Gallery of Achievement 2014

Gallery of
Achievement
2014
The Gallery of Achievement
The Camberwell Grammar School Gallery of Achievement
was established to acknowledge and celebrate the success of
generations of Old Camberwell Grammarians.
It is an ongoing, evolving project, which aims to inspire current and
future students to pursue excellence in a wide range of careers,
community service and sport.
A detailed biography of each Old Boy will be included in a Gallery of
Achievement Perpetual File, to be held in the Camberwell Grammar
School Development Office.
Note: The year in brackets following the inductees’ names indicates
the year they completed, or would have completed, Year 12 at
Camberwell Grammar School.
Mr Thomas Heath ALLAN
(2005)
Tom Allan began playing hockey at the
age of five. He played in the CGS First
Hockey team from when he entered Year
7 until he captained the team in Year 12.
He represented Victoria each year in his
age group up to and including Under 21.
This success led him to be included in the
Victorian Institute of Sport program for
four years.
While playing Outdoor Hockey he was introduced to the new sport
of Indoor Hockey and he was attracted by the pace, high skill level
and tactics required. From 2004 to 2008 he represented Victoria in
his new sport and in 2008 was selected in the Australian squad.
In 2009 Tom played for Australia in the Indoor Tri-Nations
Tournament in England and Scotland and was the leading goal
scorer for Australia. He stayed on in Scotland after this tournament,
gaining international experience in the prestigious Euro Hockey
Indoor Club Championships.
In 2010 Tom was again selected in the Australian team and
represented Australia against Russia, Czech Republic and Poland.
Inducted 2011
Mr Tim ALTMAN
(1984)
Tim Altman has been involved with
Kayaking and Surf Life Saving for over 30
years as an athlete and a coach.
As an athlete he has won numerous
Victorian and Australian medals and
titles in both Flatwater and Surf Kayaking,
culminating in representing Australia in
the Flatwater/Sprint Kayak teams in 1985
and 1990.
While he still paddles competitively, Tim now focuses on coaching
and he coaches paddlers from novice to international level,
including athletes aiming for Olympic selection.
Tim’s interest in fitness led him to a career in Clinical Naturopathy,
where he focuses on using nutrition and natural medicine modalities
to complement conventional medical strategies.
Inducted 2011
Mr Ian Bamfield
ANGUS OAM
(1948)
Ian Angus was awarded the Medal of
the Order of Australia in 2006 for service
to electronic engineering, particularly
through the Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology, and to the community.
Ian had 35 years at RMIT where he
pioneered training programs for the
television industry, both broadcast and receiving. He retired as
Vice Principal of the Technical College in 1988 after a long teaching
and administrative career. He was an examiner for the Australian
Broadcasting Control Board and a consultant to Silliman University
in the Philippines for the International Development Program of
Australian Universities and Colleges and a member of a Mission to
Nanjing Institute of Technology.
Ian was a Member, Australian College of Education; Member,
Engineers Australia; Senior Member, Institute of Radio and
Electronics Engineers (Aust); Fellow, Television and Electronics
Institute of Australia and presenter of papers to professional
institutions.
On retirement from RMIT Ian had 12 years of consulting. Ian’s other
interests have included Charter Membership of the Rotary Club of
Central Melbourne, Sunrise; Member and Treasurer of the Collins
Street Baptist Church; Board Member of Urban Seed and Hon.
Secretary and Treasurer of the Gospel Hall Trust.
Inducted 2006
Mr Mitchell David
ANJOU AM
(1978)
Mitchell Anjou was awarded the Order
of Australia for his significant service to
optometry and public health, particularly in
the Indigenous community, as a researcher,
clinician and educator.
He is a Senior Research Fellow at the
Indigenous Eye Health Unit, Melbourne School
of Population Health at the University of Melbourne, a position he has held
since 2010. Before taking this role, Mitchell held a range of positions in
optometry including Senior Fellow, Department of Optometry, University
of Melbourne, 1991–2008; Councillor, Australian College of Optometry,
1992–1996 and 2007; Director, Optometry Clinic, 1992–2010; Coordinator,
Clinical School, 1989–2004 and Manager, Victorian Eyecare Service,
2001–2010.
He led the expansion of eye care services for a range of disadvantaged
groups in Melbourne and country Victoria, including the homeless, those
with an intellectual disability, and those in aged care facilities. He was
instrumental in establishing an eye clinic at the Victorian Aboriginal Health
Service, in 1997. These services further expanded in partnership with the
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in 2000–
2010 and he established a network of visiting optometry services
in Aboriginal Medical Services throughout Victoria.
As well as his research and clinical work, Mitchell has been a Board
Member of the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand since
2011; a Practitioner Member, Registration and Notifications Committee,
Optometry Board of Australia, since 2010; former Vice-President,
Optometrists Registration Board of Victoria, for 2 years; a Member of the
Victorian Optometrists Training and Education Trust, since 2010, and has
been involved in the Optometrists Association of Australia in both the
Victorian Branch and Federal Branches. Mitchell has been a Fellow of the
Australian College of Optometry since 1985.
Inducted 2013
Professor Neil Wilfred
ARCHBOLD
(1969)
Neil Archbold was Professor and Personal
Chair in Palaeontology at the School
of Ecology and Environment at Deakin
University. He was also the Coordinator of
Earth Sciences at the University.
Neil spent much of his professional
life as an educator and researcher in the fields of earth history,
stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography, and evolution of
life, extinction events and the history of science. He authored over
one hundred scientific works and was an active, long-term member
of many top scientific bodies including the Royal Society of Victoria,
the Geological Society of Australia and the Paleontological Society of
USA.
Neil was known and respected nationally and internationally for his
research and teaching and for his service to his profession.
(1950–2005)
Inducted 2007
Mr Wayne ARTHURS
(1988)
Wayne Arthurs has represented
Australia in The Davis Cup since 1999,
and represented Australia in the 2004
Olympic team.
Wayne began playing tennis on the
international professional tennis circuit
in 1990 and in that time has had many
career highlights. These include reaching
the semi-finals in Doubles at Wimbledon, the US Open, the French
Open and the Australian Open, and being a member of the winning
ATP team in the World Team Championships in 2001. He has been
ranked as high as ninth in the world in doubles and forty-fourth in
the world in singles.
In 2003 Wayne won four ATP titles and teamed with fellow
Australian Paul Hanley, to play in the Tennis Masters Cup—a
competition for the eight best doubles pairs in the world.
He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.
Inducted 2004
Mr James Kenneth (Ken)
ATOCK
(1939)
James Kenneth (Ken) Atock, VX-5403 of the
2/7th. Infantry Battalion, 6th. Division AIF was
awarded with ‘Mentioned-in-Despatches’
approved by King George VI in recognition of
his gallant and distinguished service in the field
during the Second World War.
Ken was the first CGS student to enlist for service
in WWII aged only 18 years. He registered on
the first day the newly formed 2nd AIF was established at Puckapunyal. Ken’s
academic ability was quickly recognised by the Army and he was assigned
to the intelligence section of the 2/7th Battalion. He performed intelligence
activities and training in Egypt and Palestine and then went on to fight in active
service in Libya, mainland Greece and Crete.
Ken was taken as a prisoner-of-war during the chaotic evacuation of the allied
forces from Crete. During his incarceration in the POW camp, he secretly
compiled intelligence information on the enemy. His notes recorded the
military tactics, arms used, numbers of aircraft and troop movements in minute
detail—everything of military value about the enemies’ invasion of Crete.
Ken knew it was important to get this information to the AIF high command
in Alexandria. He attempted to escape from the POW camp but was killed by
machine gun fire on the fence wire by prison guards.
At CGS in Form V in 1936, aged 15, Ken designed, built and launched an
experimental rocket at Fisherman’s Bend for the purpose of transporting mail.
Ken’s achievements in rocketry were reported around Australia and recorded
in the Crome collection of the National Library of Australia as the “Rarest of
all Australian Rocket Firings”. The Australian War Memorial in Canberra has
preserved Ken’s rockets as important historical and war related artefacts. The
“Kenneth Atock Memorial Scholarship” was established in 1976, by bequest, to
support CGS students’ academic performance in scientific education with the
emphasis on space and rocketry.
(1921–1941)
Inducted 2012
Dr Nigel Paul
AYLOTT
(1983)
Nigel Aylott was an outstanding academic
and sportsman.
He was Dux of Camberwell Grammar
School, completed a double Honours
Degree in Science (1986) and Engineering
(1988) at Monash University, a PhD in
Telecommunications Engineering (1994)
and a Master of Business Administration (1998) also at Monash
University. Whilst at university he played club hockey, played in the
university orchestra, and played cornet with the Box Hill City Band.
He had a distinguished 14 years career with Telstra, culminating in
his appointment as Senior Integration Architect.
Nigel began his outdoors adventure career with the Monash
Bushwalking Club, and went on to State, National and International
Championships in rogaining, as well as being a leader in the
administration of his chosen sport.
Nigel’s sporting achievements include World Rogaining Champion
(Canada) 1998; Australian Ultra Runners of Australia, 50 mile and 50
km track champion, five time winner; Australian Three Peaks Race
Champion, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; and Australian Rogaining
Champion 2001 and 2002.
(1966–2004)
Inducted 2005
Clive Latham Baillieu,
1st Baron BAILLIEU
KBE, CMG
(1907)
Clive Latham Baillieu studied law at the
University of Melbourne, graduated from
Magdalen College, Oxford University,
with the degree of Master of Arts, and
was admitted to practice as a Barrister at
Law in 1914.
He gained the rank of Major in the Australian Imperial Forces during
World War l, and gained the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
in the Royal Flying Corps. He was invested as an Officer, Order of the
British Empire in 1918, as a Companion, Order of St Michael and
St George in 1929, and as a Knight Commander, Order of the British
Empire in 1938.
From 1942 until his retirement he held many senior positions in
government and industry. These included Chairman of Central
Mining and Investment Corporation between 1945 and 1955; Head
of British Trade Mission to Argentina in 1944; Chairman of Dunlop
Rubber Company 1949–1957; Director of English, Scottish and
Australian Bank Limited and Joint President of Dalgety and New
Zealand Loan Ltd.
He was created 1st Baron Baillieu of Sefton, Commonwealth of
Australia and of Parkwood Co. Surrey, UK, in 1953.
(1889–1967)
Inducted 2006
Mr William Benbow
BALLARD
(1930)
William (Bill) Ballard had a distinguished
school career both academically and in
sport—he was one of the first recipients
of the prestigious Triple Colour Pocket.
Bill continued his sporting success after
leaving school, representing Australia in
Hockey against India, New Zealand and
Pakistan.
Bill joined the Army as a volunteer in 1940, and served in Townsville,
Milne Bay and Borneo, reaching the rank of Captain. His working life
was spent predominately in marketing, firstly with William Angliss
Meat Products and later with the State Electricity Commission,
where he established the reputation of being one of Australia’s
most successful marketers. He was awarded a number of prestigious
marketing awards through his career and he pioneered the teaching
of marketing at RMIT University and Mt Eliza Business School.
(1914–2001)
Inducted 2005
Brigadier Charles Stanley
BARBER MC (1908)
Charles Barber served in the Australian
Army during WWI rising to the rank of
Captain and being awarded the Military
Cross. He served between the wars in the
Citizens Military Force, and in WWII rose
to the rank of Brigadier.
Charles completed a Bachelor of
Mining Engineering at the University of
Melbourne. While at University in 1910, he
joined the Melbourne University Rifles and reached the rank of 2nd
Lieutenant.
When WWI started, Charles was working in Broken Hill as a
mining engineer where he enlisted on 29 August 1914 and was
commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Field Company
Engineers of the AIF. On 22 September 1914 he embarked from
Melbourne for Alexandria with the 3rd Field Company. He trained
in Mesopotamia and his company built and maintained a pontoon
bridge over the Suez Canal until embarking for Gallipoli from
Alexandria on 5 April 1915.
Charles arrived at Anzac Cove about 10.30am on 25 April 1915,
about five hours after the first troops landed to attack Turkish
positions. On 27 July 1915 he transferred to 4th Field Company
Engineers and was promoted to Captain. By 12 September 1915 he
was leading the 4th Field Company at Lone Pine.
On 29 January 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross.
At the outbreak of WWII Charles was involved with the training of
the 4th Infantry Brigade and in 1941 was promoted to Brigadier and
later served in Papua New Guinea.
(1888–1965)
Inducted 2012
Professor Stephen L
BARKOCZY
(1980)
Stephen Barkoczy is a Professor of Law in
the Faculty of Law at Monash University
where he lectures in taxation law. He
holds BA, LLB, M Tax Law and PhD
degrees from Monash and is the author
of a number of legal textbooks.
Stephen is a recipient of Monash
University’s Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence and
a recipient of an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award
for Teaching Excellence. In 2008, he received the Prime Minister’s
Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year.
Inducted 2009
Mr Andrew David BARR
(1977)
Andrew Barr completed a Bachelor of
Economics and a Master of Educational
Studies at Monash University and a
Diploma of Education at the University
of Sydney. Andrew joined The Age
newspaper as a journalist covering
general news, business, politics and
sport; he worked at The Age from 1983
until 1988.
From 1988 until 1997 he taught at Scotch College, where he was
a Boarding House Master and coached hockey and cricket. During
this time Andrew spent some time at Merchant Taylors School in
Watford, England.
Before taking his current position in 2013 as Principal of Geelong
College, Andrew was Head of the Caulfield Campus of Caulfield
Grammar from 1998 until 2002, and Principal of Scotch Oakburn
College in Launceston from 2002 until 2012.
Andrew was the Regional Director of the Round Square Association
of Schools from 2008 to 2011, and has held the positions of National
Chair of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of
Australia (AHISA) and Director of the Principals’ Australia Institute.
Inducted 2013
Mr Samuel George
BIRTLES
(1939)
Sam Birtles was awarded the Australian
Sports Medal in 2000 for his service
to sport, particularly squash. He was
Founder of the Victorian Referees
Association and its President for the first
10 years. He was involved with squash
for 20 years—as a player, referee and
administrator.
Following distinguished military service in the RAAF, Sam returned
to Melbourne and joined the Hampton Rovers Amateur Football
Club, where he established a remarkable career, captaining the
club, winning the A Grade Best and Fairest Award, and representing
Victoria numerous times.
After retiring as a player, Sam turned to umpiring and also played
in and refereed squash tournaments. Even after having both
legs amputated, Sam continued to be active in sport, both in
administration of squash and in playing golf and surfing.
(1922–2001)
Inducted 2006
Reverend Dr Geoffrey Herbert
BLACKBURN OAM
(1931)
Geoffrey Blackburn was awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in
1997 for services to the Baptist Church,
in particular through the Baptist Union of
Australia, and the Baptist World Alliance.
Since his ordination in 1939, Geoffrey
has travelled all over the world in
a variety of roles with the Baptist Church. These include Army
Chaplain in the Pacific Islands, President of the Baptist World
Alliance and President of the Baptist Union of Victoria.
He has had an active life in several pastorates in the Baptist Church,
and since retiring in 1986 has continued his pastoral work with
retired Baptist ministers and ministers’ widows, as a member of
Rotary International.
(1914–2014)
Inducted 2003
Mr John O BRENAN
(1962)
John Brenan studied English, History
and Philosophy at Melbourne University
then added a Bachelor of Education.
John taught part time throughout his
undergraduate years, but began teaching
full time at Trinity Grammar, intending
to help out for a term but enjoying it
so much that he stayed eleven years.
Experience in some tough UK schools, further qualifications from
the University of London, posts in other Australian colleges, and
part time lecturing at Melbourne and at Monash followed. In 1987
he became Principal of Eltham College. During his thirteen years
there he initiated CBD-based special studies, now widely emulated.
Overnewton Anglican College was his next school, after which he
oversaw the establishment of the City Cite for Ballarat Grammar.
Following an invitation from DEECD, John moved into school
reviews and project management. As portfolio leader for a major
international consultancy he oversaw projects for 300+ schools in
Victoria, with equivalent numbers in the other states during the
exciting if hectic years of ‘Building the Education Revolution’, the
Australian government’s successful response to the GFC.
A surprising last hurrah as a school Head was to help put Worawa
Aboriginal College on a strong footing as a fully boarding school for
Aboriginal girls.
John has chaired several national and state professional
associations, chiefly in the areas of English, innovative curriculum,
sports for co-educational schools and school leadership. He has
served on a number of consultant committees for government and
he has written and edited extensively. Now retired, John continues
to consult—chiefly for Independent and Catholic schools.
Inducted 2014
Mr David R BRIDIE
(1980)
David Bridie, a seven time ARIA award
winning songwriter and composer, has
enjoyed a distinguished career as one of
Australia’s most innovative performers
with a strong emphasis on indigenous and
traditional music.
As lead vocalist, keyboard player, cocomposer and co-producer of critically
acclaimed band Not Drowning, Waving, David built a world-wide
reputation through the six albums and two soundtracks that the
band released during its career.
David is acknowledged as an international soundtrack composer
for both film and television; producer; and lyricist with a uniquely
Australian musical sound.
He has also been involved as a musical director for the Federation
Yeperenye Festival (2001) in Alice Springs and the Sing Sing concerts
(1999, 2006 and 2007). He has won numerous accolades as a soloist
and as a producer, and many prestigious awards for his soundtracks
for film and television.
Inducted 2008
Brigadier Phillip Keith H
BRIDIE AM
(1976)
Phillip entered the Royal Military College,
Duntroon, on scholarship in 1977, completing a
Science degree. He graduated in 1981 into the
Royal Australian Armoured Corps.
Phillip served as a troop leader in both the 2nd
Cavalry Regiment and 1st Armoured Regiment
before being promoted to Captain. He was a
Tank Squadron Second-in-Command, Regimental
Technical Adjutant and Regimental Liaison Officer
at 1st Armoured Regiment before transferring
to the Army Reserve in 1987 whereupon he
remained at the Regiment as a Squadron Second-in-Command.
On promotion to Major in 1990, Phillip served as an Officer Commanding in
4th/19th Prince of Wales’s Light Horse. This was followed by time at 3rd Reserve
Command and Staff College both as a student on the Intermediate Staff Course,
for which he was awarded a Blamey Award, and as a tactics instructor on Junior
and Intermediate Staff Courses. He then was posted to Headquarters 4th Brigade.
On relocating to Sydney for work in early 1996 he was posted to Headquarters 5th
Brigade.
On promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1998, Phillip had the honour of
Commanding 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers, a Reserve reconnaissance
regiment, for three years. After two years at Land Headquarters as the Projects
Staff Officer in Training Branch, he moved to Army Personnel Agency – Sydney
(APA-S) as Staff Officer Grade One Officer Career Management.
In 2004, Phillip was promoted to Colonel and served as Colonel Projects Land
Headquarters before taking up the posting of Director APA-S in 2005. In 2006 he
participated in the Senior Officer Development Program, travelling to England and
Israel to study complex military operations.
In 2007 Phillip was promoted to Brigadier and posted to Headquarters Training
Command – Army as Brigadier Projects. There followed the personally most
rewarding posting of his career to date, being command of the 8th Brigade for
three years from 2009 to 2011. The Brigade consists of seven Army Reserve units
and operates in the northern half of NSW from northern and north – western
Sydney to the NSW–Queensland border. Whilst there were many highlights, he
is most proud of the operational focus of the Brigade which culminated in the
operational generation of Timor Leste Task Group 3.
For his service as Commander 8th Brigade, Phillip was made a Member of the
Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2012 Honours List.
Inducted 2012
Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey
Hutton BROCK DSO
(1925)
Geoffrey Brock enlisted in the army on
October 20 1939. He served in Greece
and the Middle East, where he was
promoted to the rank of Major and was
awarded the Distinguished Service Order
on 8 July 1941 for ‘distinguished service,
zeal and efficiency’.
He later served in Sri Lanka, and then New Guinea with the 31/51
Battalion as its Commanding Officer, where he was ‘Mentioned in
Despatches’. He returned to Australia in 1943.
(1907–1943)
Inducted 2008
Associate Professor
Douglas James BROWN
(1962)
Douglas Brown is the Director of the
Victorian Spinal Cord Service at Austin
Health. Prior to this appointment
Douglas held a range of appointments
at Austin Health and at other Australian
and international health services.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian
College of Physicians, the Australasian College of Rehabilitation and
the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS), as well as a member of
numerous medical societies and associations.
Douglas has also lectured to, supervised and examined medical
students at the University of Melbourne.
Douglas is internationally recognised as a leader in his field and has
contributed to many medical journals and written and presented
papers both nationally and internationally.
Inducted 2013
Mr Jon A CHARLTON
(1975)
Jon has a rich history of working with young
people in schools, on the street and in
church.
Early in his career as a teacher, he worked
at Elwood College as Student Welfare
Coordinator. Following that, he fulfilled
the roles of Chaplain, Counsellor and Daily
Organiser at Kilvington Girls’ Grammar.
In late 1999, Jon was appointed Head of
Middle School at Kingswood College. While at the College, he led the
development of an experiential City Campus for Year 9 students.
From 2003–2007, Jon held the role of Deputy Head (Pastoral Care) at St
Michael’s Grammar School in St Kilda. During this time, his expertise in
pastoral care had a deep impact, as did his talent for school operations.
In 2008, Jon returned to Kilvington Grammar as Principal where he was
instrumental in its successful transition to a co-ed school after a 90 year
history as a girls’ school.
Jon has trained and practised as a Baptist pastor working with young
people in the Blackburn and St Kilda areas.
In 1995, through the St Kilda Baptist community, he was responsible for
establishing Machaseh House, which provided 16–18 year old students
who were unable to live at home a safe and secure environment so
that they could complete their secondary education and improve their
opportunities in life. Jon served on the Machaseh House Board for 18
years, six as Chair.
Jon has completed two degrees—a Science degree from Monash University
and a Theological degree from Melbourne University. Jon’s passion is to see
all young people achieve their very best, and to become responsible and
involved global citizens by helping others.
Inducted 2013
Dr Ian Arthur
CHESTERMAN AM
(1953)
Ian Chesterman was appointed a
Member of the Order of Australia in
2001 for service to the community
of South Australia, particularly as a
supporter of cultural, educational and
social welfare organisations.
Ian’s career in international banking and
finance culminated in his appointment as CBA General Manager,
SA and NT. This followed a series of appointments and promotions
within the Commonwealth Bank including Chief Manager, Corporate
and International, and Deputy General Manager, based in London.
Since his retirement in 1998, Ian has served the South Australian
community in a variety of roles including as Pro-Chancellor of
Flinders University, as a member of Council of Anglicare SA, and
as President of the South Australian Commandery of The Military
and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, a world-wide
organisation committed to fundraising to assist needy areas of the
community.
Inducted 2003
Professor Simon Arthur
CHESTERMAN
(1990)
Simon Chesterman was named Australian
Rhodes Scholar in 1997 and went on to
study International Law at Magdalen
College, Oxford University. He completed
his doctorate in 2000, writing on the
subject of humanitarian intervention.
Simon joined the International Peace
Academy in September 2000, prior to which he worked at the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and with the office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia. His work has examined the role of the United Nations in
state-building activities in places including Kosovo, East Timor and
Afghanistan.
He was appointed Dean of Law at the University of Singapore in
2012.
Inducted 2003
Mr Reginald Bruce
CHURCH OAM
(1948)
Bruce Church was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia in 2011 for his
service to cricket. He was a Committee
Member of the Melbourne Cricket Club
from 1978–2003. During that time he
served as Treasurer from 1989–1991,
Vice President from 1991–1997, and
President from 1997–2003.
As well as his service to cricket, Bruce, a Chartered Accountant,
has been a Director of the Royal Dental Hospital, Power House and
the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club Foundation. He was also the pro
bono auditor of Lord Somers Camp, Power House and the Victorian
Amateur Football Association.
Inducted 2011
Professor William Geoffrey
COLE
(1959)
William Cole is a Professor of Surgery and a
member of the Institute of Medical Science
and School of Graduate Studies, University
of Toronto. He is a Senior Scientist in the
Genetics and Genomic Biology Program,
The Research Institute of the Hospital for
Sick Children. His research, funded by the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research,
focuses on the genetics of normal and abnormal development of the
skeleton.
He has over 220 peer-reviewed publications including publications in
Nature, Nature Genetics, Cell and the New England Journal of Surgery. He
has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
(British) and the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health and is currently
serving on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Paediatric Orthopaedics.
He has given over 100 presentations and lectures at national and
international meetings. William is also active in resident and fellow
teaching. He runs a paediatric trauma course for Residents and Fellows as
well as an elective paediatric course.
William serves on the Scientific Review Committee of the Osteogenesis
Imperfecta Foundation (USA) and was President of the IVth International
Congress on Osteogenesis Imperfecta in 1990. He has served as a full
member and currently as an ad hoc member of various study sections of
the National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review (USA). He
also serves on research panels for the Orthopaedic Research and Education
Foundation (USA), the Paediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
and the Shriner’s Hospitals of North America.
His research focuses on the molecular pathology of Ehlers-Danlos
syndrome (EDS)—a tissue-laxity syndrome—and skeletal dysplasias—a
group of disorders affecting the development of the skeleton. He is also
studying genes involved in bone development and bone health.
Inducted 2007
Mr Alfred Noel
CURPHEY OBE
(1932)
Noel Curphey was awarded an Officer in
the Order of the British Empire in 1960.
He has had a long and distinguished
career in Australia and internationally,
in business and in service to the
community.
The positions he has held include CEO
of the Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers, member of President
Reagan’s US Presidential Task Force, member of President Bush’s
Presidential Task Force, and Founder of the American Migrant
Scheme to Australia.
His community and charities work spans 60 years. He was a Board
Member of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, The Lord Mayor’s Appeal,
the Red Cross Society and the Moomba Festival, and worked on
numerous charitable committees.
He was awarded President Reagan’s Medal of Merit in 1987.
(1913–2013)
Inducted 2003
Professor David Miles
DANKS AO
(1948)
David Danks was appointed an Officer
in the Order of Australia (AO) in 1990
for services to medical research. His
dual interests in the development of
basic understanding of human genetics,
and the practical application of this
knowledge in clinical genetics, dominated
his career.
David was Director of the Murdoch Institute for Research into
Birth Defects from 1986 until his retirement in 1995. He also held
a number of positions at the University of Melbourne, the Royal
Children’s Hospital, and its Research Foundation; these included
Professor of Paediatrics, Professor of Paediatrics Research, Director
of RCM Research Foundation and Reader in Human Genetics. He
was also one of the founders of the Paediatrics Research Society of
Australia, and the Human Genetics Society of Australasia.
(1931–2003)
Inducted 2003
Mr Harry Guy DARLING
(1943)
Guy Darling enlisted in the Royal Australian
Navy in May 1943. After basic training he
joined the mine sweeper HMAS Ballarat
as Petty Officer Radar Mechanic. After
being discharged from the Navy in 1947,
Guy studied mechanical engineering at
the University of Melbourne, graduating in
1950. He joined the RAAF as a civilian in the
Aeronautical Research and Development
Unit, becoming the scientist responsible for
all aircraft research and development.
During a secondment to Paris in 1961 as part of the Mirage Selection
Team, Guy’s interest in viticulture was sparked, and he began to combine
his scientific training with his passion for wine. In 1970 he planted the
first commercial acreage grapes in the Upper King Valley, and he was soon
followed by many surrounding landowners who recognised the potential of
the valley as a grape growing region.
In 1983 he became a founding member of the King Valley Grape Growers’
Association (now the King Valley Vignerons), writing its constitution and
serving as President for many years. He worked tirelessly to promote the
valley and to promote the welfare of the grape growers and winemakers of
the valley. This commitment extended beyond the valley when he joined
the board of the Murray Valley Winegrowers in 1998.
He was instrumental in helping to create the Wine Grape Growers
Council of Australia (now Wine Grape Growers Australia), a body set up
to represent growers at a national as well as regional level. He served as
chairman of this Council.
Perhaps his most enduring legacy stems from his foundation work on the
Geographical Indications Committee established in 1993 as a statutory
body to enable Australia to determine its wine grape-growing regions as
required by the European Commission–Australia Wine Agreement.
(1925–2008)
Inducted 2010
Professor David Morritz
de KRETSER AC
(1956)
Professor David de Kretser was
appointed a Companion of the Order
of Australia in 2006, for his distinguished
contributions to public life as a medical
researcher of international reputation
in the field of reproductive biology, to
the development of the biotechnology
industry, and to bioethics.
Prior to becoming Governor of Victoria, David was Associate Dean,
Biotechnology Development, in the Faculty of Medicine at Monash
University. Before this appointment in 2001, he was Director of
the Australian Centre for Excellence in Male Reproductive Health,
and from 1991–1999 was Director and Professor of the Institute of
Reproduction and Development at Monash University.
As well as being a highly regarded doctor, scientist and teacher,
David is a member of many national and international committees,
editorial boards and medical societies, has presented at medical
conferences all over the world, and is a widely published author.
Governor of Victoria 2006–2011.
Inducted 2003
Mr John Grant
DENTON AM, OBE
(1948)
John Denton was awarded an Officer in
the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
in 1977. He has had a long career in
missionary work and in administration of
the Anglican Church. His vocation took
him to Africa in the fifties, an experience
which served him well in his long time
role on the Board of World Vision,
Australia.
After returning to Australia, John was appointed Registrar of the
Diocese of Sydney, and in 1978 he became the first full time General
Secretary of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia,
a position he held until retirement in 1994. He was appointed a
Member of the Order of Australia in 2005 for service to the Anglican
Church of Australia and to the international community through the
programs of World Vision.
Inducted 2003
Colonel Alfred Plumley
DERHAM CBE, MC
(1908)
Alfred Derham was awarded the
Military Cross in 1915 and appointed a
Commander of the Order of the British
Empire (Military Division) in 1946. In
August 1914, Derham interrupted his
medical course to enlist in the AIF. After
service in Egypt, Gallipoli (where he was
wounded and awarded the MC), France
and Belgium. He returned in 1917 to complete his degree. In 1918
Derham joined the AAMC, but the war ended before he could return
to Europe.
After working as a medical officer at Point Nepean Quarantine
Station, Derham was appointed Honorary Physician to Out-Patients
in 1920 at the Children's Hospital, and to In-Patients in 1935.
Derham was also Director of the RSL Children's Health Bureau from
its inception in 1933, medical officer of the City of Kew, and he
served with the AAMS, where he rose to the rank of Colonel.
In 1940 Derham was appointed Director of the Medical Service
and left for Singapore, where he was captured by the Japanese. He
remained a prisoner of war with his eldest son, Thomas, until 1945.
After Derham's release he resumed civilian practice, but was obliged
by ill health to retire in 1955.
(1891–1962)
Inducted 2004
Major General Francis
Plumley DERHAM
CB, DSO, VD, C de G
(1901)
Francis Derham was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order in 1917 and
the Companion of the Order of the Bath
in 1944, for his service and gallantry
in World War II. He was also awarded
a Croix de Guerre and the Volunteer
Officer’s Decoration.
He helped to establish Camberwell Grammar School as a Church of
England Public school, and served on the School Council from 1925
to 1951. He was one of the founders of the OCGA, and one of the
original four School Houses, Derham, is named after him.
After gaining a Law degree from the University of Melbourne in
1906, Frank joined his father as Derham & Derham. Later the
practice became Moule, Hamilton & Derham, and Frank became
well-known for his work in industrial relations.
(1885–1957)
Inducted 2004
Dr Richard Noel
de STEIGER
(1976)
Richard de Steiger graduated in medicine
from Monash University in 1982. After
passing his initial surgical entrance exams he
entered the Australian Orthopaedic training
program and graduated as a surgeon in
1991, becoming a fellow of the Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons in 1992.
In 1992 Richard was offered a fellowship to work at the Nuffield
Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, where he furthered his operative
skills, and researched hip and knee replacement.
On return to Australia in 1995, Richard combined his Orthopaedic
surgery practice with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and
research.
He is Director of the Department of Orthopaedics at the Royal
Melbourne Hospital, and runs a private practice at the Epworth
Hospital.
Richard has been closely involved with many innovations in
Orthopaedic Surgery, including minimally invasive hip and knee
surgery; computer guided joint replacement surgery and more
recently the introduction of stem cell technology for the treatment
of fractured bones.
He is in demand nationally and internationally to speak at scientific
meetings and his research has been widely published in scientific
journals.
Inducted 2007
Mr William Rivers
DICKINSON AM
(1952)
William Rivers Dickinson was appointed
a Member of the Order of Australia
in 1991 for services to education.
He has had a long and distinguished
career in education, culminating in his
appointment as Headmaster of Scotch
College, Perth, in May 1972.
During his time as Headmaster, Bill was a long-term member of
numerous committees and associations including the National
Council of Independent Schools of Australia, Australian College of
Education, Tertiary Admissions Examination Committee, and the
Secondary Education Authority, and he was Chairman of the Board
of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching from 1988–2002.
Since his retirement from Scotch College in 1997, Bill has continued
to work in education as a consultant. He has particular interest
in the appointment and appraisal of Principals, and the review of
school administration structures.
(1934–2006)
Inducted 2003
The Honourable Keith
DODGSHUN
(1912)
Keith Dodgshun was a wheat farmer
and politician. After graduating Dux
of Burnley Horticultural College, Keith
managed his family’s property at Egerton
in Victoria.
After years in local politics and the
Victorian Farmers’ Union, Keith joined
the Country Party. He held the portfolios of Chief Secretary,
Electrical Undertakings and Immigration, and became Deputy Leader
in 1945, a position he held for 10 years. He was Deputy Premier of
Victoria from 1950 until 1952.
His significant legislative achievement was the introduction in
1950 of full adult suffrage for Legislative Council elections, and he
was known as a calming and moderating influence in the Victorian
Parliament.
(1893–1971)
Inducted 2007
Dr Harold Ramsay
DOWN OAM
(1942)
Harold Down was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia for his service
to the community through Lions
International.
Since 1967 Harold has been involved
in large and small projects to assist
disabled, disadvantaged and homeless
people in Dandenong and Boroondara.
Harold and his family have hosted overseas students from many
different countries, and have spent many holidays in Aboriginal
Communities, and in Papua New Guinea, where he organised and
conducted a dental project and a student exchange program.
Harold’s most recent community work focused on reconditioning
portable typewriters for use in schools and offices in the parts of
East Timor that do not have electricity.
(1926–2008)
Inducted 2004
Mr David Stewart
EVANS
(1987)
David Evans consistently represented
Australia in Cross Country Championships
and Track and Field Championships from
1991 until 2000.
His events included the World Student
Track and Field Championships in
Sheffield in England in 1991, at which he
won a Silver Medal for the 5000m. He competed in the World Cross
Country Championships in Boston in 1992 and Marakesh in 1998,
was in the Australian Road Relay Ekiden Team in 1991, 1994, 1998
and 2000, and was selected in the World Cup team to compete in
Cuba in 1992.
He has held scholarships at the Australian, Victorian and New South
Wales Institutes of Sport, and has won and had track placings in
numerous Australian competitions over the years he has competed.
Inducted 2007
Mr Stephen John
FOLEY
(1976)
Stephen Foley represented Australia
from 1978 to 1981 in Athletics – Track
and Field. His events were the 1500m
and 5000m. He competed in Germany,
Switzerland and Ireland, as well as
throughout Australia.
In 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981 Stephen
was Australian Champion in the 1500m, and through until 1984,
he had numerous placings in Regional, State and National Athletics
competitions.
Inducted 2007
Mr Charles Hugh
FRANCIS AM, RFD, QC
(1941)
During World War ll Charles Francis
served in the RAAF as an air gunner. He
remained on the Reserve and became
a Group Captain and Judge Advocate
General (1979–1982). He was awarded
the Reserve Forces Decoration and the
Queen’s Jubilee Medal.
He became a trial lawyer in 1949 and was appointed a Queen’s
Counsel in 1969. He was Chairman of the Victorian Bar (1987–1988)
and served on the Australian Bar Association Council (1987–1989).
He was Vice-Chairman of the Criminal Bar Association (1983 and
1984) and served on the Common Law Bar Association Committee
between 1989 and 2002.
He was a Member of the Victorian State Parliament from 1976
to 1979, and was for many years an independent lecturer at the
University of Melbourne.
Charles is the author of papers on legal history and human rights,
and has lectured in USA, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand,
Switzerland and Singapore.
In 1959 he convened the Australian Regional Conference of the
World Congress of Families and in 2003 he was appointed a
Member of the Order of Australia for services to the law and to the
community.
(1924–2009)
Inducted 2006
Sir John Lewtas FREW OBE
(1930)
John Frew graduated in medicine from the
University of Melbourne in 1938. In March
1941 he was appointed a Captain in the
Australian Army Medical Corps and was
posted to Malaya. While a prisoner of war
from 1942 to 1945, he treated soldiers and
civilian labourers working on the Burma–
Thailand Railway.
In the post war period, John Frew held every
post available to him at the Royal Melbourne Hospital: honorary physician
to out-patients (1946–57) and in-patients (1958–72), Subdean of the
clinical school (1947–55) and consultant physician (1972–85).
A gifted teacher, John Frew was a clinical instructor (1948–72) at the
University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Medicine. Through the Colombo
Plan and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, he advised on the
development of medicine in India and South-East Asia. He served as a
member (1954–79), Vice-President (1968–73) and President (1973–79) of
the RMH committee of management, as well as Chairman (1967) of the
hospital’s medical staff. For the RACP he was Censor (1956–66), Censor-inChief (1966–70), Vice-President (1970–72) and President (1972–74). He
was a member of the Medical Salaries Committee (1959–62), the Victorian
Nursing Council (1963–74), the Australian Hospital Association (1977–79),
the Victorian Hospitals Association (1974–79) and the National Health and
Medical Research Council’s first medical research ethics committee (1982–
84); a aommissioner (1967–69) of the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories;
and Chairman of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee (1982–85) and
the Freemasons Hospital board of management (1983–85).
Appointed an OBE in 1976 and knighted in 1980, he was a fellow of
the Royal College of Physicians, London, and an honorary fellow of the
Academy of Medicine of Singapore, the Australian Medical Association and
the American College of Physicians.
(1912–1985)
Inducted 2010
Mr Robert A GELL AM
(1970)
Rob Gell is an environmental
geographer, and specifically a coastal
geomorphologist. He has become one of
Australia’s most valuable communicators
on environmental issues and in particular
on the science of climate change and
the impacts, risks and opportunities it
presents.
Rob is well known for the innovation, information credibility and
authority that he gave to television weather news, introducing
satellite image sequence, and analysis and explanation, making the
science of weather accessible to viewers.
Rob is currently President of Greening Australia Limited and Chair
of Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve
Foundation. He is a member of numerous voluntary Boards and
Councils including Surfing Victoria, Victorian Coastal Council,
Environmental Jobs Network, Life Education Victoria, Wildlife
Victoria and Sustainability Street. He is a Fellow of the Royal
Geographical Society and an Inaugural Fellow of the Environmental
Institute of Australia and New Zealand.
Rob was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2014 for
significant service to conservation, to the protection of coastal and
marine environments, and to the community.
Inducted 2009
Mr Ashley Peter
GILBERTSON
(1995)
Ashley Gilbertson has been described as
one of the world’s best photo journalists.
His work has taken him to Afghanistan,
Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
and Iraq, freelancing for the New York
Times, Newsweek and Time magazine.
His work focuses on social issues and
conflict.
He has been to Iraq to photograph the conflict over eight times in
the last six years and has produced more work on Iraq than any
other Western photo journalist. He has been commended for his
commitment to documenting the war.
In 2004 Ashley won the prestigious Robert Capa Gold Medal for
Courageous Photography. His book, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A
Photographer’s Chronicle of the Iraq War, was released in 2007.
Inducted 2009
Mr Nicholas
GLEESON
(1979)
Nick Gleeson is an adventurer,
sportsman, advocate, academic and
public speaker. He was formerly the
Community Development Officer of
Vision Australia in Sydney, where as well
as his primary role of conducting staff
training programs, he ran the Speaker’s
Network – a group of volunteer public
speakers who educate the public on blindness and Vision Australia
services. Nick currently runs his own consultancy, staff training and
motivational speaker business.
Nick has represented Australia in athletics, goal ball and cricket, and
in 1984 he represented Australia in the Paralympic Games in New
York.
In 2000 Nick competed in the gruelling 90km Comrades Ultra
Marathon in South Africa, and soon after became the first blind
Australian to reach the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro – the highest
peak in Africa. He has competed in the New York Marathon three
times, carried the Olympic Torch and raced up the 1,576 steps of the
Empire State Building.
Nick was named Australia Day Ambassador for the City of Fairfield,
NSW in 2011.
Inducted 2011
Mr Arthur Charles
GOODE
(1932)
Arthur Goode is a well-known name in
Australian financial circles. His interest in
financial matters began when, as a young
journalist, he moved from sports writing
to finance. This led him to move from
journalism into stock broking, and in
1958 he established his own firm,
AC Goode & Co.
He was an entrepreneur and constantly sought new interests
and opportunities for his company and his staff. He established
the All State Group, and established two merchant banks, one in
collaboration with the Chase Manhattan Bank, and another with the
Chemical Bank.
Arthur has been described as one of the founding fathers of the
modern Australian financial system through his wide involvement
with the financial sector over a period of 70 formative years.
The AC Goode Foundation that he established continues to
distribute funds to the National Gallery of Victoria and numerous
charities in Melbourne.
(1915–2000)
Inducted 2008
Brigadier Shirley Thomas
William GOODWIN DSO
(1912)
Shirley Goodwin served Australia in both
World War l and World War ll. He served
with the 1st Division Artillery in Egypt
during the First World War and in Syria
and New Guinea in the Second World
War, as Commanding Officer of the
2/12th Field Regiment.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 18 February
1943 for ‘outstanding ability and great efficiency in the Middle East’.
Brigadier Goodwin was killed in action on October 25, 1943. Tribute
was paid to him by General Douglas MacArthur, who described
him as ‘an exceptional officer’ and stated ‘his death is a severe loss
which will be mourned by Americans equally with Australians’.
Brigadier Goodwin is the soldier on the left
(1894–1943)
Inducted 2008
Dr Erik Max
GUNNERSEN
(1946)
Max Gunnersen was Dux of Camberwell
Grammar School in 1946, and proceeded
to the University of Melbourne where
he gained First Class Honours in Science.
In 1952 he was awarded the first
Rutherford Memorial Scholarship from
the Royal Society of London, which
took him to The Cavendish, (Mond)
Laboratory, Cambridge University for his doctorate–he was the
first to determine the Fermi Surface of a metal in the field of low
temperature, solid state physics.
In 1957 he joined the UK Ministry of Defence, where he led research
teams which studied radiation effects, semiconductor detector
development, and high powered lasers. This research also included
close liaison with both American and French research teams. Max
also assisted in developing gamma-ray imaging of cancer tumors at
Marsden Hospital, UK.
With the equivalent rank of Brigadier-General, Max directed and
coordinated the UK’s participation in defensive radiation anti-missile
weapon development within President Reagan’s USA Strategic
Defence Initiative program.
Inducted 2005
Mr Kim GYNGELL
(1970)
Kim Gyngell has been involved with
theatre, music, film and television since
leaving school - a performance career
spanning 37 years.
He has performed regularly with the
Melbourne Theatre Company, with Arena
Theatre Company, and with groups and
theatres throughout Australia, playing
both comedic and dramatic roles.
Kim has had roles in feature films and short films and he won the AFI
Best Supporting Actor for Boulevarde of Broken Dreams (1988) and
Best Actor, St Kilda Film Festival for Sunday Hungry (1998) and The
Writer (2005).
In television he is well known for his work with the Comedy
Company, Full Frontal, Back Berner, Blue Heelers, Sea Change, the
Col’n Carpenter Show, and more recently the Librarians, Underbelly
and City Homicide. He was part of Full Frontal when it won the Logie
for the Most Popular Comedy Program from 1994–1997.
Inducted 2008
Mr Greg Norman
HAM
(1971)
Greg Ham, a founding member of the
successful Melbourne band Men at
Work, was awarded a Grammy Award
for Best New Artist in 1982. The Grammy
Awards are presented annually by the
USA National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences for outstanding
achievements in the record industry.
In 1982 Men at Work’s single ‘Who can it be?’ became a huge hit as
did their debut album Business as Usual. In 1983 the band became
well-known for their hit single ‘Down Under’, which reached No 1 on
the music charts in Australia, the USA and England simultaneously.
Greg, who played the saxophone, flute and keyboards, had a long
career in music. He performed nationally and internationally, and
pursued a career in film and television. His performances and
music credits in films include Pandemonium and Backstage; he was
Musical Director for three ABC series, he wrote corporate themes
for a number of national organisations, and he ran his own audio
production facility, Secret Garden Studios.
Greg combined his composing, producing and performing with
teaching and examining music at Secondary and Tertiary level, and
he was a member of the Victorian Ministry of Arts Music Advisory
Panel.
(1953–2012)
Inducted 2007
Mr Brian Rupert
HANSFORD
(1951)
Brian Hansford discovered that he could
sing at the age of 13, when he joined
the choir at St Paul’s Anglican Church in
Canterbury. The Choir Director became
Brian’s singing teacher for the next seven
years.
At the age of 23, having already won a
number of singing competitions, Brian won the Sun Aria (now the
Herald Sun Aria) in 1957. Part of his prize was a scholarship to study
abroad.
He travelled to Munich and studied under Hans Hotter, and this
launched him into a career in opera with the Bavarian State Opera,
and many German and Austrian radio, television and concert
appearances.
From 1962 Brian’s career continued in Australia and New Zealand,
broadcasting on the ABC and Radio New Zealand, and as Principal
Singer with The Victorian State Opera Company.
Brian went on to have a distinguished teaching career at the
University of Melbourne, and as Head Vocal Studies at the Victorian
College of the Arts.
Inducted 2007
Mr Travis Lyndsay
HARDMAN
(1994)
Travis Hardman began playing handball
at school in House Sport, and moved on
to play with Doncaster in the Victorian
Handball Association.
He was selected to represent Victoria
in 1997 and again in 1998, and in both
years the teams finished in second place.
In 1999 Travis relocated to Sydney to train full time with the National
Team.
He represented Australia in the World Handball Championships in
Egypt in 1999, and toured with the National Men’s team to Sweden,
Poland and Hungary in 2000.
Inducted 2007
Mr Ian Kenneth
HARDY AM
(1968)
Ian Hardy has been Chief Executive
of Helping Hand Aged Care in South
Australia since 1990. One of the state’s
largest aged care providers, Helping
Hand built and piloted the first “ageingin-place” care facility in Australia
and is well known for innovation in
rehabilitation, hospital avoidance,
mental health and social support services for older people.
Ian has spoken at health and ageing conferences throughout
Australia and in New Zealand, Singapore and Spain, and lectured at
universities in Ravensburg, Vienna and Berlin.
In 2003 he was awarded a Centenary Medal and in 2004 was the
recipient of an “Individual Award for Excellence” given by Aged
and Community Services Australia. In 2005 Ian was awarded the
honorary title of University Fellow by the University of South
Australia, and in 2007 a Federal Minister’s Award for Excellence in
Leadership and Management in Aged Care.
In 2008 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
“for service to the community, particularly in the area of aged care
as a leading contributor to the development of better services,
and for support for opera” – the latter reflecting his 12-year
chairmanship of the SA-based touring opera company
“Co-Opera”. He has recently returned from a Churchill Fellowship
tour to investigate “consumer-directed” aged care in the UK, Europe
and Japan.
Inducted 2011
Dr Craig HASSED (1977)
Dr Craig Hassed trained in medicine at
Melbourne University, graduating in 1984.
After four years of postgraduate training in
hospitals and general practice Craig took
up a position in the Monash University
Department of General Practice in 1989
where he has been ever since, gaining his
fellowship of the Royal Australian College of
General Practitioners in 1995. Over that time
he has been instrumental in introducing a
variety of innovations into medical education
and practice with teaching, research and clinical interests including
mindfulness-based stress management, mind-body medicine, health
promotion, integrative medicine and medical ethics.
Craig has a particular interest in fostering wellbeing among medical
students and has assisted various universities around Australia and the
world, including in the UK, Canada and New Zealand, to introduce similar
programs. At Monash University Craig’s role in promoting professional
development and wellbeing has expanded to other faculties including
physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy, pharmacy, law and the MBA
program. Craig is regularly invited to speak and run courses in Australia and
overseas in various health, professional and corporate contexts and has
been a driving force in the integration of mindfulness-based approaches
into many schools around Australia.
Craig’s other positions and awards include being the Deputy Head of the
Department of General Practice from 2009 to 2012, receiving the Award for
Exceptional Performance in 2003, and being the founding president of the
Australian Teachers of Meditation Association. He has been a regular media
commentator and has written regularly for medical journals.
Craig has published eight books including New Frontiers in Medicine
(Volumes 1 and 2); Know Thyself, on mindfulness-based stress
management; The Essence of Health on the lifestyle approach to
health and chronic illness; a textbook co-authored with Kerryn Phelps,
General Practice: the integrative approach; a book written with Stephen
McKenzie, Mindfulness for Life; a book written with Richard Chambers,
Mindful Learning, on the role of mindfulness in education; and a book on
epigenetics titled Playing the Genetic Hand Life Dealt You.
Inducted 2014
Mr Kenneth William
HAYES OAM
(1941)
Kenneth Hayes was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia in 1994 for
service to farm management and land
regeneration. The award cited him for
“bridging the gap between academic
institutions and farming reality”.
He was well known for educating
farmers, planners, conservationists and
developers on the nature of the land and how to manage it for
sustainable long-term health and profit.
His knowledge and experience of the impact of bushfires on
farmers’ land and improvements was highly valued and led him to
develop a new replacement forestry valuation methodology which
now forms the basis of land insurance valuations around the world.
As well as his commitment to land care and sustainable farming,
Ken started the first agricultural consulting firm, and was actively
involved in community groups such as the Mornington Peninsula
Conservation League, the Grasslands Society of Victoria, the
Conservation Council of Victoria, the Beef Improvement Association
and he was a foundation Council Member of the Marcus Oldham
Agricultural College.
(1924–2007)
Inducted 2008
Dr Cameron HEPBURN
(1993)
Professor Cameron Hepburn has had a
career in academia, business and public
policy. He is a Professor of environmental
economics at Oxford University (funded
by George Soros and James Martin),
and Professorial Research Fellow at
the Grantham Research Institute at the
London School of Economics. He is also a
Fellow at New College, Oxford.
He has co-founded three successful businesses in the energy,
environment and economics, and has invested in several other startups. Cameron has served as an advisor to the World Bank, the United
Nations, the OECD, a variety of governments (including Australia)
and various private sector clients. He is a serving member of the
Economics Advisory Group for the UK Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change.
Cameron has degrees in law and engineering from Melbourne
University, a masters and a doctorate in economics from Oxford
(as a Rhodes Scholar), and over 30 peer-reviewed publications in
economics, public policy, law, engineering, philosophy, and biology,
including two background papers for the 2006 climate change
report by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern. His work has appeared in
publications including the Economist, the Financial Times, the AFR and
the Age and he has appeared on BBC and ABC outlets.
Inducted 2003
Mr Donald Southwell
HERBORN OAM
(1936)
Donald Southwell was an Australian Army
Lieutenant in Malaria Control in Rabaul in
1947. In that year he resigned from the
Army and joined the PNG administration
as Health Inspector at Lae.
He retired from the Administration in
1973 and worked for the Lae City Council
in the capacity of Senior Health Inspector until 1980. He was
active in the Lae community taking a keen personal interest in the
indigenous employees he supervised.
He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1981 for
public and community service in Papua New Guinea.
(1918–2008)
Inducted 2009
Mr Raymond Leslie
HILL OAM
(1938)
Raymond Hill was awarded the Medal of
the Order of Australia in 1997 for service
to the community through the Citizens
Advice Bureau, the Australia-Japan
Society of Victoria, the Lions Club, the
Scout Association and the Uniting Church
World Mission.
In 2002, Raymond was presented with the Emperor of Japan’s
Award – The Order of the Rising Sun (Gold and Silver Rays), in
recognition of meritorious service in the promotion of the AustraliaJapan relationship, and in particular, fostering friendly relations and
mutual understanding between the two countries.
(1922–2008)
Inducted 2003
Mr John McKenzie
HILLIARD AO
(1933)
John Hilliard was appointed an Officer
in the Order of Australia in 1981, for
services to the accounting profession.
After serving in World War II, John
returned to his pre-war employer, Smith
Johnson & Co (later to become KPMG),
was admitted as Partner in 1954, and
remained there until his retirement in 1980.
John was invited to join the State Council of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in 1962, and served on it until 1975, during
which time he became State Chairman and served on the National
Council and Executive Committee.
In addition John has served the community in a variety of positions,
including as a Councillor of La Trobe University, and as Treasurer of
the Heart Foundation of Australia and Australian Red Cross Society.
Inducted 2003
Mr William Layland
HODDER
(1964)
William Hodder graduated in Commerce
from the University of Melbourne in
1968. During his years at university he
captained the yachting team to a national
championship.
He has had a lifetime interest in sailing
and yachting, competing world wide in
numerous national and international regattas, ocean racing and
match racing events.
In 1992 he was a member of the Australian Team at the Barcelona
Olympic Games, as helmsman in the 3 Man Soling Class.
As well as his sporting life Bill pursued a career in stockbroking in
London and Melbourne, and later became involved in the printing
industry. He is currently farming in northern Victoria.
Inducted 2010
Dr Ian Hamilton
HOLMES
(1953)
After completing degrees at the
University of Melbourne and Australian
National University, Ian Holmes lectured
in microbiology at the University
of Melbourne. He pioneered and
championed the use of electron
microscopy in identifying and fighting
viruses – first with rubella, then with
rotavirus, a major killer of children.
During his career Ian applied his virological skills to understanding
the structure and molecular biology of the virus. He has trained
many students in Australia and overseas. His work underpinned the
international battle against rotaviruses in people and animals.
As a world renowned researcher he is represented in over 100
publications, has sat on numerous editorial boards and spoken
frequently both nationally and internationally. In 1998 he was
awarded the Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award
for his work.
(1935–2010)
Inducted 2009
Dr Ian James
HOPKINS OAM
(1951)
Ian Hopkins graduated from the Faculty of
Medicine at the University of Melbourne
in 1957, and was awarded the Michael
Ryan Medal in Surgery, and the Margaret
Ryan Medal in Medicine at St Vincent’s
Hospital. In 1962 he was awarded the
Syme Medal for the top student in the
Doctorate of Medicine course.
In 1963 he commenced his study overseas in paediatric neurology,
returning to Melbourne in 1966 with joint appointments at the
University of Melbourne and the Royal Children’s Hospital. His main
clinical interest has been childhood epilepsy and its treatment.
Ian has written and co-written more than 50 medical papers on
topics relating to child neurology, he has held positions including
Director of Neurology at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Associate
Professor of Paediatric Neurology at the University of Melbourne,
Chairman of the Australian College of Paediatrics Scientific Program
Committee and Foundation Executive Member of the International
Child Neurology Association.
Upon retirement in 2002, he was honoured by his colleagues at
the Royal Children’s Hospital by the naming of the annual Hopkins
Symposium in Child Neurology, and the Hopkins Klug Neuroscience
Library and Seminar Room. In 2010 Ian was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia for service to medicine as a paediatric
neurologist and through professional organisations.
Inducted 2008
Mr John Barry
HUMPHRIES AO, CBE
(1951)
Barry Humphries was appointed an
Officer of the Order of Australia in 1982.
He is a multi-talented actor, artist and
writer whose career in the arts began
in 1952. Since then he has invented
internationally known characters
including Barry McKenzie, Sandy Stone,
Les Paterson, and his most famous creation, Dame Edna Everage.
Barry and his characters have given solo shows, made sound
recordings, written books, appeared in film and television, and have
been the subjects of exhibitions. He has won numerous awards for
comedy and as a television personality, and was awarded the J.R.
Ackerley Prize in 1993 for his autobiography More Please.
Inducted 2003
Rt Rev’d Philip J HUGGINS
(1966)
Philip Huggins was ordained in 1977,
and has held clerical appointments
in regional Victoria, metropolitan
Melbourne, and appointments of
Assistant Bishop in Perth and Bishop of
Grafton, NSW.
He returned to Melbourne in 2003
after ten years interstate, taking up the
appointments of Incumbent of St Stephen’s Richmond and Bishop
to the Northern Region. In 2007 the region was extended to include
over 70 parishes in both the Northern and Western Region of
Melbourne and Geelong.
Philip is Chair of the Board of the Brotherhood of St Laurence,
President of Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, and a Board
Member of St Laurence Community Services and Overnewton
Anglican Community College. He is also an Executive member of
the National Council of Churches of Australia, and a Member of
Christian World Service Commission. He has Episcopal oversight of
Cross-Cultural Ministry.
Philip has a strong interest in and actively contributes to welfare and
multi-cultural issues and activities. He tries to hold together both
contemplation and action, in the Spirit of Jesus. His key priority is to
look after people in the Northern and Western Region—their needs
and issues—and to offer them encouragement and support.
Inducted 2014
Mr Adrian Peter JACKSON
(2001)
Adrian Jackson is the first Australian
to become a World Champion in any
Orienteering discipline – he won a Gold
Medal in the 2004 World Mountain Bike
Orienteering Championships for the
Middle Distance Discipline. In the same
competition he won a Bronze Medal
in both the Long Distance and Relay
Disciplines.
Before turning to Mountain Bike Orienteering Adrian had won three
Australian titles in Foot Orienteering – Under 18 in 2000; Under 20
in 2002 and Under 20 in 2003.
Mountain bike orienteering and cross country mountain bike racing
is now his major sporting focus and throughout 2005, 2006 and
2007 he has maintained a place in the top four in the official world
rankings for mountain bike orienteering.
Inducted 2007
Mr Peter J JOPLING AM, QC
(1972)
Peter Jopling obtained his law degree at
the University of Melbourne. After being
admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of Victoria, Peter became
an Associate to Sir Keith Aickin, then a
Justice of the High Court of Australia, and
thereafter the Right Honourable Sir Ninian
Stephen, also a Justice of the High Court of
Australia.
In 1980 Peter became a member of the Victorian Bar and was
appointed one of Her Majesty’s Counsel for the State of Victoria in
1996.
Peter has been a member of the Board of Examiners of the Supreme
Court of Victoria since 1997, and was its Chair in 2003. He has also
been a member of the Legal Services Board of Victoria since 2010.
Peter has been a Vice President of the Howard Florey Institute and
is a Governor of the Florey Neuroscience Institutes. He has been
a director of the Melbourne Business School and is a director of
the Ian Potter Museum, and a trustee of the McClelland Sculpture
Museum. He is also a member of the Centre for Ethical Leadership
at the University of Melbourne. His other appointments include
Deputy Chair of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, a
director of the National Gallery of Australia Foundation, member of
the Victoria College of the Arts Foundation and a director of the Sir
Robert Menzies Foundation.
In 2014 Peter was made a Member of the General Division of the
Order of Australia for significant service to the law in Victoria and to
the community.
Inducted 2014
Mr Cecil David Mack
JOST AM
(1935)
Mack Jost studied music at the University
of Melbourne, gaining a Bachelor of
Music in 1939, and later a Diploma of
the Master School of Music. He was
appointed Chief Study Teacher at the
Melbourne University Conservatorium
in 1949, and in 1962 became Senior
Lecturer in Pianoforte. He taught and
examined for over 50 years, in recognition of which he was awarded
a Honourary Fellowship of the AMEB.
During several international concert tours Mack performed in
European capitals as well as in Asian centres. In Australia he was
engaged by the ABC to collaborate with distinguished visiting
artists, and performed 21 different concertos with the Melbourne,
Sydney and Tasmanian orchestras. He was also an avid art collector,
and donated over 250 works of Australian Art to the Horsham Art
Gallery.
Mack was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1986 for
services to music and the arts.
(1918–2000)
Inducted 2006
Professor Frank John
KERR
(1933)
Frank Kerr made major contributions
to the understanding of astronomy
through his work with the CSIRO as
Senior Principal Research Officer and as
Professor of Astronomy at the University
of Maryland, USA.
Frank was very involved in conceptual
studies for the Parkes radio telescope, and when the telescope
became operational in 1962, he embarked on an extensive galactic
structure program. Between 1986 and 1990, Frank successfully
searched for galaxies hidden behind the Milky Way, thus opened up
a new and active field of research.
Frank was a leader, advisor, innovator and mentor for his scientific
colleagues around the world.
(1918–2000)
Inducted 2003
Dr Frank Robison
KERR DSO
(1904)
Frank Robison Kerr was named
Australian Rhodes Scholar in 1913 and
studied physiology and pathology at
University College, Oxford. Whilst a
medical undergraduate at the University
of Melbourne, he was awarded Triple
Blue in cricket, football and athletics.
Frank went to France in December 1914 as a Medical Officer in the
British Army, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order
(DSO) for “conspicuous gallantry and splendid devotion to duty at
peril of his own life”.
On return from World War I, Frank practised medicine for three
years, gained the Diploma of Public Health, and was appointed to
the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Commonwealth Department
of Health. In 1925 he became Commonwealth Medical Officer in
Melbourne.
(1889–1977)
Inducted 2003
Dr Basil KILVINGTON
(1895)
After leaving Camberwell Grammar
School Basil Kilvington studied medicine
at the University of Melbourne,
graduating in 1898.
While working as a demonstrator at the
University, Basil began his study of the
regeneration of nerves, for which he won
the David Syme Research Scholarship in 1908.
In 1918 Basil was elected Honourary Surgeon to in-patients at the
Melbourne Hospital; at the university he lectured in surgery, and
was later Chairman of the Board of Examiners in Surgery. In 1926 he
was one of the Founders of the College of Surgeons of Australasia.
Through out this time he maintained his interest in research
and published 18 papers on his work on nerves. In 1993 he was
described as the “father of peripheral nerve surgery”, whose
substantial and prophetic discoveries were generations ahead of the
means to apply them through micro surgical techniques.
(1877–1947)
Inducted 2007
Mr Stephen Chinghin
LEE OAM
(1960)
Stephen Lee was awarded the Medal of
the Order of Australia in 2003 for service
to education, particularly through the
promotion of Chinese Language teaching
in Victoria.
Stephen was Head of Chinese and
Careers Counselling at Camberwell
Grammar School from 1961 until his retirement in 2001. In 1974 he
Co-Founded the Chinese Language Teachers’ Association of Victoria,
an Association of which he was President from its inception, until
2001.
During his teaching career Stephen was part of numerous
committees and associations, serving in Executive roles. These
groups included The Education Sub-Committee of the Premier’s
China Advisory Committee, Joint Victorian/Chinese Standing
Committee on Educational Cooperation, Society of Educational
Counsellors, and the RMIT Advisory Committee – Vocational and
Educational Counselling. Stephen was also an active part of the
Victoria Board of Studies as a Panel Chair, Reviewer, Trainer and
Chief Assessor for Chinese as a Second Language.
Inducted 2003
Mr Michael D LETCH OAM
(1967)
In 2012 Michael Letch was awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia for
services to people with a disability
through the Disabled Divers Association,
an association which he founded in 2007
and of which he is still President. He was
awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2006
to study programs in Europe and the USA
that had successfully trained people with
disabilities to snorkel and scuba dive.
As well as his work Michael has been active on a range of
committees and councils including the Sports Federation Council,
the Disability Action Centre; and the Ministerial Advisory Committee
on Sexuality and Disability Policy.
He has worked as a Consultant and Case Manager with Acquired
Brain and Spinal Injury as Co-ordinator of the Major Accident
Division of the TAC, and as Director of Wheelchair Sports Victoria.
Michael has represented Australia in road races and marathons in
his custom-made wheelchair in competitions in Europe, USA and
Japan. He is a three time winner of the Melbourne Marathon. He is
currently a scuba diving instructor and Marine Environmentalist –
Australia’s first paraplegic dive professional.
(1948–2013)
Inducted 2012
Mr Robert C
LETHBRIDGE
(1970)
Robert Lethbridge represented Australia
at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in
New Zealand, winning a Bronze Medal in
Decathlon.
His success in athletics began in primary
school, when he won the Victorian
Primary Schools’ Championship in Triple
Jump, setting a new record for the event. His success continued
throughout his secondary schooling, culminating in him becoming
Victorian Under 17 Champion in Long Jump, and Under 19
Champion in Javelin and Pentathlon.
Whilst studying at the University of Melbourne, Robert continued
to compete in athletics, setting Victorian and Australian records
in Under 19 Pentathlon and Open Decathlon. In 1975 Robert was
placed first in the Australian Championships in the Open Decathlon,
and in 1984 and 1985 was Victorian Champion in Javelin.
Inducted 2005
Brigadier Edmund Frank
LIND CBE, DSO
(1906)
Edmund Lind was Dux of Camberwell
Grammar School in 1905, and went
on to study medicine at the University
of Melbourne, graduating in 1914. He
immediately enlisted in the first AIF as
Captain, having served with the Melbourne
University Rifles since 1910, and was
posted to Egypt and prepared to land on
Gallipoli. Throughout the war he served with a number of units
and was promoted to Major in 1916, becoming Deputy Assistant
Director of Medical Services for 11 ANZAC corps.
He received the DSO in January 1918 and was twice Mentioned in
Dispatches.
On returning to Australia he established a medical practice, and
rejoined the Melbourne University Rifles, commanding the unit on
a number of occasions. He was promoted to Brigadier in 1938, and
in 1940 took command of 23 Brigade, 8th Division, and in June of
that year was appointed a Companion of the British Empire (Military
Division).
(1889–1944)
Inducted 2005
Dr Keith Jacob
LIPSHUT OAM
(1939)
Keith Lipshut was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia in 2010 for his
services to the community as a General
Practitioner.
Keith’s services to the community have
not been limited to his work as a GP.
He is a Life Member of the Tennis Club
and a life-long member of
the Racing Club and Golf Club.
He has had a 50 year association with Legacy for which he was
recently recognised by the Wangaratta/Myrtleford Legacy Group.
Keith also held the position of Medical Officer of Health for the local
Shire for many years, and was a founding member of Neil Stewart
House, a facility set up by Uniting Care to provide support for
dementia patients and their families. The Red Cross Blood Bank was
another beneficiary of Keith’s support during his 67 years of medical
practice in and around Wangaratta.
(1920–2010)
Inducted 2010
Dr Jonathan D LITTLE (1983)
Jonathan Little was the first Australian
composer to be awarded the Collard
Fellowship, one of the most prestigious
awards of The City of London’s ancient
Worshipful Company of Musicians
(est.1500), and the first composer to
receive a Professional Development
Award from the UK music business’s own
charity, the Musicians’ Benevolent Fund.
Jonathan studied music at the University of Melbourne, winning
the Lady Turner Exhibition, then undertook a PhD studying the
development of ‘exotic’ orchestration. A former Prefect of the
National Boys’ Choir and member of the Australian Youth Orchestra
(participating in the 1988 Grand Bicentennial European Tour),
Jonathan performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and
for new music workshops of the Australian Opera.
As a composer, Jonathan’s works have won multiple ASCAP
(American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and
critics’ choice awards in the USA, as well as PRS, Bliss and Leighton
Trust Awards in the UK. His first major album was one of US Fanfare
magazine’s top recommended recordings for 2008, while his 2012
album, Polyhymnia, featuring several European orchestras, was
nominated in Spain for Best Album of the Year.
Amongst his writings, Jonathan was Consultant and Contributing
Editor to A & C Black’s Musicians’ and Songwriters’ Yearbook, and
his two-volume survey of musical and literary Orientalism won an
Authors’ Foundation/Royal Literary Fund Award in 2011.
From 2001 to 2005, Jonathan was Principal of the UK’s Academy
of Contemporary Music, and he was subsequently appointed
Reader in Music Composition and Music History at the University of
Chichester.
Inducted 2014
Captain Robert A LITTLE
DSO*, DSC*, C de G*, RN
(1914)
At the completion of his schooling, at the
beginning of World War I, Robert Little
sailed to England to enlist in the Royal
Naval Air Service. Three months later, at
the age of 20, he was commissioned as a
probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant, and
began reconnaissance flights along the
coast of France.
He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in 1917 and to Commander
in January 1918 with No. 3 Naval Fighter Squadron, flying a Sopwith
Camel. In April 1918, after the merging of the Royal Flying Corps
and the Naval Air Service, Little was promoted to Captain in 203
Squadron Royal Air Force.
Little was awarded a Distinguished Service Order and Bar, a
Distinguished Service Cross and Bar, and the Croix de Guerre with
Star (France). He still holds the record for the most enemy aircraft
destroyed by an Australian pilot, some 47 aircraft.
Robert Little was fatally wounded in May 1918.
(1895–1918)
Inducted 2005
Mr Randolph LYCETT
(1904)
Randolf Lycett attended Camberwell
Grammar School from 1895 to 1899,
before relocating to England, where he
established himself as a champion tennis
player.
In 1919, 1921, and 1923 he won the
Wimbledon Mixed Doubles, and in 1921,
1922 and 1923 he was Wimbledon
Gentlemen’s Doubles Champion.
As well as winning these titles, Randolf played in Wimbledon finals
every year from 1919 to 1923.
He represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup against Spain in 1921
and against Spain and Belgium in 1923.
(1886–1935)
Inducted 2005
Mr Kenneth Jacob
LYONS OAM
(1942)
Ken Lyons was awarded the Medal of the
Order of Australia in 2012 for service to
veterans and their families, and to the
community, through a range of volunteer
roles.
Ken’s contributions to the Australian
community are numerous and they span
Rotary, RSL, Theatre Groups, Carols by Candlelight, Senior Citizens
groups, Probus Club, Scouts, the Victorian State Emergency Service,
School, Hospital and Nursing Home support, SIDS, Red Cross and the
Good Friday Appeal for the Children’s Hospital.
Ken has been awarded the Paul Harris Fellow Medal from Rotary;
the 2010 Senior Achievers Award, Mountain Views Newspaper
Honoured Citizens Award, and the Victorian Volunteer State Award.
He is a broadcaster on health matters for seniors on Community
Radio as a retired pharmacist, and hosts a light entertainment
program for seniors on 3WBC 94.1 FM.
Inducted 2012
The Honourable Justice
Cameron C
MACAULAY
(1974)
Cameron Macaulay was appointed a
judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria
in September 2010, after nearly 27 years’
practice at the Bar.
He studied Arts/Law at Monash
University and worked as a solicitor in
Box Hill for nearly three years before joining the Victorian Bar as a
barrister in 1983. Cameron practised substantially in commercial law
and was appointed Senior Counsel (SC) in 2003.
He has held a variety of Victorian Bar Committee memberships
including: Chairman - Professional Standards Education Committee;
Supreme Court - Civil Litigation Committee; Chair - Commercial Bar
Association - Insurance and Professional Negligence Section; and
Barristers’ Chambers Limited -Board of Directors.
Inducted 2011
Mr James Ian
McCOY OAM, JP
(1943)
James McCoy was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia in 1996 for
services to the community. He has
spent over 40 years working for local
government and associated bodies and
has been on the Boards of institutions
including Monash University, The Syme
School of Business, George Vowell
Hospital for the Blind and Quayside. He is a Life Governor of the
Alfred, Box Hill and Prince Henry’s Hospitals and the Association for
the Blind.
In his professional life he made a significant contribution to the
success of the companies he served as CEO, Director or Chairman.
These included Petersville Ltd, Peters Ice Cream, Charles & Hunting
and Barker Green & Parke. Jim was also a Trustee of the Committee
of Economic Development for Australia and a Commissioner of
Frankston Council.
Inducted 2003
Mr Albert Geoffery
McELHINNEY OAM
(1938)
Geoff McElhinney was awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia in 2005
for his service to country music, and
his support of community and senior
citizens’ groups.
Geoff’s musical career was established
during World War II. He enlisted in the
RAAF, and whilst serving in Borneo his ability to play the guitar and
sing was noticed, and he was seconded to entertain the troops with
visiting guest stars.
At the end of the war Geoff went to Japan with the Occupation
Forces to perform, and was appointed to Radio WLKS as the voice of
the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces.
In 1959 his song, “I’ve been everywhere” was a hit in Australia and
was later at the top of the song charts in the USA, Germany and
Japan. The song has now been recorded in 131 different versions.
Geoff was inducted into the International Songwriters Hall of
Fame in Nashville, Tennessee in 1963, into the Hands of Fame
at Tamworth NSW in 1978, and he received the Tamworth Song
Writer’s Association Song Maker Award in 1997.
Inducted 2005
The Honourable Justice
John Eric
MIDDLETON
(1970)
John Middleton was Equal Dux of the
School (Humanities) in 1970. Upon
qualifying as a Barrister and Solicitor
of the Supreme Court of Victoria, he
became an Associate to the Right
Honourable Sir Ninian Stephen, then
a Justice of the High Court of Australia. He proceeded to become
a member of the Victorian Bar in 1979, and became One of Her
Majesty’s Counsel for the State of Victoria in 1991.
He has been actively involved for many years in the legal profession,
being one time Chairman of the Victorian Bar Council (1995 – 1997)
and Chairman of the Board of Examiners of the Supreme Court of
Victoria (1995), and since 2001 has been a member of the Legal
Practice Board. In 2003 he was a recipient of the Centenary Medal
for services as a former Chairman, Bar Council, to the community
and to education.
John was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia effective from
July 31, 2006.
Inducted 2007
Mr John Gould
MILES
(1947)
John Miles represented the Templestowe
Province in the Victorian Legislative
Council from 1985 until 1992, at which
time he was the Coalition Upper House
Spokesman for Education and Sport.
During those years he sat on and chaired
numerous Committees of Review, Joint
Policy Committees, Administrative
Committees and Parliamentary Conferences.
Prior to entering Parliament, John taught History, English and Politics
at Scotch College and coached their cricket First XI for 22 years.
Following his parliamentary career John became Vice Chairman of
the Australian South African Business Council (ASABC) a voluntary
organisation dedicated to developing business connections
between Australia and South Africa, by working with government,
organisations and individuals.
John has also been very active in Lions International (Past President
of Hawthorn Club), he has played and coached cricket at an elite
level and has been a Delegate on the Victoria Cricket Association.
(1930–2010)
Inducted 2008
Mr Frank Garden
MURDOCH
(1904)
Frank Murdoch is one of the select few
golfers who won the State Amateur
Championships in three states – Victoria,
South Australia and New South Wales.
In 1912, at Sandringham, Frank won the
Victoria title by 12 strokes!
In 1912 he also won the inaugural Australasian Foursomes Challenge
Shield, a feat he replicated 10 years later, in 1922.
At a local level, Frank was Club Secretary of Riversdale Golf Club
from 1909 until 1914; won the Club Championship four times, and
was the first player to break a gross score of 70 on Riversdale’s East
Camberwell course.
(1887–1933)
Inducted 2007
Sir Keith Arthur
MURDOCH
(1901)
Keith Murdoch was knighted in 1933. He
began his career in journalism with the
Melbourne Age as a correspondent for
the district of Malvern. In 1907 he left for
London where he attended the London
School of Economics, and returned to
Melbourne in 1910 as a staff reporter for
the Age.
In 1912 Keith became a political correspondent for the Sydney
evening Sun, and then in 1915 he transferred to London as
Managing Editor of the United Cable Service of the Sun and
Melbourne Herald. He was then commissioned to go to Gallipoli as
war correspondent.
In 1942 Keith became Chairman of Directors of the Herald and
Weekly Times, and Director of The Herald, Sun News-Pictorial, and
associated publications.
(1886–1952)
Inducted 2003
Professor Sir Walter
Logie Forbes
MURDOCH KCMG, CBE
(1889)
Walter Murdoch was a distinguished
essayist and biographer. He was
Foundation Professor of English (1912–
1939) and Chancellor of The University of
Western Australia (1943–1948), and was
knighted in 1964.
In 1974, on the 100th anniversary of Walter’s birth, Western
Australia’s second university, Murdoch University, was named in his
honour, in recognition of his inspirational educational vision.
(1874–1970)
Inducted 2003
Mr Roger Bailie
NICHOLSON OAM
(1947)
Roger Nicholson was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia in 2007 for
services to the community, particularly
through support for youth organisations
including ‘Very Special Kids’.
On leaving school, (where he was School
Captain) he joined the Shell Company.
He worked in accounting, operations, and as Government Relations
Manager representing the company with a Royal Commission, Trade
Practices Commission, Prices Justification Tribunal and Foreign
Investment Review Board. He later became the Executive Director of
the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the umbrella organisation for
the oil industry.
His voluntary activities have included Lord Somers Camp and Power
House, the Citizen Military Forces, Melbourne Rotary Club (President
1998/99) and Melbourne Probus Club (President 2006/7). He is also
a member of the The Australian Club, the Naval and Military Club
and Metropolitan Golf Club.
On retirement he joined Very Special Kids supporting children with
life threatening conditions. He visited overseas children’s hospices
and family support systems and was heavily involved in establishing
Australian’s first hospice for children, by negotiating premises,
obtaining and organising finance, and in supervising the building
program. Very Special Kids now supports more than 800 families.
Inducted 2007
Mr Peter Newton OWEN
(1978)
In 2011 Peter was awarded the
Newcombe Medal for Coaching
Excellence from Tennis Australia. In the
same year he was named Victorian Club
Coach of the year by Tennis Victoria
and the Tennis Coaches Association of
Victoria.
These awards complement Peter’s
history of excellence in tennis coaching, and his commitment to
encouraging participation in sport by young people. Peter has also
contributed to the development of tennis in Australia, through his
participation on the Boards of the TCAV and the Tennis Australia
National Coach Advisory Group.
As a player Peter has enjoyed State, National and International
success including a Gold Medal at the 2002 World Masters
Tournament and being named Victorian Tennis Series Pennant
Player of the Year in 2004.
Inducted 2012
Mr David PALFREYMAN
(1963)
David Palfreyman is the only Australian
to have represented his country as a
coxswain, rower and coach. He began
his coxing career in 1957 and first
represented Victoria in 1960. Whilst
still at Camberwell Grammar, he coxed
the men’s Eight at the 1962 World
Rowing Championships in Switzerland
and later that year won a gold medal at
the Commonwealth Games in Perth, aged 16. As a coxswain, David
represented Australia at two World Rowing Championships.
In 1964 David progressed to rowing where he once again
represented both Victoria and Australia. During his eleven
years rowing, he won national titles nearly every year and also
represented Australia at the 1966 World Rowing Championships.
From 1975 David shifted his focus to coaching. He has coached
two Olympic crews, including the first women’s crew to represent
Australia at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 and more recently the
women’s Double Scull at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. In between,
David has coached nine Australian crews at the World Rowing
Championships as well as a number of men’s and women’s crews to
national titles.
In total, David has represented Victoria 18 times and Australia 13
times.
Inducted 2009
Mr Ronald John
PARKER OAM
(1939)
Ronald Parker was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia in 2012 for
services to the community through a
range of volunteer roles.
His voluntary work spans over 47 years
within a wide range of organisations.
He served as a volunteer counsellor
and support worker in the Emergency Department of the Austin
Hospital for 12 years, has been a Guide and Education Officer at
the Victorian Supreme Court for 10 years; has been a Zone Leader
for Neighbourhood Watch for 25 years, and has guided tours at the
MCG for 10 years.
His other roles have included Committee memberships, and
Executive roles in Lord Somers Camp, Royal Flying Doctor Service,
Collingwood Cricket Club, World Ship Society and the Maritime
Heritage Association.
Ron was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.
Inducted 2012
Mr Wesble Kenneth
PERRY DFC
(1939)
During World War ll Wes Perry was
awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Beginning in 1941 he served with
the Fifth Battalion, Victorian Scottish
Regiment, and from 1942 until 1945 he
served in the RAAF becoming a Flight
Lieutenant Pilot with the RAAF/RAF
Bomber and Transport Commands in Europe, Canada, USA and the
Pacific areas.
As well as this distinguished career in the RAAF, in civilian life Wes
served as Bursar of Haileybury College for 27 years, beginning in
1959. In this role he became a key player in achieving best practice
in school bursars’ administration. In retirement Wes played a
pivotal role in the development of the Australian Retired Bursars’
Association as convenor.
(1922–2012)
Inducted 2006
The Honourable Sir George
Oswald REID
(1922)
George Reid studied law at the University
of Melbourne where he graduated
LLB. After practising as a solicitor and
barrister, Reid was elected to the Victorian
Legislative Assembly in 1947 as the Liberal
member for Box Hill. He served in State
Parliament from 1947 to 1952, and from
1955 until his retirement in 1973.
During his career he held a number of portfolios in the government,
including Labour and Industry and Electrical Undertakings
(1956 – 1965); Fuel and Power (1965 – 1970), and Attorney General
(1967 – 1973).
(1903–1993)
Inducted 2006
Mr Ian Lyall ROBERTSON
(1973)
Ian Robertson attended Camberwell
Grammar School for 12 years, from 1962 to
1973. He then studied law and commerce
at the University of Melbourne where he
resided at Queens College. He obtained
degrees in Law and Commerce in 1978 and
then commenced as an articled clerk with
the Melbourne law firm Gillotts (which later
merged to become part of Minter Ellison).
In 1981 he was appointed the sole in-house
counsel at David Syme & Co Limited, publisher of The Age newspaper and
owner of a number of other media businesses. Ian’s involvement in the
Australian media industry commenced at that time and has continued ever
since.
In 1989 Ian joined the Melbourne law firm Holding Redlich as a Senior
Associate. He became a partner the following year and, in 1994, agreed
to move to Sydney to establish the firm’s Sydney office. He remains the
Sydney Managing Partner of Holding Redlich and he also heads the firm’s
Media, Entertainment and Communications practice.
Ian has held a number of public sector board appointments mostly related
to media or the arts including Next Wave Festival—Board of Management
(1989–1993), Melbourne Parks and Waterways (now called Parks Victoria—
Board Member (1994–1996), Film Australia Limited—Board Member
(1991–1997) and Deputy Chair (1996–1997), Cinemedia Corporation (now
called Film Victoria)—Board Member (1998–2000), Australian Broadcasting
Authority—Member (1997–2004), Ausfilm International Inc—Board
Member (2001–2009) and Chair (2003–2007), Screen Australia—Deputy
Chair (2008–2013), and Film Victoria—President of the Board (2011 to
date).
Ian is listed as Australia’s best entertainment lawyer in the peer-voted Best
Lawyers List for Australia, and in March 2013 The Australian newspaper
listed him as one of the 50 most influential people in the arts in Australia.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Inducted 2013
Colonel Christopher Joseph
ROBINSON CSC
(1980)
Colonel Chris Robinson completed a BA in
International Relations at La Trobe University in
1983, and went on to study at the Officer Cadet
School, Portsea. He was subsequently allocated
to the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. Early
Regimental appointments included service in
104 Signal Squadron (1st Brigade) and 152 Signal
Squadron (The Special Air Service Regiment).
Subsequent appointments as a Captain included
postings to Headquarters 1st Division and to Materiel Division (Army) as the
Officer Commanding, RAVEN Commissioning Team, where he was responsible
for the introduction into service of a High Frequency Radio System to units of the
Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force.
In 1998 Colonel Robinson was appointed Officer Commanding 229 (Berlin)
Signal Squadron, 7th Signal Regiment, British Army, based in Krefeld, Germany.
His Squadron provided communications support to 1st (UK) Signal Brigade and
Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. He commanded the Squadron on
Operation AGRICOLA (Kosovo War (1999)) in both the Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia and Kosovo, and was the Deputy Commander of the Regiment for
two months during this deployment. As a result of this service he was awarded
the Conspicuous Service Cross for “Outstanding achievement as the Squadron
Commander of a United Kingdom Trunk Communications Squadron”.
Since 2000 Chris has been involved in the planning, management and
implementation of strategic communications support to the Australia Defence
Organisation; was appointed Commandant of the Army School of Signals in
2002, and in December 2002 became the inaugural Commandant of the Defence
Force School of Signals, responsible for Communication Information Systems and
Electronic Warfare training for the Australian Defence Force.
Colonel Robinson is a graduate of the Australian Army Command and Staff College
(1997) and the National Defence University, Pakistan (2008). He holds a Graduate
Diploma in Telecommunications System Management (1988) from Swinburne
Institute of Technology, a Graduate Diploma of Management (1997) from the
University of Southern Queensland and a Masters of Science in Defence and
Strategic Studies (2008) from the National Defence University.
Inducted 2008
Mr Tim Theodore
SCHENKEN
(1960)
Tim Schenken started his racing career in
Melbourne in an Austin A30 at Templestowe
Hill Climb and quickly progressed to a Lotus
18, winning a number of local titles. Driving
for a friend, he also won the 1964 Australian
Hill Climb Championship. Tim decided to
pursue a professional career and travelled
to the UK in 1965. In a short time he turned
“professional” and won a number of British Championships, including
those for Formula Ford and Formula 3. This led to being noticed by Jack
Brabham—and a drive.
In 1970 he competed in the first of 35 Grands Prix for Frank Williams. Later,
with Brabhams, he scored his best Formula One placing in Austria, where
he finished third. He is one of only four Australians to have scored points
in the FIA Formula One World Championship. Other drives included races
with Ferrari, Ford, Porsche and Jaguar factories. The sports car drives led to
two victories in the Nurburgring 1000km. race.
In 1976, he founded Tiga Racing Cars with a colleague (Howden Ganley)
and built over 400 racing cars before the company was sold in 1984. During
this period, he also became a team owner and manager, running cars in
Formula 2 and Formula 3. Tim also had a short spell in the US running an
IMSA Sports Car Team before returning to Australia to take up a position
with the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport Ltd. (CAMS) in 1984.
Tim is currently the Director of Racing Operations with CAMS and the
Chairman of the Organising Committee and Clerk of the Course for the
Australian Grand Prix. He is the Race Director for the International V8
Supercars Championship. Tim maintains close contacts with international
motor sport bodies, oversees CAMS’ relationship with the FIA, and is a
long-standing member of the FIA Touring Car Commission. He was recently
appointed Vice President of the FIA Circuits Commission.
Inducted 2013
Mr James Edward
SCHOFIELD AM
(1939)
James Schofield studied Mechanical
Engineering at the University of
Melbourne, and then left his studies to
join the Air Force. James trained as a pilot
in Victoria and Tasmania. After graduating
with a commission, he was posted to
the Middle East where he was trained
on Hurricane aircraft. He returned to
Australia in 1944 after 32 months of unbroken flying duties.
He then successfully applied for an RAAF post to train test pilots.
On completion of this course he secured a position with the
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation as a test pilot. In the late 1940’s
he embarked on a new career with the Department of Civil Aviation
as an Inspector of Accidents and played a key role in raising air safety
standards in Australia.
In 1987 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for
public service to the Aviation Industry in Australia and Papua New
Guinea.
Other senior positions included Civil Aviation Liaison Officer at the
Australian High Commission in London and Regional Director of
Aviation for Papua New Guinea. In 1977 James was Deputy Secretary
(Air Operations) to the Australian Department of Transport, and on
retiring from this position consulted to industry and government.
Schofield House is named after School Council Member, Archdeacon
J A Schofield, James’ father.
(1921–2005)
Inducted 2006
Mr Michael P SHIPLEY
(1974)
Mike Shipley is a Grammy-award winning
mix engineer who has been prominent in the
global music industry for several decades,
having worked on projects with combined
sales in the hundreds of millions of records
and CDs.
After a short stint at art school, he moved
to London, where he got his first big break
working for Wessex Studios, home to huge
acts including Queen and The Sex Pistols. His first engineering sessions
were during the punk-music explosion of the late 70’s and early 80’s and
included recordings with the likes of these names and others, including The
Damned. His contemporaries at Wessex included producer Roy Thomas
Baker, Chris Thomas, and engineers Tim Friese-Greene and Bill Price.
Asked to work with Joni Mitchell, Shipley went to Los Angeles in 1984,
where his career has been at full-steam ever since, and has included huge
successes, including particularly Shania Twain, The Corrs, Anberlin,
Maroon 5, Faith Hill, India Arie, Kelly Clarkson, Green Day and Nickelback.
He has produced and mixed albums for such diverse artists as Queen,
AC/DC, Lynam, Joni Mitchell, The Cars, Meat Loaf, Def Leppard, A Flock of
Seagulls, Winger, The Clash, Van Halen, The Corrs, Anberlin, Kim Carnes,
Kelly Clarkson, Shania Twain, Blondie, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Foreigner,
Devo, Cheap Trick, Jimmy Barnes, Enrique Iglesias, Tim McGraw, Ashley
Tesoro, Maroon 5, Barenaked Ladies, Berlin, Faith Hill, Nickelback, Michael
Bolton, Ronan Keating, Thomas Dolby, Ric Ocasek, Jefferson Airplane,
Green Day, Blessed By a Broken Heart, The Black Crowes, Alison Krauss,
Casey Chambers, Papa Roach, Shawn Colvin, Takota, John Waite and My
Chemical Romance.
Until recently, he was a Senior Director at Bardic Records, a company
founded by Jack Ponti with bases in New York and London. The company
has since merged into another entity called The Platform Group, with
which Mike is still affiliated.
(1956–2013)
Inducted 2010
Mr Gregory
Robert SMITH AM
(1969)
Greg Smith was appointed a Member
of the Order of Australia in 2008 for
service to Industrial Relations through
conciliation, mediation and arbitration,
and by assisting employers and
employees to achieve fair and effective
agreements.
He was appointed to the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration
Commission in 1987 and since then his expertise has been in
demand nationally and internationally. He has advised on labour
relations in Southern Africa, and has also instructed and examined
students from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho,
Mozambique, Swaziland and Botswana in a Post Graduate Diploma
in Law (Conciliation and Arbitration). Greg facilitated a dispute
involving the United Nations and its Staff Associations which took
him to the USA and Italy.
Greg has also been a guest speaker at a wide range of international
forums and conferences on issues relating to Employment Contract
Law and Industrial Relations. These include conferences in the
China, Japan and Germany.
Inducted 2008
Federal Agent
Anthony Burton
STAFFORD OAM
(1982)
Tony Stafford was awarded the Order of
Australia Medal in 2011 for service to
international relations in the Solomon
Islands, and to the community, as a
Member of the Australian Federal Police.
His Commander wrote: “As part of the
Regional Aid Mission, he showed a sincere desire to do whatever
possible to improve the plight of the Solomon Islanders. His work
ethic and commitment have been publicly recognised throughout
the Asia Pacific Region with the successful investigation into the
murders of Father Geve and the Anglican Missionary Brothers.
This was only possible through Agent Stafford’s leadership and
dedication as Coordinator of Investigations. As lead negotiator he
managed the peaceful surrender of key militants of the Guadacanal
Liberation Front and then negotiated the safe return of internally
displaced people to the South Guadacanal Region.”
He was an outstanding ambassador and totally dedicated to the
securing of a more positive future for the Nation’s people.
He was also instrumental in the establishment of an Australian
Rules Football Clinic ‘Solkick’ for the youth of the Solomons. The AFL
subsequently became involved in the program.
Inducted 2011
Dr Henry Douglas
STEPHENS
(1895)
Henry Stephens was a foundation
student of Camberwell Grammar School
in 1886, and Dux of the School in 1894.
He studied Medicine and Surgery at the
University of Melbourne, and became
Resident Medical Officer at the Children’s
Hospital in 1901.
Serving the Children’s Hospital for 45 years, Henry became
recognised as one of Australia’s leading paediatric surgeons.
Co-founder of the Melbourne Paediatric Society, he was its Honorary
Secretary for 20 years, and in 1950 was the foundation President
of the Australian Paediatrics Association (Australian College of
Paediatrics).
He served from 1931 to 1940 on the Faculty of Medicine and
lectured at the university on diseases of children; from 1935 to 1940
he was Dean of the clinical school, Royal Children’s Hospital; and he
was a councillor of the Royal Victorian College of Nursing and the
Victorian Society for Crippled Children.
(1877–1952)
Inducted 2007
Dr Anthony J STIMSON
(1966)
Tony Stimson studied History at the
University of Adelaide and Flinders
University.
In 1990 he founded, with two others,
Eynesbury College, an independent
Years 11 and 12 college in Adelaide. The
absence of younger students meant
that Eynesbury could operate informally
compared with other schools. Teachers and students worked on a
first name basis and students had some freedom of movement in
and out of the school. There were no sirens or uniforms. All students
were heading towards university.
Eynesbury quickly established a reputation as a leading academic
college. Two international English Language Centres and two
Institutes of Business and Technology followed, all with a focus
on international education and highly successful examples of
partnerships between privately owned tertiary institutions and
South Australia’s universities.
Tony stepped down as school Principal in 2007. He later consulted
for independent schools and founded, with his wife, Community
Action for People with Disabilities in Africa, a small development
organisation building capacity in local disability providers in Moshi,
Tanzania.
Inducted 2014
Mr Greg J STRACHAN
(1975)
Gregory Strachan graduated from the
University of Melbourne with a degree
in Optometry, BSc Optom, in 1980.
Since then he has worked in private
practice and as a Clinical Instructor at the
Victorian College of Optometry.
He has held a wide variety of positions
in professional associations in his
chosen field including Chair of the Optometrists Registration
Board Complaints Sub-Committee; Member of the Optometrists
Registration Board of Victoria and President from 2005–2010.
Alongside his busy professional life, Greg found time to play 154
Senior Games with the Richmond Football Club from 1976 until
1987, including playing in the Premiership side in 1980. Greg was
made a Life Member of Richmond Football Club in 1987.
Inducted 2013
Mr Alister Grant
TAYLOR
(1995)
Alister Taylor became a member of the
Mercantile Rowing Club after leaving
school and was awarded a Victorian
Institute of Sport Scholarship. He has
competed in Single Scull, Double Scull,
Coxed Four, and Quadruple Scull at State,
National and International levels.
His early career highlights include Victorian Champion Elite Single
Scull in the 2003/2004 season; Elite Quadruple Scull National
Champion; Elite Single Scull Champion (NSW); Elite Quadruple
Scull Champion (NSW) and Elite Coxed Four Champion (Vic) in the
2004/2005 season.
In 2008 Alister won the National Championship in Elite Coxed Four
and was a member of the Victorian State Team for the President’s
Cup.
In 2009 he was Australian National Champion Coxed Four and
Champion Elite Double Scull. Most recently, in 2010, he was the
winner of the Henley Royal Regatta Prince of Wales Challenge for
Club Coxed Four, and also the Belgian National Champion Coxed
Four. Alister is currently undefeated in Coxed Four in the UK and
international regattas.
Inducted 2011
Mr Fraser Keir
THOMPSON
(1995)
Fraser Thompson was named Australian
Rhodes Scholar in 2001 and began
studying a MPhil in Economics at Oxford
University in 2002. Prior to studying in
England, Fraser completed an Honours
Degree in Finance, and a Bachelor of
Commerce/Arts at the University of
Melbourne and a Bachelor of Arts and
Sciences (Finance) at Butler University in Indianapolis, USA, where
he was awarded an Athletics Scholarship. He also studied at Beijing
Normal University, China, as part of a Study Abroad Program.
Fraser was very active in university life in the USA and at the
University of Melbourne through the Students’ Associations,
university newspapers and athletics. He was named Outstanding
Junior Male Student Athlete at Butler University (1999 – 2000) and
was awarded a Melbourne University Full-Blue for Athletics (1999),
and Half-Blue for Cross Country (1996).
Inducted 2003
Mr Stewart Lindsay
THOMSON
(2005)
Stewart Thomson began kayaking at
school when he became involved in the
Murray River Marathon. His school days’
success encouraged him to continue
with the sport and he has built on that
success in recent years. Australian
canoeing is strong and competitive and
Stewart has continued to excel in his
chosen sport.
In 2004 he was selected to represent Australia in the Junior Men
K1 Marathon team in Portugal, and followed this with selection for
the World Cup Championships in France in the K1 event, and the
K2 event in Norway. In 2005 he again represented Australia in the
World Championships in Perth in the K2 event.
Inducted 2012
Mr Wayne Trevor
THORNTON
(1976)
Wayne Thornton began playing hockey
with the Camberwell Hockey Club at the
age of five, following in the footsteps
of his father Keith, who represented
Australia in 1948.
Wayne was selected for, and captained
Victoria at every age group – Under 12,
Under 14, Under 16 and Under 21. At the age of 17, in 1977, he was
selected for the Victorian Hockey Team. In 1980 he was selected for
Australia, and in 1984 he toured Europe with the Australian Indoor
Hockey Team.
Wayne and his father Keith were the first father and son to
represent Australia in hockey.
After retiring from national and local competition in the mid 80’s
due to business commitments, Wayne relocated to Hong Kong with
the Amcor group. He immediately became involved with the local
hockey community, which led to him being appointed as coach of
the Hong Kong National Squad.
(1959–2009)
Inducted 2005
Mr Richard Graham THORP
(1961)
Richard graduated in architecture from
The University of Melbourne in 1967. He
then commenced full time work with Daryl
Jackson Architects with whom he had worked
during his undergraduate years.
He headed overseas in 1968 spending several
years travelling and working in Europe,
before moving to the USA where he joined
Mitchell/Giurgola Architects in Philadelphia.
1976 and 1977 were spent working in
Rome after which Richard returned to Mitchell/Giurgola in their New York
Office. It was from here that the Partnership of Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp
was formed to enter the International Architectural Competition for the
Australian New Parliament House in 1979.
Richard was the nominated architect for the new firm who were
announced as the winner of the Competition on July 4, 1980. At the
time, this was the largest ever architectural commission in Australia,
and Richard moved to Canberra to establish an office to head up the
massive $1.1 billion undertaking as Project Architect. He was joined by
Senior Partner Romaldo Giurgola and several of the New York team, in an
enterprise that lasted for eight years and saw the office grow to 160 staff.
Following completion of the New Parliament House on time for Australia’s
Bicentennial in May 1988, Richard moved to Sydney to open a second
office for the firm. The following 14 years saw Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp
(MGT) emerge as one of the most highly awarded architectural firms in the
Australia with major commissions across the nation as well as overseas.
After more than 40 years focussed on the design and construction of
major public buildings, Richard retired from active practice in 2009,
and is currently a Consultant to his firm. He has been President of the
Architects Registration Board of NSW since 2004 and is a Fellow of the
Royal Australian Institute of Architects; he has been an Associate of the
American Institute of Architects and a Member of the Royal Institute of
British Architects for many years. He was appointed a Member of the NSW
Planning Assessment Commission in 2008.
Inducted 2010
Mr Christopher John
TIMPSON OAM
(1958)
Christopher Timpson was awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia for
service to sport and to children with
disabilities, particularly through the ACT
Junior Talent Squad for Athletes with
Disabilities.
In 1967 Christopher commenced work
with the YMCA in Canberra, and became involved with children with
disabilities. He has combined his working life with volunteer work
with young athletes, and over the years has helped hundreds of
young people in their chosen sports.
In 1975 Christopher managed the Australian Gymnastics Team at the
Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, and in 1978 he managed
the team at the World Championships in France. Christopher
continues to work with disabled athletes in Track and Field, including
a Para Olympian who represented Australia in the Olympic Games in
Athens in 2004.
Inducted 2004
Reverend Thomas Henry
TIMPSON AO
(1931)
Thomas Timpson was appointed an
Officer of the Order of Australia in 1978
for his service to education.
Before his appointment as Headmaster
at Camberwell Grammar School in 1955,
Tom was a Housemaster and teacher
at Canberra Grammar School, served
in World War II as a RAAF Chaplain – which included 18 months in
Papua New Guinea, and to broaden his experience, spent two years
teaching in England at Uppingham School.
Tom’s time as Headmaster was a time of consolidation, foresight
and development, all of which are well documented in the school’s
history – ‘By our deeds’.
In a Grammarian tribute to Tom Timpson in his final year, it was said
that his immense capacity for kindness, understanding and love of
his fellow men, had done more to shape the growth of the school
than anything else.
After Camberwell Grammar, Tom became Secretary to the Victorian
Universities and Schools Examinations Board, a position he held for
over 10 years. He followed this position with the Registrar’s role at
the Australian College of Education for seven years, before retiring in
1981.
(1913–2004)
Inducted 2004
Bishop Lindsay G URWIN
(1972)
Lindsay Urwin travelled to the UK in 1976 to
‘see the world’ and stayed.
He trained for the ministry at Cuddesdon, a
theological college just outside Oxford and
was ordained in 1980, working for three
years in inner city south London, just a mile
from Camberwell Green after which our own
Camberwell was named.
After a further five years as a parish priest in
the same district he was appointed Diocesan Missioner in the Chichester
diocese with a roving brief to encourage evangelism and spiritual renewal
in Sussex. It was a preaching ministry that took him to various parts of
the world to preach and teach including several trips to Australia, and this
continues to be a feature of his ministry.
In 1993 he was appointed Area Bishop of Horsham in the same diocese.
At 37 years of age he was one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican
Communion and the youngest to be ordained in England for over 60 years.
He remained the youngest bishop for a further ten years.
In 2009 he resigned as Bishop of Horsham to become the spiritual leader
at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, a place of pilgrimage originally
founded in the eleventh century, and to which thousands of people journey
each year.
He has a particular interest in ministry among young people, and in
education. For ten years he chaired the Chichester Diocesan Board of
Education responsible for over 150 schools, and was the Archbishop of
Canterbury’s Bishop for School Chaplains. He is the Southern Provost of the
Woodard Corporation, a family of Anglican independent and state schools
in the UK.
He is a professed Brother in the dispersed religious community the Oratory
of the Good Shepherd.
His masters degree is from Heythrop, the Jesuit College in London, and in
2011 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Nashotah House
Seminary, Wisconsin, USA.
Inducted 2014
Mr Michael Spencer URWIN
(1971)
Michael Urwin was appointed as Headmaster
of Brighton Grammar School in 1996.
From the age of 12 or 13 Michael knew he
wanted to be a teacher. After graduating
from Camberwell Grammar School in 1971
he attended the University of Melbourne
and successfully completed an Honours Arts
Degree, majoring in Chinese.
After university Michael returned to Camberwell Grammar School to teach
Chinese and Mathematics—Camberwell was one of few schools offering
Chinese at this time. In 1982 Michael spent 12 months living in Nanjing,
China, when he was awarded one of the first Victorian Government
International Teaching Fellowships to China.
In 1991 he was appointed Deputy Headmaster of Brisbane Grammar
School. After just four years he returned to Melbourne in the role of
seventh Headmaster of Brighton Grammar School, a role he successfully
filled for 18 years.
Beyond the school gates Michael has made a significant contribution to
the education sector, sitting on a number of Drug Education Committees at
both State and National level. He served as a member of the University of
Melbourne Bachelor of Arts Advisory Board; a Member of the Committee
of Management of the Australian Anglican Schools’ Network (2002–2005),
Chair of the Associated Public Schools Heads’ Association (2004–2006),
Chair of the Victorian Branch of the Association of Heads of Independent
Schools of Australia (2005–2007) and a member of the AHISA Executive
Committee (2005–2011). He was on the national AHISA Standing
Committee Board from 2005–2007 and again in 2009. Michael was also
a Trustee of the Independent Boys’ School Coalition from 2007 until July
2013. He is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and a Fellow of
the Australian Institute of Management.
Inducted 2013
Dr David L VAUX
(1977)
Professor David Vaux is Deputy Director
of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
(WEHI). He has a medical degree and a
PhD from the University of Melbourne.
He was a Fellow in Pathology at Stanford
School of Medicine, USA, and was
elected Fellow of the Australian Academy
of Science in 2003. In the middle of his
medical degree, he spent a year at WEHI
in Sir Gus Nossal’s laboratory studying immunology. Following an
intern year at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, he returned to WEHI to
do a PhD in molecular biology.
He then continued his research at Stanford University, returning to
WEHI in 1993. For his research on the molecular mechanisms of
cell death he received the Victoria Prize in 2003. The Victoria Prize
is awarded annually to an individual whose scientific discovery has
significantly advanced knowledge of benefit to the community.
David is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and
received its highest award in the biological sciences, the Burnet
Medal, in 2010. This biennial prize recognises scientific research of
the highest standing in the biological sciences. David is recognised
internationally as a leading researcher in bio-medical science.
Inducted 2011
Brigadier Stuart Paul
WEIR DSO, MC
(1938)
After distinguishing himself both
academically and on the sporting field
whilst at school, Stuart Weir enrolled
at the Royal Military College Duntroon,
graduating in June 1942.
He was immediately posted overseas,
and was later awarded The Military Cross
for bravery in the New Guinea campaign in World War II.
To add to his many prestigious postings, Stuart had the distinction
of being the only officer to command Australian troops in Korea,
Malaya and Vietnam. He was awarded the Distinguished Service
Order in 1971 for his command in Vietnam.
(1922–2004)
Inducted 2005
Mr Paul Laurence
WHEELTON OAM
(1973)
Paul Wheelton was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia in 2009 for
service to children and youth through a
range of charitable organisations.
He is on the Board of Variety - The
Children’s Charity, is a member of the
Board of The Marsh Foundation, an
organisation which recycles medical equipment to Indonesia and
beyond, and is Chairman of Life Education Victoria. As well as these
Australian organisations, Paul and his family have established and
support three orphanages in Bali, for children aged three to 18.
A successful businessman, Paul is Managing Director and owner
of the largest Budget Rent a Car Franchise Group in Australia, and
Chairman of the Budget Rent a Car “Licensee Advisory Council”.
He was appointed Australia Day Ambassador by the Premier to
represent the Premier and the Australia Day Council at Australia Day
celebrations around the State.
Inducted 2009
Mr Raymond Joseph
WICKHAM
(1947)
In 2007 Ray Wickham was inducted into
Badminton Victoria’s Hall of Fame for his
involvement with badminton for over 62
years.
His involvement has been with playing as
a junior, an adult and as a veteran, and
his involvement in the administration
and coaching of badminton has been at local, regional and state
levels.
His sporting achievements include Australian Special Men’s Doubles
Champion in 1955. He was awarded the Veteran of the Year Sports
Star by the Wimmera Regional Sports Association in 2003, and was
later awarded Life Membership of Badminton Australia.
Ray has introduced badminton to thousands of school children and
has encouraged older and incapacitated people to become involved.
He has coached at a wide range of levels and has been instrumental
in the improvement and provision of quality playing venues across
Australia.
Inducted 2007
Mr Leslie Alan WILSON
(1959)
Alan Wilson started Austral Hardware
in 1961, managing and growing the
business until 1970. It was during this
decade Alan learnt his trading and
management skills. On the strength
of this experience he was appointed
to the Board of Directors of H J Reece
(Holdings) Limited in 1969. At that time
Reece was a small ASX listed hardware
and plumbing supply merchant with an outlet in Caulfield and
Clayton.
From 1970 until 1974 Alan was General Manager of the company,
and was Managing Director from 1974 until 2008. In this role Alan
oversaw the expansion and development of the company, which
now operates as Reece Australia Limited and is the largest plumbing
supplier to the trade and retail in Australia, having over 450 outlets
and operating in all Australian States and New Zealand.
Throughout the 70s and 80s Alan contributed to his industry as
a member of the Executive Committee of the PBMA (Plumbers
Builders Merchants Association) and as President in 1977-1978.
In 2001 Alan was appointed Executive Chairman of Reece Australia
Limited - now regarded as one of Australia’s highest performing
companies which has been consistently listed in the ASX top 100 in
recent years.
Inducted 2012
Mr Bruce Walter C WILSON
(1964)
The Wilson family took a controlling
interest in H J Reece (Holdings) Limited
in 1969. At that time the company was a
small ASX listed hardware and plumbing
supply merchant with an outlet in
Caulfield and Clayton.
After completing a Bachelor of
Commerce at the University of
Melbourne, Bruce joined the family business in the areas of finance
and administration, leading to roles of Company Secretary and
Finance Director.
The holding company now operates as Reece Australia Ltd and is the
largest plumbing supplier to the trade and retail in Australia, having
440 outlets and operating in all Australian States and New Zealand.
Reece Australia Ltd is now regarded as one of Australia’s highest
performing companies and has been consistently listed in the ASX
top 100 in recent years.
Inducted 2012
Justice John Spence
WINNEKE AC
(1954)
John Winneke completed his law studies
at the University of Melbourne in 1960,
and served as a barrister from 1962
until 1995. From 1995 until 2005, he
was President of the Court of Appeal in
Victoria.
Apart from a distinguished career in
the law, he was also a successful sportsman, playing football with
University Blacks in A Grade, and in 1960, 1961 and 1962 with AFL
Club Hawthorn, where he played in the 1961 Premiership team.
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1999 for
service to the judiciary in Victoria, to the Defence Force and to the
community, particularly sport as an advocate and arbitrator. He
was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia in 2004 for
leadership in the law, to the administration of justice as President of
the Victorian Court of Appeal, and to the community.
Inducted 2006
Index
Name
Yr 12 at CGS
Allan, Thomas Heath
2005
Altman, Tim
1984
Angus OAM, Ian Bamfield
1948
Anjou AM, Mitchell David
1978
Archbold, Professor Neil Wilfred
1969
Arthurs, Wayne
1988
Atock, James Kenneth (Ken)
1939
Aylott, Dr Nigel Paul
1983
Baillieu KBE, CMG, Clive Latham,
1907
1st Baron Baillieu
Ballard, William Benbow
1930
Barber MC, Brigadier Charles Stanley
1908
Barkoczy, Professor Stephen L
1980
Barr, Andrew David
1977
Birtles, Samuel George
1939
Blackburn OAM, Reverend Dr Geoffrey
1931
Herbert
Brenan, John O
1962
Bridie, David R
1980
Bridie AM, Brigadier Phillip Keith H
1976
Brock DSO, LTCOL Geoffrey Hutton
1925
Brown, Associate Professor Douglas James
1962
Charlton, Jon
1975
Chesterman AM, Ian Arthur
1953
Chesterman, Professor Simon Arthur
1990
Church OAM, Reginald Bruce
1948
Cole, Professor William Geoffrey
1959
Curphey OBE, Alfred Noel
1932
Danks AO, Professor David Miles
1948
Darling, Harry Guy
1943
de Kretser AC, Professor David Morritz
1956
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2011
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2007
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Yr 12 at CGS
Denton AM, OBE, John Grant
1948
Derham CBE, MC, Colonel Alfred Plumley
1908
Derham CB, DSO, VD, CdeG, MAJGEN
1901
Francis Plumley
de Steiger, Dr Richard Noel
1976
Dickinson AM, William Rivers
1952
Dodgshun, The Hon Keith
1912
Down OAM, Dr Harold Ramsay
1942
Evans, David Stewart
1987
Foley, Stephen John
1976
Francis AM, RFD, QC, Charles Hugh
1941
Frew OBE, Sir John Lewtas
1930
Gell AM, Robert A
1970
Gilbertson, Ashley Peter
1995
Gleeson, Nicholas
1979
Goode, Arthur Charles
1932
Goodwin DSO, Brig Shirley Thomas William
1912
Gunnersen, Dr Erik Max
1946
Gyngell, Kim
1970
Ham, Greg Norman
1971
Hansford, Brian Rupert
1951
Hardman, Travis Lyndsay
1994
Hardy AM, Ian Kenneth
1968
Hassed, Dr Craig S
1977
Hayes OAM, Kenneth William
1941
Hepburn, Dr Cameron
1993
Herborn OAM, Donald Southwell
1936
Hill OAM, Raymond Leslie
1938
Hilliard AO, John McKenzie
1933
Hodder, William Layland
1964
Holmes, Dr Ian Hamilton
1953
Hopkins OAM, Dr Ian James
1951
Inducted
2003
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2004
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2003
2007
2004
2007
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Yr 12 at CGS
Humphries AO, CBE, John Barry
1951
Huggins, Rt Rev’d Philip J (1966)
1966
Jackson, Adrian Peter
2001
Jopling AM, QC, Mr Peter J
1972
Jost AM, Cecil David Mack
1935
Kerr, Professor Frank John
1933
Kerr DSO, Dr Frank Robison
1904
Kilvington, Dr Basil
1895
Lee OAM, Stephen Chinghin
1960
Letch OAM, Michael D
1967
Lethbridge, Robert C
1970
Lind CBE, DSO, Brigadier Edmund Frank
1906
Lipshut OAM, Dr Keith Jacob
1939
1983
Little, Dr Jonathan D
1914
Little DSO*, DSC*, C de G*, RN, Captain Robert A
Lycett, Randolph
1904
Lyons OAM, Kenneth Jacob
1942
Macaulay, The Hon Justice Cameron C
1974
McCoy OAM, JP, James Ian
1943
McElhinney OAM, Albert Geoffrey
1938
Middleton, The Hon Justice John Eric
1970
Miles, John Gould
1947
Murdoch, Frank Garden
1904
Murdoch, Sir Keith Arthur
1901
Murdoch KCMG, CBE, Professor Sir Walter
1889
Logie Forbes
Nicholson OAM, Roger Bailie
1947
Owen, Peter Newton
1978
Palfreyman, David
1963
Parker OAM, Ronald John
1939
Perry DFC, Wesble Kenneth
1939
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2003
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2007
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Yr 12 at CGS
Reid, The Hon Sir George Oswald
1922
Robertson, Ian Lyall
1973
Robinson CSC, Col Christopher Joseph
1980
Schenken, Tim Theodore
1960
Schofield AM, James Edward
1939
Shipley, Michael P
1974
Smith AM, Mr Gregory Robert
1969
Stafford OAM, Federal Agent Anthony Burton
1982
Stephens, Dr Henry Douglas
1895
Stimson, Dr Anthony J
1966
Strachan, Gregory J
1975
Taylor, Alister Grant
1995
Thompson, Fraser Keir
1995
2005
Thomson, Stewart Lindsay
1976
Thornton, Wayne Trevor
1961
Thorp, Richard Graham
1958
Timpson OAM, Christopher John
1931
Timpson AO, Reverend Thomas Henry
1972
Urwin, Bishop Lindsay G
1971
Urwin, Michael Spencer
1977
Vaux, Dr David L
1938
Weir DSO, MC, Brigadier Stuart Paul
1973
Wheelton OAM, Paul Laurence
1947
Wickham, Raymond Joseph
1959
Wilson, Leslie Alan
1964
Wilson, Bruce Walter C
1954
Winneke AC, Justice John Spence
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2006
2013
2008
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2006
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2008
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