List of Old Boys of Shore

This is a list of former students of the Anglican Church school, the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (also known as Shore School) in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Business

• Tim Bristow - private eye, convicted criminal, corporate 'fixer', bouncer, rugby player[1]
• Roger Corbett - board member of Reserve Bank of Australia (for a term of five years, from 2 December 2005); board member of Wal-Mart (2006-); CEO of Woolworths Limited (1999–2006)
• Jim Penman - founder of Jim's Group and historian.[2]

Entertainment, media, and the arts

• Peter Berner - comedian
• Terence Clarke AM - composer, director, teacher
• Philip Cox AO - architect
• Errol Flynn - legendary Hollywood actor known for swashbuckling roles[3]
• Tim Freedman - musician, lead singer and songwriter for The Whitlams
• Frank Hinder - artist
• Eric Campbell - ABC foreign correspondent, author of 'Absurdistan', 'Silly Isles'[4]
• Geoffrey Lehmann - poet, children's writer, lawyer
• David Marr - author, broadcast journalist, and columnist
• Morgan Mellish - award-winning Australian Financial Review journalist, killed in the Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 air accident in 2007[5]
• Jim Moginie - musician with Midnight Oil
• Sir Frank Packer - media proprietor
• Garry Shead - artist
• Kenneth Slessor - poet and journalist
• Tim Storrier AM - artist
• Chris Taylor - member of The Chaser team and playwright
• John Wood - actor[6]

Medicine and science

• Sir Lorimer Dods LVO - founder of the Children's Medical Research Institute[7][8]
• Professor Anthony Gill AM - researcher, doctor, author
• James Roy Kinghorn - naturalist and broadcaster
• Professor Sir Brian Windeyer (1904-1994) - Professor of Therapeutic Radiology; Dean at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London 1942–69; Vice-Chancellor of the University of London 1969-72

Politics, public service, and the law

• David Arblaster - former Minister for Culture, Sport and Recreation and Minister for Tourism (1976) and Member for Mosman (1972–1984), representing the Liberals
• John Booth - former Member for Wakehurst (1984–1991), representing the Liberals
• Vivian Gordon Bowden CBE (1884–1942), businessman public servant and diplomat
• Sir John Gorton AC, GCMG, CH - politician and Prime Minister of Australia, representing the Liberals (also attended Geelong Grammar School)[9][10]
• Justice John Dyson Heydon AC, QC - Judge of the High Court of Australia[11]
• Stuart St. Clair - former Member for New England (1998-2001), representing the Nationals
• Sir Vernon Treatt KBE, MM, QC - Minister for Justice (1938–1941) Leader of the Opposition (1946–1952), and Member for Woollahra, representing the Liberals[12]

Religion

• Geoffrey Cranswick - Anglican bishop[13]
• Glenn Davies - Archbishop of Sydney
• Donald Robinson AO - a former Archbishop of Sydney[14]

Sport

• Al Baxter - Wallaby
• Andrew Smith - Rugby Union
• Nick Baxter - Olympic rower
• David Codey - former Wallaby captain[15]
• James Duckworth - Australian tennis player
• Phil Emery - Australian test cricketer[16]
• Angus Gardner - Australian Rugby Union referee
• Jack Gregory - Australian test cricketer
• Mike Hercus - United States national rugby union team
• Tobias Lister - Australian rowing team
• Alexander Lloyd - Olympic rower
• Mick Mathers - Wallaby
• Roy Minnett - Australian test cricketer
• John Newcombe - tennis player, two-time US Open and three-time Wimbledon champion
• Hamish Playfair - Australian rowing team
• Henry Playfair - Australian Football League player with the Geelong Football Club and most recently the Sydney Swans
• Eric Pockley - Australian tennis player, among the first dozen pupils[17]
• Nick Purnell - Australian rowing team
• Alex Purnell - Australian rowing team
• Bob Radford - Australian cricket administrator
• Lewis Roberts-Thomson - Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans
• Justin Sampson - sports television personality, professional speaker, former Australian rugby union player
• Haig Sare - rugby union player
• Dr Claude Tozer DSO - cricketer
• Ben Tudhope - snowboarder
• Barclay Wade - Commonwealth and Olympic Games rower
• Phil Waugh - former Wallaby player

See also

• List of non-government schools in New South Wales
• List of boarding schools
• Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales

References

1. Mercer, Neil (15 February 2003). "End of a Hard Man". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
2. Catherine Moolenschot (author) (15 April 2019). Jim's book: the surprising story of Jim Penman, Australia's backyard millionaire. Milton, QLD. pp. 6–9. ISBN 9780730368151. OCLC 1078404005.
3. "Gentleman John fell on his sword" (note in obituary of Sir John Gorton). The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2002.
4. Eric Campbell (reporter)
5. "Australians dedicated to foreign service". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 March 2007.
6. Macdonald, Julia (7 March 1936). "An Australian in Hollywood". The Advertiser (Adelaide). National Library of Australia. p. 24.
9. "Obituary: Gentleman John fell on his sword". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 May 2002.
11. High Court of Australia Website Archived 2007-04-22 at the Wayback Machine, (accessed 25 April 2007)
12. "Shore Rhodes Scholars – Sir Vernon Treatt". Shore Old Boys. Shore School. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
13. Cable, K. J. (1993). "Cranswick, Geoffrey Franceys (1894 - 1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 13 (Online ed.). Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 525–526. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
14. Alexander, Joseph A., ed. (1965). Who's Who in Australia 1965. Colorgravure Publications. p. 729.
15. David Codey Archived 2009-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
16. "Phil Emery, player profile". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
17. "Dr. Eric Pockley". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 November 1956. p. 17.

External links

• Sydney Church of England Grammar School
• Shore Old Boys Union