List of Old Boys of Waverley College
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This is a list of notable Old Boys of Waverley College Sydney, they being notable former students – known as "Waverlians" – of the Waverley College, an independent, non-selective Roman Catholic day school located in Waverley, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2]
- Ezra Norton, newspaper proprietor (also attended Scots College)[3]
- Peter Switzer, business journalist[4]
Clergy
- Patrick Dougherty (1931–2010), bishop emeritus and bishop of the Diocese of Bathurst, from 1983 until his death in 2010[5]
Law
- Barry O'Keefe AM QC, judge in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and former commissioner of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption[6]
- Charles Waterstreet, Sydney barrister and author
Media, entertainment, and the arts
- Scott Cam, TV personality with the Nine Network[7]
- Sam de Brito, journalist and blogger for the Sydney Morning Herald
- Bruce Dellit, architect, pioneer of the Art Deco style[8]
- Costa Georgiadis, television host for ABC TV's Gardening Australia
- Robert Grasso, head of sport, SBS World News
- Kevin Kearney, film producer, sound designer, location sound recordist, 1960–2015
- Damien Lovelock, singer and sports commentator[9]
- John McKellar, playwright and social satirist
- Justin Melvey, television actor (Home & Away, Days of Our Lives)[10]
- Johnny O'Keefe, rock singer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s[10]
- Otis Pavlovic, singer and songwriter
- Alan Reid, political journalist[11]
- David Twohill - Musician with Mental As Anything
Military
- Peter Cosgrove AK MC, 26th governor-general of Australia (2014–2019);[12] chief of the Defence Force (2002–2004); chancellor of Australian Catholic University (2005–2014)
- Bede Kenny VC (1896–1953), recipient of the Victoria Cross[13]
Other
- Victims of the 1979 Sydney Ghost Train fire:
- Jonathan Billings (1965–1979)
- Richard Carroll (1966–1979)
- Michael Johnson (1965–1979)
- Seamus Rahilly (1965–1979)
Politics
- Peter Collins QC, former leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party, deputy premier and treasurer
- Ludwig Keke (Class of 1954), Nauruan politician, Member of Parliament (1968–1972, 1989–1995, 1997–2000), Speaker of Parliament (1998–2000), and Ambassador to Taiwan (2007–2016)[14]
- John Murphy, Labor politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 until 2013, representing Lowe and then Reid
- Bill Tilley, Victorian politician and member for Benambra (also attended St Gregory's College, Campbelltown & Redden College)[15]
Public and community service
- John McCarthy AO, diplomat, ambassador, high commissioner
- Patrick McClure AO, civil society leader, CEO Mission Australia (1997–2006) (also attended St Peter's College, Auckland)