Sydney Grammar School

Notable Alumni

Former students of the school - known as Old Sydneians - include:

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• Sir Edmund Barton, Australia's first Prime Minister.
• Sir David Griffin, Former Lord Mayor of Sydney.
• Sir Leslie Herron, 12th Chief Justice of New South Wales.
• Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor.
• Sir William McMahon, Australia's 20th Prime Minister.
• Sir Anthony Mason, Chief Justice, High Court.
• Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray, Administrator of Papua New Guinea.
• Sir Philip Street, 8th Chief Justice of New South Wales.
• Sir Kenneth Street, 10th Chief Justice of New South Wales.
• Richard Carleton, 60 Minutes reporter.
• Andrew "Boy" Charlton, swimmer.
• General Sir Henry George Chauvel, Army Chief of Staff.
• Albert Cotter, cricketer and soldier.
• Nick Cowdery, NSW Director of Public Prosecutions.
• Charles Firth, member of The Chaser team.
• Richard Francis-Bruce, film editor (Harry Potter 2001).
• Bryan Gaensler, Young Australian of the Year, 1999.
• Dr. Rowan Gillies, president of Médecins Sans Frontières
• Bruce Gyngell, first man on Australian television.
• David Gonski, Coca-Cola chairman, Australia Council chairman, Chairman of Trustees, Chancellor of the University of New South Wales.
• William Gummow QC, High Court judge.
• Rob Hirst, drummer, Midnight Oil.
• Joseph Jacobs, preserved fairy-tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk and The Three Little Pigs.
• Dominic Knight, member of The Chaser team.
• Andrew Lesnie, Academy Award-winning cameraman (' 2002).
• Chas Licciardello, member of The Chaser team.
• Baz Luhrmann, film director.
• Alistair Mackerras, first 'Old Boy' Head Master of the school.
• Malcolm Mackerras, psephologist.
• Hugh McKay, social commentator, former Chairman of Trustees.
• Julian McMahon, actor and son of Prime Minister McMahon.
• Boyd Morehead, former Premier of Queensland.
• Tim Palmer, veteran ABC journalist.
• Banjo Paterson, Australia's most notable poet.
• Kim Santow, Justice and Chancellor of the University of Sydney.
• Charles Tingwell, actor.
• Malcolm Turnbull, Federal Parliament member for the seat of Wentworth.
• Andrew Tink, shadow Attorney General of New South Wales
• Michael Dransfield, poet

Rhodes Scholars, High Court Justices, University Chancellors and Attorney Generals

SGS has had the most High Court Justices (12) and Rhodes Scholars (26) out of any school in Australia.

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It is also interesting to note that the current Chancellors of two of Australia's most notable universities - University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales - are Old Sydneians (Kim Santow and David Gonski, respectively).

Related Topics:
University of Sydney - University of New South Wales

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Another incidental fact of interest is that the current Attorney General of NSW (Bob Debus) and the Shadow Attorney General of NSW (Andrew Tink) were teacher and student at Sydney Grammar, respectively.

Related Topics:
Attorney General - NSW - Bob Debus - Andrew Tink

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