This is a list of notable past students and staff of Brighton Grammar School. Alumni of the school are known as "Brighton Grammarians".
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- William Adamson – grain merchant, Brighton City councillor (1897–1913), Brighton City Mayor (1901–1902), Member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1910–1922)
- Dylan Alcott – Paralympian[1]
- Francis Henry Joseph Archer – headmaster at Caulfield Grammar School 1923–1954, teacher at Brighton Grammar School 1955–1957[2]
- Sir Stanley Argyle KBE – former Premier of Victoria; Member (Nationalist) for the seat of Toorak[1][3]
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- Gerry Balme – VFL footballer with St Kilda
- Brigadier Lewis Ernest Stephen Barker, CBE, DSO, MC – Australian Army officer
- Andrew Bassat – co-founder of SEEK[1]
- Paul Bassat – co-founder of SEEK[1]
- Marcus Bastiaan – businessman; former vice-president of the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party
- Weston Bate – member of staff
- Robin Batterham AO – chemical engineer; Chief Scientist of Australia 1999–2006[1]
- Mordy Bromberg – Federal Court judge, and VFL footballer with St Kilda[1]
- Travis Brooks – Olympic hockey player[1]
- Louis Butler – AFL footballer
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- Ben Canham – Australian representative rower
- Bill Cannon – VFL footballer with St Kilda
- Warwick Capper – AFL footballer
- Sir Norman John Carson – businessman, wool industry leader, philanthropist[4]
- James Catanach – RAAF pilot, taken prisoner during the Second World War, took part in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, was re-captured and subsequently shot by the Gestapo
- Air Vice Marshal Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny, CB, MC, DFC – Royal Flying Corps pilot in First World War, and senior Royal Air Force officer during Second World War
- Sir Harold Winthrop Clapp KBE – railway administrator, Director-General of Australia's Land Transport Board, 1942–1951
- Josh Clayton – AFL footballer
- Andrew Cooper – Olympic rower[1]
- George Henry Crowther – founder, and first headmaster of Brighton Grammar School[5]
- Henry Arnold Crowther – second headmaster of Brighton Grammar School[6]
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- Roger Davies – artist manager, business manager, and music producer[1]
- Chris Dawes – AFL footballer[1]
- Lt. Col Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny – soldier, medical practitioner, pathologist, academic, and hospital administrator[7]
- John Leopold Denman – member of dynasty of architects
- Neil Douglas MBE – environmental artist; conservationist; author[8]
- Barry Robert Dove – Judge of the County Court of Victoria[9]
- John Robertson Duigan and Reginald Duigan – Australian pioneer aviators who built and flew the first Australian-made aircraft[1][10][11]
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- Horace Percy Finnis – Anglican priest and organist
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- William Grant CMG, DSO and Bar, VD – soldier and commander of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at the Battle of Beersheba[1]
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- William Hancock – vicar at St Andrew's Church, Brighton (1918–1928), instrumental in acquiring Brighton Grammar School for the Anglican Church in 1924, and chairman of the School's council (1925–1935)
- The Honourable Justice Kim Hargrave – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal[1]
- Ray Harper – VFL footballer with St Kilda, Carlton, and North Melbourne
- Clifford Hayes – Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Sir Lionel Hooke – pioneer in radio; wireless operator in Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Antarctic Expedition; engineer[12]
- Neville Read Hudson DFC – RAAF pilot, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1976–1979)
- Jayden Hunt – AFL footballer
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- Ben Jacobs – AFL footballer[1]
- Christian Jollie Smith – solicitor, co-founder of the Communist Party of Australia, taught English Literature at Brighton Grammar School (1919)
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- Josh Kelly – AFL footballer[1]
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- Andrew Lauterstein – Olympic swimmer[1]
- Cyril Lloyd – a senior British Army officer during the Second World War
- Brigadier John Lloyd CBE, DSO, MC & Bar – senior Australian Army officer who fought in the First and Second World Wars, farmer, and licensing magistrate
- Matthew Lloyd – Olympic cyclist[1]
- Corbett Lyon – architect, art patron and academic[1]
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- Craig Marais – international field hockey player
- Mat McBriar – American football player[1]
- Michael McCarthy – member of staff, VFL footballer
- William C. McClelland – doctor, VFL footballer and Victorian Football League President[1][13]
- Andrew McGrath – AFL footballer[1]
- John Charles McIntyre – former Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Gippsland, Victoria; recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003 (also attended Fort Street High School)[14]
- Brad McKay – doctor, author and television personality
- Claude McKay – journalist, newspaper proprietor
- Samuel McLaren – mathematician, mathematical physicist, killed in action during the Battle of the Somme
- Professor Ian Meredith AM – interventional cardiologist, Director of MonashHeart, Professor of Cardiology at Monash University[1]
- Gary Minihan – Olympian, Commonwealth Medal winner, Australian record holder (since 1984)[1]
- Roy Morgan – pollster, market researcher, and Melbourne City councillor 1959–1974
- Nathan Murphy – AFL footballer
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- Lieutenant-Colonel James Joachim Nicholas M.B.B.S., M.D. – VFL footballer, killed in action in World War I
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- Sean O'Boyle – composer and conductor[1]
- Bill O'Hara – surgeon, VFL footballer with St Kilda
- James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart in 1947) – convicted murderer and suspected serial killer
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- Roy Paton – farmer, President Towong Shire Council (1929–1930, 1932–1933), Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1932–1947)
- Alexander Augustus Norman Dudley "Jerry" Pentland, MC, DFC, AFC – aviator, World War I fighter ace
- Archie Perkins – AFL footballer with Essendon
- Charlie Pickering – Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, author and producer, and host of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering[1]
- Andrew Plympton – businessman, sports administrator, President St Kilda Football Club 1993–2000[1]
- Sir Sir Murray Victor Porter – Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Harry Potter – rugby union footballer with UK team Leicester Tigers
- Will Pucovski – cricketer[1]
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- Peter Reith – Australian politician (Liberal); Minister in Howard Government 1996–2003; Member for the seat of Flinders[1][15]
- John Ross – Member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1996–2002)
- Michael Rozenes QC – Chief judge of the County Court of Victoria[1]
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- Christian Salem – AFL footballer[1]
- Jack Shelton – VFL footballer with St Kilda and South Melbourne; killed in action at Tobruk in 1941
- David Shepherd – Victorian cricketer, and VFL footballer with St Kilda[1]
- Tommy Smith – international racing driver
- David Smorgon OAM – Australian businessman and member of the Smorgon family[1]
- Major General Victor Stantke, CBE – senior officer in the Australian Army during the First World War and Second World War, member of staff
- Ivan Stedman – swimmer, silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium
- Jock Sturrock MBE – yachtsman[1]
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- Herbert Valentine Tarte – Fiji-born planter, and Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Peter Thomson – influential Anglican priest[1]
- Albert Thurgood – VFL footballer[1]
- Will Thursfield – AFL footballer
- Brigadier Raymond Walter Tovell –distinguished soldier, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly[1][16]
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- Jim Vickers-Willis – journalist and square dance caller
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- Sam Walsh AO – businessman, philanthropist[1]
- Doug Warbrick – co-founder of Rip Curl
- Matthew Warnock – AFL footballer
- Robert Warnock – AFL footballer
- Jack Watts – AFL footballer, No.1 Draft pick 2008[1]
- Charles William George Wheeler – Master of the Supreme Court of Victoria[17][18]
- Julien Wiener – Australian Test cricketer[1]
- Harry Williams – golfer, Australian Amateur Champion in 1931 and 1937
- David Wittey – AFL footballer
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- Masa Yamaguchi – professional actor on stage and in film[1]
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- Allan Zavod – pianist, composer, jazz musician, and conductor[1]
- Charles Henry Zercho – VFA footballer with Essendon (1890), chaplain and resident master at Brighton Grammar School (1891–1892, and 1911–1913)
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Hall of Fame, Brighton Grammar School.
- ^ French, E.L. (1979), "Francis Henry Joseph Archer" (1886-1958), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7.
- ^ Browne, G (2004-06-08). "Argyle, Sir Stanley Seymour". re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Pemberton, P.A. (1993), "Sir Norman John Carson (1877–1964)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13.
- ^ Sligo, C.E. (1981), "George Henry Crowther (1854-1918)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8.
- ^ Sligo, C.E. (1981), "Henry Arnold Crowther (1887-1966)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8.
- ^ "About Local People". Brighton Southern Cross. Victoria, Australia. 16 June 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Jones, Philip (2003-10-30). "Bush lover and a law unto himself". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "DOVE Barry Robert, His Hon. Judge". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
- ^ "John Robertson Duigan 1882-1951 Reginald Charles Duigan 1889-1966". Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via Monash University.
- ^ "Reginald Charles Duigan, Pioneering Aviator & Inventor (1888-1966)". 16 June 1917. Retrieved 5 March 2020 – via Museums Victoria.
- ^ "Sir Lionel Hooke Award" (PDF). Awards. The Institution of Engineering and Technology SA & NT Local Network. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-02. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ "William Caldwell McClelland". Historic Interments. Brighton Cemetery. 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "McINTYRE John Charles, Rt Rev.". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
- ^ "Appendix 2: Contributors". Upholding the Australian Constitution. The Samuel Griffith Society. Vol. 15. Adelaide: The Samuel Griffith Society. 2003. Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Browne, G (2004-06-08). "Tovell, Raymond Walter". re-member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ Farewell speech by the Senior Vice-Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council on the occasion of the retirement of Master Charles Wheeler from the Supreme Court of Victoria Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vale — Charles William George Wheeler, The Victorian Bar.
External links edit
- Brighton Grammar School website
- The Brighton Grammar School Hall of Fame
- Old Brighton Grammarians Society (alumni association)
- Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club (Victorian Amateur Football Association)