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List of Old Scotch Collegians

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This is a list of Old Scotch Collegians, who are notable former students of Scotch College in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Alumni of Scotch College are known as Old Boys or Old Collegians, and automatically become members of the schools alumni association, the Old Scotch Collegians Association (OSCA).[1]

Scotch College has had more alumni mentioned in Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians) than any other school,[2][3][4] and its alumni have received more top (Companion) Order of Australia honours than any other school.[5] Although knighthoods are no longer bestowed in Australia, at least 71 Scotch College alumni have been knighted.[6]

Viceroys

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Academia and science

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Eponyms of universities

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Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors

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Members of the Royal Society

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Others – academia and science

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Business

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Law

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Chief justices

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High Court Justices

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Supreme Court Justices

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Media, entertainment, culture and the arts

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Military and intelligence

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Chiefs / heads of services

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Others – military

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Politics and public service

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Prime ministers and presidents

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Premiers

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Cabinet ministers

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Others – politics and public service

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Sport

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American football

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Athletics

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Australian rules football

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Cricket

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Motorsport

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Rowing

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Rugby

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Soccer

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Swimming and diving

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Tennis

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  • Gerald Patterson – two times Wimbledon singles champion and world number 1 tennis player

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Membership". About OSCA. Scotch College. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2008.
  2. ^ Walker, Frank (22 July 2001). "The ties that bind". Sunday Life. The Sun-Herald. p. 16. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  3. ^ Mark Peel and Janet McCalman, Who Went Where in Who's Who 1988: The Schooling of the Australian Elite, Melbourne University History Research Series Number 1, 1992
  4. ^ Ian Hansen, Nor Free Nor Secular: Six Independent Schools in Victoria, a First Sample, Oxford University Press, 1971
  5. ^ Topsfield, Jewel (4 December 2010). "Ties that bind prove a private education has its awards". The Age. p. 11.
    The hard copy article also published a table of the schools which were ranked in the top ten places:
    rank # Schools
    1 19 Scotch College, Melbourne
    2 17 Geelong Grammar School
    3 13 Sydney Boys High School
    =4 10 Fort Street High School, Perth Modern School and St Peter's College, Adelaide
    =7 9 Melbourne Grammar School, North Sydney Boys High School and The King's School, Parramatta
    =10 6 Launceston Grammar School, Melbourne High School, Wesley College, Melbourne and Xavier College
  6. ^ Fun Scotch Facts - K is for Knights, https://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/media/278487/K%20is%20for%20Knights.pdf
  7. ^ Great Scot, April 2022, page 76, https://viewer.joomag.com/great-scot-165-april-online/0708233001650590898?short&
  8. ^ "UR-Sf 34 Professor Robert Percival Cook, Lecturer in Biochemistry, University College, Dundee and Queen's College, Dundee; Professor of Biochemistry, University of Dundee". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  9. ^ English: Graduate & alumni profiles – Melbourne University
  10. ^ "Thomas Gibson Sloane". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 29 October 1932. p. 14.
  11. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography (2007). [1].
  12. ^ James Mitchell, A Deepening Roar – Scotch College, Melbourne, 1851–2001, Allen & Unwin, 2001, page 308
  13. ^ Wood, Lauren. "Melbourne's Tom Hackett is the No.1 punter entering this year's NFL Draft". Herald Sun. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  14. ^ Miller, Ted (2 December 2015). "Pac-12 announces 'All-Century team'". ESPN. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Crackers Chronicles – VFL/AFL Former Old Scotch Players" (PDF). Old Scotch. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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