Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Alumni of Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School are known as Old Boys, and may elect to join the school's alumni association, the Farrer Old Boys' Association. The Old Boys network totals approximately 4000 members across NSW, Australia and the world. Some notable Farrer Old Boys include:

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Academic
  • Allan William Cripps – Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health) at Griffith University; Author of 230 published scientific papers
  • Michael John Kilborn – Rhodes Scholar (1985)
  • Robert Henry Tufrey Smith AM – Chancellor of the University of Ballarat; Emeritus Professor at the University of New England
Business
  • David Rodney Mazitelli – Principal of Mazitelli Pty Ltd; Commissioner, Tourism Western Australia; Board Member, Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre; Board Member, Perth Convention Bureau; Former Chairman of Australian Tourism Export Council; Former Executive Director of the Federal Department for Tourism
  • Richard McPhail – Director of Gresham Partners Ltd; Former Director of The Franked Income Fund; Former Associate Director of Rothschild Australia Ltd; Former Treasurer of the Tattersalls Club (Sydney)
  • Geoffrey Lee Miller AO – Principal of GCM Strategic Services Pty Limited; Chair of Farmshed Ventures Pty Ltd, and Beeline Technologies Inc. (USA); Chair of the Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington DC); Director of Agrilink, Agsystems Pty Ltd, and JEM Bonds Ltd; Chair of Value Added Wheat CRC Ltd
Entertainment, media and the arts
  • Bill Admans – Hollywood Film & Television Editor & Visual Effects Artist
  • Arthur Blanch – Golden Guitar winning Country music singer; Inducted into the Country Music Roll of Renown
  • Pixie Jenkins – Musician; Golden Guitar winning fiddler
  • Stuart Maunder – Director of Opera Australia
Medicine and science
  • Dr Michael Kilborn – Specialist cardiologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Sydney and now works at a top medical magazine in London
Politics, public service and the law
  • Mark Coulton – Politician; Member for Parkes (National Party); Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Ageing and the Voluntary Sector
  • Tony Windsor – Politician; Independent member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of New England
Sport
  • George Barton – Olympic shooter
  • Geoff Chapman – Rugby Union player (Wallabies); Horse trainer
  • Tom Learoyd-Lahrs – Rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos and Canberra Raiders
  • Matthew Smith – Hockey bronze medallist at the Atlanta Olympics
  • Richard Swain – Rugby league player for the Hunter Mariners, Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos and the New Zealand national side
  • Alan Tongue – Rugby league player; Current captain of the Canberra Raiders
  • Peter Worsley – Paralympic Rifle Shooter (Atlanta, Sydney and Athens)

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