List of Cranbrook School, Sydney alumni

This is a List of notable Old Boys of Cranbrook School, Sydney, former students - known as "Old Cranbrookians" – of Cranbrook School, an Anglican school in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia.

Academia and medicine

• Prof. David Cooper AO, FAA – HIV researcher[1]
• Prof. Richard Hunter – Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, The University of Cambridge[2]
• Yi-Fu Tuan – key figure in human geography and Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; attended Cranbrook 1941–1946; he and his brothers were the first students of Cranbrook of Asian descent[3]

Business

• Rodney Adler – former director of failed telecommunications company One.Tel and HIH Insurance[4]
• Mike Cannon-Brookes – CEO and co-founder of Atlassian
• Michael Crouch AC{{spaced endash} former Chairman of Zip Industries[5]
• James Fairfax AC – former arts patron and philanthropist (also attended Geelong Grammar School)[6]
• David Gyngell – CEO of Australian commercial broadcasting network, Channel Nine[7][8]
• Clyde Packer – journalist, media entrepreneur, politician and author[9]
• James Packer – chairman of CPH Investments and Crown Limited[7][8]
• Kerry Packer AC – former media tycoon[10]
• Jodee Rich – founder of One.Tel and PeopleBrowsr[11]

Government, politics and the law

• Tim Bruxner – elected former member of the NSW Parliament and Deputy Premier of New South Wales[12]
• Ben Franklin – elected member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales[13]
• Hugh Gilchrist (1916–2010) – diplomat and author of Australians and Greeks[14]
• David Griffin – elected 74th Lord Mayor of Sydney[15]
• Michael Knight AO – elected former member of the NSW Parliament and Sydney 2000 Olympics Minister[16]
• Julian Martin Leeser – member for Berowra[17]
• Dugald Munro – former grazier and Member for Eden-Monaro
• Andrew Rogers AO, QC – justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales; spouse of Helen Coonan, a former Australian Senator[18]
• Sir Laurence Whistler Street AC, KCMG – 14th Chief Justice of New South Wales[19]

Media, entertainment and the arts

• Oliver Ackland – actor[20]
• Peter Draffin – writer/novelist[21][22]
• Billy Field – singer and songwriter[23]
• John Gaden – actor[24]
• Peter Kingston AM – artist
• Mungo Wentworth MacCallum – political journalist, humorist and commentator[25]
• Jim Maxwell AM – ABC Radio cricket commentator[19]
• Garry McDonald AO – comedian, star of Mother and Son and creator of alter-ego Norman Gunston[19]
• Craig McGregor – writer/novelist, academic, and cultural critic[26]
• Andrew Pfeiffer – landscape architect[27]
• Sam Reid – film actor[28]
• Adam Shand – writer and freelance journalist, located in Africa for three years to report on Rwanda and Zimbabwe[29]
• Martin Sharp AM – artist, cartoonist, songwriter, and filmmaker[19]
• Tony Sheldon – stage actor/singer, film and TV actor[30]
• Harvey Shore – Logie-winning TV writer/producer[31]
• Nick Vindin – kids TV host, all-rounder, entrepreneur sports presenter with SBS World News Australia; travel correspondent with Smooth radio network
• Peter Vogel – co-designer of the Fairlight CMI[32]
• Kip Williams – artistic director at Sydney Theatre Company, Helpmann Award-winning theatre director[33]
• Simon Wincer – film director[34]

Military

• Group Captain Pete Jeffrey DSO, DFC – WWII fighter ace[35]
• Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland AC, KBE, DFC, AFC – former naval officer, Governor of New South Wales and Chancellor of the University of Sydney[36]

Sport

• Daniel Batman (1998) – Sydney 2000 Olympic 400m runner (also attended The Scots College)
• Edward Cowan (2000) – Australian test cricketer
• Paul Darveniza – international Rugby Union Wallaby
• James Hunter (2009) – basketball player[37]
• Luke Kendall – Australian basketball player
• Will Langford (2010) – Australian rules football premiership player (2014) for Hawthorn Football Club[38]
• Cecil Purdy AO – chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion
• Murray Rose (1956) – Olympic gold medal swimmer[39]
• Steven Solomon (2011) – London 2012 Olympic 400m runner[40]
• William Somerville – New Zealand cricket bowler[41]
• Ed Stubbs (2006) – Australian Rugby 7s representative[42]

See also

• Combined Associated Schools
• Category:People educated at Cranbrook School, Sydney

References

1. "COOPER, David Albert". It's an Honour. Australian Government. 2003.
2. [email protected]. "Professor Richard Hunter — Faculty of Classics". www.classics.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
3. Tuan., Yi-Fu (2009). Who Am I? : an Autobiography of Emotion, Mind, and Spirit. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-1282268951. OCLC 741345320.
4. Gaylord, Becky (29 June 2001). "Wrong Place, Wrong Time". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
5. "Vale Michael Crouch AO, Founder Zip Industries | Indesignlive". Indesignlive | Daily Connection to Australian Architecture and Design. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
6. Lawson, Valerie (12 January 2017). "Prominent philanthropist and arts patron James Fairfax dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
7. Heffernan, Madeleine (6 May 2014). "High price for James Packer v David Gyngell street brawl photos". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
8. Ferguson, Sarah (5 May 2014). "Behind the punch-up between James Packer and David Gyngell". 7.30. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
9. Milliken, Robert (12 April 2001). "Clyde Packer – Obituary". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
10. "Kerry Packer". The Independent. 28 December 2005. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
11. "More On PeopleBrowsr And Its CEO Jodee Rich, Who Has Been Involved In Long Legal Battles Before". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
12. "Legislative Assembly Hansard – 12 February 2018". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
13. Wood, Alicia (7 April 2014). "Bushwhacked by a city boy: Liberal MP Ben Franklin will move to regional NSW". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
14. "Hugh Gilchrist - the premier Greek-Australian historian of the 20th century - an hagiography - 5 - Motivation for undertaking the Greeks and Australians project", Kythera-family.net, 1998, archived from the original on 3 September 2016
15. "Charles David Griffin". SYDNEY'S ALDERMEN. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
16. Masters, Brad Walter, Roy (4 July 2011). "Knight moves: former Olympics minister in frame for commission". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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19. "It's An Honour has a new home". Itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
20. Oliver Ackland Archived 2011-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
21. Draffin, Peter Francis. "1st Cranbrook (NSW)". Australian Rowing History.
22. "John Ewbank - Ironmongers of the Dreamtime". Vertical Life. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
23. Kimball, Duncan (2008). "King Fox". Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions. Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
24. "John Gaden".
25. "Mungo MacCallum". Q&A. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
26. Ang, Ien; Morley, David (3 August 2005). Cultural Studies: Volume 3. Routledge. ISBN 9781134957927.
27. Pfeiffer, Andrew (1999). A sense of place : the gardens of Andrew Pfeiffer. Ringwood, Va. ; Harmondsworth : Viking. ISBN 9780670880942.
28. "Sam Reid".
29. "Adam Shand". www.penguin.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
30. "Tony Sheldon".
31. Pinantoan, Andrianes (21 July 2011). "Harvey Shore – personalising the experience | InformED". Opencolleges.edu.au. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
32. "Peter Vogel Fairlight-CMI-30A". Attack Magazine. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
33. "Board and staff - Sydney Theatre Company". Sydneytheatre.com.au. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
34. "Legendary Australian director Simon Wincer enjoying the fruits of his labour". www.9news.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
35. Alexander, Joseph A. (ed.) (1962). Who's Who in Australia 1962. Melbourne: Colorgravure. p. 449. OCLC 686119704.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
36. "Death of Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland". Parliament of New South Wales. 27 March 1999. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
37. "James Hunter just as skilled at music as basketball". Stuff.co.nz. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
38. Will Langford: Hawthorn Hawk Premiership Player cranbrook.nsw.edu.au News 29 September 2014
39. Goldstein, Richard (15 April 2012). "Murray Rose, Australian Olympic Swimming Star, Dies at 73". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
40. Brilliant man at Stanford University Randwick Botany Harriers
41. "William Somerville | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
42. Australian Rugby 7s

External links

• Cranbrook School website
• Old Cranbrookians website