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List of old boys of The King's School, Parramatta

This list includes notable former students of the Anglican school, The King's School in North Parramatta, Sydney, Australia.

The arts and entertainment
Bruce Beresford (born 1940) – film director • Michael Blakemore AO OBE (1928–2023) – freelance theatre and film director • Richard Brancatisano (born 1983) – actor • David Campbell (1915–79) – poet • Robert Crawford (1868–1930) – poet • John Farquharson (1929–2016) – journalist • Charles Mackerras (1925–2010) – conductor • John Marsden (1950–2024) – author; founder and principal of Candlebark School • Andrew Upton (born 1966) – playwright and screenwriter; husband of Cate Blanchett ==Business==
Business
Hugh Mosman (1843–1909) – discovered gold in Charters TowersDavid Droga (born 1968) – Founder and chair of Droga5 • Basil Fairfax-Ross (1910–84) – Australian businessman ==Medicine and science==
Medicine and science
James Charles Cox – Physician and oncologistStephen John James Frank Davies – Adjunct professor, Division of Science at Murdoch University; adjunct professor, School of Environmental Biology at Curtin University of Technology (also attended The Elms School) • James W. LanceNeurologist; specialist in headache and migraineGregory Macalister Mathews CBEOrnithologist; elected Fellow of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and served as President • Edward Pierson RamsayZoologist; specialist in ornithologyGreg Retallack (senior year 1969) – Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon; specialist in paleopedology and paleobotany. • Thomas Griffith Taylor – Pioneering geographer; physiographer; weather service's official representative on the Terra Nova Expedition; foundation head of Australia's first university geography department (also attended Sydney Grammar School) ==Military==
Military
• Vice Admiral Sir John Gregory Crace KBE, CB – officer of the British Royal Navy (RN); commanded the Australian–United States Support Force (Task Force 44) at the Battle of the Coral Sea • Lieutenant John Steel ("Jock") LewesBritish Army officer and founding principal training officer of the British Special Air Service; killed in action, 1941. • Major-General Sir Denzil Macarthur-Onslow CBE, DSO – commander of the 1st Armoured Brigade during World War II. • Major-General Sir Granville Ryrie KCMG, CB – served in both the Second Boer War and World War I. • Sydney ChristianAustralian Army Colonel ==Politics, public service, and the law==
Politics, public service, and the law
Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott KB – Politician and solicitor; Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the district of Maitland; Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as member for Gunnedah, and later for WentworthJohn AndersonMHR (Nat); Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party (1999–2005) • John Douglas Anthony AC, CH – MHR (Nat) (1957–1984); Deputy Prime Minister (1971–72) and (1975–83); Leader of the National Party (1971–84) • Mike Baird – Former Premier of NSW • Sir Joshua Peter BellPastoralist and parliamentarian • Sir Nigel Bowen AC KBE – Politician; Member for Parramatta (Liberal); Appointed Attorney-General of Australia in the Second Holt MinistryFrancis Stewart Boyce – Barrister, Supreme Court judge and politician (also attended Sydney Grammar School and Rugby School) • Arthur Chesterfield-Evans – NSW MLC (Dem) (1998–2007) • Russell CooperPremier of Queensland (Sept–Dec 1989); Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (Nat) (1983–2001) • Alfred Cox – New Zealand politician. • Somerset de Chair – MP, philanderer and author • John Ewing – Former Australian Politician • Frederick Augustus Forbes – Store-keeper, grazier and politician; Member of the Legislative Assembly of QueenslandWilliam Forster – Politician; Premier of New South Wales (1859–60); Author of poetry and prose • John Gunther – Public servant • Hovenden Hely – Australian Explorer and politician • Sir Joseph George Long Innes – Politician, elected to the Legislative Assembly for Mudgee; Queensland District Court judge • Stewart Wolfe Jamieson – Official secretary at the Australian High Commission, Ottawa (1947–50); Officer-in-charge of the information and defence liaison branches, Canberra (1950–52); Consul-general in San Francisco, United States of America; Chargé d'affaires in Dublin; Australia's first high commissioner to GhanaJeremy Kinross – NSW MLA (Lib) (1992–99) • Jerome Laxale – Federal Member for Bennelong • Sir David Maughan – Barrister; President of the Law Council of Australia • John Frederick McDougall, Member of the Queensland Legislative Council (1860–1895) • Sandy McPhie – Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowoomba North (1983–1989) (Nat) • Leon Ashton Punch – Former NSW deputy premier and minister of the crown • Bernard Blomfield Riley – Barrister; Judge of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy; Judge of the Federal Court of AustraliaJohn Randall Sharp – Former National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Gilmore and Hume; Business Executive • The Hon. Keith Mason QC – former President of the NSW Court of Appeal • John Anderson – Former Australian Politician • Horace Berry – Former Australian Politician • Sir Francis Bathurst SuttorPastoralist and politician; Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for BathurstAngus Taylor – Politician; Leader of the Liberal Party and Federal Member for HumeGeorge ThornPremier of Queensland (1876–77), Member of the Queensland Legislative AssemblyJohn Lloyd Waddy, OBE, DFC (1916–1987) – a senior officer and aviator in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) who later served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Minister of the Crown. • Sir Charles Gregory Wade KCMGPremier of New South Wales (1907–1910); Judge (also attended All Saints College, Bathurst) • Bret William Walker SC – Barrister; Member of the NSW Health Clinical Ethics Advisory Panel; Former President of the NSW Bar Association; Former President of the Law Council of AustraliaSir William Charles Windeyer – Politician and judge ==Religion==
Religion
Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick – Anglican bishop (also attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School) • George Cranswick – Bishop • Percival Stacy Waddy – Anglican clergyman; Cricketer; headmaster of The King's School ==Sport==
Sport
Australian footballRyan Davis AthleticsNicholas Hough – winner of 110m hurdles 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. BasketballJosh Green – NBA player for the Charlotte Hornets CricketBaxter Holt – Current player for Sydney Thunder and New South Wales cricket teamReg Bettington – Former Australian Cricketer SoccerTravis Cooper – Currently playing for GHFA Spirit FC RowingJohn Ryrie – Australian men's eight 1912 Olympics • Robert Waley – cox of Australian men's eight 1912 Olympics • Robert Paver – dual Olympian, Australian men's eight 1972 and 1976 Olympics • Samuel Loch – dual Olympian, Australian men's eight 2008 and 2012 Olympics • Matt Ryan – Australian men's four 2008 Olympics (silver medalist) and men's eight 2012 Olympics • Nick Hudson – Australian quad scull, silver medallist 2008 World ChampionshipsCam Girdlestone – Olympic Medalist at 2016 Olympic GamesAndrew Cox – Former Australian CoxswainStuart Mackenzie – silver medallist in the single sculls at 1956 Olympics • Alastair Gordon - silver medallist in Australian men's eight 2000 Olympics Rugby leagueDaniel Conn – Former Rugby League player for the Gold Coast TitansJoseph Suaalii – Former Rugby League Player for the Sydney Roosters and current Rugby Union Player for the NSW Waratahs and WallabiesWill Penisini – Rugby League Player for the Parramatta Eels Rugby unionSaxon White - Wallabies • Ben BatgerACT BrumbiesWill CaldwellNSW WaratahsMitchell ChapmanQueensland Reds, NSW Waratahs and ACT BrumbiesTim DavidsonWestern Force, NSW WaratahsDaniel HalangahuNSW WaratahsJulian HuxleyACT Brumbies, Queensland Reds and WallabiesNicholas PhippsMelbourne Rebels, New South Wales Waratahs and WallabiesStirling MortlockACT Brumbies and WallabiesDean MummNSW WaratahsJon WhiteWallabies (1958–1965). • Lalakai FoketiNSW Waratahs ==Others==
Others
Charles Cavendish – 7th Baron CheshamCol James (1936–2013) – architect • Maha VajiralongkornKing of Thailand ==See also==
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