List of Old Boys of St Patrick's College, Strathfield explained

This is a list of notable Old Boys of St Patrick's College, Strathfield, they being notable former students of the independent Roman Catholic school, St Patrick's College, located in, in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Academia, science and medicine

• Professor John Michael Dwyer Australian doctor, professor of medicine, and public health advocate. Former Head of the Department of Clinical Immunology at Yale University
• John Stanley Mattick geneticist^[1] and microbiologist, former director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research,^[2] inaugural Chief Executive Officer at Genomics England
• Michael K. Morgan professor of Neurosurgery and Dean of Medicine, School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University
• Chris Tinneyprofessor and Associate Dean for the Faculty of Science at UNSW, where he heads the Exoplanetary Science at UNSW group within the School of Physics. Former head of the Australian Astronomical Observatory

Bureaucracy, politics and the law

• John Brogden former NSW Liberal Leader of the Opposition and former Member for Pittwater. Current Chairman of Lifeline and Patron of Kookaburra Kids.^{[3] [4] [5]}
• John J. Brown Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism in the First Hawke Ministry 1983–1988. Minister for Administrative Services until 1984 and Minister assisting the Minister for Defence
• Tony Burke MPFederal Labor Member for Watson, Leader of the House, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for the Arts and Manager of Business and former member of the NSW Legislative Council^[6]
• Ralph James "Mick" CloughLabor Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1981, representing the electorate of Blue Mountains and representing the electorate of Bathurst from 1981 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1999
• Bryan Doyle MPformer NSW Liberal member for Campbelltown
• Craig Emersonformer Federal Labor Member for Rankin and minister
• Laurie Ferguson MPformer Federal Labor Member for Werriwa, former NSW Member for Granville and brother of Martin
• Martin Ferguson former Federal Member for Batman and minister and brother of Laurie
• Justin Gleeson former Solicitor-General of Australia (2013–2016), the Commonwealth's second-ranking law officer.
• Dick Healeyformer NSW Liberal Member for Davidson and Minister
• Gary Humphriesformer Liberal chief minister of the ACT and former senator for the ACT
• Craig Laundy MP Former Federal Liberal Member for Reid and former Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation, former Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, former Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs
• Paul Lynch MPNSW Labor Member for Liverpool and Shadow Attorney General^[7]
• Paul McLeayformer NSW Labor Member for Heathcote and Minister
• John Pierceformer Secretary of the Department and Chief Economist to The Treasury (New South Wales), former secretary of the Department to the Australian Government Department of Resources Energy & Tourism and current chairman of the Australian Energy Market Commission^[8]
• Kieran Prendergast former British diplomat (High Commissioner to Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ambassador to Turkey) and UN Under-Secretary-General 1997–2005
• Douglas W. Sutherland 78th Lord Mayor of Sydney

Business

• Greg Coffeya London hedge fund manager known as the "Wizard of Oz". Worth roughly US$734 million.
• Peter Mattick co-founder and former interim chief executive officer of Salmat^{[9] [10]}
• Phil Salterco-founder of Salmat^[11]
• John Symond financial executive and founder of Aussie Home Loans^[12]

Clergy

• Most Reverend Bede Vincent HeatherBishop Emeritus of Parramatta; former co-chairman of the Catholic/Baptist International Dialogue and first Bishop of Parramatta 1986–1997.^[13]
• Most Reverend Patrick Murphyformer vice-president and rector of the Post Graduate House at St Patrick's Seminary, former president of St Patrick's Seminary, former episcopal vicar for education, former chairman of the Sydney Archdiocesan Catholic Schools Board and former chairman of the Catholic Education Commission of NSW; and the inaugural bishop of Broken Bay 1986–1996^[14]

Entertainment, media and the arts

• Mig Ayesaactor, notable work includes "Joe" the landlord on ABC children's serial The Ferals^[15]
• Thomas Kenneally author and Australian National Living Treasure^{[16] [17]}
• Rob Shehadiefilm and television actor whose notable works include the television show Pizza, Here Come the Habibs, Street Smart and Housos^[18]
• Peter Skrzynecki poet, writer and lecturer at the University of Western Sydney. His poems were formerly studied by year 12 students during the course of the Higher School Certificate^[19]

Sport

• John Ballestyformer Australian Rugby Union International^[20]

•Tim Pickupformer Australian Rugby League International. Named in North Sydney Bears Team of the Century in 2006, nominated for Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, 70 years Team of Champions in 2004. Nominated for Manly Rugby Union Team of the Century in 2006.

• Adam DoueihiAustralian rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Wests Tigers, and representative for Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup
• Michael FoleyAustralian rugby union player, Australian rugby union forwards coach 2003–2008, New South Wales Warartahs rugby union coach 2008. Until 2016 coach of the Western Force^[16]
• Brian McCowageAustralian Foil Champion. Olympic Representative at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games^[21]
• Mark NawaqanitawaseAustralian rugby union international. Olympic Representative for Australia in Rugby Sevens at Paris 2024.
• Rob Shehadiea film and television actor who also represented Lebanon as a professional, international, rugby league player
• Matt Williamsprofessional rugby coach and sports commentator^[22]

See also

• List of Catholic schools in New South Wales
• Catholic education in Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Making something of junk earns geneticist top award. The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 August 2012. Nicky Phillips. 13 October 2015.
2. Web site: Prof John Mattick – Staff Research Profile. Garvan Institute. 13 October 2015.
3. Web site: Kookaburra Kids Supporting kids living in families affected by mental illness. kookaburrakids.org.au. en-US. 29 April 2017.
4. Web site: Lifeline Australia Directors. www.lifeline.org.au. en. 29 April 2017.
5. News: Damien. Murphy. A thirst for power but ill-equipped to bounce back from stupidity. The Sydney Morning Herald . 30 August 2005.
6. News: St Pat's old boys making their mark. Bibby. Paul. 11 December 2007. The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 December 2014.
7. Web site: Mr Paul Gerard Lynch, MP. Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. 4 July 2011. 4 October 2013.
8. Web site: John Pierce Professional Profile. LinkedIn.
9. Web site: Stocks. Bloomberg.com. 13 December 2017.
10. Web site: Salmat co-founder Phil Salter's human touch brought success without the hustle . 4 December 2015 .
11. News: Salmat co-founder Phil Salter's human touch brought success without the hustle. 7 December 2015. The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 December 2017. en-US.
12. http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/symond-finds-success-as-aussie-dream-lives-on/2007/08/17/1186857772330.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2/ Symond finds success as Aussie dream lives on
13. Web site: Most Rev Bede Vincent Heather DD LSS BA. www.parra.catholic.org.au. 2 March 2018.
14. Web site: Diocese of Broken Bay Bishop Patrick Murphy. www.dbb.org.au. 2 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180302164151/http://www.dbb.org.au/bishop/dsp-default.cfm?loadref=611. 2 March 2018. dead.
15. Web site: Ruben V.. Nepales . Life after 'Rockstar. news.inq7.net Entertainment Column. 11 February 2006.
16. http://www.crikey.com.au/articles/2002/04/28-alumni.html List of alumni for various schools, crikey.com.au
17. Web site: Thomas Keneally . 7 November 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050503043345/http://www.bloomsbury.com/ARC/detail.asp?entryid=108086&bid=9 . 3 May 2005 . dead . dmy-all .
18. Web site: St Pats Rugby Archive . 22 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405190802/http://reocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5337/archives/ . 5 April 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
19. http://www.peterskrzynecki.com/biography.htm Peter Skrzynecki's Biography
20. Web site: John Ballesty. 15 March 2014. espnscrum.com.
21. Web site: Brian McCowage Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193158/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/brian-mccowage-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 October 2013 . sports-reference.com.
22. Web site: Matt Williams – Personally Speaking Bureau . 25 January 2017.