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List of Old Melburnians

List of Old Melburnians

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This is a list of Old Melburnians, who are notable former students of Melbourne Grammar School in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Alumni of Melbourne Grammar are known as Old Melburnians (abbreviated to OM, followed by the year of graduation), and automatically become members of the school's alumni association, the Old Melburnians' Society.[1]

Notable alumni include one Governor-General, three Prime Ministers, four State Premiers, three Lord Mayors, three Australians of the Year, two Victoria Cross recipients, ten Supreme Court Justices, fourteen AFL premiership players, forty-two Olympians, four Australian Open champions, and many prominent scientists and entertainers.

Governors

Prime Ministers

State Premiers

Lord Mayors

Australians of the Year

Victoria Cross recipients

Military and security

Clergy

Law and government

Academia

Industry

Media, entertainment, and the arts

Sport

AFL

see also: Old Melburnians Football Club

Athletics

Basketball

Cricket

Field hockey

  • Lachlan Dreher – 3-time Olympic medallist
  • Julian Lugg – all round ripper hockeysman
  • Danni Roche – Olympic gold medallist

Golf

Rowing

Rugby

Sailing

Snowsports

  • Cam Bolton – Olympic snowboarder
  • Anton Grimus – Olympic freestyle skier
  • Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes – first Australian overseas skier
  • Piers Jalland – Olympic tobogganist, colloquially known as “The beast of Buller”

Soccer

Tennis


References

  1. "The Old Melburnians". www.onlymelbourne.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. "Richard Gardiner Casey 1890–1976 | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. "PC_TheRealBH". www.the-rathouse.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. "Dr Donald Pruen Cordner | Melbourne Grammar School". mgs.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. Frederick, W. H., "Brookes, Sir Norman Everard (1877–1968)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 18 February 2019

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