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.
Marcellin College Randwick 1935-1937.
Elected to Randwick Municipal Council in 1949, serving as Alderman until 1962.
Served twice as Mayor (1951 and 1955).
Elected to NSW State Parliament for the seat of Randwick in 1962.
Elected to Federal Parliament for the Seat of Kingsford-Smith in 1969.
Served as a Minister in the Whitlam Government, as Minister for Trade, Attorney General and Deputy Prime Minister in the Hawke Government.
Appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1991.
St Ildephonsus College, New Norcia 1959-1964.
Judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia 1991 - 2010
An inaugural member of the Court of Appeal from 2005, following its establishment as a separate division of the Supreme Court.
Completed the two-year Royal Commission into the collapse of the HIH Insurance group in April 2003.
In July 2003, started the three-year hearing into Alan Bond's Bell group of companies - one of the nation's longest-running and most expensive civil actions.
Adjunct Professor of Law and visiting lecturer in law at both University of Western Australia and the University of Notre Dame Australia.
Long-time Member of the Board of Governors and current Trustee of the University of Notre Dame Australia.
Served as Chair of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council.
Chair of The Trustees of St John of God Australia Limited.
Actively involved within the schools sector having been the Chair of the governing body of a number of different primary and secondary schools.
Marist College Ashgrove 2002-2005.
Graduated from Marist College Ashgrove in 2005, Dux of the College.
Received a Rhodes Scholarship, completing a MSc in Environmental Change and Management at Oxford.
Served in advisory and investment roles, leading investment into about 80 climate tech startups and advised many more.
Co-founded EnergyLab (focusing on decarbonisation) and advises Boomerang Labs (circular economy) and the Ocean Impact Organisation.
Established a network of 150 angel investors keen to back climate tech founders.
Currently works with Boston Consulting Group, advising companies and governments engaging in net-zero target setting, decarbonisation strategy, green growth market entry, climate-related financial disclosure, and climate scenario analysis.
Red Bend Catholic College Forbes 1980-1985.
Joined the Australian Army as a Piper in 1986.
Joined the religious life at 19.
Professed a Monk of the Order of St Paul the 1st Hermit.
Ordained a Priest in 1997.
Prior of Marian Valley, 2006.
NSW Police Chaplain at Wagga Wagga and Moss Vale.
QLD Police Chaplain based at headquarters in Brisbane.
Full-time Police Chaplain based at Surfers Paradise QLD.
Received the QLD Police Commissioners 'Badge of Merit'.
Ordained the 7th Bishop of the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes in 2014.
Red Bend Catholic College Forbes 1972 - 1973.
Regional Director Catholic Education Sydney 2008-2012.
National Director Marist Schools Australia and Executive Officer of Marist Association of St Marcellin Champagnat.
Completed a Doctorate in Education at ACU 2016.
Awarded Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Training from ACU.
Received ACEL Award for Scholarship.
Marist College Ashgrove 1973-1977.
Has composed numerous pieces including incidental music for stage and film, television, electronica, dance and concert music, commissioned, performed and recorded by leading Australian and overseas orchestras and groups.
Wrote the music for the 1986 Papal Mass for Pope John Paul II’s Australian visit.
Major awards include the inaugural Paul Lowin Prize, House Songs, Albert H Maggs Award, the Percy Brier Memorial Prize for Music Composition, a Vienna Modern Masters recording project, a Rotary Foundation Scholarship, and the Dalley-Scarlett Memorial Scholarship.
Served as Faculty member of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University from 1986 to 2016, holding a range of roles as Head of Composition, Head of Music Materials, and Program Director – Postgraduate Coursework.
Marist College Ashgrove 1969-1971.
Served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, 2013. Served as Foreign Minister from 2010 to 2012.
On 13 February 2008, delivered the National Apology to the Stolen Generations in Australia and committed to “closing the gap” between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Currently President and CEO of Asia Society in New York, President of the Asia Society Policy Institute, Distinguished Statesman at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House and the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Centre at the Harvard Kennedy School, Chair of UNICEF Sanitation and Water for All Committee, Chair of the Board of International Peace Institute, and Co-Chair of the National Apology Foundation.
Marist College Ashgrove 1987-1988.
15-year career representing Australia in cricket as a left-handed opening batsman.
Holds the record for the highest score made by an Australian batsman in Tests (380) and the highest individual test score by an opening batsman in Tests.
Received the Allan Border Medal (2002), Test Player of the Year (2002), Wisden Cricketer of the Year (2003), Wisden Batsman of the Decade (1996-2006) and ICC One-Day Player of the Year (2007).
Received the Order of Australia Award in 2010.
Inducted into the Queensland Sports Hall of Fame in 2014, and into the Australia Cricket Hall of Fame in 2017.
Inducted as an Honouree into the Bradman Foundation (2018).
Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.
Co-Patron with John Eales, of The Champagnat Trust. The Trust exists to provide bursaries for boys from families who are financially disadvantaged and might never have the opportunity to experience a Marist education.
Marist College Ashgrove 1982-1983.
Published 11 novels, a book of short stories, two plays and one screen play.
Received the Vogel Award in 1991 for his first novel, Praise.
Received the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing for Last Drinks.
Received the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Wonders of a Godless World
The White Earth won the 2005 Miles Franklin Award, Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Age Book of the Year, and Courier Mail Book of the Year.
Marist College Ashgrove 1952 -1958.
Served as Senior Judge Administrator, Supreme Court of Queensland (1991–2007).
President, Industrial Court of Queensland (1986–1993).
Judge, Commercial Causes "B" List, Supreme Court of Queensland (1985–1990).
Judge, Supreme Court of Queensland (1984–1991).
Awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 and appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2002.
Served as Chairperson and CEO of the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission in 2010-2011.
Justice Moynihan’s judgment in the Mabo case as a Queensland Supreme Court Judge gathered crucial local information to the Murray Islander’s case of native title and was key to the High Court decision in 1992 that led to the Native Title Act (1993) which created a framework that recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have rights and interests in certain land because of their traditional laws and customs.
Justice Moynihan’s 2008 Review of the civil and criminal justice system in Queensland report led to the Civil Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment Act 2010 which contains the first stages of the Queensland government’s response to the report.
Marist College Ashgrove 1960-1966.
Ordained a Priest for the Archdiocese of Brisbane in 1973.
Received Licentiate and Doctorate in Philosophy from Leuven University, Belgium.
Taught at Pius XII Seminary (Qld) from 1981 to 1992
Appointed the Bishop of Cairns in 1992.
Member of International Catechetical Commission, Rome.
Member of International Committee for English in the Liturgy.
Member of The Company, Senate and Queensland Chapter of Australian Catholic University.
Bunbury Catholic College 1974-1978.
Bunbury Catholic College Hall of Distinction.
2019 winner of the William D. Richards Software Award by the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).
Professor of Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles.
Bunbury Catholic College 1963-1964.
Bunbury Catholic College Hall of Distinction.
Named Life Member of City of Bunbury Surf Life Saving Club in 2007
Named Life Member of WA Surf Life Saving in 2009
Received Medal of the Order of Australia for services to Surf Life Saving
Awarded Life Membership to Surf Life Saving Australia in 2015
Bunbury Catholic College 1961-1963
Over 20 years living and working with the Olympic Village Exodus Community in Heidelberg West, Melbourne
Named Banyule Citizen of the Year in 2014
Marist College Ashgrove 1985-1989.
Promoted to Lance Corporal in 2011, became a light armoured vehicle (ASLAV) crew commander and in that same year was awarded Trainee of Merit following completion of Junior Leaders’ Course.
Received the following honours and awards:
- Australian Active Service Medal with Clasps Iraq 2003 and ICAT
- Afghanistan Campaign Medal (Operation Slipper)
- Iraq Campaign Medal (Operation Kruger)
-Australian Defence Medal
- NATO Non Article 5 Medal with Clasp ISAF
- Army Combat Badge
- Return from Active Service Badge.
Marist College Ashgrove 1954-1958.
Served as Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea 1976, 1985, 1992-1994)
Served as Minister of Finance 1972-1977, 1985-1986, 1992-1994.
Elected Prime Minister on two separate occasions, 1980-1982 and 1994-1997.
Received Knighthood of the British Empire and appointed member of the Privy Council in 1981 by Her Majesty the Queen.
Since 2007 has been the Regional Member for the province of New Ireland and Governor of the province.
Proud Old Boy of Marist Ashgrove and chose to launch his memoir, Playing the Game, at the College in 2016. Sir Julius’ three sons are also Old Boys of the College.
Marist College Ashgrove 1990-1994.
Served as a member of the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council (2008–2010).
Served on the QUT Council (2008 – 2012).
Served as President of the Indigenous Lawyers Association of Queensland Inc (2007–09)
Was an editorial member of the Indigenous Law Bulletin (2007–2011)
Served as the Bar Association of Queensland President's Nominee for the Australian Bar Association's Indigenous Issues Committee in 2016.
Appointed a judge of the District Court of Queensland on 26 March 2018, Queensland’s first Indigenous judge.
Named the 2020 QUT Alumnus of the Year and the recipient of the 2020 QUT inaugural Indigenous Alumnus of the Year.
Bunbury Catholic College 2000-2004
Bunbury Catholic College Hall of Distinction
Member of the 2011 Australian National Hockey Team (Kookaburras)
Professor in Polymer Science (University of Southern Mississippi) working on novel strategies for the treatment of cancer, heart disease and burn injuries.
Ambassador for the Rotary Foundation Microscopes in Schools Project.
Bunbury Catholic College 1961-1966
Mayor City of Bunbury, Western Australia, 1997 – 2005.
Parliament of Western Australia - Member of Legislative Assembly (Bunbury) 2005 – 2017.
Minister of the Crown – Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Citizenship and Multicultural Interest - WA.
Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia in 2018.
State Parliament 2008 – 2013.
Bunbury Catholic College 1973-1976.
Bunbury Catholic College Hall of Distinction.
Expert in Child Development clinical issues.
Former Associate Professor of Psychology at Murdoch University.