List of Old Aquinians
List of notable Old Aquinians, who were students of Aquinas College Perth & Christian Brothers College, Perth (1894–1937, see List of Old Boys of Trinity College, Perth for period 1938–1961)
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Government
Executive branch
Cabinet
- Sir Fred Chaney, Sr, AFC (1914–2001) – Minister for the Navy (1964–1966), Australian Senator for Western Australia (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Fred Chaney, Jr – Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 1978–1980, Minister for Social Security 1980–1983, Australian Senator for Western Australia
- Peter Durack – Minister for Veterans Affairs 1976–77, Attorney-General 1977–1983, Australian Senator for Western Australia
- Sean L'Estrange Minister for Finance; Mines & Petroleum; Small Business; MLA for Churchlands
- Emil Nulsen (1885–1965) – Minister for Justice 1939–1947 MLA for Kanowna & 1953–1959 MLA for Eyre (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- John Quigley – McGowan Ministry, MLA for Mindarie
- Ben Wyatt – McGowan Ministry, Victoria Park MLA
Legislative branch
- Ignatius Boyle (1882–1960) – MLA for Avon (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
Judicial branch
- John Chaney – President of the State Administrative Tribunal 2009–2014, Justice of the Supreme Court of WA
- Edward Arthur Dunphy – Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Eric Heenan – Justice of the Supreme Court of WA
- John Lavan (1911–2006) – Justice of the Supreme Court of WA (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Rene Le Miere – Justice of the Supreme Court of WA
Public service
- David Fenbury (1916–1976) – delegate to the secretariat of the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations, New York (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Sir Lancelot Goody (1908–1992) – sixth Archbishop of Perth and first Bishop of Bunbury, Western Australia (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Thomas William Meagher (1902–1979) – Lord Mayor of Perth (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Christopher Shanahan – senior counsel barrister, acting commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission in Western Australia
- Judah Waten (1911–1985) – political activist, writer & publisher (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Cedric Wyatt – Aboriginal rights activist
Academia and science
Chancellor
- Michael Chaney – Chancellor, University of Western Australia
Others, academia and science
- Richard Alan Fox – medical physician
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Reg Cribb – Actor and playwright
- Geoff Gibbs – actor and principal of WAAPA
- Trevor Kennedy – editor-in-chief of Consolidated Press Holdings see Business
- Paul Lockyer – news reporter[1]
- Mark Priestley – actor
- Dave Warner – writer & rock musician
Business
- Michael Chaney – chair of National Australia Bank, Woodside Petroleum; CEO of Wesfarmers
- Herb Elliot, AC – chair of Fortescue Metals Group, Puma (also attended CBC Perth, now Trinity College, Perth)
- Trevor Flugge – chair of AWB Limited
- Trevor Kennedy – ceo of AWA, business director business director see Arts, entertainment, and media
- Jack Kilfoyle (1893–1962) – pastoralist, Rosewood station (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Peter Smedley – CEO of Colonial Mutual
Sport
Australian rules football
- Ben Allan – Hawthorn premiership player and Fremantle inaugural captain
- Peter Bell – North Melbourne premiership player and Fremantle captain
- Paul Duffield – Fremantle
- Nat Fyfe – Fremantle, Brownlow Medal 2015
- Robert Haddrill – Fremantle
- Daniel Kerr – West Coast Eagles premiership player
- Jamie Merillo – Fremantle
- Stephen O'Reilly – Geelong and Carlton
- Quinten Lynch – West Coast Eagles premiership player, Collingwood
- Alan Toovey – Collingwood premiership player
- Elliot Yeo – Brisbane Lions, West Coast Eagles
- Patrick Cripps – Carlton Football Club
- Liam Baker – Richmond Football Club
- Jarrod Cameron-West Coast Eagles
- Deven Robertson- Brisbane Lions
- Chad Warner- Sydney Swans
- Jeremy Sharp- Gold Coast Suns
Others, Australian rules football
- Gerry Bahen (1929–2012) – North Melbourne
- Ross Ditchburn – Carlton premiership player
- Peter Spencer – North Melbourne, also WA state representative and dual Sandover Medal 1976 & 1984 – Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2007
- John Bridgwood – Claremont, WA state representative
- David Crawford – Claremont premiership player and WA state representative
- David Gault – South Fremantle premiership captain
- Percy Johnson – East Fremantle premiership player, Swan Districts captain coach, and Claremont, WA state representative and Channel 7 football critic – Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2010
- Simon McPhee – Claremont premiership coach
- Terry Moriarty – Perth, Sandover Medal 1943 – Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2010 (also attended St Patrick's Boys School)
- Murray Ward – Claremont, also coached Aquinas to 13 consecutive PSA premierships
- Frank Walker – Perth, WA state representative
Basketball
- Bradley Ness – wheelchair basketball Sydney Paralympics 2000, Athens Paralympics 2004 silver medal Australia, Beijing gold medal Australia and captain, London Paralympics 2012 silver medal Australia
Cricket
Australian Test cricketers
- Terry Alderman
- Cameron Bancroft
- Ernest Bromley (1912–1967) – first Western Australian Test cricketer (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Brad Hogg
- Justin Langer
Others, cricket
- Nathan Coulter-Nile – first-class cricket Western Warriors, and Twenty20 Australia, Perth Scorchers, Mumbai Indians
- Alex Hepburn – first-class Worcestershire County Cricket Club, convicted rapist[2]
- Tom Outridge, Jr – first-class Western Australia
- Kevin Prindiville – first-class Western Australia
- Terry Prindiville – first-class & list-A Western Australia
- Sean Terry – first-class Hampshire
- Darren Wates – first-class & list-A Western Warriors
Cycling
Ben O'Connor – Team Dimension Data, 1st Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic 2016
Olympics
Athletics
- Herb Elliott, AC – Rome 1960 gold medal 1500m Australia (also attended CBC Perth, now Trinity College, Perth)
Hockey
- David Bell – Montreal 1976 silver medal Australia – Western Australia Hockey Hall of Fame
- Don Martin – Tokyo 1964 bronze medal Australia, Mexico 1968 silver medal Australia
Volleyball
Water polo
- Tim Neesham – Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, & Beijing 2008
- Tom Hoad – Rome 1960; Australian captain Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968, & Munich 1972; Australian water polo coach Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 & Seoul 1988
Rowing
- Ross Brown – world championships: 2007 men's light coxless pair, bronze medal Australia; 2010 men's lightweight eight, silver medal Australia
- Nick Garratt – Beijing 2008 coach of Australian women's sculling team
- David McGowan – junior world champion 1999, Athens 2004 men's coxless four
- Stuart Reside – Sydney 2000 quadruple men's scull, Athens 2004 bronze medal men's eight Australia
- Alexander Cunningham (Max) – W.A Kings Cup Rowing 8 Winning crew Launceston 1960 Australian Olympic 8 Oarsman Rome 1960
Rugby
- Kyle Godwin – Western Force
- Zack Holmes – ACT Brumbies
See also
References
- ^ Hamilton, Walter (20 August 2011). "'Corrigin Kid' a rare reporter who genuinely cared". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Alex, Hepburn. "Alex Hepburn: Cricketer jailed for five years for rape of woman". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 22 May 2019.