Many of Young's alumni became leading figures in Adelaide's businesses and public service. from the Adelaide Educational Institution • George Agars, pioneer of
Mildura and
Renmark •
W. P. Auld (
Stuart Expedition 1861–1862) •
Eden Herschel Babbage (c. 1844–1924) banker and
Roseville, New South Wales civic leader, son of Benjamin Herschel Babbage •
Charles Whitmore Babbage (1842–1923) lapsed banker and
Wanganui civic leader, his brother • Thomas William Babbage (4 October 1859 – 1945) manager of the
Glenelg Railway Company, later nurseryman, relationship to B. Herschel Babbage not yet established. •
John Barker (businessman) (son of A. E. Barker) chairman of SAJC •
George L. Barrow, journalist son of
John Henry Barrow •
G. T. Bean attempted sugar cane plantation in Darwin • Tom Bee (4 July 1850 – 21 November 1919), cadet surveyor under Goyder in
Northern Territory 1864–1870 and with the
Overland Telegraph Line.
Bees Creek, Northern Territory named for him. •
J. W. O. Bennett surveyor, member of Finniss's 1864 expedition and Goyder's 1869 expedition to Northern Territory •
Edwin S. Berry Second in Charge,
Gosse's 1873 expedition to Central Australia; probably the first white man to climb
Ayers Rock/Uluru. •
Harry Bickford (1843–1927) and
William Bickford (1841–1916) of Bickford & Sons, cordials and pharmaceuticals •
Thomas H. Bowen (1850–1896), surveyor, architect and land agent •
Theodore Bruce (1847–1911) mayor of Adelaide and MLC •
Fred Bullock (Mayor of Adelaide 1891–1892) •
William Burford, chairman W. H. Burford & Sons • Charles J. Carleton, pioneer of Northern Territory, where he died alone. Son of
Caroline Carleton; his name is on her gravestone. •
W. B. Carr, journalist, sportsman and longtime chairman of Adelaide Stock Exchange •
John Carruthers surveyor with
Larry Wells • (Frederick) Arthur Chapman (1864–18 September 1925) managing director
Lion Brewing and Malting Company • Hugh Chambers (c. 1848 – 20 December 1893), son of
James Chambers • Edward Cheetham (c. 1838 – 12 May 1866), only son of Rev.
Henry Cheetham • Francis Howard Clark, accountant and secretary of mining company; son of
John Howard Clark •
M(atthew) Symonds Clark (c. 1839 – 10 July 1920) • John "Jack" Cleland. hero of
SS Gothenburg shipwreck •
C. N. Collison, journalist and patent agent •
J. F. Conigrave (1843–1920), businessman; patent agent with Collison •
W. Moxon Cook (1857–1917), sports writer "Trumpator" of
The Register and "Terlinga" with
The Australasian. •
F. I. Crowder. politician in Western Australia • William John Jenkins Curnow ( – October 1922), pioneer of
Wirrabara •
Edward Nicolle Dewhirst (son of Edward Dewhirst) • George Dodgson, one of the first pioneer births. Ran plumbing and painting business on Rundle Street. • D(avid) Walter Duffield (died 24 January 1922) miller and pastoralist, son of Hon.
Walter Duffield father of Kenneth Duffield) • Alfred and Charles George Farr, of
Charles Farr & Sons, builders • Ebenezer Finlayson and
Robert Kettle Finlayson, sons of
William Finlayson •
John Harvey Finlayson, editor of
The South Australian Register • John Thomas Fitch, draper of
J. T. Fitch & Son • John Francis, chairman of Queensland Cricketing Association • James Frew Jr. (
Stuart Expedition 1861–1862). •
Gavin F(orrest) Gardner ( – 20 March 1919) a founder of Adelaide Stock Exchange. and Dr.
William Gardner (c. 1846 – 7 April 1897), surgeon were sons of Rev.
John Gardner. •
Alfred Giles, explorer for
Overland Telegraph Line survey, manager of stations at Springvale, Delamere, Newcastle Waters for Dr.
W. J. Browne; son of Christopher Giles. • Alfred Leslie Giles (died 5 October 1902) cricketer, bank manager, partner in Giles & Smith; son of Henry Giles • Acland Giles, Clement Giles, Louis Giles and Mortimer Giles (Registrar-General of Deeds at the Lands Titles Office); sons of
William Giles •
Walter J. Gollin (head of Gollin & Co., with headquarters in Melbourne • William Edward Goode, pastoralist and husband of
Mrs. A. K. Goode • Dr
Charles Gosse ophthalmic surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital •
William "Willie" Gosse • G. Glen Legoe, businessman with
George Wilcox & Co; son of
John Legoe • Ernest Edward Light and Walter Charles Arnold Light, sons of architect
G. T. Light • Isaac Little, manager
Austral Downs station •
Sylvanus James Magarey politician • Col.
A. E. Marchant C.B., ADC to King George V •
Alfred Witter Marshall (1850 – 16 December 1915) son of S. Marshall of Marshall's Music Warehouse and continued with the business •
Henry Maydwell Martin (1846–1936) winemaker •
Mortimer Menpes artist •
Beaumont Arnold Moulden •
Caleb Peacock J. L. Young's first student, commencing August 1852 •
W. Herbert Phillipps (later Sir Herbert Phillipps) • William G. Pryor, owner of Mundillio station • John H. Reid, of tannery, Hindmarsh •
Robert and William Robertson (owned Chowilla Station) •
Rev. James de Quetteville Robin and brother Roland •
William Sandover Jr. founded W. Sandover & Co.of Perth, W.A. • F. G. Scammell, lawyer of Scammell, Hardy, and Skipper •
Luther Robert Scammell (1858–1940) of
F. H. Faulding & Co • W. J. Scammell, manager Faulding in Sydney • Lionel H. Sholl, public servant • W. J. Sims (c.1857–1891), manager, Bank of South Australia •
Spencer John Skipper wrote and drew as "Hugh Kalyptus" • J. N. T. Smith, Education Department • John Smith, grazier of Yackandandah •
Quinton Stow Smith • R. W. Smith (Commissioner of Taxes) • Benjamin Solomon (1844–1922) brother of V. L. Solomon •
Elias Solomon MLA, MHR • Emanuel Solomon (1855–1938) • Judah Moss Solomon (1846–1911) • Samuel Solomon (1848–) • Saul Solomon (the businessman not the photographer/MP) •
Vaiben Louis Solomon MLA, MHR • John Styles, miller of Kadina • Sir
Robert Kyffin Thomas •
Samuel Toms, wholesaler •
Charles Tucker Mayor and MP; while customs agent for John Martin & Co. was found guilty of defrauding Customs Department after South Australia's longest criminal trial. • Dr
Joseph Cooke Verco, later Sir Joseph • Walter H. Wadey, solicitor • Alfred F. Weaver, stockbroker •
Arthur Wellington Ware mayor of Adelaide • Dr.
Edward Willis Way brother of
Sir Samuel Way •
Thomas Playford Welbourn •
Alfred K. Whitby •
Frank Whitby of Mt. Remarkable They were sons of George White owner of
White's assembly rooms. •
Arthur Onslow Whitington secretary of SAJC • George Falkland Whitington (1842–1883), solicitor • Peter Whitington, public servant • Charles Fletcher Whitridge, secretary of China Inland Mission •
William Oswald Whitridge, cricketer and journalist with South Australian Register, both sons of
W. W. R. Whitridge. •
Alfred Edgar Wigg (second son of Edgar S Wigg) •
Edward Neale Wigg (oldest son of E. S. Wigg) • Sidney George Wilcox, pastoralist and director of
George Wilcox & Co, helped found
St Ann's College for female students at the University of Adelaide. • Alfred Wilkinson (1863–1922), merchant who in 1894 purchased a controlling interest in the glass business of
H. L. Vosz and developed it into the company that became A. E. Clarkson & Co. •
Charles Williams, of
Lion Brewery,
Waverley Brewery etc. •
Peter Wood, merchant of Rundle Street. •
Charles William Wren, General Manager
E S & A Bank. •
George Spiller Wright (Inspector General of the State Bank) •
Thomas Young jun. mayor of Port Augusta, son of Thomas Young MHA (not related to J. L. Young) ==Old Scholars Association==