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

Legislative branch

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

Others, military

  • John Barrett (1898–?) – inaugural honorary Colonel of Western Australian University Regiment (Christian Brothers College, Perth)
  • James McMahon DSC, DSM – SAS Commanding Officer
  • Jonathan Earley CSC, RAN – Captain, Royal Australian Navy, Commanding Officer HMAS Adelaide (III)

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

Others, academia and science
  • Kim Durack – agricultural scientist[2]
  • 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[3][4]

Arts, entertainment, and media

Business

Sport

Australian rules football

AFL

Others, Australian rules football

VFL

WAFL

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

Others, cricket

Cycling

Ben O'Connor – Team Dimension Data, 1st Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic 2016

Olympics

Athletics

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

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
  • Nick Garratt – Beijing 2008 coach of Australian women's sculling team
  • David McGowan – junior world champion 1999, Athens 2004 men's coxless four
  • Stuart Reside – Sydney 2000 quadruple men's scull, Athens 2004 bronze medal men's eight Australia
  • Alexander Cunningham (Max) – W.A Kings Cup Rowing 8 Winning crew Launceston 1960 Australian Olympic 8 Oarsman Rome 1960

Rugby

See also

References
  1. CBC Perth 1960 Annual, p55, accessed 28 May 2013
  2. G C Bolton. "Durack, Kimberley Michael (Kim) (1917–1968)". Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  3. "Scholarships: Western Australian Rhodes Scholars". UWA website. The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  4. "UWA student named 2008 Rhodes Scholar". UWA. 2008-11-03.
  5. Hamilton, Walter (20 August 2011). "'Corrigin Kid' a rare reporter who genuinely cared". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  6. Alex, Hepburn. "Alex Hepburn: Cricketer jailed for five years for rape of woman". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
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