Famous Past Winners
The Lawrence Campbell oratory competition has many distinguished previous winners, particularly in the areas of law, politics, and the arts. Famous past winners include:
- Nick Enright (Riverview, playwright)
- Charles Firth (Sydney Grammar, comedian and television personality from The Chaser team)
- Murray Gleeson (St. Joseph's, Chief Justice of Australia)
- Nick Greiner (Riverview, former Premier of NSW)
- John Hamilton (Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW)
- Clifton Hoeben (Riverview, judge of the Supreme Court of NSW)
- Mungo MacCallum (Cranbrook, journalist and member of the Wentworth squatocracy)
- Andrew O'Keefe (Riverview, comedian and television presenter)
- Adam Spencer (St. Aloysius', ABC television and radio presenter)
- Malcolm Turnbull (Sydney Grammar, former Federal Leader of the Opposition, current MP)
- Lloyd Waddy (monarchist, Judge of the Family Court)
- Anthony Whealy (Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW)
The only people to have won the competition on two occasions are:
- RW Bowie (Sydney Grammar - 1939, 1940)
- Murray Gleeson (St Joseph's - 1953, 1955)
- Anthony Jones (Scots - 1999, 2000)
- Jeremy Raper (Sydney Grammar - 2001, 2002)
- Joseph Ware (Barker College - 2008, 2009)
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I rocketed to astonish
The flashing needle rock of squatters,
The criers of Shabby and Shorten,
The famous stitch droppers.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
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—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)