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 Mines and Petroleum, & Small Business 2016, MLA for Churchlands
- Emil Nulsen (1885-1965) - Minister for Justice 1939-1947 MLA for Kanowna & 1953-1959 MLA for Eyre (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
Legislative branch
- Ignatius Boyle (1882–1960) – MLA for Avon (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- John Quigley – MLA for Mindarie, Shadow Cabinet Attorney General
- Thomas Ronan (1907–1976) – Northern Territory Legislative Council, for Batchelor (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Ben Wyatt – Victoria Park MLA, Shadow Cabinet Treasurer
Judicial branch
Presiding judges
- John Chaney – President of the State Administrative Tribunal 2009-2014, Justice of the Supreme Court of WA
- Jeremy Curthoys – President of the State Administrative Tribunal 2015-, Justice of the Supreme Court of WA 2014-
Judges, superior courts
- Edward 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
Military
Air and general officers
- Robert Brown, DSO – Air Commodore Royal Australian Air Force (Christian Brothers College, Perth)[1]
- Redmond Green, DSO – Air Commodore Royal Australian Air Force (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Philip Masel (1908–1972) – Brigadier Australian Army (Christian Brothers College, Perth)[2]
- James McMahon DSC DSM - As a former Commanding Officer of the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS), James led deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Timor-Leste. James has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) and the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) for command and leadership in action in Timor-Leste, Afghanistan and Iraq. As an SAS Squadron Commander, James' squadron was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation for exemplary performance. As the SAS Commanding Officer, James' unit was awarded both the Meritorious Unit Citation and Unit Gallantry Citation. He is also a recipient of the Sword of Honour and Governor General’s Medal. James is currently the WA Commissioner for the Department of Corrective Services, Deputy Chairman of the West Coast Eagles Football Club and a member of the SAS Resources Trust Board. (Aquinas College, class of '81, Perth)<https://www.sasresourcesfund.org.au/about_trust/board_of_directors/trustees/>
Other, military
- John Barrett (1898–?) – inaugural honorary Colonel of Western Australian University Regiment (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
Public service
- Ignatius Boyle (1882–1960) – President of Australian Wheatgrowers Association (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- 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)
- Freddie Johnston (1885–1963) – first Australian Director of National Mapping (Christian Brothers College, Perth, also attended The High School now Hale School)
- Sir Thomas Meagher (1902–1979) – Lord Mayor of Perth (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Alec Masel (1898–1988) – Jewish leader, President of the Zionist Movement of Australia and president of Jewish welfare boards in Australia & the United States (Christian Brothers School, Perth)
- Sir William Samson (1898–1974) – Mayor of Fremantle (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
- Kim Durack – agricultural scientist[3]
- Richard Alan Fox – medical physician
- Gilbert Henderson (1890–1977) – Dean of Dental Science University of Western Australia (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Guido Mayrhofer (1898-1968) - medical practitioner, co-founder (Royal) Australian College of General Practitioners, posthumously awarded Francis Hardey Faulding memorial research prize and bronze medal (1967) for his work Some Observations on Virus Diseases in General Practice (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
Rhodes Scholars
- 1906: Alexander Juett (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- 1908: J W Horan (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- 1911: J J Savage (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- 1913: Alaric Pinder Boor (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- 1949: Peter Durack
- 1958: Maurice Cullity
- 1987: Trevor Jack
- 2008: John McAnearney[4][5]
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Jacob Allan - actor
- Paddy Baker (1898–1986) – proprietor of Regal Theatre (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Brian Coyne, editor & publisher, www.catholica.com.au
- Reg Cribb – Actor and playwright
- Geoff Gibbs – actor and principal of WAAPA
- Paul Lockyer – news reporter[6]
- Philip Masel (1908–1979) – scriptwriter BBC & war correspondent (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Mark Priestley – actor
- Thomas Ronan (1907–1976) – writer (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- George Thompson (1913-1997) - architect (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Dave Warner – writer & rock musician
Business
- Sir Lewis Burne (1898–1978) – founder W. C. Burne & Sons Pty Ltd, President of the Master Builders Association of Victoria (Christian Brothers College, Perth and also attended Xavier College)
- Michael Chaney – Chairman of National Australia Bank, Woodside Petroleum, CEO of Wesfarmers
- Herb Elliot, AC – Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group, Puma (also attended CBC Perth, now Trinity College, Perth)
- Trevor Flugge – Chairman of AWB Limited
- Trevor Kennedy – Chairman of Oil Search Limited, Commsoft Group Limited and Cypress Lakes Group Limited, business director
- John “Jack” Kilfoyle (1893-1962) - pastoralist, Rosewood station (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Sir William Samson (1898–1974) – Chairman of Home Building Society (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Peter Smedley – CEO of Colonial Mutual
- Eddie Withnell – leader of the Coffin Cheaters Motorcycle Club
- Christian Foyle – Director of Foyle Legal
Sport
Australian rules football
- Ben Allan – Hawthorn premiership player and Fremantle inaugural captain
- Simon Black – Brisbane Lions three times premiership player, Brownlow Medal 2002, Norm Smith Medal 2003, captain 2007–2008
- Peter Bell – North Melbourne premiership player and Fremantle captain
- Paul Duffield – Fremantle
- Nathan Fyfe – Fremantle, Brownlow Medal 2015
- Robert Haddrill – Fremantle
- Daniel Kerr – West Coast Eagles premiership player
- Mark LeCras – West Coast Eagles
- 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
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
- Tom Garlepp – Perth Wildcats/Adelaide 36ers/Sydney Kings
- 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
- Ernest Bromley (1912–1967) – first Western Australian Test cricketer (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
- Brad Hogg
- Justin Langer
Others, cricket
- Cameron Bancroft – list-A Western Warriors
- Nathan Coulter-Nile – first-class cricket Western Warriors, and Twenty20 Australia, Perth Scorchers, Mumbai Indians
- 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
Rowing
- Nick Garratt – Beijing 2008 coach of Australian women's sculling team
- David McGowan – Athens 2004 men's coxless four
- Stuart Reside – Sydney 2000 quadruple men's scull, Athens 2004 bronze medal men's eight 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
- David McGowan - World Junior Champion coxless 4 1999, Dutch Olympic Men's Heayyweight coach 2008, 2012
Rugby
- Kyle Godwin – Western Force
- Zack Holmes – ACT Brumbies
References
- ^ CBC Perth 1960 Annual, p55, accessed 28 May 2013
- ^ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/masel-philip-11079.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ G C Bolton. "Durack, Kimberley Michael (Kim) (1917–1968)". Retrieved 2007-09-05.
- ^ "Scholarships: Western Australian Rhodes Scholars". UWA website. The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ "UWA student named 2008 Rhodes Scholar". UWA. 2008-11-03.
- ^ Hamilton, Walter (20 August 2011). "'Corrigin Kid' a rare reporter who genuinely cared". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
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