List of Nudgee College Old Boys

This is a List of Nudgee College Old Boys, who are notable former students of St. Joseph's Nudgee College in Brisbane, Australia.

Alumni of St. Joseph's Nudgee College are known as Old Boys, and automatically become members of the school's alumni association, the Nudgee College Old Boys Association (NCOBA).

Rhodes Scholars

• Neal Macrossan (1907)[1]
• Francis Patrick Donovan AM (1946)[1]

Arts

• Jacob Elordi (2015)[2]

Business

• Ian Rice – property developer and former president of Carlton Football Club[3]

Medicine and science

• Dr Prof John Boldeman – nuclear scientist, best known for his work on the ANTARES Tandem Accelerator and the Australian synchrotron[4]
• Dr Harry Windsor – Australia's first heart transplant surgeon[5]

Politics, public service and the law

Kevin Byrne, Mayor of Cairns 1992–1995; 2000–2008

• Kevin Byrne – Former Mayor of Cairns
• The Hon Hugh Denis Macrossan – State MLA, 1912–1915 and Chief Justice of Queensland, 1940[6]
• Neal Macrossan – Chief Justice of Queensland, 1946–1955[7]
• The Hon John Muir- Justice of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland (retired 27 December 2014)[8]
• Kevin O'Leary – longest continuous member of the Australian Labor Party[9]
• Neil O'Sullivan – Leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate[10]
• The Hon Warwick Parer – Senator and Minister, 1984–2000[11]
• Tom Quilty – pastoralist, philanthropist, and bush poet[12]
• Mark Ryan – Queensland State Member for Morayfield, 2009 – 2012, 2015 – current; Minister for Police 2016 – current[13]
• Mick Veivers – former coalition government minister, and Rugby league international[14]
• Terry White – former Liberal Party leader in Queensland and founder of Terry White Chemists[15]
• Archbishop John Bathersby[16]
• Ted O'Brien (1991) Member for Fairfax

Music

• Pete Murray (born 1969), singer-songwriter
• Ron Grainer Composer, wrote the Doctor Who theme music

Sport

Australian Rules Football

• Jason Akermanis (1995)[17]

Basketball

• Illiwa Baldwin – Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball[18][19]
• Michael Cresswell – Cairns Marlins Australian Basketball Association National Champion 2004[20][21][22][23][24][25]
• Lloyd Ingram – Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball[18]
• Matt Moore – NBL Championship with South East Melbourne Magic and later with Brisbane Bullets

Cricket

• Jimmy Maher
• Nathan Hauritz
• Chris Lynn
• Joe Burns
• Mitchell Swepson
• Nathan McSweeney

Equestrian

• Nicholas Hall – jockey[26]

Olympians

Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medalist Brenton Rickard

• Leith Brodie – swimmer, bronze medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
• Lionel Cox – cyclist, gold and silver medallist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics[27]
• Damian Istria – gymnast, gold and silver medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games[28]
• Jack McLoughlin – 1500m Freestyle – 2016 Rio Olympics
• Anthony Martin – weightlifter, 2000 Olympic Games
• Brenton Rickard – swimmer, silver medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics[29]

Rugby

• Paul McLean
• Mark Loane
• Rocky Elsom
• Elton Flatley
• James O'Connor – an Australian Wallaby[30]
• Dom Shipperley
• Sean McMahon
• Sean Hardman (1994)
• Peter Hewat

See also

• List of Christian Brothers school alumni

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