University of Sydney

The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia, and it is located in Sydney, the capital city of the state of New South Wales. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" lobby group and remains one of the country's largest educational institutions. In 2004, the University of Sydney reported an enrolment of 47,296 students and employed 2,451 (full-time equivalent) academics.

Notable alumni

The University of Sydney boasts a large number of alumni, some quite famous and influential, who have gone on to make significant contributions in their fields of endeavour. These include:

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• Prime Ministers of Australia - Sir Edmund Barton, Sir William McMahon, Gough Whitlam and John Howard
• Governors-General of Australia - Sir Zelman Cowen, Sir John Kerr, Sir William Deane
• Governors of New South Wales - Sir Roden Cutler, Professor Marie Bashir AC,
• Premiers of New South Wales - Neville Wran, Nick Greiner, Morris Iemma
• Chief Justice of Australia - Murray Gleeson
• Justices of the High Court - Dr Herbert Evatt, Michael Kirby, William Gummow
• Lord Mayors of Sydney - Frank Sartor
• Nobel Laureates - Sir Robert Robinson (Sydney's first Professor of Pure and Applied Organic Chemistry 1912 - Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1947), Sir John Cornforth (graduated with BSc 1938 and University Medal and MSc 1939 - Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1975), John Harsanyi (graduated with Masters in Economics 1966 - Nobel Prize in Economics 1994)
• President of The Royal Society - Lord Robert May
• President of the World Bank (1995-2005) - James Wolfensohn
• Archaeologists - Vere Gordon Childe (1913), Basil Hennessy (1950), Stephen Bourke, Alison Betts, Karin Sowada, Paul James Cowie (1991)
• Writers - Christopher Brennan, Kate Grenville, Les Murray, Dr Germaine Greer, Robert Hughes and Clive James
• Film Directors - Jane Campion, Peter Weir and Bruce Beresford
• Geologist and Antarctic explorer, Sir Douglas Mawson
• President of the United Nations General Assembly (1948-1949), Dr Herbert Evatt
• Aboriginal leaders Charles Perkins and Noel Pearson
• Opera divas Dame Joan Sutherland and Yvonne Kenny
• Federal Members of Parliament - Tony Abbott

From December 2, 2003 to January 28, 2005, the leaders of Australia's four largest political parties were all Sydney alumni.

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December 2 - January 28

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• John Anderson, National Party of Australia leader (resigned July 2005)
• Bob Brown, Australian Greens leader
• John Howard, Liberal Party of Australia leader
• Mark Latham, Australian Labor Party leader (resigned January 2005)

Currently, John Howard and Bob Brown are still leaders of their respective parties.

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John Howard - Bob Brown

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