List of Australian Presbyterians

The following are notable Australian Presbyterians:

*Arthur Aspinall - Co-founder and first Principal of The Scots College, Bellevue Hill, Sydney; Congregational and Presbyterian Minister; Joint founder of the Historical Society of New South Wales
*Jessie Aspinall - First female junior medical resident at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospitalcite web|url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070122b.htm|title = Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880 - 1953)|accessdate = 2008-01-17|last = Durie|first = E. Beatrix|year = 1979|work = Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher = Melbourne University Press|pages = p.118]
*James Boag I - Founder and proprietor of J. Boag & Sons, owner of the Boag's Brewery in Launceston, Tasmania
*James Burns - Businessman, shipowner and philanthropist
*Peter Cameron - Principal of St Andrew's College; Minister convicted by the Presbyterian Church of Australia of heresycite news| first = Peter| last = Cameron | title = The making of a heretic| url = http://newsstore.smh.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=smh&kw=cameron+and+%22presbyterian+ladies%22&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=adv&clsPage=1&docID=news930708_0204_3483| work = Opinion-Analysis| publisher = The Age| location = Melbourne| page = 14| date = 1993-07-08| accessdate = 2008-02-26]
*Professor Graeme Clark AC AO - Pioneered the multiple-channel cochlear implant
*Thomas Simpson Crawford - Australian politician and New South Wales Senior Crown Prosecutor
*Betty Cuthbert - Australian athlete, and a four-fold Olympic champion
*Ken Duncan - Christian photographer
*John Dunmore Lang
*John Ferguson - Presbyterian minister; Acting Principal of St Andrew's Theological College; Senior Chaplain and Chairman of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Councilcite encyclopedia| last = Dougan| first = Alan| encyclopedia =Australian Dictionary of Biography| title = Ferguson, John (1852 - 1925) | url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080512b.htm| accessdate = 2008-02-26| edition = Online| year = 1981| publisher = Melbourne University Press| volume =8| location = Melbourne| pages = pp.486-487]
*John Flynn - Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and the Australian Inland Mission
*James Forbes - Presbyterian minister and educator
*Dame Mary Jean Gilmore DBE - Prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist
*Friedrich Hagenauer - Presbyterian minister; Founder of Ramahyuck Mission to house the members of the Ganai tribe who survived attacks in west and central Gippsland
*Rev. Dr Andrew Harper - Biblical scholar and teacher
*Vice-Admiral John Hunter RN - British naval officer and colonial administrator who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second governor of New South Wales
*Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC, CVO, MBE - Former Governor of South Australia and athlete
*Lieutenant General Iven Giffard Mackay KBE CMG DSO & Bar VD - Prominent Australian soldier (World War II)
*Bruce Mansfield - Television and radio personality
*Dr. John Marden - First Headmaster of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney; Pioneer of women's education; Presbyterian eldercite encyclopedia| last = Dougan| first = Alan | encyclopedia = Australian Dictionary of Biography| title = Marden, John (1855 - 1924)| url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100396b.htm?hilite=John%3BMarden| accessdate = 2007-10-09| year = 1986| publisher = Melbourne University Press| volume =10| location = Melbourne, Vic.| pages = pp. 407-408]
*Peter Dodds McCormick - Composer of the Australian national anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
*John McGarvie - Presbyterian minister and writer
*William McIntyre - Presbyterian minister and educator
*Dr Ewen Neil McQueen - Second Headmaster of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney; Prominent educational innovator; Scientist; Psychologist; General Practitionercite book | author=McFarlane, John | title=The Golden Hope: Presbyterian Ladies' College, 1888-1988 | publisher=P.L.C Council, Presbyterian Ladies' College Sydney, (Croydon) | year=1988 | id= ISBN 0-9597340-1-5]
*Dame Pattie Maie Menzies GBE - Wife of Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies
*Sir Robert Menzies - Twelfth and longest serving Australian Prime Minister
*Reverend William Miller - Minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria
*Sir John Moore - Jurist and presiding judge of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
*Alexander Morrison - Former headmaster of the Scotch College, Melbourne
*Sibyl Enid Vera Munro Morrison - First female barrister in New South Walescite web|url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100580b.htm|title = Morrison, Sibyl Enid Vera Munro (1895 - 1961)|accessdate = 2007-08-01|last = O'Brien|first = Joan M|year = 1986|work = Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher = Melbourne University Press|pages = p.596]
*Thomas Muir - Scottish political reformer
*John Shaw Neilson - Poet
*Sir Hugh Muir Nelson KCMG - Premier of Queensland from 1893 to 1898
*Francis Ormond - Pastoralist and philanthropist
*Andrew Petrie - Builder and architect
*John Petrie - Mayor of Brisbane and a contractor
*Margaret Pomeranz AM - Film critic and television personalitycite news| first = Alexa| last = Moses| title = Movie critic is all ears and proud of her role| url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Movie-critic-is-all-ears-and-proud-of-her-role/2005/01/25/1106415596975.html?from=moreStories| publisher = Sydney Morning Herald| date = 2005-01-26| accessdate = 2007-08-01]
*Sir George Houstoun Reid GCB GCMG - Politician, Premier of New South Wales and fourth Prime Minister of Australia
*William Ridley - English Presbyterian missionary who studied Australian Aboriginal languages
*Reverend F. R. M. Wilson - Early pioneer lichenologist and minister

References

ee also

*Presbyterian Church of Australia

External links

* [http://www.presbyterian.org.au/ Official website of the Presbyterian Church of Australia]
* [http://www.pcnsw.org.au/ The Presbyterian Church of Australia in New South Wales]
* [http://www.pcq.org.au/ The Presbyterian Church of Queensland]
* [http://www.pcvic.org.au/ The Presbyterian Church of Victoria]