List of Old Boys of Christ Church Grammar School
This is a list of Old Boys of Christ Church Grammar School, they being notable former students of Christ Church Grammar School, an Anglican Church school in Claremont, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.
The source of most of the information below about each Old Boy's years of attendance is the school's centenary history, published in 2010.[1]
Vice Regal
- Wayne Martin (1965–1969) – Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia
Academia and science
Rhodes Scholars[2]
- 1967: Peter Edwards (1950–1962) – consultant historian, author[3]
- 1970: Peter Hollingsworth (1960–1964) – Head of Department of Clinical Immunology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital[4]
- 1974: Sir Rod Eddington (1963–1967) – CEO, Cathay Pacific, Ansett Airlines and British Airways, director, News Corporation
- 1981: John Phillimore (1972–1976) – Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University[5]
- 1991: Tim Davidson (1982–1986) – Professor of Communications Systems, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada[6]
- 1993: Glenn Leighton (1981–1985)
- 2003: Adam Easton (1986–1996) – Australian Defence Force[7]
- 2005: David Knezevic (1992–1999) – Post-doctoral associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT[8]
- 2011: Vinay Menon (2001) – Medical Practitioner[9]
- 2016: Andrés Noé – Medical student[10]
- 2017: Richard O'Halloran – Medical student[11]
Chancellors and vice-chancellors
- Gordon Martin (1954–1961) – Chancellor, Curtin University[12]
Others – academia and science
- Simon Anderson – Winthrop Professor, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, The University of Western Australia[13]
- Tony Blackwell (1968–1973) – adjunct Professor Landscape Architecture Discipline, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, The University of Western Australia[14]
- Ian Dadour (1967–1973) – Winthrop Professor, Director, Centre for Forensic Science, University of Western Australia[15]
- Graeme Hankey (1970–1974) – Consultant Neurologist and Head of the Stroke Unit at Royal Perth Hospital and Clinical Professor, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia[16]
- Andrew Hassell (1981–1985) – Professor, Department of Mathematics, Australian National University,[17] co-recipient of Australian Mathematical Society Medal, 2003[18]
- Peter Leedman (1966–1974) – Winthrop Professor, Head of the Laboratory for Cancer Medicine and Deputy Director of Western Australian Institute for Medical Research[19]
- Irwin Lewis (1953–1956) – first indigenous person to attend the University of Western Australia[20]
- Ronald J P Lyon (1939–1943) – Emeritus Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Stanford University, recipient of William T. Pecora award[21]
- Andrew McGowan (1974–1978) – Dean and President of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, and McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies at Yale Divinity School
- Michael Millward (1972–1976) – Cancer Council professor of Clinical Cancer Research. Head of Medical Oncology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, University of Western Australia
- John Newnham (1960–1969) – Winthrop Professor, Head of School, School of Women's and Infants' Health, University of Western Australia[22]
- Richard Pestell (1969–1975) – Professor of Oncology and Medicine, Director, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
- Ralph Simmonds (1959–1967) – Professor of Law, Murdoch University[23]
Business
- Howard Cearns (1969–1977) – founding shareholder and director, Little World Beverages[24]
- Sir Rod Eddington (1963–1967) – CEO, Cathay Pacific, Ansett Airlines and British Airways; director, News Corporation; Chairman, Infrastructure Australia
- Andrew Forrest (1970–1977) – Chairman and CEO, Fortescue Metals Group; philanthropist (also attended Hale School)
- David Hohnen (1963–1966) – founder, Cape Mentelle winery (winner, Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy, 1983 and 1984) and Cloudy Bay Vineyards
- Peter Holmes à Court (1974–1979) – CEO, Back Row Productions and Australian Agricultural Company
- Ian Jacoby (ca 1915)[25] – financier; General Manager of Industrial Acceptance Corporation, founder of Custom Credit and Ready Credit[25]
- Murray McHenry (1959–1967) – publican, co-owner, McHenry Hohnen vintners
- Gordon Martin (1954–1961) – majority shareholder and Chairman, Coogee Chemicals[12]
- Michael Wright (1952–1956) – owner, Voyager Estate; philanthropist[26]
Law
Chief Justice
- Wayne Martin (1965–1969) – Chief Justice of Western Australia
Others – law
- Gresley Clarkson (1931–1933) – Justice of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea[27]
- Ralph Simmonds (1959–1967) – Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia[23]
Media, entertainment, culture and the arts
- Piers Akerman (1960–1964) – journalist, editor (The Advertiser, Adelaide, The Sunday Herald Sun, Melbourne), columnist (The Daily Telegraph, Sydney) (also attended Guildford Grammar School)
- Nathan Cochrane (1983-1984) – journalist, editor, IT editor The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's first online journalist, one of the world's biggest game show winners
- Hal Colebatch (1954–1962) – author, poet, lecturer, journalist, editor, and lawyer
- Lloyd Davies OAM (1928–1939) – author, lawyer[28]
- Jon Doust (1961–1965) – comedian, author
- Andrew Geoghegan (1978–1982) – television journalist and presenter (ABC), (winner, Walkley Award)[29]
- Stuart Halusz (1980–1991) – actor[30]
- John Hamilton (1956–1958) – journalist, author (winner, Walkley Award)
- Richard Hassell (1979–1983) – architect and designer, co-founder and co-owner, WOHA, Singapore[31]
- Peter Holland (1960–1961) – radio and television presenter (ABC)
- Andrew Jaspan (1964–1967) – journalist, Editor-in-Chief of The Age, Melbourne
- Tony Jones AM (1958–1962) – artist, sculptor[32]
- Irwin Lewis (1953–1956) – indigenous Australian artist[20]
- David McComb (1967–1978) – singer, songwriter, The Triffids
- Mark McEntee (1963–1970) – guitarist, Divinyls
- Tim Minchin (1982–1992) – musician, comedian, composer
- John Oldham (ca 1918) – landscape architect (also attended Guildford Grammar School)
- Nelson Woss (1982–1986) – film producer (Heartland Film Festival Grand Prize Winner)[33]
- Nick Allbrook (2000-2004) – Band member of Tame Impala, frontman of Pond
Military
- Craig Williams AM (1970–1974) – Major General; Commander, 2nd Division, Australian Army Reserve[34]
- Harold Harper, DSC – Sub-Lieutenant, awarded Distinguished Service Cross for attack on Japanese midget-subs
Politics and public service
Cabinet ministers
- Ken Baston (1960–1967) – Minister for Agriculture and Food and Minister for Fisheries, Barnett Ministry, Western Australia
- Senator Ian Campbell (1976) – Minister in various portfolios, Second, Third and Fourth Howard Ministries, Australia (also attended Brisbane Grammar School)
- Murray Criddle (1953–1961) – Minister for Transport in the Court-Cowan Ministry, Western Australia
- Peter Foss (1958–1963) – Minister in various portfolios in the Court-Cowan Ministry, Western Australia
- Doug Shave (1963–1964) – Minister in various portfolios in the Court-Cowan Ministry, Western Australia[35]
Other Members of Parliament
- Ric Charlesworth (1965–1969) – Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Perth
- Senator Alan Eggleston (1953–1959) – Senator for Western Australia
- Mal Washer (1961) – Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Moore
Others – politics and public service
- Sir William Heseltine GCB GCVO AC QSO PC (1943–1946) – Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, 1986–1990
- Bruce Haigh (1956–1962) – diplomat, political analyst
- Richard Utting (1959–1963) – Mayor of the City of Fremantle
Sport
Australian rules football
- John Annear (1971–1976) – AFL football player (Collingwood, Richmond, West Coast Eagles)
- Andrew Browne (1997–2001) – AFL football player (Fremantle)
- Jaxon Crabb (1995–1996) – AFL football player (West Coast Eagles, Port Adelaide), Sandover Medallist, 2005
- Tony Evans (1982–1986) – AFL football player (West Coast Eagles) (member, West Coast Eagles premiership teams, 1992 and 1994)
- Chris Lewis (1984–1986) – AFL football player (West Coast Eagles) (member, West Coast Eagles premiership teams, 1992 and 1994)
- Murray McHenry (1959–1967) – Chairman, West Coast Eagles
- Luke McPharlin (1995–1999) – AFL football player (Hawthorn and Fremantle)
- Eric Mackenzie (2001–2005) – AFL football player (West Coast Eagles)
- Tom Swift (1996–2007) – AFL football player (West Coast Eagles)
- Ryan Turnbull (1981–1988) – AFL football player (West Coast Eagles), Sandover Medallist, 2001
- Tim English (2015) – AFL Football player, Western Bulldogs
- Jake Patmore (2017) – AFL Football player, Port Adelaide
Basketball
- Matt Burston (1995–1999) – NBL player (Perth Wildcats, South Dragons, Adelaide 36ers, Melbourne Tigers, Cairns Taipans)
- Ben Purser (2003–2007) – NBL player (Perth Wildcats)
Cricket
- Jim Allenby (1995–1999) – state and county cricketer (Durham Cricket Board, Leicestershire, Western Australia, Glamorgan)
- Ric Charlesworth (1965–1969) – state cricketer (Western Australia (member of Sheffield Shield winning team, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1977–78))
- Stuart MacGill (1981–1988) – international cricketer (Australia)
- Daniel Marsh (1985–1990) – state and county cricketer (South Australia, Tasmania (captain 2002–03 to 2008–09, including of Pura Cup winning team, 2006–07), Leicestershire)
- Ashton Turner (2010) – state cricketer (Western Australia, Perth Scorchers)[36]
Golf
- Roger Mackay (1963–1973) – professional golfer; winner, Australian PGA Championship, 1987; WA Sportsman of the Year, 1991
Field hockey
- Craig Boyne (2001–2005) – international player
- Ric Charlesworth (1965–1969) – international player (Australia) and coach (Hockeyroos and Kookaburras); WA Sportsman of the Year, 1976, 1979, 1986 and 1987
- Adam Froese – international player (Canada)[37]
- Scott Webster (1989–1993) – international player, including at the World Hockey Cup, 2002 (silver medallist)
Motor sport
- Mike Thackwell (1972–1976) – racing driver; competed in F1, F2 (winner, European championship, 1984), F3000, F3, sports cars (winner, 1000km Nürburgring, 1986), CART
Olympics[38]
- Jim Battersby (1971–1976) – rowing (men's eight), Los Angeles 1984 (bronze medallist)[39]
- Ric Charlesworth (1965–1969) – hockey, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976 (silver medallist), Los Angeles 1984 (captain), Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996 (Hockeyroos coach), Sydney 2000 (Hockeyroos coach), London 2012 (Kookaburras coach)
- Tommaso D'Orsogna (2003–2007) – swimming, London 2012 (bronze medallist)
- George Ford (2010) – water polo, Rio de Janeiro 2016[37][40]
- Adam Froese (2008) – hockey (Canada), Rio de Janeiro 2016
- Bill Kirby (1990–1992) – swimming, Sydney 2000 (gold medallist)[41]
- Lindsay Nylund (1964–1975) – gymnastics, Moscow 1980[42]
- Miguel Porteous – freestyle skiing (New Zealand), Pyeongchang 2018[43]
- Nico Porteous – freestyle skiing (New Zealand), Pyeongchang 2018 (bronze medallist)[43]
- Richard Sands (1959–1965) – equestrian and eventing, Munich 1972[44]
- Todd Skipworth (1998–2002) – rowing (lightweight coxless four), London 2016, Rio de Janeiro 2016[45]
- Jonathan van Hazel (1988–1995) – swimming, Athens 2004[46]
- Robin Bell (1986–1994) – Canoe/Kayak/Slalom, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 Bronze[47]
Paralympics[38]
- Geoff Hill (1984–1988) – Paralympian, discus and soccer[48]
- Joshua Hofer OAM (1987–1991) – swimming, Madrid Paralympics 1992 (gold medallist)[49]
Rugby league
- Peter Holmes à Court (1974–1979) – co-owner and CEO of South Sydney Rabbitohs
Water polo
- George Ford (2010) – international player (Australia)[37][40]
- Nick O'Halloran (2000–2004) – international player (Australia), including at the FINA Water Polo World League, 2007 (bronze medallist)
Yachting
- Peter Gilmour (1968–1977) – international yachtsman (including in the Americas Cup), WA Sportsman of the Year, 1987
- Jon Sanders AO OBE (1952–1955) – yachtsman, circumnavigator
See also
- List of schools in Western Australia
- List of boarding schools
- Public Schools Association
References
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