List of Old Aquinians

List of notable Old Aquinians, who were students of Aquinas College (1938–present) and its predecessor CBC Perth (1894–1937).

Government

Federal

Executive

• The Hon. Sir Fred Chaney Sr. KBE AFC (1914–2001) (Class of 1932, CBC Perth) – Minister for the Navy 1964–1966, MHR for Perth 1955–1969
• The Hon. Fred Chaney Jr. AO (Class of 1957) – Minister for Administrative Services 1978, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 1978–1980, Minister for Social Security 1980–1983, Senator for Western Australia 1974–1990, MHR for Pearce 1990–1993
• The Hon. Peter Durack QC (1926–2008) (Class of 1942) – Minister for Veterans Affairs 1976–1977, Attorney-General 1977–1983, Senator for Western Australia 1971–1993

Legislative

• Chris Back (Class of 1966) – Senator for Western Australia 2009–2017

State

Executive

• The Hon. Sean L'Estrange (Class of 1985) – Minister for Finance 2016–2017, Minister for Mines & Petroleum 2016–2017, Minister for Small Business 2016–2017, MLA for Churchlands 2013–2021
• The Hon. Emil Nulsen (1885–1965) (Class of 1903, CBC Perth) – Minister for Justice 1939–1947 and 1952–1959, Minister for Railways 1939–1945, Minister for Health 1945–1947 and 1953–1959, MLA for Kanowna 1932–1950, MLA for Eyre 1950–1962
• The Hon. John Quigley – Attorney-General 2017–present, MLA for Innaloo 2001–2005, MLA for Mindarie 2005–2013, MLA for Butler 2013–present
• The Hon. Ben Wyatt (Class of 1991) – Treasurer 2017–2021, Minister for Finance 2017–2021, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 2017–2021, Minister for Energy 2017–2018, Minister for Lands 2018–2021, MLA for Victoria Park 2006–2021

Legislative

• Ignatius Boyle (1882–1960) (Class of 1897, CBC Perth) – MLA for Avon 1935–1943

Local

• The Hon. Sir Fred Chaney Sr. KBE AFC (1914–2001) (Class of 1932, CBC Perth) – Lord Mayor of Perth 1978–1982
• Sir Thomas Meagher (1902–1979) (Class of 1919, CBC Perth) – Lord Mayor of Perth 1940–1945
• Eric Silbert AM DFC (1922−2007) (Class of 1938) − Deputy Lord Mayor of Perth 1978–1979

Judiciary

• The Hon. John Chaney (Class of 1970) – Justice of the District Court of WA 2004–2009, President of the State Administrative Tribunal 2009–2014, Justice of the Supreme Court of WA 2009–2018
• The Hon. Maurice Cullity KC (Class of 1953) – Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice 1997−1999, Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice 1999−2010
• The Hon. Anthony Derrick SC (Class of 1984) – Justice of the District Court of WA 2010–2018, Justice of the Supreme Court of WA 2018–present
• The Hon. Edward Arthur Dunphy QC (1907–1989) (Class of 1922, CBC Perth) – Justice of the Supreme Court of the ACT 1958–1993, Justice of the Supreme Court of the NT 1961–1979
• The Hon. Eric Heenan KC (Class of 1962) – Justice of the Supreme Court of WA 2002–2015
• The Hon. Sir John Lavan (1911–2006) – Justice of the Supreme Court of WA 1969–1981 (CBC Perth)
• The Hon. Rene Le Miere KC (Class of 1962) – Justice of the Supreme Court of WA 2004–2022
• John Prior (Class of 1979) – Justice of the District Court of WA 2018–present
• John Staude (Class of 1975) – Justice of the District Court of WA 2010–present

Public and Community Service

• Geoff Churack AM (Class of 1955) – businessman and philanthropist
• David Fenbury (1916–1976) (Class of 1932, CBC Perth) – senior public servant, delegate to the secretariat of the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations, New York
• The Most Rev. Sir Lancelot Goody KBE (1908–1992) – sixth Archbishop of Perth 1968–1983 and first Bishop of Bunbury 1954–1968 (CBC Perth)
• Kenneth McKenna AO (Class of 1941) – senior public servant
• The Most Rev. Michael Morrissey (Class of 1969) – ninth Bishop of Geraldton 2017–present
• Tom Perrott AM (Class of 1938) – businessman and philanthropist
• Christopher Shanahan SC – senior counsel barrister, acting commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission in Western Australia
• Michael Wood (Class of 1961) − senior public servant
• Cedric Wyatt (Class of 1957) – senior public servant and Aboriginal rights activist

Military

• Brigadier Rod Curtis AM MC (Class of 1958) − Commanding Officer of Special Air Service Regiment 1979−1982
• Brigadier Owen Magee (Class of 1942) − military engineer, Director of Fortifications and Works
• Lt Col James McMahon DSC AM DSM (Class of 1981) − Commanding Officer of Special Air Service Regiment 2005−2006
• Lt Col Dennis Robins CSC (Class of 1998) − Defence Force School of Intelligence
• Brigadier Gerry Warner AM LVO (Class of 1966) − Chief of Staff Land Headquarters 1999−2002

Academia and Science

Rhodes Scholars

• 1906: Dr. Alexander Juett (1886–1953) (Class of 1905, CBC Perth)
• 1908: Dr. John Horan (1890–1945) (Class of 1907, CBC Perth)
• 1911: Dr. John Savage (1890–1948) (Class of 1909, CBC Perth)
• 1913: Alaric Pinder Boor (1892–1917) (Class of 1912, CBC Perth)
• 1949: The Hon. Peter Durack QC (1926–2008) (Class of 1942)
• 1958: The Hon. Maurice Cullity KC (Class of 1953)
• 1987: William Jack (Class of 1983)
• 2009: John McAnearney (Class of 2003)

Chancellor

• Michael Chaney AO (Class of 1967) – Chancellor, University of Western Australia see Business

Others, academia and science

• Richard Fox (Class of 1960) – medical physicist
• Alan Lopez AC (Class of 1968) – epidemiologist, academic and professor
• Dr Hannes Gebauer OAM (Class of 1973) – dermatologist
• Professor Ivan Kennedy AM (Class of 1956) – biochemist, academic and professor
• Peter Klinken AC (Class of 1970) – biochemist, medical researcher and academic, Chief Scientist of Western Australia
• Anthony Power (Class of 1975) – barrister, adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame and Murdoch University

Arts, Entertainment and Media

• Clive Bingwa (Class of 1993) – managing director of Nine Perth
• Nicholas Bruechle (Class of 1978) – author
• Reg Cribb (Class of 1980) – actor and playwright
• Geoff Gibbs AM (Class of 1957) – actor and principal of WAAPA
• Peter Kennedy (Class of 1959) – political journalist and author
• Trevor Kennedy AM (1942–2021) (Class of 1959) – editor-in-chief of Consolidated Press Holdings see Business
• Paul Lockyer (1950–2011) (Class of 1967) – news reporter
• Mark Priestley (1976–2008) (Class of 1993) – actor
• Dave Warner (Class of 1970) – author, musician and screenwriter

Business

• Michael Chaney AO (Class of 1967) – chair of National Australia Bank, Woodside Petroleum; CEO of Wesfarmers
• Denis Cullity AO CMG (1928–2022) (Class of 1945) – forestry and timber industry leader, founder and chairman of Wesbeam
• Dr Tom Cullity (1925–2008) (Class of 1941) – cardiologist, Margaret River region winemaking pioneer and founder of Vasse Felix
• Marc Ducler (Class of 1990) – geologist, managing director of Egan Street Resources, Astral Resources
• Herb Elliott AC MBE (Class of 1955) – chair of Fortescue Metals Group, CEO of Puma North America
• Trevor Flugge AO – chair of AWB Limited
• Brendan Gore – managing director and CEO of Peet Limited
• Dr Lachlan Henderson (Class of 1982) − CEO of HBF
• Peter Hutchinson (Class of 1976) − CEO of Forge Group
• Trevor Kennedy AM (1942–2021) (Class of 1959) – CEO of AWA, business director business director see Arts, entertainment, and media
• Jack Kilfoyle (1893–1962) (Class of 1914, CBC Perth) – pastoralist, Rosewood station
• Victor Paino AM (Class of 1955) – seafood retail pioneer
• Pat Prendiville (1923–2019) (Class of 1940) − publican and hospitality industry pioneer
• Ajanth Saverimutto (Class of 1991) − mining engineer, CEO and non-executive director
• Peter Smedley AM (1943–2019) (Class of 1960) – CEO of Colonial Mutual

Engineering and Construction

• Ken Kelsall AM (1921–2015) (Class of 1938) – engineer, pioneer in the development of the water industry in Western Australia
• Peter Moore PSM (Class of 1966) – engineer, COO of Water Corporation
• Geoff Summerhayes OAM (1928–2010) (Class of 1945) – architect, President of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Western Australia)
• Robert Torrance AM (Class of 1954) – master builder

Sport

Athletics

• Bill de Gruchy (Class of 1947) – Auckland 1950 gold medal 4 x 110 yd, silver medal 110 yd
• Herb Elliott AC MBE (Class of 1955) – Rome 1960 gold medal 1,500 m, Cardiff 1958 gold medal 880 yd, 1 mile, Sport Australia Hall of Fame 1985

Australian rules football

• Ben Allan (Class of 1987) – Claremont premiership player 1987 and 1989; Hawthorn premiership player 1991; Fremantle inaugural captain; Simpson Medal 1988, 1989 and 1990; All-Australian 1993 and 1994; WA state representative; Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2012
• Gerry Bahen (1929–2012) – North Melbourne; South Fremantle premiership player 1952, 1953 and 1954; WA state representative
• Liam Baker (Class of 2015) – Richmond premiership player 2019 and 2020
• Peter Bell (Class of 1992) – South Fremantle; North Melbourne premiership player 1996 and 1999; Fremantle captain; All-Australian 1999 and 2003; Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2013; Australian Football Hall of Fame 2015
• Simon Black (Class of 1997) – East Fremantle; Brisbane Lions captain and premiership player 2001, 2002 and 2003; Brownlow Medal 2002; Norm Smith Medal 2003; All-Australian 2001, 2002 and 2004; Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2017; Australian Football Hall of Fame 2020
• John Bridgwood (Class of 1968) – Claremont; WA state representative
• Charlie Cameron (Class of 2011) – Adelaide, Brisbane Lions
• Jarrod Cameron (Class of 2017) – West Coast Eagles
• Jason Carter (Class of 2017) – Fremantle
• Brant Colledge (Class of 2012) – West Coast Eagles
• David Crawford – Claremont premiership player 2011 and 2012; WA state representative
• Patrick Cripps (Class of 2012) – Carlton captain, Brownlow Medal 2022 and 2024; All-Australian 2018, 2019 and 2022
• Ross Ditchburn (Class of 1974) – Claremont; Carlton premiership player 1982
• Paul Duffield (Class of 2002) – Fremantle
• Nat Fyfe (Class of 2008) – Claremont; Fremantle captain; Brownlow Medal 2015 and 2019; All-Australian 2014, 2015 and 2019
• David Gault (Class of 1992) – South Fremantle premiership player 1997 and 2005 and captain
• Robbie Haddrill (Class of 1998) – Fremantle
• Alan Johnson (Class of 1974) – Perth premiership player 1976 and 1977; Melbourne; WA state representative; Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2017
• Percy Johnson (1933–2021) – East Fremantle premiership player 1957, Swan Districts captain coach, and Claremont; WA state representative; Channel 7 football critic; Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2010
• Daniel Kerr (Class of 2000) – West Coast Eagles premiership player 2006; All-Australian 2007
• Quinten Lynch (Class of 2000) – West Perth premiership player 2003; West Coast Eagles premiership player 2006, Collingwood
• Logan McDonald (Class of 2019) – Sydney Swans
• Simon McPhee (Class of 1986) – Claremont premiership coach 2011
• Jamie Merillo (Class of 1989) – Fremantle
• Terry Moriarty – Perth, Sandover Medal winner 1943; WA state representative; Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2010 (also attended St Patrick's Boys School)
• Jesse Motlop (Class of 2021) – Carlton
• Stephen O'Reilly (Class of 1989) – Swan Districts; Geelong, Fremantle and Carlton
• Deven Robertson (Class of 2018) – Brisbane Lions
• Trey Ruscoe (Class of 2019) – Collingwood
• Jeremy Sharp (Class of 2019) – Gold Coast Suns, Fremantle
• David Sierakowski (Class of 1992) – St Kilda, West Coast Eagles
• Peter Spencer (Class of 1973) – East Perth; North Melbourne; Subiaco ; Claremont; Sandover Medal winner 1976 and 1984; WA state representative; Western Australian Football Hall of Fame 2007
• Alan Toovey (Class of 2004) – Collingwood premiership player 2010
• Luke Urquhart (Class of 2024) – North Melbourne
• Frank Walker – Perth; WA state representative
• Murray Ward (Class of 1954) – Claremont; also coached Aquinas to 7 Alcock Cups
• Chad Warner (Class of 2018) – Sydney Swans
• Corey Warner (Class of 2021) – Sydney Swans
• Taj Woewodin (Class of 2020) – Melbourne
• Elliot Yeo (Class of 2011) – Brisbane Lions, West Coast Eagles premiership player 2018, All-Australian 2017 and 2019

Basketball

• Bradley Ness OAM (Class of 1991) – Australian Rollers, Sydney Paralympics 2000, Athens Paralympics 2004 silver medal, Beijing Paralympics 2008 gold medal and captain, London Paralympics 2012 silver medal
• Corey Shervill (Class of 2015) – Perth Wildcats
• Harry Wessels (Class of 2020) – Australian Boomers

Cricket

• Terry Alderman – 41 Test caps; 65 ODI caps; Sheffield Shield winner 1987–88 Western Australia
• Cameron Bancroft (Class of 2010) – 10 Test caps; 1 T20i cap; Sheffield Shield winner 2021–22, 2022-23 Western Australia
• Ernest Bromley (1912–1967) (Class of 1928, CBC Perth) – first Western Australian Test cricketer, 2 Test caps
• Frank Bryant OAM (1909–1984) (Class of 1927, CBC Perth) – Western Australia
• Nathan Coulter-Nile (Class of 2004) – 32 ODI caps; 28 T20i caps; first-class cricket Western Australia; List A cricket Perth Scorchers, Mumbai Indians
• Aaron Hardie (Class of 2016) – Sheffield Shield winner 2021–22, 2022-23, 2023-24 Western Australia, Surrey; List A cricket Perth Scorchers
• Alex Hepburn – Worcestershire
• Brad Hogg (Class of 1988) – 7 Test caps; 123 ODI caps;
• Justin Langer AM (Class of 1987) – 105 Test caps; 8 ODI caps; Sheffield Shield winner 1991–92, 1997–98; Western Australia coach 2012–2018, Australian coach 2018–2022, Australian Cricket Hall of Fame 2022
• Tom Outridge, Jr – Western Australia
• Kevin Prindiville – Western Australia
• Terry Prindiville – Western Australia
• Basil Rigg – Western Australia; Sheffield Shield winner 1947–48
• Sean Terry – Hampshire, Northamptonshire
• Darren Wates – Western Australia

Cycling

• Ben O'Connor (Class of 2013) – Team Dimension Data, 1st Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic 2016

Hockey

• David Bell OAM (Class of 1972) – Montreal 1976 silver medal, Los Angeles 1984, Hockey Australia Hall of Fame, Sport Australia Hall of Fame 2004
• Don Martin (Class of 1957) – Tokyo 1964 bronze medal, Mexico 1968 silver medal
• Aran Zalewski (Class of 2008) – Tokyo 2020 silver medal

Rowing

• Ross Brown – World Rowing Championships bronze medal lightweight eight 2004, bronze medal coxless pair 2007, silver medal lightweight eight 2010, gold medal lightweight eight 2011
• Alexander 'Max' Cunningham (Class of 1954) – King's Cup winner 1960; Rome 1960 eight
• Nick Garratt AM (1947–2019) (Class of 1965) – King's Cup rower, national and Olympic rowing coach
• David McGowan (Class of 1998) – King's Cup rower, World Rowing Junior Championships gold medal quad scull 1999, Athens 2004 coxless four
• Stuart Reside (Class of 1995) – King's Cup winner 1999, World Rowing Championships bronze medal quad scull 1999, Sydney 2000 quad scull, Athens 2004 bronze medal eight

Rugby

• Jake Ball (Class of 2009) – Wales (50 caps), Western Force, Scarlets, Green Rockets Tokatsu
• Kyle Godwin (Class of 2009) – Western Force, ACT Brumbies, Connacht
• Zack Holmes (Class of 2007) – ACT Brumbies, Western Force, La Rochelle, Toulouse, Bordeaux Bègles

Soccer

• Giordano Colli (Class of 2017) – Perth Glory

Swimming

• Zac Incerti (Class of 2013) – Tokyo 2020 bronze medal 4x100 m freestyle, bronze medal 4x200 m freestyle

Volleyball

• Josh Court (Class of 2006) – Australian beach volleyball player
• Luke Smith (Class of 2007) – London 2012

Water Polo

• Nicholas Elphick (Class of 2016) – Australian team
• Tim Neesham (Class of 1996) – Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008
• Tom Hoad AM (Class of 1957) – Rome 1960; Australian captain Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972; Australian coach Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988, Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame 2009, Sport Australia Hall of Fame 2021
• Joel Swift (Class of 2007) – Rio 2016

See also

• List of schools in Western Australia
• List of boarding schools
• Public Schools Association

External links

• Aquinas College official website
• Old Aquinians Association official website