Anglican Church Grammar School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Alumni of Anglican Church Grammar School are known as 'Old Boys', and may elect to join the school's alumni association, the Churchie Old Boys' Association. Some notable Churchie Old Boys include:

Business and philanthropy

• Right Reverend Dr Keith Rayner AO - Former Archbishop of Melbourne (1990-1999) and Anglican Primate of Australia
• Don Argus AC - Former Chairman of BHP Billiton (1999-2010)
• Leigh Clifford AO - Former CEO of the Rio Tinto Group (2000-2007) and current Chairman of Qantas Airways Limited (2007-)
• Sir John Pidgeon - Queensland property developer
• Campbell Schmidt - Queensland Community Foundation Young Philanthropist of the Year 2012 and 2012 Pride of Australia Young Leader Medal Nominee
• Graham Fowles - Founder of Fowles, Australia's largest auction house
• Marcus Blackmore - Chairman of Blackmore's Australia

Public service and the law

• The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC QC - Chief Justice of Queensland (1998-)
• Sir Alan Mansfield KCMG KCVO - Former Chief Justice of Queensland (1956-1966) and Governor of Queensland (1966-1972)
• Alex Freeleagus AO CBE AM(Mil) RFD AE DUniv - Honorary Consul-General of Greece in Queensland and noted Queensland solicitor

Politics

• Andrew Laming MP - Liberal Member for Bowman and Director of Funding for the Liberal Party of Australia
• Clem Jones AO - Former Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Queensland (1961-1975)
• Sam Cox MP - Queensland LNP member for Thuringowa (2012-)
• Ian Walker MP - Queensland LNP member for Mansfield (2012-)
• Cameron Dick - Former Attorney-General of Queensland, Minister for Industrial Relations of Queensland and Minister for Education of Queensland (2009-2011)

Sport

• Karmichael Hunt - Former player for the Brisbane Broncos and current player for the Gold Coast Suns
• David Pocock - Player for the Brumbies and the Wallabies
• Tom Hockings - Played for the Western Force
• Quade Cooper - Played for the Queensland Reds and the Wallabies
• Jake Schatz - Player for the Queensland Reds
• Aidan Toua - Player for the Queensland Reds
• Junior Rasolea - Player for the Australian National Rugby Union 7s team
• Jonathan McKain - Player for Adelaide United and the Socceroos
• Jason Dunstall - Played for the Hawthorn Football Club
• Peter Shakespeare - Two-time Olympic rower and Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal wining rowing coach
• Regan Harrison - Former Australian breaststroke swimmer and silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Lloyd McDermott - Australia's first Indigenous Wallaby and barrister
• Joshua Jefferis - Olympic Artistic gymnast and medallist at the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games
• David Smerdon - Australian chess grandmaster

Arts and Literature

• Jeffrey Black - Opera singer
• Garth Welch - Ballet dancer and choreographer
• Simon Gallaher - Performer, director and producer
• Peter Porter - Poet and 2004 candidate for Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford
• Nick Earls - Award-winning Australian author
• Karl Stefanovic - Media personality
• Gyton Grantley - Actor
• John Schluter - Weather presenter for Seven News

Military

• Major General Mike Hindmarsh AO DSC CSC - Former Australian Special Operations Commander (2004-2008) and current Commander of the Presidential Guard in the UAE
• Captain Bryce Duffy - Australian soldier killed on operations in Afghanistan in October 2011

Rhodes Scholars

• J.C. Richards (1933)
• C.E. Elliott (1947)
• R.F. Kynaston (1949)
• G.M. Windrum (1951)
• E.F. Henzell (1952)
• A.C. Copeman (1953)
• J.P. Hardy (1957)
• G.F. Bond (1961)
• L.W. Sturgess (1966)
• J.D. McKenna (1984)
• A.J. Minson (1990)