List of alumni of Wesley College, Melbourne

This is a List of notable alumni of Wesley College, Melbourne, they being notable former students - known as "Old Wesley Collegians" of the Uniting Church school, Wesley College in Prahran, Glen Waverley and Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia.

Academia, scholars, philosophers, clergymen and educators

* Samuel Alexander, British philosopher and the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college
* Professor Geoffrey Blainey, historian
* John Henry Michell, mathematician and Cambridge University Senior Wrangler
* Laurence Pyke, Rhodes Scholar, headmaster Newington College and professor
* Professor Carl Wood, IVF pioneer Monash University

Business

* Sir Frank Beaurepaire, founder of Beaurepaires and Olympic Tyres
* John Grice, National Bank of Australasia director and first boy to matriculate and qualify for the University of Melbourne
* Poppy King, Businesswoman; Young Australian of the Year 1995 (also attended Lauriston Girls' School) [http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/girl-power/2005/08/29/1125167596495.html The Age, 29/08/05. "Girl power"] (accessed:27-07-2007)]
* Ross Oakley, former AFL CEO
* Graeme Samuel, businessman, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission since 2003

Entertainment, media and the arts

* Waleed Aly, spokesman for the Islamic Council of Victoria
* Ollie Brown, musician
* Samuel Clarke, radio presenter
* Justine Electra, musician
* William Franklyn, British actor
* Christopher Gabardi, actor
* Paul Grabowsky, musician
* Lachy Hulme, actor
* Samuel Johnson, actor
* Barry Kay, stage & costume designer and photographer - alumni at Wesley College 1942-1948
* Kyal Marsh, actor
* Ollie McGill, keyboard player in The Cat Empire
* Frank Arthur Nankivell artist
* Pete Smith, radio and television announcer
* Jason Stephens, actor & comedian
* Richard Stubbs, comedian and Melbourne ABC radio host
* Bruce Watson, songwriter
* Jack Howard, musician Hunters and Collectors
* David Briggs, musician Little River Band
* Christopher Gabardi, actor
* Mark Philippoussis, Star of the reality tv show "Age of Love"

Military

* Captain Robert Cuthbert Grieve, Victoria Cross recipient (1917) (also attended Caulfield Grammar School)cite encyclopedia| last = McIntyre| first = Darryl | encyclopedia = Australian Dictionary of Biography| title = Grieve, Robert Cuthbert (1889 - 1957)| url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090109b.htm?hilite=Victoria%3BCross| accessdate = 2008-01-23| edition = Online | year = 1983| publisher = Melbourne University Press| volume = 9| location = Melbourne| pages = pp.106-107]
* Major General George Vasey

Politics, public service and the law

* Sir Frank Beaurepaire, Australian athlete, businessman and Lord Mayor of Melbourne 1940-1942, Liberal Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1942-1952
* Samuel Cohen, Australian barrister and Labor Senator for Victoria 1962-1969
* (Albert Charles) Burnett Gray|Burnett Gray, Australian manager and independent Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1927-1932
* Harold Edward Holt, Australian solicitor and federal UAP & Liberal Member for Fawkner 1935-1949, federal Liberal Member Higgins 1949-1967 and Prime Minister of Australia 1966-1967cite news| first = Kelly| last = Burke| title = One of the old school| url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/09/1076175083880.html| work = TV & Radio| publisher = The Age| date = 2004-02-10| accessdate = 2008-02-20]
* Michael Norman Kroger, Australian businessman and powerbroker within the Victorian division of the Liberal Party
* Sam Loxton, Australian test cricketer and Liberal Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1955-1979
* Herbert William Lloyd, Australian Army officer and Nationalist Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1929-1930 & 1932-1941
* Alexander Mair, Australian businessman and United Australia Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1932-1946; Premier of New South Wales 1939-1941,
* Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, Australian solicitor and Nationalist Member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1928-1929, Nationalist & UAP Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1929-1934, federal UAP & Liberal Member for Kooyong 1934-1966, founder of the Liberal Party of Australia 1944 and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia 1939-1941 & 1949-1966
* Stuart Morris, Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria (2003-2007)
* Bruce Arthur Smith, Australian Free Trade Party Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1882-1884, inaugural federal Member for Parkes 1901-1919 and leading political opponent of the White Australia policy
* Fred Whitlam, Australian Commonwealth Crown Solicitor (1936-1949) and father of former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam
* William Henry Williams, Australian barrister and Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1901-1902

ciences, medicine and engineering

* Joseph Lade Pawsey, pioneer of the study of radio astronomy in Australia
* Walter Rosenhain, metallurgist
* Sir David Rivett, Rhodes Scholar and chemist
* William Sutherland, physicist
* Sir George Adlington Syme, Australian surgeon and first president of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
* Sir William George Dismore Upjohn, surgeon and Chancellor of Melbourne University

port

* Sir Frank Beaurepaire, Australian world champion swimmer, holder of 15 world swimmng records and silver medalist at three Olympic Games (1908, 1920, 1924)
* Ian Johnson, Australian test cricketer (Captain 1956) and member of "The Invincibles"
* Sam Loxton, Australian test cricketer (1948-1951) and member of "The Invincibles"
* Fergus Watts, Australian rules footballer
* Ivor Warne-Smith, Former Australian rules football
* Nick Ries, Australian rules football
* Sharelle McMahon, captain of the Australian netball team
* Mark Philippoussis, professional tennis player runner-up at Wimbledon and US open
* Michael Klim, Olympic Gold medallist for swimming

References

ee also

*List of Victoria Crosses by School

External links

* [http://www.wesleycollege.net/ Wesley College, Melbourne Website]
* [http://www.owca.net/ Old Wesley Collegians Website]