List of Cranbrook School, Sydney alumni
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This is a list of notable old boys of Cranbrook School, Sydney, former students – known as "Old Cranbrookians" – of Cranbrook School, an Anglican school in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Academia and medicine
[edit]- Prof. David Cooper AC FRACP FRCP FAA FAHMS – HIV researcher[1]
- Prof. James Dale AC – Professor of biotechnology at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Assoc. Prof. Paul Darveniza – senior lecturer in neurology at St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales[2][3] and international Rugby Union Wallaby
- Prof. Richard Hunter FBA – Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, the University of Cambridge[4]
- Earl Owen AO – microsurgeon pioneer
- Yi-Fu Tuan – Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; one of the first Cranbrook students of Asian descent[5]
Business
[edit]- Rodney Adler – former director of failed telecommunications company One.Tel and HIH Insurance[6]
- Mike Cannon-Brookes – CEO and co-founder of Atlassian[7]
- Michael Crouch AC – former Chairman of Zip Industries[8]
- Ken Dixon – chairman of Rowntree's
- James Fairfax AC – former arts patron and philanthropist (also attended Geelong Grammar School)[9]
- David Gyngell – CEO of Australian commercial broadcasting network, Channel Nine[10][11]
- Samuel Hordern CMG – stockbroker and Grazier[12]
- The Hon Clyde Packer – journalist, media entrepreneur, politician and author[13]
- James Packer AM – chairman of CPH Investments and Crown Limited[10][11]
- Kerry Packer AC – former media tycoon[14]
- Jodee Rich – founder of One.Tel and PeopleBrowsr[15]
Government, politics and the law
[edit]- The Hon Tim Bruxner – former elected member of the NSW Parliament and Deputy Premier of New South Wales[16]
- Ben Franklin – elected member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales[17]
- Hugh Gilchrist OAM – diplomat and author of Australians and Greeks[18]
- Sir David Griffin CBE – elected 74th Lord Mayor of Sydney[19]
- Michael Knight AO – elected former member of the NSW Parliament and Sydney 2000 Olympics Minister[20]
- Julian Martin Leeser – member for Berowra[21]
- Thomas Walter Mitchell – Country Party member for Benambra in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Attorney-General
- The Hon Dugald Munro CMG – former grazier and Member for Eden-Monaro
- Andrew Rogers AO, QC – justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; spouse of Helen Coonan, a former Australian Senator[22]
- John Spender KC – Liberal party member for North Sydney and Australian Ambassador to France
- The Hon Sir Laurence Whistler Street AC, KCMG – 14th Chief Justice of New South Wales[12]
Media, entertainment and the arts
[edit]- Oliver Ackland – actor[23]
- Sumner Locke Elliott – writer, playwright
- Billy Field – singer and songwriter[24]
- John Gaden AO – actor[25]
- Peter Kingston AM – artist
- Mungo Wentworth MacCallum – political journalist, humorist and commentator[26]
- Jim Maxwell AM – ABC Radio cricket commentator[12]
- Garry McDonald AO – comedian, star of Mother and Son and creator of alter-ego Norman Gunston[12]
- Craig McGregor – writer/novelist, academic, and cultural critic[27]
- Andrew Pfeiffer – landscape architect[28]
- Sam Reid – film & television actor, co-lead of Interview with the Vampire and The Newsreader[29]
- Adam Shand – writer and freelance journalist, located in Africa for three years to report on Rwanda and Zimbabwe[30]
- Martin Sharp AM – artist, cartoonist, songwriter, and filmmaker[12]
- Tony Sheldon – stage actor/singer, film and TV actor[31]
- Harvey Shore – Logie-winning TV writer/producer[32]
- Nick Vindin – kids TV host, all-rounder, entrepreneur sports presenter with SBS World News Australia; travel correspondent with Smooth radio network
- Peter Vogel – co-designer of the Fairlight CMI[33]
- Patrick White – writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[34]
- Kip Williams – Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company[35]
- Simon Wincer – film director[36]
Military
[edit]- Group Captain Pete Jeffrey DSO, DFC – WWII fighter ace[37]
- Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland AC, KBE, DFC, AFC – former naval officer, Governor of New South Wales and Chancellor of the University of Sydney[38]
Sport
[edit]- Daniel Batman (1998) – Sydney 2000 Olympic 400m runner (also attended The Scots College)
- Edward Cowan (2000) – Australian test cricketer
- Paul Darveniza – international Rugby Union Wallaby[39] and neurologist
- James Hunter (2009) – basketball player[40]
- Luke Kendall – Australian basketball player
- Will Langford (2010) – Australian rules football premiership player (2014) for Hawthorn Football Club[41]
- Cecil Purdy AO – chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion
- Murray Rose AM (1956) – Olympic gold medal swimmer[42]
- Steven Solomon (2011) – London 2012 Olympic 400m runner[43]
- William Somerville – New Zealand cricket bowler[44]
- Ed Stubbs (2006) – Australian Rugby 7s representative[45]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "COOPER, David Albert". It's an Honour. Australian Government. 2003.
- ^ Vale A/Prof Paul Darveniza, svhs.org.au. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ St Vincent's Clinical: School: Annual Teaching Report, 2007, stvcs.med.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Professor Richard Hunter – Faculty of Classics". www.classics.cam.ac.uk. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Tuan., Yi-Fu (2009). Who Am I? : an Autobiography of Emotion, Mind, and Spirit. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-1282268951. OCLC 741345320.
- ^ Gaylord, Becky (29 June 2001). "Wrong Place, Wrong Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Cranbrook School: Elite Sydney institution eyes up major change Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "Vale Michael Crouch AO, Founder Zip Industries | Indesignlive". Indesignlive | Daily Connection to Australian Architecture and Design. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Lawson, Valerie (12 January 2017). "Prominent philanthropist and arts patron James Fairfax dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ a b Heffernan, Madeleine (6 May 2014). "High price for James Packer v David Gyngell street brawl photos". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ a b Ferguson, Sarah (5 May 2014). "Behind the punch-up between James Packer and David Gyngell". 7.30. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "It's An Honour has a new home". Itsanhonour.gov.au. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Milliken, Robert (12 April 2001). "Clyde Packer – Obituary". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Kerry Packer". The Independent. 28 December 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "More On PeopleBrowsr And Its CEO Jodee Rich, Who Has Been Involved In Long Legal Battles Before". TechCrunch. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Legislative Assembly Hansard – 12 February 2018". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Wood, Alicia (7 April 2014). "Bushwhacked by a city boy: Liberal MP Ben Franklin will move to regional NSW". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "Hugh Gilchrist - the premier Greek-Australian historian of the 20th century - an hagiography - 5 - Motivation for undertaking the Greeks and Australians project", Kythera-family.net, 1998, archived from the original on 3 September 2016
- ^ "Charles David Griffin". SYDNEY'S ALDERMEN. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Masters, Brad; Walter, Roy (4 July 2011). "Knight moves: former Olympics minister in frame for commission". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Mr Julian Leeser MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Minister of taxes' husband pays bill". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 December 2002. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Oliver Ackland Archived 8 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kimball, Duncan (2008). "King Fox". Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "John Gaden". IMDb.
- ^ "Mungo MacCallum". Q&A. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Ang, Ien; Morley, David (3 August 2005). Cultural Studies: Volume 3. Routledge. ISBN 9781134957927.
- ^ Pfeiffer, Andrew (1999). A sense of place : the gardens of Andrew Pfeiffer. Ringwood, Va. ; Harmondsworth : Viking. ISBN 9780670880942.
- ^ "Sam Reid". IMDb.
- ^ "Adam Shand". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Tony Sheldon". IMDb.
- ^ Pinantoan, Andrianes (21 July 2011). "Harvey Shore – personalising the experience | InformED". Opencolleges.edu.au. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Peter Vogel Fairlight-CMI-30A". Attack Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Australian Nobel Prize Winners". Whitehat.com.au. 2 December 2006. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Cranbrook Centenary".
- ^ "Legendary Australian director Simon Wincer enjoying the fruits of his labour". www.9news.com.au. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Alexander, Joseph A., ed. (1962). Who's Who in Australia 1962. Melbourne: Colorgravure. p. 449. OCLC 686119704.
- ^ "Death of Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland". Parliament of New South Wales. 27 March 1999. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ Paul Darveniza, classicwallabies.com.au. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "James Hunter just as skilled at music as basketball". stuff.co.nz. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Will Langford: Hawthorn Hawk Premiership Player cranbrook.nsw.edu.au News 29 September 2014
- ^ Goldstein, Richard (15 April 2012). "Murray Rose, Australian Olympic Swimming Star, Dies at 73". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Brilliant man at Stanford University Randwick Botany Harriers Archived 10 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "William Somerville | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Australian Rugby 7s[permanent dead link]