The Marist Alumni Project identifies and celebrates the contribution Marist educated men and women have made to our nation. This project aligns itself with Marcellin Champagnat’s call to all of us, particularly in the education of the young, to ‘form good Christians and virtuous citizens.’
The main outcome of this project is the creation of an Anthology of Outstanding Australian Marist Alumni. The Anthology is a way of recognising those alumni who have made a significant and outstanding contribution to Australian life. All our schools and organisations unquestionably have many, many ex-students who have gone on to became highly productive, influential and honourable citizens of this country. The intent of the Marist Alumni Project is to capture some of those who have truly made their mark on Australian society.
Marist schools are invited to provide further nominations to the Marist Alumni: submit nominees via the online form.
For inquiries related to the Marist Alumni, please email: alumniproject@marists.org.au.
Marist College Kogarah
Multi-sport representative, playing for NSW and Australia in Cricket and for St George in Rugby League.
Played sixty-one tests for Australia with a batting average of 21.15, taking 228 wickets with an average of 23.03.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1981-1982.
Represented Australia in sprinting on a number of occasions in the early 1980s.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1957-1966.
International Rugby Union representative, playing for Australia on sixteen occasions.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Joseph’s College Hunters Hills 1895-1896.
Australian International Rugby Union representative in 1903.
Joined the Metropolitan Police Force in 1903, rising to rank of First Constable.
Helped establish Rugby League in Australia as the First Secretary of Mew South Wales Rugby League in 1909.
Elected as Member for Willoughby in 1913.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1948-1955.
Represented Queensland and Australia in Rugby Union in 1961.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Eastwood 1969.
Professional Rugby Union referee of Super Rugby and International matches.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1989.
Australian Rugby Union player.
Won selection for Australian Schools in 1989.
Joined the Eastwood club for one season, played for Randwick in 1991.
Debuted for New South Wales against Canterbury in 1992.
Played three Tests for Australia over the course of a two-year international career.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1931.
Represented Australia in Rugby Union in thirteen tests between 1932 and 1938.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1977-1978.
Rugby Union player who represented Queensland U21s
Left Australia in 1984 to play in Durban, South Africa.
Debuted for both Queensland and Australia in 1985.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1981-1987.
A former Rugby Union and Rugby League footballer.
Appeared four times for the Wallabies between 1989-1994.
Switched to Rugby League in 1995, playing for the Sydney Roosters until 1998.
Reverted back to Rugby Union, playing for the Waratahs from 1999-2001.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1990.
Played in many junior Australian teams in Rugby Union, and was a bench player for the Wallabies.
Switched to Rugby League in 1995, playing for the Eastern Suburbs and Penrith Panthers.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1978-1982.
International showjumping rider and instructor.
Olympic competitor for Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Represented Aust. at the following Nations Cup shows in 1995; Finland, Norway & Sweden.
4th in the Grand Prix of Norway.
4th in the King George Gold Cup at Hickstead Royal International Horse show.
Completed the Hickstead Derby, England.
10th Grand Prix of Hamburg, Germany.
11th Grand Prix of the 1995 French Championships, Dinnard, France.
Numerous wins and placing at leading national shows throughout Germany.
Winner World Cup Qualifier, Australia.
5 times leading rider at Melbourne & Adelaide Royal Shows, Australia.
2000 New South Wales (Aust.) Showjumping Champion.
Winner Gawler World Cup Qualifier 2013.
Winner CSI 2* Grand Prix, Sydney Royal 2014.
Winner Aqius Silver Tour 2017.
Second Sydney Grand Prix 2018.
Winner Grand Prix Aqius 2018.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1942.
Played two tests for the Wallabies in 1946.
Won a Grand Final with Sydney University in 1956.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
All Saints College Maitland
Australian rugby league media personality, commentator and former professional player.
Played for the Newcastle Knights for nine seasons, winning the Premiership in 1997. Additionally played for the Cronulla Sharks and the Wigan Warriors in the UK Super League.
Played eight matches for the Australian squad, including with the winning team at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
Additionally played four State of Origin series matches for New South Wales for four losses.
As of 2023, host of numerous sports radio and television programs.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
All Saints College Maitland
Widely considered to be one of the greatest players in rugby league history.
Played a club-record 249 games for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League, participating in the team's only two premiership victories in 1997 and 2001.
Represented Australia at two World Cups, and on one Kangaroo tour, playing in total 21 Test matches for the national side.
Played in 23 State of Origin series matches for the New South Wales Blues (captaining the side to a series win in 2003), and played for the Country Origin side in 1995 and 2003.
Named as the eighth 'Immortal' of rugby league on 28 September 2012.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Francis Xavier’s College Hamilton
Represented Australia in swimming at the 1996 and 2000 Paralympic Games and at the 1998 IPC Swimming World Championships.
Served as President of the Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA).
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Francis Xavier’s College Hamilton 1990.
Professional Rugby League player, playing for the Newcastle Knights, Melbourne Storm, NSW Origin side and the Australian National team throughout career.
Part of the Melbourne Storm Grand Final-winning team in 1999.
Named Melbourne Storme’s player of the year in 2000 and 2002.
Won a special edition of The Weakest Link gameshow, winning $46,300 for the Cancer Council of Victoria.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
Marist College Ashgrove 1986-1990.
Made International Debut for the Wallabies against New Zealand in 1993.
Played in 20 tests between 1993-1997.
Appointed as Head Coach of the Leicester Tigers in 2005.
Appointed as General Manager, Team Performance for the Australian Cricket Team in 2011.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill
A strong, no nonsense prop who played seven tests for the Wallabies between 1970-1974.
Additionally served as technical coach for the Wallabies in retirement.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.
St Joseph’s Hunters Hill 1916.
With the advent of World War I, waited eight years before representing Australia in athletics at the 1924 Olympics.
Source: Marist College Canberra 1998: Celebrating 125 Years of Sporting Achievement Australia 1872-1997.