Trinity College is the oldest

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of the

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, the first university in the colony of

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. The college was opened in 1872 on a site granted to the

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by the government of Victoria. In addition to its resident community of 380 students, mostly attending the University of Melbourne, Trinity's programs includes the Trinity College Theological School, an Anglican training college which is a constituent college of the

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; and the Pathways School which runs Trinity College Foundation Studies and prepares international students for admission to the University of Melbourne and other Australian tertiary institutions, as well as summer and winter schools for young leaders and other short courses.

History

Trinity College was founded in 1870 by the first

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Bishop of

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, Charles Perry. Students were in residence from 1872, the first being John Francis Stretch. The college was affiliated with the

in 1876. The Trinity College Theological School was founded by Bishop

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in 1877, and the first theological student was

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. In 1883 the college became the first university college in Australia to admit women when Lilian Helen Alexander was accepted as a non-resident student. With the establishment of the Trinity Women's Hostel (which later became

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) in 1886, Trinity admitted women as resident students, making it the first university college in Australia to do so. Among the earliest resident women was Classicist Melian Stawell. In 1989 the Trinity College Foundation Studies program was established to prepare international students for entry to the University of Melbourne. Since 2001, Trinity has also offered summer school programs to high school age students from around Australia and internationally. In 2010 the college hosted its first Juilliard Winter Jazz School.

Architecture and main buildings

Situated to the north of the main University of Melbourne campus, as part of College Crescent, Trinity's buildings surround a large grassed area, known as the Bulpadock. Its built environment is a mix of stone, stone-faced and brick, in a variety of styles from the different periods of its history. The college's main buildings include: *1870-2: Leeper Building (formerly the Lodge) *1878: Bishops' Building (named after Charles Perry and James Moorhouse, the first and second bishops of Melbourne) *1880: Dining hall *1883–87: Clarke's Building (designed by

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and listed on the

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) *1914–17: Horsfall Chapel *1933: Behan Building (named after

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, a former warden) *1958: Memorial Building (commonly called "Jeopardy") *1963–65: Cowan Building (named after Ronald Cowan, a former warden) *1995–96: Evan Burge Building (college library) *2006–07: Gourlay Building ("Woodheap") *2014–16: Gateway Building *2019–20: Dorothy Jane Ryall Building ("Dorothy")

College life

Clubs and societies

The Trinity College Associated Clubs (TCAC) provides leadership for the annual orientation week program at the beginning of the academic year and facilitates a multitude of social, cultural and sporting events throughout the year. Trinity's clubs and societies run many different functions and events throughout the year. The current student clubs include an art room and the E. R. White art collection, Beer Budlay, Billiards Room, Dialectic Society (formed in 1877), a drama club, Environmental Committee, Games Society, Gender and Sexuality Alliance, Independent Dining Society, Racquet's Society, several music clubs and a wine cellar. Students also run an active program of social service and community outreach, including such programs as tutoring in local schools and educational visits to remote Indigenous communities.

Sport

Trinity College participates in many different sports in intercollegiate competition, including Australian rules football, soccer, netball, hockey, athletics, swimming, volleyball, squash, tennis and badminton. The college also has a particularly strong tradition in rowing and rugby. The college has its own multi-purpose synthetic court.

College song

The current college song was written by the fifth warden, Evan Burge (1974–1996), set to the hymn tune "Thaxted" derived from the "Jupiter" movement from

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's ''The Planets''. Where Bishops' lifts its ivy'd tower and Clarke's long cloisters run. The College Oak stands spreading forth its branches to the sun. And here are joy and laughter and loyal friends as well; The Bulpadock rejoices in our efforts to excel. And whene'er we think on all these things wherever we may be, We shall raise our voices higher and sing of Trinity. Great God, your spirit fills this earth, your truth can make us free, O lift us up beyond ourselves to be all we can be. For you have made and love us, and guide us through all strife, You gave your Son as one of us, his death's our source of life. In friendship bind out hearts in one, a diverse unity, And make us worthy of your name, O glorious Trinity.

Chapel and choir

The Choir of Trinity College has become known, especially but not exclusively, for choral music in the tradition of English cathedrals and the collegiate chapels of

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and

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universities. The choir sings

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in the chapel during term. Choral Evensong at Trinity has become a well-known liturgical event in Melbourne. The choir also performs locally and tours internationally and have made a number of radio broadcasts and CD recordings, including five albums for

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Classics. From 1956 to 2016, the college provided

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hospitality to a dispersed Anglican congregation, the Canterbury Fellowship. The fellowship's choir sang for choral services on Sunday mornings and Evensong out of term time.

Wardens

*1872–1875: George William Torrance (acting principal) *1876–1918:

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*1918–1946:

*1946–1964: Ronald William Trafford Cowan *1964–1965: John Poynter; Barry Marshall (joint-acting wardens) *1965–1973: Robin Lorimer Sharwood *1974–1997: Evan Laurie Burge *1997–2006: Donald John Markwell *2007–2014: Andrew Brian McGowan *2014–2015: Campbell P. Bairstow (acting warden) *2015–present: Kenneth William Hinchcliff

Subwardens, deputy wardens and deans

;Subwardens (vice wardens) *1876–1882:

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*1898–1904: Reginald Stephen *1905–1912: Ernest Iliff Robson *1915–1917: Charles Roy Lister *1919–1925: Robert Leslie Blackwood *1926–1933: David Gordon Taylor ;Residential deans *1933–1946 Lewis Charles Wilcher *1941–1944 Herbert Charles Corben (acting dean) *1944–1946 Alan George Lewers Shaw, J. N. Falkingham (acting deans) *1947–1951 Alan George Lewers Shaw *1950–1951 Peter Balmford (acting dean) *1951–1952 Peter Ernest Wynter (acting dean) *1950–1951 Peter Balmford (acting dean) *1953–1964 John Riddoch Poynter *1959 Peter Balmford (acting dean) *1965 David W. Bruce *1966–1968 Kenneth Bruce Mason *1968 James Donald Merralls *1969–1971 Raymond William Gregory *1972–1974 Roderick A. Fawns *1975–1977 John Michael Davis *1978–1984 Bryan Deschamp *1984–1987 Peter N. Wellock *1988–1990 Leith K. Hancock *1991 James S. Craig, Michael R. Jones (acting deans) *1992–1994 Mary Chapman *1995–1996 Jan Jelte 'Wal' Wiersma *1997 Damian Xavier Powell (acting) *1998 John Adams (Dean of Students) ;Residential deans and deputy wardens *2000–2004: Stewart D. Gill *2006–2008: Peter J. Tregear *2008–2013: Campbell P. Bairstow *2014–2015: Sally A. Dalton-Brown (acting, then dean) *2016–2018: Campbell P. Bairstow ;Dean of the residential college *2019–present: Leoni Jongenelis ;Deputy warden *2019–present: Scott Charles (also director of advancement) ;Theological deans Leadership of theological education at Trinity was originally the responsibility of the college chaplains under the supervision of the warden. Since the 1970s there have been lecturers specifically appointed to teach in and lead the school, holding the positions of Stewart Lecturer, director and, more recently, dean. *1971–1975: Max Thomas, Stewart Lecturer *1976–1985: John Gaden Thomas, director and Stewart Lecturer *1986–1997: Richard McKinney, director and Maynard Lecturer *1998: Scott Cowdell, Maynard Lecturer and acting director *1999–2003: David Cole, director and Woods Lecturer *2003–2007: Andrew Brian McGowan, director and Munro Lecturer *2007–2010: Timothy Gaden, dean and Stewart Lecturer *2011–2017: Dorothy Lee, dean and Frank Woods Professor *2018: Mark Lindsay, Joan F. W. Munro Professor and acting dean *2019–present: Robert Derrenbacker, dean and Frank Woods Associate Professor ;Pathways School deans *1990: Karel Reus (executive director, Trinity Education Centre) *1991–1998: Dennis White (executive director, Trinity Education Centre) *1999–2001: David Prest (director, Trinity Foundation Studies Program) *2002: Alan Patterson (director, Trinity Foundation Studies Program) *2003–2006: Diana Smith (director, Trinity Foundation Studies Program) *2006–2014: Barbara Cargill (dean, International Programs) *2014–2019: Denise Bush *2019–present: Richard Pickersgill

Notable alumni

Recognised alumni with existing profiles on Wikipedia, the ''

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'' or other verified biographies are arranged below by the category in which they are generally associated. Many alumni served during the world wars; however, unless they pursued a military career or were killed in action it is their later achievements in the field of endeavour in which they are listed.

Arts and music

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(TC 1986) – filmmaker, author and classical violist *

Ronny Chieng Ronny Xin Yi Chieng ( zh, s=钱信伊, p=Qián Xìnyī) is a Malaysian-born American comedian and actor. He is a senior correspondent on Comedy Central's '' The Daily Show'', and he created and starred in the sitcom '' Ronny Chieng: Internatio ...

(TC 2004) – comedian and actor *

Wu Chun Goh Kiat Chun (; born 10 October 1979), better known as Wu Chun (), is a Bruneian singer, actor, and entrepreneur. He was a founding member of Fahrenheit, a Taiwanese Mandopop vocal quartet boy band, but left in June 2011. Wu Chun has appear ...

(TC 1997) – actor, singer and model *Sir Robert Fraser (TC 1924) – journalist, civil servant and first Director General of the British Independent Television Authority (ITV) *

Gideon Haigh Gideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh (born 29 December 1965) is an Australian journalist and non-fiction author who writes about sport (especially cricket), business and crime in Australia. He was born in London, was raised in Geelong, and li ...

(TC 1984) – journalist and author * Melissa "Meow Meow" Gray (TC 1988) – actress, dancer and cabaret performer * Red Hong Yi (TC 2004) – Malaysian artist * David Lyons (TC 1994) – actor * Jennifer Peedom (TC 1995) – documentary film maker * Nell Pierce (TC 2008) – author, winner of the 2022

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* Nicholas McRoberts (TC 1995) – Australian composer and conductor *

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(TC 1980) – actor and film director *

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(TC 1965) – conductor * Angus Trumble (TC 1983 – art curator and gallery director) * Jack Turner (TC 1986) – non-fiction writer and television documentary host * Charles Zwar (TC 1928) – songwriter, composer, lyricist, pianist and music director

Business

* Clive Baillieu (TC 1909) – businessman and public servant *Sir Wilfred Deakin Brookes CBE DSO (TC 1925) – Australian businessman, philanthropist, and Royal Australian Air Force officer. *Sir Roderick Carnegie AC (TC 1951) – Australian businessman *

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(TC 1969) – Australian businessman and founder of Normandy Mining Limited *Sir

Andrew Grimwade Sir Andrew Sheppard Grimwade, CBE (26 November 1930 – 30 January 2023) was an Australian chemical engineer, scientist, philanthropist, businessman and cattle breeder. He was best known for his service for 15 years as honorary President of th ...

CBE (TC 1949) – businessman and philanthropist *Sir Gordon Colvin Lindesay Clark (TC 1919) – mining engineer and businessman *

Ananda Krishnan Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan (1 April 1938 – 28 November 2024), also known by the initialism A. K., was a Malaysian entrepreneur who was a founder and chairperson of Usaha Tegas and founder of Yu Cai Foundation (YCF). At the time of ...

(TC 1956) – entrepreneur

Church and religion

* Thomas Armstrong (TC 1879) – Bishop of Wangaratta (1902–1927) *

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(TC 1985) – Archbishop of Brisbane (2002–present);

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of the

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(2005–2014) * Peter Carnley AC (TC 1962) – Archbishop of Perth and

of the

(2000–2005) * John Chisholm (TC 1940) – 10th Anglican Bishop of Melanesia (1968-75) and first Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia (1975) * Horace Crotty (TC 1904) – 4th Anglican Bishop of Bathurst in Australia, 1928–1936 * Andrew Curnow AM (TC 1968) – 9th bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo * Robert Dann (TC 1943) – 9th Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne * Peter Elliott (TC 1962) – Australian bishop of the Catholic Church * Kay Goldsworthy AO (TC 1981) – first woman ordained as a bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia * James Grant (TC 1950) – Anglican bishop and Dean of Melbourne (1985–1999) *

(TC 1878) – Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, and later of Ballarat * William Hancock (TC 1883) – Anglican priest and Archdeacon of Melbourne (1928–1935) * Peter Hollingworth (TC 1955) – Archbishop of Brisbane, Governor General of Australia (2001–2003) * Henry Langley (TC 1894) – Anglican Dean of Melbourne (1942–1947) * Ken Leslie (TC 1929) – Anglican Bishop of Bathurst (1959–1981) * Andrew McGowan (TC 1983) – Anglican theologian and academic * John David McKie (TC 1928) – Anglican bishop * George Long (TC 1896) – educationalist, military office, Anglican Bishop of Bathurst (1911–1928) and Anglican Bishop of Newcastle (1928–1930) * Kenneth Bruce Mason (TC 1965) – Anglican Bishop of the Northern Territory * William Perry French Morris (TC 1897) – Anglican priest and headmaster * Charles Hebert Murray (TC 1918) – Anglican Bishop of Riverina (1944–1950) * Kate Prowd (TC 1983) – Anglican bishop * Thomas Thornton Reed (TC 1922) – Anglican Bishop of Adelaide * Ronald Richards (non-res) – Anglican bishop, fifth Bishop of Bendigo (1957–1974) * Hector Robinson (TC 1919) – Anglican Bishop of Riverina (1950–1965) * William Sadlier (TC 1888) – Fourth Anglican Bishop of Nelson, New Zealand (1912–1934) * Reginald Stephen (TC 1878) – Dean of Melbourne (1910–1914), Anglican Bishop of Tasmania (1914–1919) and Bishop of Newcastle (1919–1928) * John Stretch (TC 1872) – inaugural student; first Australian-born Anglican bishop in Australia *

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(TC 1987) – Anglican bishop, Bishop of Newcastle (2018–present) * Alison Taylor (TC 2018) – Anglican bishop * Richard Treloar (TC 1988) – Anglican bishop *

Lindsay Urwin Lindsay Goodall Urwin Oratory of the Good Shepherd, OGS (born 13 March 1956) is an Australian Anglicanism, Anglican bishop. Urwin was the area Bishop of Horsham in the Diocese of Chichester, in southern England, from 1993 to 2009, and was also th ...

(TC 1974) – Anglican bishop * Alfred Roscoe Wilson (TC 1905) – Anglican bishop and Dean of Melbourne (1947–1953) * Edward Wilton (TC 1893) – Anglican bishop, Assistant Bishop of Melanesia (1928–1929) * Allen Winter (TC 1923) – Anglican bishop, Bishop of St Arnaud

Culture, education and society

* Geoffrey Badger (TC 1935) – Scientist and educationalist, Vice Chancellor, University of Adelaide (1967–1977) *

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(TC 1919) – Educationalist, headmaster, military officer and Australian rules footballer *

Manning Clark Charles Manning Hope Clark, (3 March 1915 – 23 May 1991) was an Australian historian and the author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume ''A History of Australia'', published between 1962 and 1987. He has been descri ...

AC (TC 1934) – Australia historian * Frederick Sefton Delmer (TC 1889) – Australian linguist, university lecturer and journalist * Keith Hancock KBE (TC 1917) – Australian historian *

Peter Karmel Peter Henry Karmel (9 May 192230 December 2008) was an Australian economist and professor. He chaired the Interim Committee for the Australian Schools Commission that produced the report ''Schools in Australia'' in 1973. Biography Karmel was ...

AC CBE (TC 1940) – economist and professor *

Frank Cameron Jackson Frank Cameron Jackson (born 31 August 1943) is an Australian analytic philosopher and Emeritus Professor in the School of Philosophy (Research School of Social Sciences) at Australian National University (ANU) where he had spent most of the l ...

AO (TC 1961) – analytic philosopher and Emeritus Professor, School of Philosophy (Research School of Social Sciences) at

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(ANU) *Sir Harold Knight (TC 1948) – Australian economist and third governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (1975–1982) *Dame Leonie Kramer(TC 1942) – academic, educator and professor * Gia Kuan (TC 2005) - entrepreneur, publicist and creative consultant *

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AC (TC 1961) – former vice-chancellor of Monash University * Peter McPhee (TC 1966) – historian, former provost of the University of Melbourne * Norval Morris (TC 1940) – Australian-educated United States law professor and dean of the University of Chicago Law School *

Ken Myer Kenneth Baillieu Myer, (1 March 1921 – 30 July 1992) was an American-born Australian patron of the arts, humanities and sciences; diplomat, administrator, businessman and philanthropist. He was a member of the notable Melbourne retailing My ...

(TC 1939) – businessman, philanthropist and patron of the arts *

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(TC 1976) – businessman, philanthropist and patron of the arts * George Odgers (TC 1941) – military officer, journalist and military historian * Ted Ringwood (TC 1948) – geologist * Charles Shain (non-res) – pioneer in the field of radio astronomy * Alan George Lewers Shaw (TC 1935) – historian * Florence Stawell (TC 1886) – classical scholar * Angus Trumble (TC 1983) – art historian, curator, and author *

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AO (TC 1960) – Thai social reformer *Reginald

Chester Wilmot Reginald William Winchester Wilmot (21 June 1911 – 10 January 1954) was an Australian war correspondent who reported for the BBC and the ABC during the Second World War. After the war he continued to work as a broadcast reporter, and wro ...

(TC 1931) – historian and war correspondent * Hugh White AO (TC 1971) – intelligence analyst, ministerial adviser, departmental official, and academic. * Reginald Wilmot (TC 1889) – journalist and sports writer *

Godfrey Wilson Godfrey Wilson (1908 – 19 May 1944) was a British anthropologist who studied social change in Africa. Wilson first joined Hertford College, Oxford, Hertford College with an open scholarship in 1927, and received a Lit. Hum. degree in 193 ...

(TC 1889) – military officer, politician and Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University (1935–1937)

Law

* Will Alstergren AO KC (TC 1985) – Australian jurist, Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia and Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia * John Batt AM (TC 1954) – Australian jurist and Court of Appeal justice, Supreme Court of Victoria *Sir Charles Frederic Belcher OBE (TC 1894) – Australian lawyer and British colonial jurist * George Dethridge (TC 1888) – inaugural Chief Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration * Charles Leonard Gavan Duffy (TC 1899) – soldier and judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria (1933–1961) * Philip Lewis Griffiths KC (TC 1898) – King's Counsel, jurist and Solicitor-General of Tasmania * David Harper QC (TC 1963) – Queen's Counsel and Court of Appeals justice, Supreme Court of Victoria. *Sir Edmund Herring(TC 1911) –

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(1944–1964) * Christian Jollie Smith (TC 1906) – solicitor and co-founder of The Communist Party of Australia * Walter Langslow (TC 1919) – solicitor, mayor and soldier *

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AC (TC 1986) – barrister *

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AM QC (TC 1941) – Queen's Counsel, former judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria and royal commissioner * Chris Maxwell (TC 1971) – president of the Victorian Court of Appeal * Geoffrey Nettle AC (TC 1974) – judge of the High Court of Australia * Morris Mondle Phillips (TC 1888) – a lawyer, taxing master and equity master at the Victorian Supreme Court * James Richard William Purves (TC 1921) – lawyer and philatelist * Christopher Roper (TC 1972) – legal educator and academic * Ian Spry QC (TC 1958) – Queen's Counsel, legal author and academic * Robert Tadgell AO QC (TC 1956) – Court of Appeal justice at the Supreme Court of Victoria *Baron Augustus Uthwatt (TC 1896) – judge, Chancery Division, High Court of Justice; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, House of Lords *Sir Reginald Sholl (TC 1920) – lawyer, judge, diplomat, commentator * Casimir Julius Zichy-Woinarski (TC 1885) – Australian lawyer and judge

Military and intelligence

* Edward Frederic Robert Bage (TC 1905) - polar explorer and military officer * John Balmer (TC 1931) – senior officer and bomber pilot, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). * Peter Barbour (TC 1947) – Director-General of Security, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)(1970–1975) *Sir Roy Burston KBE (TC 1905) – Australian soldier, physician, and horse racing identity * Richard Edmond Courtney CB VD (TC 1988) – military officer * Norval Dooley (TC 1914) – Australian Army officer and solicitor * Herbert 'Harry' Gibling Furnell (TC 1916) – Australian rules footballer, gynaecologist and Australian Army officer * William Wallace Stewart Johnston (TC 1908) – military officer and medical practitioner * Basil Morris (TC 1908) – military officer and Australian military administrator at Port Moresby, New Guinea *Sir Frank Kingsley Norris (TC 1913) – military officer and physician * Michael Thwaites AO (TC 1934) – poet, writer and intelligence officer * Hugh White (TC 1971) – defence and intelligence analyst, author, and academic

Politics and government

*Sir

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(TC 1886) – 32nd Premier of Victoria (1932–1935) *

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(TC 1946) – Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia, third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory * Charles Atkins (TC 1905) – Australian politician, Nationalist member for Denison, Tasmania. *

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(TC 1885) – politician *Sir John Bloomfield (TC 1921) – Australian lawyer and politician *Sir

John Bunting (diplomat) Sir Edward John Bunting (13 August 19182 May 1995) was an Australian public servant and diplomat, whose senior career appointments included Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minist ...

AC KBE (TC 1937) – Australian public servant and diplomat *

Thomas Joseph Byrnes Thomas Joseph Byrnes (11 November 1860 – 27 September 1898) was an Australian politician and barrister. He was Premier of Queensland from April 1898 until his death in September of the same year, having previously served in several ministeria ...

(non-res) –

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(1898) * Richard Casey (TC 1909) – Governor General of Australia (1965–1969) *

Adrienne Clarke Adrienne Elizabeth Clarke (née Petty; born 6 January 1938) is professor emeritus of Botany at the University of Melbourne, where she ran the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre from 1982 to 1999. She is a former chairman of the Commonwealth Sc ...

AC (TC 1955) – Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, botanist *William Lionel

Russell Clarke William Lionel Russell Clarke (31 March 1876 – 14 May 1954) was an Australian politician. He was born in South Yarra to grazier William John Clarke (later a baronet) and Janet Marion Snodgrass. He attended Melbourne Grammar School, Scotch ...

(TC 1895) – grazier and politician *Sir Alan Currie (TC 1887) – politician * Fred Grimwade (TC 1952) – politician *Sir

Rupert Hamer Sir Rupert James "Dick" Hamer, (29 July 1916 – 23 March 2004) was an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Victoria from 1972 to 1981, and prior to that, the 18th deputy premier of Victoria from 1971 to 1972. He held offic ...

(TC 1935) – 39th

Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia. The premier leads the Cabinet of Victoria and selects its ministers. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, must be a member of the Vic ...

(1972–1981) *

Ralph Gibson Ralph Gibson (born January 16, 1939) is an American art photographer best known for his photographic books. His images often incorporate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones, building narrative meaning through contextualization and ...

(TC 1924) – communist organiser and writer *

David Hawker David Peter Maxwell Hawker (born 1 May 1949) is a former Australian politician who served as a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from May 1983 to July 2010, representing the Division of Wannon, Victoria, previously re ...

AO (TC 1968) – politician, Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives (1983–2010) *

Thomas Hollway Thomas Tuke Hollway (2 October 1906 – 30 July 1971) was the 36th Premier of Victoria, and the first to be born in the 20th century. He held office from 1947 to 1950, and again for a short period in 1952. He was originally a member and the lea ...

(TC 1925) – 36th

(1947–1950, 1952) * Alan Hunt (TC 1946) – politician and member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1961–1992) *

Reginald Leeper Sir Reginald "Rex" Wilding Allen Leeper (25 March 1888 – 2 February 1968) was a British civil servant and diplomat. He was the founder of the British Council. Born in Sydney, Australia, Leeper was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, Melb ...

(TC 1906) – British civil servant, diplomat and founder of the British Council *

George Maxwell George Maxwell (1804–1880) was a professional collector of plants and insects in Southwest Australia. The botanical specimens he obtained were used to make formal descriptions of the region's plant species. Biography Maxwell was born in England ...

(TC 1884) – lawyer and Australian politician *

Edward Reynolds Edward Reynolds (November 1599 – 28 July 1676) was a bishop of Norwich in the Church of England and an author.Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Prepared by the Rev. John M'Clintock, D.D., and James Strong, ...

(TC 1909) QC – politician *

Arthur Rylah Sir Arthur Gordon Rylah, (3 October 190920 September 1974) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as Deputy Premier of Victoria from 1955 to 1971. Background Rylah was born in Kew, Melbourne, the son of Walter Robert Rylah, a solic ...

(TC 1928) – Deputy Premier of Victoria *Sir Keith Charles Owen Shann (TC 1936) – senior public servant and diplomat * Clive Shields (TC 1897) – politician *Sir

Robert Southey Robert Southey (; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic poetry, Romantic school, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth an ...

(TC 1940) AO CMG – businessman and president of the Liberal Party, 1970–75 *

(TC 1889) – Australian-born British politician and academic * Richard Woolcott AC (TC 1946) – Australian public servant and diplomat

Science and medicine

Yvonne Aitken Yvonne Aitken (17 October 1911 – 29 November 2004) was an Australian agricultural scientist whose contributions to the field included studies of plant flowering as it depends on climate, season, and genetic factors. She was appointed as a Mem ...

AM (TC 1930) – Australian agricultural scientist * Lilian Helen Alexander (TC 1883) – the first female resident of the college and one of the first women to study medicine at the university * Lucy Bryce (TC 1915) – Australian haematologist and medical researcher * Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny (TC 1903) – medical practitioner * Peter Choong AO (TC 1979) – Australian doctor and Director of Orthopaedics, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne *

Alistair Cameron Crombie Alistair Cameron Crombie (4 November 1915 – 9 February 1996) was an Australian historian of science who began his career as a zoologist. He was noted for his contributions to research on competition between species before turning to history. ...

(TC 1935) AC – zoologist and historian of science *

Derek Denton Derek Ashworth Denton (27 May 1924 – 18 November 2022) was an Australian scientist who elucidated the regulation of electrolytes in extracellular fluid, the hormones controlling this regulation, particularly aldosterone, and the instinctive ...

(TC 1943) – scientist * Suzanne Duigan (TC 1943) – Australian paleobotanist *

Warren Ewens Warren John Ewens (born 23 January 1937 in Canberra) is an Australian-born mathematician who has been Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania since 1997. (He also held that position 1972–1977.) He concentrates his research ...

AO (TC 1955) – Australian-born mathematician, Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania *

Mavis Freeman Mavis Anne Freeman (November 7, 1918 – October 1988) was an American competition swimmer who competed for the Women's Swimming Association of New York and represented the United States in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Early s ...

(TC 1925) – Australian bacteriologist and biochemist *

Konrad Hirschfeld Franz Konrad Saddler Hirschfeld CBE (1904–1987) was an Australian medical practitioner and surgeon. He pioneered thoracic surgeries in Australia. He became a university academic, administrator and medical historian. After obtaining his medical ...

CBE (TC 1925) – Australian medical practitioner and surgeon *

Susan Lim Susan Lim Mey Lee is a Singaporean surgeon who in 1990 performed the first successful liver transplant in Singapore. Early life Susan Lim was born in Singapore and was educated at Singapore Chinese Girls' School and the Raffles Institution. I ...

(TC 1977) – Singaporean surgeon *

John Freeman Loutit John Freeman Loutit CBE FRS FRCP (19 February 1910 – 11 June 1992), also known as 'Ian', was an Australian haematologist and radiobiologist. Life John Freeman Loutit was born in Western Australia, the son of a locomotive engineer. He move ...

(TC 1929) – haematologist and radiobiologist *Dame Ella Macknight (TC 1923) – obstetrician and gynaecologist * Sydney Fancourt McDonald (TC 1905) – paediatrician and army doctor *

Ainslie Meares Ainslie Dixon Meares (3 March 1910 – 19 September 1986) was an Australian psychiatrist, scholar of hypnotism, psychotherapist, authority on stress and a prolific author who lived and practised in Melbourne. Early life Ainslie Meares was born ...

(TC 1930) – psychiatrist, expert in the medical use of hypnotherapy * Brendan Murphy (TC 1973) – Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer * Richard Rawdon Stawell (TC 1882) – medical doctor, inaugural president of the Association of Physicians in Australasia * Frank Douglas Stephens AO (TC 1931) – Australian surgeon and military officer *Sir Sydney Sunderland CMG (TC 1932) – Australian medical science and Dean of Medicine,

Harvey Sutton Harvey Vincent Sutton (18 February 1882 – 21 June 1963) was an Australian athlete and public health physician. He was Victoria's second Rhodes Scholar, following John Behan, a fellow alumnus of Trinity College, Melbourne. Family The so ...

(TC 1898) – athlete, Rhodes Scholar and public health physician * Paul Hamilton Wood (TC 1925) – cardiologist

Sport

* Ted à Beckett (TC 1927) – Australian Test cricketer * Geoff Ainsworth (TC 1965) – Australian rules footballer * Edward Cordner (TC 1906) – Australian rules footballer * Harry Cordner (TC 1904) – Australian rules footballer * Derwas Cumming (TC 1911) – Australian rules footballer and soldier * William Denehy (TC 1907) – Australian rules footballer * Colin Douglas-Smith (TC 1938) – Olympic rower * Thomas Drew (TC 1899) – Australian cricketer * Simon Fraser (TC 1906) – Australian sportsman, 1912 Olympian (rowing) and Australian rules footballer * Eric Gardner (TC 1900) – Australian rules footballer *John Neville Fraser (TC 1910) – Australian first-class cricketer, pastoralist and father of Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser * Mark Gardner (TC 1904) – Australian rules footballer * Herbert Hunter (TC 1903) – champion athlete, Australian rules footballer and dental surgeon * Frank Langley (TC 1901) – Australian rules footballer *

Gillon McLachlan Gillon McLachlan (born 1973) is a former Australian sports administrator and now CEO of a major gambling company. He is the former chief executive officer of the Australian Football League (AFL). He was appointed to the role in 2014, succeeding ...

(TC 1994) – CEO of the Australian Football League * Chris Mitchell (TC 1965) – Australian rules footballer * Arthur O'Hara Wood – tennis player, Australian champion *

Pat O'Hara Wood Hector "Pat" O'Hara Wood (30 April 1891 – 3 December 1961) was an Australian tennis player. O'Hara Wood was born in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known for his two victories at the Australasian Championships (now th ...

(TC 1911) – tennis player, Australian and Wimbledon champion * Harry Ross-Soden (TC 1906) – rower, 1912 Olympian (rowing), and soldier *

Harold Stewart Harold Frederick Stewart (14 December 19167 August 1995) was an Australian poet and oriental scholar. He is chiefly remembered alongside fellow poet James McAuley as a co-creator of the Ern Malley literary hoax. Stewart's work has been asso ...

(TC 1895) – Australian rules footballer * Geoff Tunbridge (TC 1953) – Australian rules footballer * James Walker (TC 1997) – Australian rules football * Rupert Wertheim (TC 1911) – tennis player * Maldwyn Leslie Williams (TC 1904) – Australian rules footballer, medical and military officer * James Grover Yewers (TC 1937) – Australian rules footballer

Rhodes scholars

Students

*1904: John Behan (Victoria),

Hertford College, Oxford Hertford College ( ), previously known as Magdalen Hall, is a colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on Catte Street in the centre of Oxford, directly opposite the main ga ...

– Second Warden *1905:

(Victoria),

New College, Oxford New College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by Bishop William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as New College's feeder school, New College was one of the first col ...

*1912: Edmund Herring (Victoria),

*1920: Keith Hancock (Australia),

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and aro ...

*1930:

(Western Australia),

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its foun ...

*1937: Michael Thwaites (Victoria),

*1972: Christopher Cordner (Victoria),

University College, Oxford University College, formally The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University commonly called University College in the University of Oxford and colloquially referred to as "Univ", is a Colleges of the University of Oxf ...

*1980: Elsdon Storey (Victoria),

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College ( ) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by Bishop of Winchester William of Waynflete. It is one of the wealthiest Oxford colleges, as of 2022, and ...

*1994: Lisa Gorton (Australia),

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 126 ...

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