16 Notable alumni of
Australian Catholic University
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Australian Catholic University is 2479th in the world, 43rd in Oceania, and 34th in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Australian Catholic University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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James Tedesco
- Occupations
- rugby league player
- Biography
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James Tedesco, nicknamed "Teddy", is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback and captains the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL), New South Wales rugby league team and Australia.
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Will Skelton
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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William Skelton is an Australian rugby union player, who plays as a lock for La Rochelle in the French Top 14 competition.
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Ryan Papenhuyzen
- Occupations
- rugby league player
- Biography
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Ryan Papenhuyzen is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League (NRL) in Australia. He is a NRL premiership winning player of 2020.
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Morris West
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Morris Langlo West was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate (1959), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963) and The Clowns of God (1981). His books were published in 27 languages and sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Each new book he wrote after he became an established writer sold more than one million copies.
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Des Hasler
- Occupations
- rugby league player
- Biography
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Desmond John Hasler is an Australian professional rugby league coach and former player who is the current head coach of the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League.
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Tim Costello
- Occupations
- chief executive officer
- Biography
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Timothy Ewen Costello AO is an Australian Baptist minister who was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia. Costello worked as a lawyer and served as mayor of St Kilda. He has authored a number of books on faith and life. A National Trust poll in 2014 elected him one of Australia's 100 national living treasures.
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Deborah O'Neill
- Occupations
- lecturerpolitician
- Biography
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Deborah Mary O'Neill is an Australian politician who has served as a Senator for New South Wales with the Australian Labor Party since 2013. Before entering politics O'Neill was a school teacher and university academic. In her Senate role, she has been described as taking "a fierce approach to accountability." In June 2023, O'Neill was appointed to chair the newly formed Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. In this role, the committee has largely focused on failures of governance and public accountability amongst the large consulting firms Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC.
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Ben Cummins
- Occupations
- rugby union match official
- Biography
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Ben Cummins is an Australian former rugby league referee for the National Rugby League.
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Matt Burke
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Matthew Coleman Burke is an Australian former international rugby union player and sport presenter on Sydney's 10 News First.
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Paige Greco
- Years
- 1997-.. (age 27)
- Occupations
- sport cyclist
- Biography
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Paige Greco is an Australian Paralympic cyclist who won gold medals at the 2019 World Track Championships in C1-3 women's pursuit 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. She broke the World Record setting a new one of 3:52.283 in the 3000m individual pursuit at the Tokyo Paralympics.
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Sam Hibbins
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- community organizationpoliticiansocial worker
- Biography
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Samuel Peter Hibbins is an Australian politician. He has been a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the electoral district of Prahran. Along with Ellen Sandell who won Melbourne at the same election, Hibbins was one of the first two Greens politicians elected to the Victorian lower house. Hibbins is also the first Greens candidate to gain a seat from a sitting Liberal MP.
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Alan Whiticker
- Occupations
- non-fiction writer
- Biography
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Alan James Whiticker is an Australian non-fiction author and publisher, with over 50 published books on history, sport, biography, true crime and lifestyle.
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Joe Barakat
- Occupations
- rugby union coach
- Biography
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Joe Barakat is an Australian rugby union Coach. He has just returned home from two years in Japan as a forwards and defense coach for the NTT Communications Shining Arcs in Tokyo, Japan after an extensive national and international career.
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Anba Suriel
- Occupations
- religious servant
- Biography
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Anba Suriel is a bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Los Angeles, United States. He previously led the Diocese of Melbourne and affiliated regions in Australia from 1999 to 2018, and first served as a bishop in New Jersey, United States, in the Archdiocese of North America.
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Martin Dixon
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Martin Francis Dixon is a former Australian politician. Dixon was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2018, representing the electorates of Dromana (1996–2002) and Nepean (2002–2018). He was Minister for Education in the Baillieu and Napthine governments from 2010 to 2014.
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Bronwen Neil
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- university teachertheologianclassical philologistacademicphilologist
- Biography
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Bronwen Neil FAHA is an Australian academic. She is a Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University. She is an expert on Byzantine Greek and medieval literature, early Christianity, and ancient letter collections in Greek and Latin.
