Ballarat Clarendon College - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Architecture

  • Geoffrey Selwyn Richards

Art

  • Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Ceramic artist
  • David Davies, Artist
  • Harold Herbert, War artist

Citations

  • Maud Crang, OAM
  • Gwen Heinz, OAM
  • David Baird, OAM
  • Keith Edmundson, OAM
  • Russell Mein, OAM
  • Geoffrey Wilson Oliver, OAM
  • Herbert Horace Olney, Knighthood
  • William (Bill) Paterson, Public Service medal & Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal

Defence

  • Major General Harold "Pompey" Edward Elliott, Distinguished Soldier and Senator
  • Admiral Sir Guy Gaunt, Chief of British Intelligence in the USA, WWII
  • Colonel Arthur Lynch, Journalist; Physician; Author

Diplomatic service

  • Colin McDonald, Australian Ambassdor in South Africa 1988-92; Egypt 1993
  • William (Bill) Paterson, 2008 Ambassdor for Counter-Terrorisn; Public Service Medal 2004, Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal 2005
  • Sir Patrick Shaw, Australian Ambassador to Washington 1974-75

Fashion

  • Joe Saba, Fashion designer

Information Services

  • Margery C Ramsay, Principal Librarian, State of Victoria 1974-81

Law

  • Peter Jopling, Queens Counsel
  • Rt Hon Lord Augustus Andrewes Uthwatt, House of Lords

Medicine

  • Marie Cutbush Crookston, Medical research
  • Dorothea Heitmann, Radiologist

Performing arts/media

  • Bill Hunter, Actor
  • Elsie Morison, Soprano
  • Florence 'Madame Ballara' Towl, Opera singer
  • Ben Northey, Conductor
  • Chelsea Gibb, Actress
  • Kimberley Davies, Actress
  • Bruce Roberts, Television news presenter
  • James Roche, Music producer & composer

Politics

  • John Button, Senator
  • Michael Ronaldson, Senator
  • Bernard Dowiyogo, President, Nauru

Religion

  • Cecil Gribble, Missionary & evangelist

Sport Australian Football League

  • Percy Beames, Melbourne Football Club, 1930-41 premiership teams; captain-coach 1942-44
  • John Birt, Essendon Football Club, member of 1962 and 1965 premiership teams; W.S. Crichton Medalist in 1961, 1965 and 1967
  • Alastair Clarkson, 2008 Premiership coach of the Hawthorn Football Club
  • Bob "Geelong Flier" Davis, Geelong Football Club, Member of 1951-52 premiership teams, Captain 1955-58, Best and Fairest 1957
  • Michael Jamison, Carlton Football Club
  • Andrew Symonds, Australian Cricket team

Cricket

  • Percy Beames, represented Victoria in Cricket 1933-46; team captain 1946

Olympians

  • Sara Heard, Rowing, Beijing 2008
  • Maragaret McIver, Dressage, Los Angeles 1984
  • Graham Crouch, Athletics, Montreal 1976

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