dame Bridget Ogilvie, AC DBE, medical scientist

Sport[]

• Suzy Balogh, OAM 2004 Olympic gold medal shooter
• Katherine Calder, 2010 Winter Olympics cross-country skier
• Roy Masters, AM, sports journalist and former rugby league football coach
• Kathleen Partridge, 1988 Olympic gold medal field hockey; 1992 Olympics (goalkeeper)
• Damian Smith, member of the Australia national rugby union team, Wallaby #707
• Amelia White, 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Para-equestrian

Administration[]

Chancellors[]

Order	Chancellor	Years	Notes
1	Sir Earle Page, KCMG, QC	1954 – 1960	[1]
2	Phillip Wright, CMG	1960 – 1970	[2]
2	Sir Frank Kitto, AC, KBE, QC	1970 – 1981
3	Rob Robertson-Cuninghame, AO	1981 – 1993	[3]
4	Pat O'Shane, AM,	1994 – 2003	[4]
5	John Cassidy, AO	2004 – 2008	[5]
6	Richard Torbay	2008 – 2013	[6][7]
7	John Watkins, AM,	2013 – 2014	[8]
8	James Harris	FRSN, 2014 – present	[9]

Vice-Chancellors[]

• Sir Robert Madgwick, OBE, (1954–1966)
• Sir Zelman Cowen, AK, GCVO, GCMG, PC, QC (1966–1970)
• Alec Lazenby, AO, (1970–1977)
• , AO (1977–1985)
• (1985–1988)
• (1988–1990)
• , AM, (1990–1994)
• Bruce Thom, AM, (1994–1996)
• Ingrid Moses, AO, (1997–2006)
• (2006–2010)^[10]
• James Barber (2010-2014)^[11]
• (2014-2019)
• Brigid Heywood (present)

Faculty[]

References[]