List of alumni of Wesley College, Melbourne

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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 (OWCA), which was founded in 1882.[1]

Academia, scholars, philosophers, clergymen and educators[]

Business and sports administration[]

  • Sir Frank Beaurepaire, founder of Beaurepaires and Olympic Tyres
  • Sir John Grice, director of National Bank of Australasia (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 MCC
  • Poppy King, businesswoman; Young Australian of the Year 1995 (also attended Lauriston Girls' School)[10]
  • 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,[11] Melbourne Rebels[12][13] and Royal Insurance,[14] director of Harris Scarfe Holdings Limited (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 Ltd and Tisdall Wines; inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2009
  • Wayne Reid OBE, president of Tennis Australia
  • Graeme Samuel AC, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Entertainment, media and the arts[]

Actors[]

Comedians[]

Musicians[]

Producers[]

Radio and television[]

Other[]

Military[]

Victoria Cross recipients

  • Captain Robert Cuthbert Grieve VC[19]

Australian Army

  • Major General Herbert William Lloyd CB CMG CVO DSO
  • Major General Edward Milford CB CBE DSO
  • Major General George Vasey CB CBE DSO Bar
  • Major General John Whitelaw AO CBE, son of Major General John Stewart Whitelaw
  • Major General John Stewart Whitelaw CB CBE

Politics and government[]

Law[]

  • The Hon. Chief Justice Michael Black AC QC, Queen's Counsel[2][3]
  • Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT CH AK PC KC, King's Counsul[21]
  • Stuart Morris QC, Queen's Counsel
  • The Hon. Justice Geoffrey Nettle QC, Queen's Counsel, current Justice of the High Court of Australia[22]
  • Fred Whitlam, Australian Commonwealth Crown Solicitor (1936–1949); father of former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam
  • The Hon. Philip Mandie QC, Justice of Victorian Court of Appeal (2009-2012) and of Supreme Court of Victoria (1994-2012)

Sciences, medicine and engineering[]

Sport[]

Athletics[]

Australian rules football[]

Baseball and basketball[]

  • Michael Nakamura, Olympic athlete (1996, 2000) and Major League Baseball player

Cricket[]

  • Ross Gregory, First Class cricketer for Australia and Victoria
  • Henry James Herbert "Tup" Scott (26 Dec 1858 – 23 Sept 1910) Australian Test Cricketer (Captain 1886)
  • Ian Johnson CBE, Australian Test Cricketer (Captain 1956) and member of "The Invincibles"
  • Sam Loxton, Australian Test cricketer (1948–1951) and member of "The Invincibles"
  • Dirk Nannes, First Class cricketer for Victoria
  • Roy Park, First Class cricketer for Australia and Victoria
  • Keith Rigg, First Class cricketer for Australia and Victoria
  • Carl Willis, First Class cricketer for Victoria

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). Emma also represented Australia in Athletics.

Tennis[]

  • Mark Philippoussis, professional tennis player, runner-up at Wimbledon and US Open and Olympic athlete for tennis (1996, 2000, 2004)
  • Christina Wheeler, member of the Federation Cup team (2001)

Water polo[]

Other[]

See also[]

  • List of Victoria Crosses by School

References[]

  1. ^ [1] OWCA: About Us
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b ANU Law Conference and Sawer Lecture Program (2009)
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Biographical Information Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Crotty, Martin (June 2001). "The Limits of Manliness". Australian Humanities Review. Archived from the original on 28 April 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  5. ^ The Secular Web: Curriculum Vitae – Graham Oppy
  6. ^ "Annual Report 2001" (PDF). The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation Limited. pp. 7–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  7. ^ The Lion: Issue 95
  8. ^ The Order of Australia Database - Warren Thomson
  9. ^ Powell, Graeme, "White, Sir Harold Leslie (1905–1992)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 21 May 2020
  10. ^ The Age: Girl power
  11. ^ VRU Staff & Board of Directors, accessed: 2010-10-03
  12. ^ Schlink, Leo (9 September 2010). "Melbourne Rebels land former AFL boss Ross Oakley". Herald Sun. News Limited. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  13. ^ Harris, Bret (10 September 2010). "Ross Oakley appointed CEO of Melbourne Rebels and Victorian Rugby Union". Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  14. ^ "Victorian Rugby Announces New Management Structure" (Press release). Melbourne Rebels. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  15. ^ Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Malcolm Douglas & Crocs
  16. ^ The Age: Blacklisted performer took his talent to Britain and blossomed
  17. ^ The Lion: Issue 90
  18. ^ http://www.wesleytheatre.net/spotlight/21
  19. ^ McIntyre, Darryl (1983). "Grieve, Robert Cuthbert (1889–1957)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 9 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 106–107. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  20. ^ Burke, Kelly (10 February 2004). "One of the old school". TV & Radio. Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  21. ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.gavmag.com/austpm/pm_menzies.htm Gavmag - Sir Robert Gordon Menzies
  22. ^ "Ceremonial - Swearing-in of Nettle J - Canberra [2015] HCATrans 5 (3 February 2015)".
  23. ^ website, Wesley (1 January 2019). "Australia Day Honours 2020". Wesley website. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  24. ^ "History". Wesley College. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  25. ^ "Harry Curtis : Blueseum - Online Carlton Football Club Museum". Blueseum. 31 March 1968. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  26. ^ "Will Johnson Player Profile bio - Official AFL Website of the St Kilda Football Club". Saints.com.au. 26 October 1989. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  27. ^ Fitzroy Has Never Lacked Courage, The Argus Weekend Magazine, (Saturday, 6 August 1949), p.3.

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