Parramatta Marist Hight School 1962-1969.

Surgeon specialising in head and neck surgery, with particular emphasis on head and neck cancer.

Director of the Sydney Cancer Centre based at the Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital and the University of Sydney.

Served as Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney and was the Founder and Director of the Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute.

Appeared on the Channel 9 television program RPA, achieving national recognition for his compassion and surgical ability.

Received AM in 2005 and posthumously made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2009.

Known as a visionary for centres of excellence in NSW for cancer treatment, care and research and this culminated in the establishment of the comprehensive cancer centre in Camperdown, named the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, which is his legacy.

Remembered as one of the finest young men ever to attend Parramatta Marist.

Marist College Ashgrove 1945-1953.

Named College Dux in 1953

Studied Engineering and spent 34 years at Queensland University of Technology (previously QIT, now QUT) including more than 20 years as Head of Mechanical Engineering or Acting Dean of the School of Engineering.

Achievements include: winner of the James Harrison Medal from AIRAH (only the fourth Queenslander to do so), serving on the committee of Australian Institute of Engineers QLD, member of the Sugar Research Institute of Australia, founder of the QIT Rugby Club and QIT Alpine Skiing Club and Chairman of Mt St Michael’s College Board, Marist College Ashgrove’s “sister school”.

Served as President of the Marist College Ashgrove Old Boys Association on two separate occasions. 

Lavalla Catholic College Traralgon 1985-1990.

Elected to represent the electorate of McMillanin 1998 and re-elected in 2001.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Communications and Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development.

Served as: a Director of the Victorian Energy Networks Corporation; Chair of the Victorian Government's Sustainable Timber Industry Council; Chairman of the Australian Government's $1 billion Regional Development Australia Fund Advisory Panel; a Director of two Aboriginal organisations in the Kimberley, Waardi Limited and Nyimarr Limited; a Founding Director of the Regional Australia Institute; Chief Executive Officer of Wunan Foundation; Executive Director of the National Catholic Education Commission

Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant service to rural and regional development, to the advancement of Indigenous welfare, and to the Australian Parliament" in June 2018

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1985-1990.

Renowned Australian rugby union player and television sports presenter.

Played 81 tests for the Wallabies 1993-2004.

Held 22 Australian Rugby records and 7 international Rugby records at the time of his retirement.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1902-1905.

Medical doctor and NSW state parliamentarian.

Member for Eastern Suburbs.

Strong advocate for government funding of Catholic schools.

Co-founder of the Medical Guild of St Luke.

Awarded Papal knighthood by Pope Pius XII.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1963-1967.

Renowned author and poet.

Award winning author of eleven novels and a volume of essays on writing and culture.

Literature Board member on the Australia Council.

2014 Patrick White Award for Literature and the 2018 Prime Minister's Prize for Poetry.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1943-1945.

Renowned sports medicine and rheumatology specialist.

Medical Officer for Australian Olympic Team.

Inducted into The Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Chairman of Australian Drugs in Sport Committee and Australian Sports Drug Agency.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1972-1977

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Olympic Committee.

Former CEO of Australian Sailing.

General Manager A-League Football Federation Australia.

General Manager Rugby World Cup 2003.

General Manager Australian Rugby Union.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1967-1972.

Vice-Provincial, Headmaster/Principal, teacher, national administrative leader.

Head/Principal of several Marist schools.

Has served as Director of Marist Education overseeing Marist schools"

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1967-1972.

Teacher, author, school principal, rector, national administrative leader.

First National Director of Marist Schools Australia.

Author of and expert in Marist history, charism, pedagogy and spirituality.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1894-1897.

Early French, British and Italian silent movie actor and director.

Renowned as the British Empire’s highest paid actor in 1910s as star of the Ultus series and other films.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1986-1991.

Host of ABC Hard Quiz.

Winner of 2019 Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Television.

Winner of multiple comedy fringe festival awards.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hills 1975-1980.

Internationally renowned children’s music entertainer, actor and songwriter.

Founding member of The Wiggles.

Winner of multiple APRA and ARIA awards.

Inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame"

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1942-1943.

Winner of 2005 Archibald Prize, 1989 Sulman Prize and other renowned art prizes.

Artworks in major galleries and private collections.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1904-1908.

Awarded Military Cross for gallant service on the Western Front 1917

Renowned criminal barrister and defender of civil liberties.

Served in WWII as Brigadier in command of repatriation of Australian soldiers who were prisoners of war.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1911-1915.

Air Marshal and Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force.

Served in various theatres during World War II.

Commander-in-chief of British Commonwealth Air Forces of Occupation in post-war Japan.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1902-1909.

Journalist with the Freeman’s Journal, Daily Telegraph, The Sun, Managing Director of Truth and editor-in-chief of Smith’s Weekly.

Heraldry artist of St Joseph’s College crest.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1964-1969.

Editor-in-Chief of The Canberra Times.

1985 Australian Journalist of the Year.

2007 Canberra Citizen of the Year.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1950-1952.

Managing Director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Authority.

Political correspondent for The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald.

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hills 1944-1948.

Renowned cardiothoracic surgeon.

Pioneered many advances in cardiac surgery in Australia.

Member of the first Australian heart transplant medical team.

Chairman of the St Vincent's Hospital cardiothoracic unit.