49 Notable alumni of
Edith Cowan University
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Edith Cowan University is 797th in the world, 16th in Oceania, and 12th in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 49 notable alumni from Edith Cowan 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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Dominic Purcell
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell is an Australian actor. He is best known as Lincoln Burrows in Prison Break (2005–09; 2017), Mick Rory / Heat Wave in The Flash (2014–16) and Legends of Tomorrow (2016–21), and Drake / Dracula in Blade: Trinity (2004). He is also known for his role as Lewis "Lew" Brookbank in Three Way. In August 2023, he married Tish Cyrus, the ex-wife of country music star Billy Ray Cyrus, in Malibu, California after they were engaged in April 2023, becoming the stepfather of Brandi, Trace, Miley, and Noah Cyrus; he has four biological children from his first marriage.
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Jai Courtney
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Jai Stephen Courtney is an Australian actor. Courtney started his career as a teenager with small roles in film and television, and studied acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. After early supporting roles in Hollywood projects, he gained recognition for playing Dauntless leader Eric Coulter in The Divergent Series (2014–2015), Kyle Reese in Terminator Genisys (2015), and supervillain Captain Boomerang in the DC Extended Universe films Suicide Squad (2016), and The Suicide Squad (2021). He received praise for his performance as a corrupt debt collector and the main antagonist in the independent film Buffaloed (2019).
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Dacre Montgomery
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- actorfilm actor
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Dacre Kayd Montgomery-Harvey is an Australian actor. Montgomery began acting in short films as a teenager before making his feature film debut in the adventure comedy A Few Less Men (2017). In 2017, Montgomery starred as Jason Scott / Red Ranger in the superhero film Power Rangers and began playing Billy Hargrove in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things (2017–2022).
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Tim Minchin
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- film screenwriterfilm actorfilm directorsongwriteractor
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Timothy David Minchin AM is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, musician, poet, composer, and songwriter.
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Frances O'Connor
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- screenwriterstage actorfilm directorfilm actor
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Frances Ann O'Connor is an Australian actress. She appears in roles in the films Mansfield Park, Bedazzled, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Timeline. In television, she had main roles in Shark Bay, Mr Selfridge, Cleverman, Troy: Fall of a City, and The End, and had a recurring role in Wednesday. O'Connor won an AACTA Award for her performance in Blessed, and also earned two Golden Globe Award nominations for her performances in Madame Bovary and The Missing. In 2022, her debut feature as writer and director Emily was released.
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Viva Bianca
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- film actoractorfilm director
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Viva Bianca is an Australian actress best known for her role as Ilithyia on the Starz network series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Vengeance.
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Jim Jefferies
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- actorcomediantelevision actorwriterfilm actor
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Geoffrey James Nugent, known professionally as Jim Jefferies, is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He created and starred in the FX sitcom Legit (2013–2014) and the Comedy Central late-night show The Jim Jefferies Show (2017–2019). In 2023, Jefferies began hosting The 1% Club.
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Dustin Clare
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- screenwritertelevision actorfilm produceractorfilm actor
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Dustin Clare is an Australian actor. He is known for his starring role as Gannicus in the Starz series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned, and as Riley Ward on the series McLeod's Daughters.
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Hélène Joy
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- voice actortelevision actoractorfilm actor
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Hélène Joy is an Australian actress, who is best known for her work in television series Durham County and Murdoch Mysteries.
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Luke Arnold
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Luke Arnold is an Australian actor and author, who is known for portraying John Silver in the Starz drama series Black Sails (2014–2017) and INXS singer Michael Hutchence in the miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart (2014).
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Georgina Haig
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- film actoractorfilm director
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Georgina Haig is an Australian actress, known for her roles in American television series Once Upon a Time, Fringe, Limitless, Snowpiercer and Archive 81 and Australian films Late Night with the Devil, The Mule, Wasted on the Young and The Sapphires.
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James Mackay
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- composertelevision actorstage actorfilm actor
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James Wilson Mackay is an Australian actor known for The CW television series Dynasty, as well as roles in films and on stage.
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Eddie Perfect
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- actortelevision actor
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Edmund Perfect is an Australian musician, comedian, writer and actor.
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Lisa McCune
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- film actoractorstage actor
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Lisa McCune is an Australian actress, known for her role in TV series Blue Heelers as Senior Constable Maggie Doyle, and in Sea Patrol as Lieutenant Kate McGregor RAN. She has won four Gold Logie Awards.
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Adam Voges
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- cricketer
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Adam Charles Voges OAM is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the Australian national team at Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20I) level, and also captained Western Australia and Perth Scorchers in domestic cricket. Voges' Test match batting average of 61.87 is third among men’s Test cricketers who have played a minimum of 20 innings. Voges was included in the 2016 ICC Test Match Team of the Year. With his country, he won the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.
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Tammy MacIntosh
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- film actoractorstage actor
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Tammy MacIntosh is an Australian actress known for portraying Dr. Charlotte Beaumont in the medical drama All Saints and Jool in the TV series Farscape. She is also known for her roles on television series The Flying Doctors, Police Rescue, Sea Patrol, the television film McLeod's Daughters which led to the acclaimed drama series of the same title, and played the role of Kaz Proctor in the prison drama series Wentworth, until her departure in June 2019.
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Gemma Pranita
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- actor
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Gemma Pranita is a Thai-born Australian actress. Pranita was encouraged to join the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) by her drama teacher, and from 1999 to 2003, she competed at state level in the Shakespeare Globe Association's annual Shakespeare festival. Pranita formed a theatre company called Cry Havoc! with her best friend in 2006. After graduating from WAAPA, Pranita joined the Bell Shakespeare theatre company. She has also had roles in the films, Crush and Resistance. From 2010 until 2012, Pranita played Jade Mitchell in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. She briefly reprised the role in March 2019. After leaving Neighbours, Pranita appeared in The Ever After and launched a blog showcasing her career as a photographer. She also co-hosts the We Don't Have Time For This podcast.
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Lucy Durack
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- actor
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Lucy Durack is an Australian actress, singer and television personality who played Glinda in the Australian production of Wicked, and Elle Woods in the Australian production of Legally Blonde: The Musical. She starred as Tugger in Australian television drama Doctor Doctor in 2016 and as Roxy Karibas in Sisters in 2017.
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Paul Paddick
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- actor
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Paul Andrew Paddick is an Australian singer and actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Captain Feathersword, "the friendly pirate", a character associated with the children's band the Wiggles, where he eventually came to be known as "the fifth Wiggle".
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Marcus Graham
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Marcus Graham is an Australian film, television and stage actor, writer and director, with roles including Mulholland Drive and Josh Jarman. He was known as a teenage heartthrob in the early 1990s while starring in the Australian TV soap E Street as the character Stanley 'Wheels' Kovac. He is also known for his role as Harvey Ryan in Home and Away.
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Musa Aman
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- politician
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Musa bin Aman is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 11th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah since January 2025. He served as the 14th Chief Minister of Sabah from March 2003 to May 2018, State Minister of Finance of Sabah from 2002 to May 2018, State Minister in the Chief Minister's Department of Sabah from 1999 to 2002 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Sibuga from February 1994 to September 2020. He was also the State Chairman of Barisan Nasional (BN) and United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Sabah. He is the longest-serving Chief Minister of Sabah, holding the position for 15 years and is the older half brother of Anifah Aman, Senator, Special Advisor to the Chief Minister of Sabah on International Relations and Foreign Investments and President of the Love Sabah Party (PCS).
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Georgie Gardner
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- journalist
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Georgie Gardner is an Australian television and news presenter and journalist.
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Anne Aly
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- university teacherpolitical scientistpolitician
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Anne Azza Aly is an Australian politician who has been a Labor member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 election, representing the electorate of Cowan in Western Australia. In 2025, Aly became Minister for Small Business, Minister for International Development and Minister for Multicultural Affairs, joining Albanese's cabinet. She held the Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth portfolio in the Albanese ministry from 2022 to 2025.
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Nick Kay
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- basketball player
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Nicholas Colin Kay is an Australian professional basketball player for Shimane Susanoo Magic of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for the Metro State Roadrunners before beginning his professional career in the National Basketball League (NBL). He won two NBL championships with the Perth Wildcats in 2019 and 2020. He also won a New Zealand NBL championship and league MVP honours with the Wellington Saints in 2019. In 2021, he won a bronze medal with the Australian national team at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Stella Donnelly
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- singer-songwriterguitarist
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Stella Donnelly is a Welsh-Australian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. After the success of her debut EP Thrush Metal in 2017, she signed with Secretly Canadian in 2018. She released her debut studio album Beware of the Dogs to critical acclaim in March 2019, peaking at number 15 on the ARIA Album Charts, and winning Independent Album of the Year at the AIR Awards. Her second studio album, Flood, was released in August 2022, debuting at number 29 on the ARIA Charts. Her third, Love and Fortune, was issued in November 2025.
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Ben Lewis
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- actorsinger
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Ben Lewis was an English-born Australian actor and baritenor singer. His most well-known role was as the Phantom of the Opera in the original Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies. In 2017 and 2018 he reprised the role in Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera in the original West End theatre production. His other notable roles included Chad and Frank Farmer in the UK tours of Love Me Tender and The Bodyguard, as well as Larry in the 2018 West End revival of Company.
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Ben O'Toole
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- film actor
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Ben O'Toole is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as Rex Coen in Bloody Hell, his recurring roles in several Australian TV series such as Amazing Grace, as well as for his supporting roles in films such as Hacksaw Ridge and 12 Strong (2018). He plays Angus in the 2025 dark comedy thriller Penny Lane Is Dead. He has also appeared on stage many times, including as Happy Loman in Death of a Salesman in 2013 and again in 2024.
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Meg Mac
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- singer-songwritermusician
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Megan McInerney, known by her stage name Meg Mac, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. She signed to littleBIGMAN Records in 2014, locally, and 300 Entertainment in the United States.
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Nic Westaway
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Nicholas Westaway is an Australian actor and singer. From 2012 until 2016, he starred as Kyle Braxton in the soap opera Home and Away. He also plays in several drama shorts.
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Simon Lyndon
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- actorfilm actor
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Simon Lyndon is an Australian actor and director.
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Deidre Brock
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- politician
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Deidre Leanne Brock is an Australian-born Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh North and Leith from 2015 to 2024. She is the first SNP representative to hold the seat at either a Westminster or Scottish Parliament level. Brock was the SNP House of Commons Business Spokesperson from December 2022 to July 2024.
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Seann Miley Moore
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Indonesia - Occupations
- singer
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Seann Miley Moore is a Filipino-Australian singer, known for their roles as the Engineer in multiple tours of Miss Saigon and Hedwig in the 2025 Australian Tour of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, as well as competing in season 12 of the The X-Factor, UK and in season 10 of The Voice, Australia.
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Ahmed Adeeb
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- politician
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Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor is a Maldivian politician who served as Vice President of Maldives in 2015. Prior to his appointment on 22 July 2015, he served as the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.
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Libby Mettam
- Enrolled in Edith Cowan University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in broadcasting
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- journalistpolitician
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Elizabeth Mettam is an Australian politician. She has been the member for Vasse in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 18 October 2014 and the deputy leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party since 25 March 2025, after previously holding the position from November 2020 to January 2023. She was the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party from January 2023 to March 2025.
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Linda May Han Oh
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- composerjazz bassistjazz musiciandouble-bassist
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Linda May Han Oh is an Australian jazz bassist and composer. She is currently Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music and is also part of the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice.
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Ashley Hansen
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- 1983-.. (age 43)
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- Australian rules football player
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Ashley Hansen is a former Australian Rules footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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Maureen Mwanawasa
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- politician
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Maureen Mwanawasa was a Zambian legal practitioner who was first lady from 2002 to 2008. She was also a member of the Association of Women Lawyers in the United Kingdom, a serving council member of Law Association of Zambia Women’s Rights Committee, and the vice chairperson for the Habitat for Humanity, Zambia Board. She was the patron of Breakthrough Cancer Trust and the Child Care & Adoption Society of Zambia.
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John Tonkin
- Enrolled in Edith Cowan University
- Studied in 1921-1922
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- teacherpolitician
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John Trezise Tonkin AC was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 3 March 1971 to 8 April 1974. A member of the Labor Party, Tonkin was a minister in the Willcock, Wise and Hawke governments. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1933 to 1977, making him the longest-serving member of the Parliament of Western Australia as of 2021.
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Suzie Mathers
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- singer
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Suzie Mathers is a Scottish-Australian actress and theatre performer best known for her role as Glinda the Good Witch in the Australian, Asian tour, and London productions of Wicked as well Sophie in the 10th Anniversary Australian tour of Mamma Mia! the Musical.
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Terry Mills
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- politician
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Terence Kennedy Mills is an Australian politician. He served as chief minister of the Northern Territory from 2012 to 2013 and was leader of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) from 2003 to 2005 and 2008 to 2013.
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Stephen Dawson
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- politician
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Stephen Noel Dawson is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2013, representing the Mining and Pastoral Region. He is the current Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Innovation and the Digital Economy, Minister for Medical Research, Science, Minister assisting the Minister for State and Industry Development, Jobs and Trade, and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council.
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Salem Al Ketbi
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- authorpolitical scientist
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Salem Al Ketbi is a renowned Emirati political analyst, researcher and opinion writer. Al Ketbi has a Ph.D. in Public Law and Political Science from the Hassan II University, Casablanca, for his thesis titled "Political and religious propaganda and leadership through the social media in the Arab World". Al Ketbi is a bedouin.
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Nicholas Papademetriou
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Nicholas Papademetriou is an Australian actor of Greek Cypriot descent with many television, film and theatre credits. He is a graduate of Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He has had an extensive career in film and television since he graduated in 1984, but is best known as a stage actor, having appeared in productions in Australia, London, New York and Edinburgh.
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Gretel Scarlett
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- actor
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Gretel Scarlett Jahnke, known as Gretel Scarlett (born 9 November 1987) is an Australian actress and performer. Having appeared in theatre productions including Wicked and Mamma Mia!, she is best known for starring as Sandy in the 2013–2015 Australian production of Grease and Kathy Selden in the 2016/2017 Australian production of Singin' in the Rain which opened at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne. She most recently appeared in Disney's Frozen as the Elsa understudy.
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Graham Watt
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- businesspersonpolitician
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Graham Travis Watt is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2018, representing the seat of Burwood. He is a member of the Liberal Party.
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Mark Gasser
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- pianist
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Mark Gasser is a British concert pianist.
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Karla Hart
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- performing artist
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Karla Hart is a writer, film-maker, dancer, actress and director and has been the event coordinator for Wardarnji Festival 2011- 2015. She is currently the drive time presenter for Noongar Radio, which broadcasts in Perth, Western Australia.
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Alice Ingley
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- archer
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Alice Ingley is an Australian archer from Western Australia. She competes for the Yokine Archery Club, and made her national debut in 2007 at the Australian Junior National Championships. She first competed internationally in 2009 at the World Cup 2 in Turkey.
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Marcella Polain
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- poetwriter
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Marcella Polain is an Australian-resident poet, novelist and short fiction writer.
