List of old boys of The King's School, Parramatta
Appearance
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This is a List of Old Boys of The King's School, Sydney, former students of the Anglican school, The King's School in North Parramatta, Sydney, Australia.
Business
- Hugh Mosman, discovered gold in Charters Towers[1]
- David Droga, Founder & Chairman of Droga5
Media, entertainment and the arts
- Bruce Beresford – Film director
- Michael Blakemore AO OBE – Freelance theatre and film director
- David Campbell – Poet[2]
- Robert Crawford – Poet
- John Marsden – Author; founder and principal of Candlebark School
- Andrew Upton – Playwright and screenwriter; husband of Cate Blanchett
Medicine and science
- James Charles Cox – Physician and oncologist
- Stephen John James Frank Davies – Adjunct Professor, Division of Science at Murdoch University; Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Biology at Curtin University of Technology (also attended The Elms School)
- Gregory Macalister Mathews CBE – Ornithologist; elected Fellow of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and served as President[3]
- Edward Pierson Ramsay – Zoologist; specialist in ornithology
- Greg Retallack (senior year 1969) – Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon; specialist in paleopedology and paleobotany.
- Thomas Griffith Taylor – Pioneering geographer; physiographer; weather service's official representative on the Terra Nova Expedition; foundation head of Australia's first university geography department (also attended Sydney Grammar School)[4]
Military
- Vice Admiral Sir John Gregory Crace KBE, CB – officer of the British Royal Navy (RN); commanded the Australian–United States Support Force (Task Force 44) at the Battle of the Coral Sea
- Lance-Sergeant Daniel Alexander Daley DCM – 2/3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, in North Africa and New Guinea, World War II.[5]
- Rear-Admiral Alec Doyle CBE – chief of construction, Royal Australian Navy.[6]
- Lieutenant John Steel ("Jock") Lewes – British Army officer and founding principal training officer of the British Special Air Service; killed in action, 1941.[7]
- Major-General Sir Denzil Macarthur-Onslow CBE, DSO,[8] commander of the 1st Armoured Brigade during World War II.
- Major-General Sir Granville Ryrie KCMG, CB – served in both the Second Boer War and World War I.
Politics, public service and the law
- Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott KB KCMG – Politician and solicitor; Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the district of Maitland; Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as member for Gunnedah, and later for Wentworth[9]
- John Anderson – MHR (Nat); Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party (1999–2005)[10]
- John Douglas Anthony AC, CH – MHR (Nat) (1957–1984); Deputy Prime Minister (1971–72) and (1975–83); Leader of the National Party (1971–84)[11]
- Mike Baird - Premier of NSW
- Sir Joshua Peter Bell – Pastoralist and parliamentarian
- Sir Nigel Bowen AC KBE – Politician; Member for Parramatta (Liberal); Appointed Attorney-General of Australia in the Second Holt Ministry
- Francis Stewart Boyce – Barrister, Supreme Court judge and politician (also attended Sydney Grammar School and Rugby School)[12]
- Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans – NSW MLC (Dem) (1998–2007)
- Russell Cooper – Premier of Queensland (Sept–Dec 1989); Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (Nat)(1983–2001)
- Alfred Cox - New Zealand politician.
- Somerset de Chair, MP, philanderer and author
- Adolph Frederick Milford Feez – Surveyor and solicitor; Two time representative for Queensland Rugby Union; Founder of the Queensland Polo and the Queensland Lawn Tennis associations[13]
- Arthur Herman Henry Milford Feez – Barrister; Senior counsel; Chancellor of the diocese of Brisbane (1897–1910)[14]
- Frederick Augustus Forbes – Store-keeper, grazier and politician; Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland[15]
- William Forster – Politician; Premier of New South Wales (1859–60); Author of poetry and prose[16]
- Sir Joseph George Long Innes – Politician, elected to the Legislative Assembly for Mudgee; Queensland District Court judge[17]
- Stewart Wolfe Jamieson – Official secretary at the Australian High Commission, Ottawa (1947–50); Officer-in-charge of the information and defence liaison branches, Canberra (1950–52); Consul-general in San Francisco, United States of America; Chargé d'affaires in Dublin; Australia's first high commissioner to Ghana[18]
- Jeremy Kinross – NSW MLA (Lib) (1992–99)
- Eric Walwyn Ormsby Martin – Solicitor; mayor of Taree; flying officer in the Royal Air Force[19]
- Sir David Maughan – Barrister; President of the Law Council of Australia[20]
- John Frederick McDougall, Member of the Queensland Legislative Council (1860—1895)[21]
- Sandy McPhie – Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowoomba North (1983–1989) (Nat)
- Robert Darlow Pring – Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales[22]
- Leon Ashton Punch – Former deputy premier and minister of the crown[23]
- Bernard Blomfield Riley – Barrister; Judge of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy; Judge of the Federal Court of Australia[24]
- John Randall Sharp – Former National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Gilmore and Hume; Business Executive
- The Hon. Keith Mason QC, former President of the NSW Court of Appeal</ref>
- Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor – Pastoralist and politician; Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bathurst
- Angus Taylor – federal MP for Hume
- George Thorn – Premier of Queensland (1876–77), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- Sir Charles Gregory Wade KCMG – Premier of New South Wales (1907–1910); Judge (also attended All Saints College, Bathurst)[25]
- Bret William Walker SC – Barrister; Member of the NSW Health Clinical Ethics Advisory Panel; Former President of the NSW Bar Association; Former President of the Law Council of Australia
- Sir William Charles Windeyer – Politician and judge[26]
Religion
- Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick – Anglican bishop (also attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School)[27]
- William James Gunther – Anglican clergyman[28]
- Robert Lethbridge King – Church of England clergyman; Principal of Moore Theological College[29]
- George Fairfowl Macarthur – Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster[30]
- Percival Stacy Waddy – Anglican clergyman; Cricketer; Headmaster of The King's School[31]
Royalty
Sport
Athletics
- Nicholas Hough- winner of 110m hurdles 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
Football
- Travis Cooper - Currently playing for VVV-Venlo
Motor sport
- Boyd Robertson Huey Edkins – Racing driver; twice broke the speed record from Melbourne to Sydney; President of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales[32]
Rowing
- Jack Ryrie – Australian men's eight 1912 Olympics
- Robert Waley - cox of Australian men's eight 1912 Olympics
- Robert Paver - dual Olympian, Australian men's eight 1972 and 1976 Olympics
- Sam Loch – dual Olympian, Australian men's eight 2008 and 2012 Olympics
- Matt Ryan – Australian men's four 2008 Olympics (silver medalist) and men's eight 2012 Olympics
- Nick Hudson – Australian quad scull, sliver medallist 2008 World Championships
Rugby League
Rugby Union
- Ben Batger – ACT Brumbies[34]
- Will Caldwell – NSW Waratahs[35]
- Mitchell Chapman – Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs and ACT Brumbies[36]
- Tim Davidson – Western Force, NSW Waratahs[37]
- Daniel Halangahu – NSW Waratahs[35]
- Ben Hand – NSW Waratahs[35]
- James Hilgendorf – Western Force[38]
- Julian Huxley – ACT Brumbies, Queensland Reds and Wallabies[39]
- Nicholas Phipps – Melbourne Rebels and Wallabies
- Stirling Mortlock – ACT Brumbies and Wallabies[40]
- Dean Mumm – NSW Waratahs[35] and Wallabies
- Benn Robinson – NSW Waratahs and Wallabies[41]
- Jon White - Wallabies (1958-1965).[42]
Shooting
- Glenn Kable – Fijian sport shooter, competitor in the 2004 & 2008 Olympics[citation needed].
See also
- List of non-government schools in New South Wales
- List of boarding schools
- Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales
References
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- ^ "McDougall, John Frederick". Re-Member Database. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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- ^ "Death Of The Honourable Leon Ashton Punch, A Former Deputy Premier And Minister Of The Crown". Hansard & Papers. Parliament of New South Wales. 25 February 1992. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
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- ^ Cable, K. J. (1990). "Waddy, Percival Stacy (1875–1937)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. p. 338. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
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- ^ "Ben Batger". HSBC Waratahs Player Profiles. NSW Rugby. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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- ^ Quartermaine, Jeff (2007). "The Launch of the 2007 Rugby Season" (PDF). The King's Herald. No. 7. Sydney, NSW: The King's School (published 1 June 2007). p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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- ^ "Huxley, Julian". Player Profiles. Brumbies Rugby. 2007. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ^ "Mortlock, Stirling". Player Profiles. Brumbies Rugby. 2007. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- ^ "Benn Robinson". Player Profile. Dural Rugby Club Inc. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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