List of Old Boys of St Patrick's College, Strathfield

This is a List of notable Old Boys of St Patrick's College, Strathfield, they being notable former students of the independent Roman Catholic school, St Patrick's College, located in Strathfield, in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Academia, science and medicine

Bureaucracy, politics and the law
  • John Brogden AM – former NSW Liberal Leader of the Opposition and former Member for Pittwater. Current Chairman of Lifeline and Patron of Kookaburra Kids.[8][9][10][11]
  • John J. Brown AO – Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism in the First Hawke Ministry 1983-1988. Minister for Administrative Services until 1984 and Minister assisting the Minister for Defence
  • Tony Burke MP – Federal Labor Member for Watson, Shadow Minister for Environment and Water, Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Australia, Shadow Minister for the Arts and Manager of Opposition Business and former Member of the NSW Legislative Council[12]
  • Ralph James "Mick" Clough – Labor Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1981, representing the electorate of Blue Mountains and representing the electorate of Bathurst from 1981 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1999
  • Bryan Doyle MP – former NSW Liberal Member for Campbelltown
  • Craig Emerson – former Federal Labor Member for Rankin and minister[12]
  • Laurie Ferguson MP – former Federal Labor Member for Werriwa, former NSW Member for Granville and brother of Martin[12]
  • Martin Ferguson AM – former Federal Member for Batman and minister[12] and brother of Laurie
  • Gerald Gleeson AC – former Secretary of the Premier's Department, former Head of the Public Service Board[13]
  • Justin Gleeson SC – former Solicitor-General of Australia (2013–2016), the Commonwealth's second-ranking law officer.
  • Anthony C. Harris, NSW Auditor-General 1992-1999[14]
  • Dick Healey – former NSW Liberal Member for Davidson and Minister
  • Gary Humphries – former Liberal Chief Minister of the ACT and former Senator for the ACT
  • Craig Laundy MP – Former Federal Liberal Member for Reid and former Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation, former Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, former Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs
  • Paul Lynch MP – NSW Labor Member for Liverpool and Shadow Attorney General[15]
  • Paul McLeay – former NSW Labor Member for Heathcote and Minister
  • Dennis Mahoney AO, QC – former Judge and President of NSW Supreme Court of Appeal, former Acting Chief Justice of NSW, former President of International Commission of Jurists, and former Member of the Board of the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry Hospitals[16]
  • John Pierce – former Secretary of the Department and Chief Economist to The Treasury (New South Wales), former Secretary of the Department to the Australian Government Department of Resources Energy & Tourism and current Chairman of the Australian Energy Market Commission[17]
  • Kieran Prendergast KCVO, CMG – former British diplomat (High Commissioner to Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ambassador to Turkey) and UN Under-Secretary-General 1997-2005
  • Douglas W. Sutherland AM – 78th Lord Mayor of Sydney

Business
  • Greg Coffey – a London hedge fund manager known as the "Wizard of Oz". Worth roughly US$734 million.
  • Rod de Aboitiz – former Chief Financial Officer of Rothschild Australia[18][19]
  • Peter Mattick AM – co-founder and former interim chief executive officer of Salmat[20][21]
  • Guy G. Russo – managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at McDonald's Australia 1999-2005, President McDonald's Greater China 2005-2007, Managing Director at Kmart, Chief Executive Officer of the Department Stores division for Wesfarmers 2016 to present[22]
  • Phil Salter – co-founder of Salmat[23]
  • James Symond – chief executive officer of Aussie Home Loans[24]
  • John Symond AM – Australian financial executive and founder of Aussie Home Loans[25]

Clergy
  • Most Reverend Bede Vincent Heather – Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta; former co-chairman of the Catholic/Baptist International Dialogue and first Bishop of Parramatta 1986-1997.[26]
  • Most Reverend Patrick Murphy – former Vice-President and Rector of the Post Graduate House at St Patrick's Seminary, former President of St Patrick's Seminary, former Episcopal Vicar for Education, former Chairman of the Sydney Archdiocesan Catholic Schools Board and former Chairman of the Catholic Education Commission of NSW; and the inaugural Bishop of Broken Bay 1986-1996[27]

Entertainment, media and the arts
  • Damien Cassar ADG award-winning director, writer and creative of film, television and commercial content.
  • Mig Ayesa – actor, notable work includes "Joe" the landlord on ABC children's serial The Ferals[28]
  • Thomas Kenneally AO – author and Australian National Living Treasure[10][29]
  • Rob Shehadie – Australian film and television actor whose notable works include the television show Pizza, Here Come the Habibs, Street Smart and Housos[30]
  • Peter Skrzynecki – poet, writer and lecturer at the University of Western Sydney. His poems were formerly studied by year 12 students during the course of the Higher School Certificate[31]
  • Steve Maresca- Australian film and television actor. Notable credits include Skinford and Doctor Doctor
  • Uli Latekefu Australian film and television actor. Notable credits include Doctor Doctor and Alien Covenant
  • Felix Lee- Member of Stray Kids
  • Daniel Rigney - National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) graduate 1992. Notable credits include A Country Practice, Water Rats, Police Rescue, The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, Murder Call, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Welcome To Woop Woop, The Feds, The Last Bullet, G.P., Vietnam, Snowy River, On The Dead Side

Sport

See also

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