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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Sir Stanley Argyle
- 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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Brigadier Lewis Barker
- 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]
D
- 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]
E
F
- Horace Percy Finnis – Anglican priest, and organist.
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General William Grant
- William Grant CMG, DSO and Bar, VD – Soldier and commander of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at the Battle of Beersheba.[1]
H
- 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]
- Jayden Hunt – AFL footballer
- Neville Read Hudson DFC – RAAF pilot, Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1976–1979).
I
J
- 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).
K
- Josh Kelly – AFL footballer.[1]
L
- 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]
M
- 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 Nicholas
- Lieutenant-Colonel James Joachim Nicholas M.B.B.S., M.D. – VFL footballer, killed in action in World War I.
O
- 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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R
- Peter Reith – Australian politician (Liberal); Minister 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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V
- Jim Vickers-Willis – journalist, and square dance caller.
W
- Sam Walsh AO – businessman, philanthropist.[1]
- Doug Warbrick – co-founder 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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Y
- Masa Yamaguchi – professional actor on stage and in film.[1]
Z
- 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).
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 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
- 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)
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