List of Old Boys of Waverley College
This is a list of notable Old Boys of Waverley College Sydney , they being notable former students – known as "Waverlians" – of the Waverley College , an independent, non-selective Roman Catholic day school located in Waverley, New South Wales , Australia.[ 1] [ 2]
Business
Clergy
Law
Scott Cam , TV personality with the Nine Network [ 7]
Sam de Brito , journalist and blogger for the Sydney Morning Herald
Bruce Dellit , architect, pioneer of the Art Deco style[ 8]
Costa Georgiadis , television host for ABC TV Gardening Australia
Robert Grasso , Head of Sport, SBS World News
Kevin Kearney , film producer, sound designer, location sound recordist, 1960–2015
Damien Lovelock , singer and sports commentator[ 9]
John McKellar , playwright and social satirist
Justin Melvey , television actor (Home & Away , Days of Our Lives )[ 10]
Johnny O'Keefe , Australian rock singer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s[ 10]
Alan Reid , political journalist[ 11]
Military
Other
Victims of the 1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire :
Jonathan Billings (1965–1979)
Richard Carroll (1966–1979)
Michael Johnson (1965–1979)
Seamus Rahilly (1965–1979)
Politics
Peter Collins QC , former leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party, deputy premier and treasurer
Ludwig Keke (Class of 1954), Nauruan politician, Member of Parliament (1968–1972, 1989–1995, 1997–2000), Speaker of Parliament (1998–2000), and Ambassador to Taiwan (2007–2016)[ 14]
John Murphy , Australian Labor politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 until 2013, representing Lowe and then Reid
Bill Tilley , Victorian politician and member for Benambra (also attended St Gregory's College, Campbelltown & Redden College )[ 15]
Public and community service
Sports
Miles Amatosero , rugby union player
Nick Blakey , AFL footballer Sydney Swans
Michael Cleary AO , former rugby union , and rugby league and footballer of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Commonwealth Games sprint competitor and politician as Minister for Sport in the Wran Government (1981–1988)
Clay Cross , Australian shot putter and competitor in the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games
Ryan Cross , Australian rugby union , and rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010
Morris Curotta , sprint competitor, Olympic Games 1948 (London) and 1952 (Helsinki)
Ben Donaldson , rugby union player
Tom English , rugby union professional player for the Melbourne Rebels
Gordon Benjamin Favelle (1912–1987), Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s
Owen Finegan , rugby union player, part of the wallabies 1999 world cup winning team
Jack Fingleton OBE , former Australian cricketer, journalist and political commentator
Adam Freier , broadcaster and former rugby union professional player
Isaac Heeney , Australian Rules football player at the Sydney Swans
Stephen Hoiles , rugby union coach and former player, Wallaby and Fox Sports commentator
Jed Holloway , rugby union player
Kenneth Kennedy , speed skater and ice hockey player, Australia's first Winter Olympian
Anatoly Kolesnikov , basketball player
Massimo Luongo , footballer, Australian Socceroo representative, Queens Park Rangers and formerly of Swindon Town F.C.
Shawn Mackay , Super Rugby and Commonwealth Games Rugby 7s player
Tony Madigan , Olympic Games boxing bronze medallist[ 2]
Davvy Moale , rugby league player
Luca Moretti , rugby union player
Ben O'Donnell , rugby union player
Patrick Phibbs , rugby union player
Jason Sangha , cricketer
Chris Talakai , rugby union player
Sam Talakai , rugby union player
Morgan Turinui , rugby union player
Ronald Volkman , rugby league player
Henry Paterson , rugby union player
Klayton Thorn , rugby union player
References
^ "Wavelength" (PDF) . Publications . Waverley College. April 2007. pp. 6–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007 .
^ a b Notable Alumni Archived 11 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine , Waverley College
^ Lawson, Valerie (2000). "Norton, Ezra (1897–1967)" . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 15 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 571–572. Retrieved 23 January 2008 .
^ Doug Mulray's sidekick Dave Gibson on the creation of radio's funniest characters Peter Switzer podcast 24 March 2021
^ "Bishop Emeritus: Patrick Dougherty" . Catholic Diocese of Bathurst. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2011 .
^ Murphy, Damien (26 April 2014). "Former ICAC chief Barry O'Keefe dies aged 80" . Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 22 May 2014 .
^ Fortescue, Elizabeth (17 March 2006). "Handy Cam" . The Daily Telegraph . Sydney. Retrieved 23 January 2008 . [dead link ]
^ Reynolds, Peter (1993). "Dellit, Charles Bruce (1898–1942)" . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 13 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 612–613. Retrieved 23 January 2008 .
^ "Vale Damien Lovelock"
^ a b "Centenary Performing Arts Centre Opened" (PDF) . Wavelength . Waverley College. July 2003. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2008 .
^ Holt, Stephen (2012). "Alan Douglas Reid" . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 18. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University . ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7 . ISSN 1833-7538 . OCLC 70677943 . Retrieved 24 December 2023 .
^ Cullen, Simon (28 January 2014). "Peter Cosgrove named as next governor-general, will replace Quentin Bryce in March" . Australia: ABC News . Retrieved 28 January 2014 .
^ Higgins, Matthew (1983). "Kenny, Thomas James Bede (1896–1953)" . Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 9 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 571–572. Retrieved 23 January 2008 .
^ Keke, Ludwig Dowong (28 March 2014). "Memories of Menzies 1954" (PDF) . Wavelength (21): 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2021.
^ Pearce, Suzannah, ed. (17 November 2006). "Tilley (Bill) William John". Who's Who in Australia Live! . North Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
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