• Source: List of alumni of Wesley College, Melbourne

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, which was founded in 1882.




Academia, scholars, philosophers, clergymen and educators


Samuel Alexander OM, British philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge College
Waleed Aly, lecturer at Global Terrorism Research Centre, School of Political & Social Inquiry, and at the Monash University Faculty of Arts; spokesman for the Islamic Council of Victoria; presenter on Network Ten's The Project
The Hon. Chief Justice Michael Black AC QC, Barrister, Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, Foundation Chairman of the Victorian Bar’s Readers Course, chair of the Advisory Committee (Juris Doctor Degree at the Melbourne Law School)
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC, historian
Dr Andrew Dent AC, associate professor of medicine (Melbourne University)
Professor Brian Lewis, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture (University of Melbourne)
Professor John Henry Michell, mathematician and Senior Wrangler (Cambridge University)
Professor Graham Oppy, philosopher (Monash University)
Joseph Lade Pawsey, pioneer of the study of radio astronomy in Australia
Lawrence Pyke, Rhodes Scholar, Headmaster of Newington College
Sir David Rivett KCMG, Rhodes Scholar and associate professor and professor of chemistry (University of Melbourne)
Walter Rosenhain, metallurgist
Professor Chris Silagy AO, leading pioneer in evidence-based medicine
Professor Warren Thomson OAM, Music (University of Sydney)
Sir Harold L. White CBE, Parliamentary Librarian of Australia and National Librarian
Professor Carl Wood AC, CBE, FRCS, FRANZCOG; IVF pioneer (Monash University)




Business and sports administration


Sir Frank Beaurepaire, founder of Beaurepaires and Olympic Tyres
Sir John Grice, director of National Australia Bank (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 Melbourne Cricket Club
Poppy King, businesswoman; Young Australian of the Year 1995 (also attended Lauriston Girls' School)
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, Melbourne Rebels and Royal Insurance, director of Harris Scarfe (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 and Tisdall Wines; inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame in 2009
Wayne Reid OBE, president of Tennis Australia
Graeme Samuel AC, former chairman of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission




Entertainment, media and the arts






= Actors

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Laura Brent, actor
Isabella Dunwill, actor
William Franklyn, British actor
Christopher Gabardi, actor
Christopher "Kick" Gurry, Hollywood actor (star of Speed Racer, Looking for Alibrandi)
Jane Harber, actor
Alan Hopgood, actor and dramatist
Lachy Hulme, actor
Samuel Johnson, actor, AFI recipient and Logies nominee, radio host (Nova FM)
Lloyd Lamble (1934–2008), Australian and British film, theatre, radio and television actor
Kyal Marsh, actor
Eloise Mignon, actor (also attended St Michael's Grammar School, St Kilda)
Chris Scalzo, actor
Jason Stephens, actor
Ashley Zukerman, actor




= Comedians

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Richard Stubbs, comedian




= Musicians

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David Briggs, musician (Little River Band)
Sophia Brous, musician, former program director of the Melbourne Jazz Festival and former curator of music at the Adelaide Festival
Justine Electra, musician
Paul Grabowsky, musician
The Groop, 1960s rock band (original lineup)
Louis Lavater (1867–1953), composer and author
Ollie McGill, musician (keyboard player in The Cat Empire)
The Temper Trap, band
Bruce Watson, songwriter




= Producers

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Malcolm Douglas, Australian wildlife documentary filmmaker and crocodile hunter




= Radio and television

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Derek Guille, musician and radio host
Lloyd Lamble, radio announcer (3DB)
Pete Smith, radio and television announcer
Richard Stubbs, Melbourne ABC radio host




= Other

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Charles Baeyertz, publisher of The Triad, critic and broadcaster
Margaret Jane Gurney, Australian artist (Methodist Ladies' College, Elsternwick)
Barry Kay, stage and costume designer and photographer
Frank Arthur Nankivell, artist
Rohan Rivett, journalist and editor
Athol Shmith, photographer
John Spooner, political illustrator (The Age), 2002 winner of the Graham Perkin Award for the Australian Journalist of the Year
Shura Taft, television and radio presenter
Tom Wright, writer




Military


Victoria Cross recipients

Captain Robert Cuthbert Grieve VC
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


Kenneth Bailey
James Bennett
Russell Broadbent, Federal MP
Ian Castles, economist and Australian statistician
Ian Cathie, Labor Victorian State Cabinet Minister
Sam Cohen, Senator for Victoria
Harold Edward Holt CH, Prime Minister of Australia
Julian Hill, Federal MP
Michael Kroger
Major General Herbert William Lloyd CB, CMG, CVO, DSO
Sam Loxton OBE
Alexander Mair, Premier of New South Wales
John Maynard Hedstrom, member of the Legislative Council of Fiji
Andrew McCutcheon, Labor Victorian State Cabinet Minister
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT CH AK PC KC, Prime Minister of Australia
Peter Nixon, National Party politician, Federal cabinet minister
Senator John Siddons, Australian Senator
Bruce Arthur Smith
Senator Reg Turnbull, Leader of the Australia Party
William Henry Williams




Law


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




Sciences, medicine, architecture and engineering


Doctor Tony Atkins AM, medical practitioner recognised for his work in famine relief and agricultural development in Africa
Professor Sir Robert Chapman CMG, first Professor of Physics and Engineering at Adelaide University
Herbert Dennis, architect
Doctor Andrew Dent AM, medical doctor and humanitarian worker
Professor Graham Farquhar
Doctor Alan William Greenwood CBE FRSE, zoologist and geneticist
Charles Hoadley, geologist and Antarctic explorer
Doctor John Orchard AM, sports and exercise medicine physician recognised for his work in cricket
Doctor Joseph Lade Pawsey, pioneer of the study of radio astronomy in Australia
Sir David Rivett KCMG, chemist, chairman and chief executive officer of the CSIR and founder of the CSIRO
Walter Rosenhain, metallurgist
John Springthorpe, physician
William Sutherland, physicist
Sir George Adlington Syme, surgeon and first president of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Sir William George Dismore Upjohn, surgeon and chancellor of Melbourne University
Professor Carl Wood AC CBE FRCS FRANZCOG, IVF pioneer, Monash University




Sport






= Athletics

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Ted Best, Commonwealth Games track and field athlete (1938)
Emma Carney, World Cross Country Championships distance runner (1993, 1994)
Clare Carney, World Cross Country Championships distance runner (1994)
Dean Kenneally, Commonwealth Games track and field athlete (1994)
Jemima Montag (born 1998), Olympic racewalker, 2x Commonwealth Games champion




= Australian rules football

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Ross Abbey, Footscray Football Club
Ray Allsopp, Richmond Football Club
Stuart Anderson, Fremantle Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club
Simon Arnott, Geelong Football Club and Sydney Swans
Darren Baxter, Hawthorn and Footscray
James Bennett, Hawthorn Football Club
Peter Bennett, St Kilda Football Club
George Bickford, Melbourne Football Club
Peter Box, Footscray Football Club and Brownlow Medalist
Frank Boynton, Melbourne Football Club, Geelong Football Club and University Football Club
Adam Cerra, Fremantle Football Club
Arch Corbett, Melbourne University Football Club (VFL)
Harry Curtis, Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club
Kate Dempsey, Richmond AFLW
Jasmine Fleming, Hawthorn Football Club
Sam Frost, Greater Western Sydney Giants and Melbourne Football Club
Warwick Green, St Kilda Football Club
Toby Greene, Greater Western Sydney Giants
Will Johnson, St Kilda Football Club
Allan McKellar, Richmond and Sydney
Stephen Mount, Richmond, 1980 premiership
George Moysey, Melbourne (VFA), Melbourne (VFL), Perth, Subiaco
Ross Oakley, St Kilda Football Club
Roy Park, Melbourne Football Club and Melbourne University Football Club
Arthur Pearce, St Kilda Football Club
Pepa Randall, GWS AFLW
Gordon Rattray, Fitzroy Football Club, Brighton Football Club; first to use the torpedo punt
Les Reeves, North Melbourne Football Club
Nick Ries, Hawthorn Football Club
Elijah Tsatas, Essendon
Ivor Warne-Smith, Melbourne Football Club, dual Brownlow Medallist
Fergus Watts, Adelaide Crows Football Club




= Baseball and basketball

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




= Cricket

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Ross Gregory, First Class cricketer for Australia and Victoria
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
Edward Rush, First Class cricketer for Victoria
Carl Willis, First Class cricketer for Victoria




= Cycling

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Robert Crowe, 2004 World Record 4000m tandem pursuit with Kieran Modra (4 mins 21.451)
Katie Mactier, track cycling Olympic silver medalist (2004), Commonwealth Games gold medalist (2006), and World Champion (2005)




= Netball

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Molly Jovic
Sharelle McMahon, Australian netball Captain, world champion (1995, 1999) and Commonwealth Games netballer (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)




= Rowing

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Paul Guest, three time Olympian rower and Family Court of Australia judge
Nicholas Lavery, Olympic men's eight Tokyo 2020




= Sailing

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Jesse Martin, youngest person to have circumnavigated the globe solo, non-stop and unassisted (age 17); Ambassador of Reach Young & Young Endeavour




= Swimming

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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

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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); also represented Australia in Athletics




= Tennis

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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

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Peter Bennett, Olympic athlete (1952, 1956) and Commonwealth Games athlete (1950)




= Other

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Curtis Good, footballer for Newcastle United
Jack Hingert, footballer for Brisbane Roar in the A-League
Mick Parker, mountaineer




References






Sources


A brief history of Wesley College sport Wesley College, Melbourne (2006)
Adamson Theatre Company Wesley College, Melbourne – Performing Arts, Season Brochures




External links


Wesley College, Melbourne website
Old Wesley Collegians Association website

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