List of Old Boys of St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill

This is a List of notable Old Boys of St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, they being notable former students - known as "Old Boys" of the Roman Catholic Church school, St Joseph's College in Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

[Year in brackets] is the last year of school attendance. (Years in parentheses) are years lived or the year of noted sporting or other achievement.

Academia

• Professor Roger Morris (born 1946), Head of Molecular Neurobiology at King's College London and Head of the Department of Chemistry since 2005.^[1]
• Professor James Franklin [1970], (born 1953), historian and philosopher at UNSW.
• Professor John Hartigan, Eugene Higgins Emeritus Professor of statistics at Yale University.^[2]
• Professor Barry Quinn, statistician at Macquarie University.^[3]

Clergy

• Matthew Joseph Brodie (1864–1943), second Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand (1915–1943), first Catholic bishop who was a New Zealander by birth.
• Monsignor Cornelius James Duffy (1903–86), D.D., Chancellor of the Sydney Archdiocese and Diocesan archivist.^[4]
• Most Rev Geoffrey James Robinson (born 1937), Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney 1984-2004, Titular Bishop of Rusuca.
• Most Rev Philip Edward Wilson (born 1950), D.D. J.C.L., Archbishop of Adelaide.

Media, entertainment and the arts

The Cockroaches (L to R: Fatt, Henry, A Field, P Field, J Field, Robinson)

• Frank Marien (1890–1936), Editor-in-chief of Smith's Weekly.
• Jimmy Sharman jnr (1912–2006), boxing promoter.
• John Olsen, AO, OBE (born 1928) artist.
• Denis Kevans (1939–2005), left-wing poet, songwriter and folk singer.
• Brian Castro (born 1950), award winning novelist & essayist.^[5]
• Jack Waterford (born 1952), former editor-in-chief of the Canberra Times'.
• Peter Thompson (born 1952), ABC broadcaster & Adjunct Professor, Macquarie Uni, Dept of International Communication.
• Paul Field [1978], (born 1961), singer The Cockroaches and manager The Wiggles.
• John Field [1979], (born 1962), guitarist The Cockroaches and songwriter.
• Anthony Field [1980], (born 1963), guitarist and singer The Cockroaches and The Wiggles.
• Tony Henry [1980], (born 1963), drummer of the '80s pop band The Cockroaches.
• Tom Gleeson [1991], (born 1974), comedian, actor and radio personality.
• Jackson Mullane, (born 1987), Australian Gladiator character "Outlaw" and State representative rugby winger.
• Christian McEwan radio presenter c913FM.^[6]

Military

• Brigadier Sir Eugene Gorman (1891–1973), KBE, MC, QC military officer and barrister.
• Air Marshal, Sir John McCauley (1899–1989Kn), KBE, CB, RAAF commander

Law

Murray Gleeson

• Eric Stanislaus Miller (1903–86) Member NSW Bar, QC.^[7]
• Sir William Prentice (1917-2004), Justice Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea 1969-79; Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea 1978-79.^[8]
• Justice Peter Aloysius McInerney (1927-2014), Justice Supreme Court of New South Wales 1985-99.^[9]
• Sir William Deane AC KBE (born 1931), former Governor-General and former Justice of the High Court of Australia.
• Hon. Chief Justice Murray Gleeson AC (born 1938), former Chief Justice of Australia - High Court of Australia; former Chief Justice of New South Wales - Supreme Court of New South Wales; former President - NSW Bar Asscn.
• John Daniel Cummins, Member NSW Bar 1961-2001; QC 1980-2001; disbarred 2001 ^[10]
• John Marsden (1942–2006), President of the Law Society of NSW.
• David Freeman, Judge District Court, NSW 1986-2011; Acting Supreme Court Judge and Alternate Chair of State Parole Authority since 2011^[11]
• Kevin Coorey, Judge District Court, NSW since 1999.^[12]

Politics & public service

Bill Heffernan

• Hon Kevin Cairns (1929–1984), Lib, MHR seat of Lilley in Queensland 1963-80; Federal Cabinet Minister 1971-72.
• Jack Doohan OBE (1920–2007), National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council 1978-91.
• Frank Downing (1907–1978), ALP MLA for Ryde, 1953–1968.
• Bill Heffernan (born 1943), Lib Senator for New South Wales since 1996.
• Harry Jensen (1913–1998), Lord Mayor of Sydney 1956-65, ALP MLA for Wyong & Munmorah, 1965-1981 and NSW Cabinet Minister 1976-81.
• Laurie McGinty MBE (1921–1991), Mayor of Willoughby 1960-67, Lib MLA for Willoughby 1968-1978 and NSW Cabinet Minister 1973-76.
• Sir Jack Keith Murray KBE (1889–1979); Professor of Agriculture Uni of Qld 1927-45; AIF Captain in World War I; AMF Lieut-Colonel in World War II; Administrator of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea 1945–52.^[13]
• Norm Ryan (1912–1997), ALP MLA for Marrickville, 1953-73.
• Alan Woods AC (1930–1990), Secretary of the Department of Defence 1986–88^[14]

Science & medicine

• Dr Sylvester Minogue (1900–73) psychiatrist, credited with establishing the first Alcoholics Anonymous group in Australia in 1945.^[15]
• Dr Mark Shanahan (1932-2008), chairman of St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney cardiothoracic unit and pioneer heart transplant surgeon.^[16]
• Dr Robert Frater (born 1937) AO, CSIRO fellow and internationally renowned researcher in radioastronomy instrumentation, optical astronomy and electroacoustics.^[17]
• Dr Victor Warren Fazio (1940-2015) Pioneering colorectal surgeon ^[18]
• Dr Chris Clarke (born 1943), Consultant Thoracic Physician, past President of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.^[19]
• Dr Tony Bookallil (1941-2013), the Hunter region’s first neurosurgeon from 1975 ; the sole brain & spine specialist practicing on the NSW north coast until 1988.^[20]

Business

• Sir Henry Francis Chow (born 1935) OBE Kt, Papua New Guinea business magnate (Toboi Shipbuilding Company; the Lae Biscuit Co).^[21]

Sport

Administration

Stan McCabe

• John O'Neill, Chief Executive of Australian Rugby Union and former Head of Football Federation Australia.

Athletics

• Patrick Dwyer, silver medalist 4 × 400 m Relay Athens 2004, competitor Sydney 2000 & 1998 Commonwealth Games.

Cricket

• Stan McCabe, Australian Test Cricketer 39 Tests (1930–38).

Paralympics

• Evan O'Hanlon [2006], (born 1988) OAM, 5 x time gold-medal winning paralympic sprinter.

Rowing

Cayzer front 2nd left & Tinning front right - 1952 Olympic squad

• Bill Dixon [1929] & Clyde Elias [1933] Olympians at Berlin 1936. (Elias Men's VIII; Dixon Men's 2X.)
• Phil Cayzer gold medalist Men's VIII at Auckland 1950 & bronze medalist at Helsinki 1952.
• Bob Tinning gold medalist Men's VIII at Auckland 1950 & bronze medalist at Helsinki 1952.
• Alf Duval, silver medalist 1968 Mexico Olympics, Men's VIII.
• Joe Fazio [1960], (1942-2011) silver medalist 1968 Mexico Olympics, Men's VIII.
• Terry O'Hanlon [1972], coxswain 1975 World Championships (M2+) & 1977 World Championships, Men's VIII.^[22]
• Paul Rowe, finalist 1975 World Championships (LW 1X).^[23]
• Michael Crowley, 1975 World Championships (M2+).^[23]
• Francis Hegerty [2000], silver medalist Beijing 2008, Men's 4-.
• Spencer Turrin, 2013-15 World Championships and representative Rio 2016. Men's 2-.

Rugby league

National representatives

Beaton (l) & Crippin (r) Kangaroos 1936

• Harry Caples, Kangaroo five-eighth, (1921–1922).
• Arch Crippin, Kangaroo winger, (1936).
• Jack Beaton, Kangaroo versatile back, (1936–1938).
• Ben Kennedy, Kangaroo lock-forward, (2000–2006).

First grade

• Mick Aldous, Canberra Raiders centre (1984–85) and French Rugby League national coach.
• Justin Dooley, Wests Magpies & Sydney Roosters (1990-2001).
• Jarrod Saffy, St George Dragons & Wests Magpies forward (2006–10) and Melbourne Rebels RU lock (2011-2013).
• Darcy Lussick, Parramatta Eels & Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles forward (2012-).

Rugby union

Wallabies

Dr Herbert Moran, Wallaby 1 Test (1908–09) and captain in 16 matches[24] Ted Fahey, Wallaby 4 Tests (1912–14) and captain in 7 matches[25] Steve Williams, Wallaby 28 Tests (1980–1985) and captain in 7 matches;[26] Edward Larkin [1896], Wallaby hooker, 1 Test (1903), MLA and soldier;[26] Bill Cody, Wallaby flanker, 3 Tests (1913);[26] Ernie Reid, Wallaby centre, 3 Tests (1925);[26] Harry Woods, Wallaby prop, 8 Tests (1925–1928);[26] Jack Ford, Wallaby #8, 11 Tests (1925–30);[26] Eric Ford, Wallaby winger, 7 Tests (1927–29);[26] Bill White, Wallaby winger, 3 Tests (1928–32);[26][27] John Malone, Wallaby prop-forward 4 Tests, (1936–37) ;[26][28] Bill Monti, Wallaby lock, 1 Test (1938) ;[26] Paul Johnson, Wallaby centre, 2 Tests (1946);[26] Des Bannon, Wallaby fly-half, 1 Test (1946);[26] Brian Piper, Wallaby fullback, (1946–49);[26] Arthur Tonkin, Wallaby winger, 6 Tests (1947–50); Jack Blomley, Wallaby centre, 7 Tests, (1949–50);[26] Vince Heinrich, Wallaby flanker, 2 Tests (1954)[26] Barry Roberts, Wallaby winger, 1 Test (1956);[26] John O'Gorman, Wallaby #8, 18 Tests (1961–67);[26] Ted Heinrich, Wallaby flanker, 10 Tests (1961–63);[26][29] Peter Ryan, Wallaby fullback, 4 Tests (1963–66);[26] Jake Howard, Wallaby prop-forward, 7 Tests (1970–73);[26] Chris Carberry, Wallaby hooker, 13 Tests (1973–82);[26] Declan Curran, Wallaby prop-forward 5 Tests (1980–83);[26]

Herbert Moran, Wallaby captain Edward Larkin, Wallaby Bruce Malouf, Wallaby hooker, 1 Test (1982);[26] James McInerney, Wallaby tourist (1986) [30] Michael Murray, Wallaby tourist (1986) [31] Tony Daly, Wallaby prop, 41 Tests (1989–95);[26] Darren Junee, Wallaby fullback, 4 Tests (1989–94) and NSWRL player (Sydney Roosters);[26] Tim Kelaher, Wallaby fullback, 3 Tests (1992–93);[26] Matt Burke, Wallaby fullback, 81 Tests (1993–2004);[26] Mark Bell, Wallaby hooker, 1 Test (1996);[26] Bill Young, Wallaby prop, 46 Tests (2000–2005);[26] Alister Campbell, Wallaby lock, 4 Tests (2005); Brett Sheehan, Wallaby scrum-half, 7 Tests (2006-2012) [32] and NRL player (South Sydney) Luke Burgess, [2001] scrum-half 37 Tests, (2008–2011);[33] Kurtley Beale,[2006] current Wallaby (2009-) Paddy Ryan, prop 3 Tests (2012-2014) Peter Betham current Wallaby (2013-) Laurie Weeks current Wallaby (2013-) Tom Robertson current Wallaby (2016-)

Other nations' representatives

• Michael Lipman,^[34] 10 Test appearances for England (2004–2008).
• Steve Devine,^[35] 10 Test appearances New Zealand(2002–2003).
• Pat Duignan,^[36] 2 RWC appearances for Ireland (1998).

International rugby sevens

• Pat McCutcheon, Australian Rugby Sevens (2010-)
• Nick Edwards, USA Rugby Sevens captain (2009-) ^[37][38]

State/Provincial

• Peter Playford, NSW Waratahs and Australian Sevens three-quarter 2007-09.
• Afusipa Taumoepeau, Melbourne Rebels ACT Brumbies centre 2008-10.
• Jeremy Tilse, NSW Waratahs prop 2007.
• Cameron Treloar, Queensland Reds lock 2006-07.
• Drew Hickey, NSW Waratahs flanker 2000-02.
• Matthew Carraro, NSW Waratahs centre/wing 2008-09. 2014-
• Damien Fitzpatrick, NSW Waratahs hooker 2009-13.

Other

• Daniel Alessi, professional footballer for the Western Sydney Wanderers.
• Samuel McGregor [2001], Olympic water polo representative at Athens 2004.

See also

• List of non-government schools in New South Wales
• List of boarding schools
• Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales

References

1. ↑ King's College faculty
2. ↑ Yale faculty Hartigan
3. ↑ Macquarie faculty Quinn
4. ↑ Con Duffy SMH obit
5. ↑ "Biographical details". Biographical and contact information. Brian Castro. Retrieved 2008-02-24. 
6. ↑ c913FM profile
7. ↑ Eric Miller at ADB
8. ↑ SydUni Law obit Prentice
9. ↑ McInerney obit SMH
10. ↑ Cummins bankruptcy
11. ↑ .Freeman appointment
12. ↑ SydLaw auumni Coorey
13. ↑ Murray at ADB
14. ↑ Waterford, Jack (15 January 1990). "Obituary: Alan John Woods, AO: A new age manager with a sense of tradition". The Canberra Times. p. 2. 
15. ↑ Mellor, Lise. "Minogue, Sylvester John". http://sydney.edu.au/. University Of Sydney. Retrieved 1 January 2015.  External link in |website= (help)
16. ↑ Shanahan SMH obit.
17. ↑ Frater Encyc of Aust Science
18. ↑ Fazio obit
19. ↑
20. ↑ Bookallil obit Herald
21. ↑ Chow biog
22. ↑ 1977 Men's VIII Guerin-Foster
23. 1 2 1975 M2+ Guerin-Foster
24. ↑ Howell p32
25. ↑ Howell p51
26. 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 Howell pp226
27. ↑ Bill White at ARU
28. ↑ Malone at ARU
29. ↑ Heinrich at ARU
30. ↑ James McInerney ARU
31. ↑ Mick Murray ARU
32. ↑ Sheehan at ESPN
33. ↑ Burgess at ESPN
34. ↑ Lipman at Scrum.com
35. ↑ Devine at Scrum.com
36. ↑ Duignan at scrum.com
37. ↑ Nick Edwards profile
38. ↑ Edwards as Captain

Published sources

• Howell, Max (2006) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains (2005) Celebrity Books, New Zealand
• Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney
• Oh brother! Medich family split: http://www.smh.com.au/national/oh-brother-medich-family-split-20090911-fkq3.html

Further reading

• Naughtin, M. 1981. A Century of Striving: St Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill, 1881-1981. Macarthur Press, Sydney. ISBN 0-9595559-6-X.

External links

• St Joseph's College Website
• St Joseph's College Old Boys Union

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