List of Caulfield Grammar School people

This is a list of notable past students and staff of Caulfield Grammar School and/or Malvern Memorial Grammar School (amalgamated with Caulfield in 1961). Alumni of the school are known as "Caulfield Grammarians" and are supported by the Caulfield Grammarians' Association.^[1]

N.B. Years of attendance in brackets.^[2]
All persons listed were students, unless otherwise indicated. MMGS = Student of Malvern Memorial Grammar School.

Contents :

• Top
• 0–9
• 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

A

• Dean Anderson (1980–85) – Australian Football League (AFL) footballer^[3]
• Allan Ashbolt (1935–37) – actor, theatre critic, ABC broadcaster, foreign correspondent and journalist^[4]
• David Astbury (2007–08) – AFL footballer^[5]

B

Sir John Clifford Valentine Behan

• William Macmahon Ball AC (1916–17) – psychologist; diplomat; broadcaster^[6]
• Donald Barrett (1923–35) – Member House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea (1964–?)
• Russell Basser (1972–77) – Medical researcher; water polo player at the 1984 Summer Olympics^[7]
• Sir John Clifford Valentine Behan (1894–95) – first Victorian Rhodes Scholar; warden, Trinity College of the University of Melbourne^[8]
• Samuel Billigheimer (Staff) – Linguist, Philosopher, and Rabbi.^[9]
• Hamish Blake (1994–96) – member of comedic duo Hamish & Andy^[7]
• Colonel Thomas Alfred Milton (Mick) Boulter QC (1928–32 MMGS) – Solicitor, Barrister, Queens Counsel (1966), Judge of the District Court of NSW (1973–83), President North Shore Historical Society (1968–83), Chairman of the Donbank Museum Trust (1977–83), AIF (1940–46), CMF (1946–62) Colonel, GOC1 (Int) Lt.Col Eastern Command (1959–61),recipient of the Military Medal, for Bravery in the Field (1942).^[10]
• Hugh Boyd (1900–?) – VFL footballer with University.
• Sir Allen Stanley Brown (1924–26) – Australian Commissioner, British Phosphate Commission and Christmas Island Phosphate Commission (1970–76); Australian Ambassador to Japan (1965–70); Deputy High Commissioner to the U.K. (1959–65); and Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department (1949–59).^[11]
• Horace Plessay Brown (1928–33) – statistician, economist^[12]
• Tomas Bugg (?-2011) – AFL footballer^[13]

C

Nick Cave

• Phill Calvert (1969–75) – musician^[14]
• George Cassidy (1917-1921) — VFL footballer (Melbourne).
• Nick Cave (1971–75) – musician; author^[14]
• Mark Chaffey (1990–95) – AFL footballer^[3]
• Chris Christiansen (1921–22) – physicist; engineer^[15]
• Michael Clyne (1950–56) – linguist^[7]
• Kenneth Coghill (1959–62) – former Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly^[7]
• Arthur Lennox Coulson (1911–13) – Geological Survey of India geologist, after whom Coulsonite was named
• Noel Counihan (1928) – social realist painter.
• Finlay Crisp (1929) – academic^[16]
• Claude Terrell Crowl (1903–1905) – VFL footballer, died during landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915.
• Alexander Charles Cumming (1895–97) – analytical, physical, and industrial chemist; academic; Doctor of Science (1906), industrial chemist^[17]

D

• Edward Alfred Daley CBE (Mil.) KStJ (1915–19) – Royal Australian Air Force doctor^[18]
• Paul Greig Dane (christened Albert Greig Dane) (1896-1898) – horseman, medical officer, neurologist, hypnotist, psychiatrist.^[19]
• J. L. Davis (1901–06) – athlete who set a world record time for the 440 yards hurdles in 1906.^[20]
• Brett Deledio (2005) – AFL footballer^[21]
• Peter McCallum Dowding (1948–56) – former Premier of Western Australia^[22]
• Peter Hogarth Doyle AO OBE (Mil.) (1936–37) – Rear-Admiral, Royal Australian Navy^[23]

E

Hans Ebeling

• Chris Eaton (1952-) Sport Integrity, ex-FIFA
• Hans Ebeling MBE (1919–22) – Australian Test Cricketer^[24]
• Robert Eddy (2004–05) – AFL footballer^[25]
• Austin Burton Edwards (1916–27) – geologist; academic^[26]
• Ron Evans AM (1951–56) – Victorian Football League (VFL) footballer; AFL Chairman; businessman^[3]

F

Matthew Foschini

• Sir James Alexander Forrest (1946–53) – lawyer; businessman^[27]
• Matthew Foschini (2003–08) – football (soccer) player^[28]
• Robert Fowler OBE (Mil.) (1901–06) – obstetrician; gynaecologist; surgeon; soldier^[29]
• Kenneth Moreton Frewin (1918–21) – aviator; inventor^[30]

G

Brendon Goddard

• Chris Gahan (1947–57) – Mayor of Stonnington^[7]
• Richard Horace Maconchie "Dick" Gibbs MC (1908–1911), VFL footballer, medical student, soldier, died in action in World War I.^[31]
• Brendon Goddard (2001–03) – AFL footballer^[32]
• Nick Goldsbrough-Reardon (1999-04) – Australian Institute of Sport Scholarship Holder. Australian National Volleyball Team Player (2005-2010).
• David Godsell (1938–47) – architect^[33]
• Robert Cuthbert Grieve VC (1899–?) – World War I veteran; Victoria Cross recipient^[34]
• Philip Lewis Griffiths KC (1894–?) – jurist^[35]
• John Colohan Griffin (1928–36) – artist; cartographer; architect^[36]
• Geoff Grover (1949–1960) – Australian Rules Footballer with St Kilda and Port Melbourne (VFA State Representative, ANFC Carnival 1966)

H

• Hugh Percival Hall (1908-1915) — lawyer, artist, photographer.^[37]
• Mick Harvey (1969–75) – musician, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds^[14]
• Michael Hirshorn OAM – company director, former CEO of Cochlear Limited^[38]
• Edward George Honey (1895–1922) – journalist; suggested the idea of a moment of silence to remember the World War I Armistice Treaty.^[39]
• Rhys Evan Hopkins (1920–27) – architect^[40]
• John Martin Hull (Staff) — Theologian; editor British Journal of Religious Education.
• Herbert Humphreys Hunter (1896–99) – VFL footballer, dentist, killed in action at Gallipoli Cove on 8 May 1915.

J

Chris Judd

• Paul Jennings AM (1956–60) – author^[41]
• Nick Jewell (1988–95) – Victorian cricketer; AFL footballer^[3]
• Chris Judd (1996–2015) – AFL footballer; Brownlow Medallist (2004, 2010)^[3]

K

• Peter Karmel AC CBE (1929–39) – economist; academic
• Norman Kaye (Staff 1958–1977) – actor; musician^[42]
• Andrew Kellaway (1988–93) – AFL footballer^[3]
• Charles Kellaway MC (1900–?) – scientist^[43]
• Duncan Kellaway (1985–90) – AFL footballer^[3]
• Ralph Bodkin Kelley OBE (1905–?) – veterinary scientist^[44]
• Steve Kons (1977–82) – Tasmanian politician; former Deputy Premier of Tasmania^[45]

L

• John Landy AC CVO MBE (MMGS 1935–44) – Olympic athlete; former Governor of Victoria^[46]
• Frank Langley (1896–?) – VFL footballer with Melbourne, VFL state representative 1903, 1904
• Henry Thomas Langley (1892–95) – Church of England clergyman, army chaplain, Dean of Melbourne (1942)^[47]
• Jason Lea (1952–58) – Managing Director, Darrell Lea Chocolates; Chairman, Family Business Association^[7][48]
• Dylan Lewis (1985–90) – television personality^[49]
• Rekha Luther (1998–2003) – fashion model^[7]

M

Tamsyn Manou

Sir Alister Murdoch

• Tamsyn Manou (1994–96) – Olympic athlete^[50]
• Gordon Mathison (1896–1900) – Medical researcher, died in the Battle of Gallipoli
• Noel Maughan (1949–54) – Victorian State politician^[51]
• Stuart Maxfield (1984–89) – AFL footballer^[3]
• George Arnot Maxwell KC (Staff) – barrister; Member of the Australian House of Representatives^[52]
• Campbell McComas AM (1964–65) – humorist; writer; actor^[7]
• Liam McIntyre (1987–1999) – Actor^[53]
• John William "Mick" McLaren (1943-1953) — Australian Rules Footballer with St Kilda
• David McMillan (1970–72) – convicted drug dealer^[54]
• Peter McPhee AM (1961–65) – academic^[55]
• Daniel Mckenzie (2015–Present) AFL Footballer ^[3]
• Sir Clive McPherson CBE (1913–14) – pastoralist; businessman^[56]
• Andrew McQualter (2002–04) – AFL footballer^[57]
• Rod Menzies (1957–63) – entrepreneur^[58]
• Agnes Milowka (1994–99) – technical diver, underwater photographer, author, and cave explorer^[59]
• Malcolm Stewart Moore CBE (1913–14) – mechanical engineer; industrialist philanthropist^[60]
• David Morgan AO (MMGS 1952–?) – former CEO of the Westpac Banking Corporation^[7]
• Shona Morgan (1997–2005) – Olympic gymnast
• Sir Alister Murdoch KBE CB (1922–28) – Royal Australian Air Force officer

N

• Stephen Newport (1981–?) – AFL footballer with Melbourne and St Kilda
• John Elwell Newton (1962–1964) – District Court of Queensland judge^[61]
• Stephen Newton AO (Staff 1993–2011) – principal of Caulfield Grammar School^[62]
• Nikolai Nikolaeff (1996–2000) – Australian actor currently starring in Sea Patrol

O

• Jenna O'Hea (2005–06) – professional basketball player^[63]

P

• Rob Palmer (1954–58) – founder of JAG Australia^[7]
• Barry Patten (1941–43) – corporate architect^[64]
• Tracy Pew (1972–75) – musician, bass player in The Birthday Party^[14]
• Arthur Bruce Pie (1916–17) – Melbourne footballer; businessman; Queensland politician^[65]
• Neil Pope (?-1967) – former Victorian State politician^[66]
• Trevor Ashmore Pyman (1924–34) – member of the Australian Delegation to form the United Nations^[7]

R

Kenneth G. Ross

• Roger Rayson (1947–57) – Victorian cricketer^[7]
• Stanley Simpson Reid (1886–?) – Fitzroy VFA and VFL footballer; minister; soldier. One of the first VFL footballers to die in active service (The Anglo-Boer War, 1901).
• Michael Roe (1939–48) – historian^[67]
• John Rombotis – AFL footballer with Fitzroy, Port Adelaide, and Richmond
• Kenneth G. Ross (1951–58) – playwright; Hollywood scriptwriter^[7]
• Bruce Rowland (1947–58) – composer^[7]
• Barry Rowlings (Staff) – VFL footballer

S

Colin Hall Simpson

Andrew Strauss

• John Schultz (1951–55) – VFL footballer, 1960 Brownlow Medallist^[3]
• Paul Seedsman (2005–2011) – AFL footballer^[68]
• Sir Sidney Valentine Sewell (1895–?) – academic; physician; neurologist^[69]
• David Shallcross (1966–77) – chemistry professor^[7]
• Dylan Shiel (2010-2011) – AFL footballer^[70]
• Neville Sillitoe (Staff) – athletics coach^[71]
• Colin Hall Simpson CBE (Mil.) MC (1911) – pharmacist; Army officer; organiser The Association (1947–1952)^[72]
• Callum Sinclair (2001-2007) - AFL footballer
• Christopher Skase (1961–67) – controversial Australian businessman; fugitive^[73]
• David Smith KCVO AO (MMGS 1940–?) – official Secretary to five Australian Governors-General from 1973 to 1990^[7]
• Will Sparks (2006–2010) – Melbourne Bounce producer & DJ^[74]
• Percival William Stephenson – former Bishop of Nelson^[75]
• Allan Stone (1958–60) – Australian tennis player and tennis commentator.^[76]
• Andrew Strauss OBE (1985–86) – English Test cricketer^[7]
• Alan Bishop Stretton AO CBE (1930–1932) – former senior Australian Army officer, VFL footballer, and Australian of the Year (1975)

T

• Herbert Taylor (1902) – accountant; company director; political party organiser^[77]
• Jim Taylor (1948) – VFL footballer^[3]
• Lindsay Thompson AO CMG (1929–41) – former Premier of Victoria^[78]
• Murray Thompson (1963–72) – Victorian State politician; VFL footballer^[79]
• Frank Timson MBE (Mil.) (1916–22) – soldier; businessman; Member of the Australian House of Representatives.
• Greg Tootell (1950–63), VAFA champion footballer; member of the first "Galahs" team, 1968.^[80]
• John Twycross (?-1929) – soldier; banker^[81]
• John William Twycross (1881–1888) – Australian photographer .

U

• Claude Ullin (1945–54) – twice Mayor of Stonnington^[7][82]

W

Fred Walker

• Matthew Wales (1976–85) – convicted murderer^[83]
• Andrew Walker (2004) – AFL footballer^[3]
• Fred Walker (1899) – entrepreneur, developer of Vegemite^[84]
• Ron Walker AC CBE (1944–54) – businessman; former Lord Mayor of Melbourne^[85]
• Andrew Walsh AM (1967–72) – festival director^[86]
• Geoff Walsh AO (1967–70) – political advisor; diplomat^[7]
• Alfred Joseph Watson (1917–19) – athlete who represented Australia in the 1928 and 1936 Olympic Games and the 1938 Empire Games.^[87]
• James Webster (1931–40) – former Australian Senator^[88]
• Richard F. Wicks (1944–1945) — VFL footballer with St Kilda and Stawell Gift Finalist (ran fourth) in 1958
• Vernon Seymour Darvall Williams (1897-?) — author; teacher; draughtsman.^[89]
• Norman Thomas Mortimer Wilsmore (1882–85) – academic; chemist^[90]

Z

• Jack Ziebell – AFL footballer^[91]

See also

• List of Victoria Crosses by School
• Caulfield Grammarians Football Club

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External links

• Caulfield Grammar School website
• Caulfield Grammarians' Association (alumni association)
• Crikey (2005). "Famous alumni on Latham's hit list". Retrieved 29 December 2009.