100 Notable alumni of
University of Queensland
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The University of Queensland is 325th in the world, 6th in Oceania, and 5th in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Queensland sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Geoffrey Rush
- Occupations
- stage actorvoice actorfilm produceractorfilm actor
- Biography
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Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor. Known for often playing eccentric roles on both stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award, making him the only Australian to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, in addition to three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.
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Elton Mayo
- Occupations
- professorpsychologistsociologist
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George Elton Mayo was an Australian-born psychologist, industrial researcher, and organizational theorist. Mayo was formally trained at the University of Adelaide, acquiring a Bachelor of Arts Degree graduating with First Class Honours, majoring in philosophy and psychology, and was later awarded an honorary Master of Arts Degree from the University of Queensland (UQ).
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Clive Palmer
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpolitician
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Clive Frederick Palmer is an Australian billionaire businessman and politician. He has iron ore, nickel, and coal holdings, and owns various mining and resort businesses. Palmer founded the Palmer United Party in 2013, and was the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Fairfax from 2013 to 2016.
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Annastacia Palaszczuk
- Occupations
- solicitorpolitician
- Biography
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Annastacia Palaszczuk AC is an Australian politician who served as the 39th premier of Queensland from 2015 to 2023. She held office as the leader of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2012 until her resignation, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (MLA) for the division of Inala from 2006 to 2023. Palaszczuk is the fifth-most-tenured premier in Queensland state history and the first woman to win the premiership from opposition, she also presided over the first majority female cabinet in Australian state and federal history.
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Jack Thompson
- Occupations
- television actorvoice actorfilm produceractorfilm actor
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John Hadley Thompson, AM is an Australian actor and a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave. He is best known for his role as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including such classics as The Club (1980), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Petersen (1974). He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film.
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Ben Roberts-Smith
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Benjamin Roberts-Smith is an Australian former soldier who served in the Australian Army. He is a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award for gallantry in battle that can be awarded to a member of the Australian Defence Force. In 2023, he was found in a civil defamation trial to have committed murder and other war crimes while deployed to Afghanistan.
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Bob Katter
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter is an Australian politician who has served as the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Kennedy since 1993 and father of the House since 2022. He was previously active in Queensland state politics from 1974 to 1992, holding various ministerial positions in the Bjelke-Petersen, Ahern, and Cooper governments.
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Dami Im
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Dami Im is an Australian-Korean singer and songwriter. She represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden with the song "Sound of Silence", placing second and achieving the highest Eurovision Song Contest score for Australia.
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Peter Cosgrove
- Occupations
- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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General Sir Peter John Cosgrove is an Australian retired senior Army officer who served as the 26th governor-general of Australia, in office from 2014 to 2019.
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Storm Keating
- Occupations
- autobiographertelevision directormodelbrand ambassadortelevision producer
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Storm Uechtritz Keating is an Australian brand ambassador, television producer/ director, media personality and business woman. She has worked on a number of Australian and British television programmes such as The Apprentice Australia, Masterchef Australia, The X Factor, The Voice Australia, and The Voice UK.
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Ken Ham
- Occupations
- creationistevangelist
- Biography
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Kenneth Alfred Ham is an Australian Christian fundamentalist, young Earth creationist, apologist and former science teacher, living in the United States. He is a founder, CEO, and former president of Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Christian apologetics organisation that operates the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.
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Madhan Karky
- Occupations
- authorlyricistsongwriter
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Madhan Karky Vairamuthu is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, research associate, software engineer, and entrepreneur. A holder of a doctorate in computer science from the University of Queensland, Karky began his professional career as an assistant professor at the College of Engineering, Guindy, and soon after ventured into the Tamil cinema, working as a lyricist and dialogue writer. He resigned from his teaching profession in early 2013 and began working full-time in the film industry, while also launching the Karky Research Foundation, an educational research organization which primarily focuses on language computing and language literacy. He also founded the Mellinam Education, which develops educational games and story books designed to propagate learning among children, and DooPaaDoo, an online music platform which promotes independent music and serves a distributor for film soundtracks.
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Mark McGowan
- Occupations
- naval officerlawyerpolitician
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Mark McGowan AC is an Australian former politician and naval officer who served as the 30th premier of Western Australia from 2017 until his retirement in 2023. He was the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2012 to 2023 and a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Rockingham from 1996 to 2023.
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Kate Morton
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Kate Morton is an Australian author. She is known for her best-selling novels, including The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden, and The Distant Hours. Her seventh book, Homecoming, was published in April 2023.
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Lis Wiehl
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Lis Wiehl is a New York Times bestselling American author of fiction and nonfiction books, and a legal analyst. She is the author of twenty books, including, most recently, A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen―America's Most Damaging Russian Spy, published by Pegasus Books.
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Quentin Bryce
- Occupations
- teacherlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce is an Australian academic who served as the 25th governor-general of Australia from 2008 to 2014. She is the first woman to have held the position, and was previously the 24th governor of Queensland from 2003 to 2008.
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Johann Olav Koss
- Occupations
- speed skaterphysician
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Johann Olav Koss is a former speed skater from Norway. He won four Olympic gold medals, including three at the 1994 Winter Olympics in his home country.
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Bernard Fanning
- Occupations
- guitaristrecording artistsinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Bernard Joseph Fanning is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of Queensland alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989.
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Janet Fielding
- Occupations
- actor
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Janet Claire Mahoney, known professionally as Janet Fielding, is an Australian actress and talent agent. She starred in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as companion Tegan Jovanka from 1981 to 1984, and again in 2022.
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Taneti Maamau
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Taneti Maamau is an I-Kiribati politician who has served as the fifth president of Kiribati since 2016. A member of the Tobwaan Kiribati Party, his policies are targeted at strengthening Kiribati's weak economy and alleviating social issues. His government announced the Kiribati Vision for 20 Years (KV20), which plans to develop the tourism and fishing industries with aid from foreign investors.
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Bill Hayden
- Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- Studied economics
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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William George Hayden was an Australian politician who served as the 21st governor-general of Australia from 1989 to 1996. He was Leader of the Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1983, and served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1983 to 1988 under Bob Hawke and as Treasurer of Australia in 1975 under Gough Whitlam.
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Malcolm Roberts
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Malcolm Ieuan Roberts is an Australian politician. He is a member of One Nation and has been a Senator for Queensland since 2019. He also served in the Senate from 2016 to 2017.
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied
- Occupations
- mechanical engineerengineerwriter
- Biography
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese–Australian media presenter and writer, who had an early career as a mechanical engineer. She was named Young Queenslander of the Year in 2010 and Queensland Australian of the Year in 2015 for her engagement in community work. Abdel-Magied has been based in the United Kingdom since 2017, after her comments about Sharia on TV and a social media post on Anzac Day led to her being widely attacked in Australian media, a petition calling for her sacking from ABC TV, and numerous death threats on social media.
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Jeremy Tam
- Occupations
- aircraft pilotpolitician
- Biography
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Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho is a Hong Kong politician, airline pilot, and former Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Civic Party's Kowloon East Branch. He was a former member of the Legislative Council representing Kowloon East, having been elected in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election. Tam resigned along with 14 other remaining pro-democracy legislators from the Legislative Council on 11 November 2020, after the central government had unseated four of pro-democracy legislators the same day.
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Andrew Laming
- Occupations
- politicianophthalmologist
- Biography
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Andrew Charles Laming is an Australian medical doctor and former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Bowman for the Liberal National Party of Queensland from 2004 to 2022.
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David Malouf
- Occupations
- librettistpoetwriternovelistshort story writer
- Biography
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David George Joseph Malouf AO is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney. He also delivered the 1998 Boyer Lectures.
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Campbell Newman
- Occupations
- civil engineerengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Campbell Kevin Thomas Newman is an Australian former politician who served as the 38th Premier of Queensland from 26 March 2012 to 14 February 2015. He served as the member for Ashgrove in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between 24 March 2012 and 31 January 2015. He was LNP Leader from 2 April 2011 to 7 February 2015; Newman previously served as the 15th Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 27 March 2004 to 3 April 2011.
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George Brandis
- Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- barristersolicitordiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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George Henry Brandis KC is an Australian former politician. He was a Senator for Queensland from 2000 to 2018, representing the Liberal Party, and was a cabinet minister in the Abbott and Turnbull governments. He was later High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2018 to 2022.
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Raymond Dart
- Occupations
- anatomistanthropologistprehistorianuniversity teacherpaleoanthropologist
- Biography
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Raymond Arthur Dart was an Australian anatomist and anthropologist, best known for his involvement in the 1924 discovery of the first fossil found of Australopithecus africanus, an extinct hominin closely related to humans, at Taung in the North of South Africa in the Northwest province.
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Anna Bligh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian lobbyist and former politician who served as the 37th Premier of Queensland, in office from 2007 to 2012 as leader of the Queensland Labor Party. She was the first woman to hold either position. In 2017, she was appointed CEO of the Australian Banking Association.
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Robert Forster
- Occupations
- singerguitaristsongwritermusic criticmusician
- Biography
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Robert Derwent Garth Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and music critic. In December 1977 he co-founded an indie rock group, the Go-Betweens, with fellow musician Grant McLennan. In 1980, Lindy Morrison joined the group on drums and backing vocals, and by 1981 Forster and Morrison were also lovers. In 1988, "Streets of Your Town", co-written by McLennan and Forster, became the band's highest-charting hit in both Australia and the United Kingdom. The follow-up single, "Was There Anything I Could Do?", was a number-16 hit on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States. In December 1989, after recording six albums, the Go-Betweens disbanded. Forster and Morrison had separated as a couple earlier, and Forster began his solo music career from 1990.
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Wayne Swan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wayne Maxwell Swan is an Australian politician serving as the 25th and current National President of the Labor Party since 2018, previously serving as the 14th deputy prime minister of Australia and the deputy leader of the Labor Party from 2010 to 2013, and the treasurer of Australia from 2007 to 2013.
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Julius Chan
- Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- Studied in 1959
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Julius Chan was a Papua New Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 1980 to 1982 and from 1994 to 1997. He was Member of Parliament for New Ireland Province, having won the seat in the 2007 national election. He was also the Governor of New Ireland Province from 2007 until his death in 2025. On 26 May 2019, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced he would soon resign and that he wished for Sir Julius to succeed him. An outgoing Prime Minister does not, however, have the power to appoint his successor, and the following day O'Neill delayed his own formal resignation. He was also a leading figure in his country during the years-long Bougainville conflict.
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George Negus
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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George Edward Negus AM was an Australian journalist, author, television and radio presenter specialising in international affairs. He was a pioneer of Australian broadcast journalism, first appearing on the ABC's This Day Tonight and later on 60 Minutes. Negus was known for making complex international and political issues accessible to a broad audience through his down-to-earth, colloquial presentation style. His very direct interviewing technique occasionally caused confrontation, famously with Margaret Thatcher, but also led to some interviewees giving more information than they had given in other interviews. Recognition of his unique skills led to him hosting a new ABC show, Foreign Correspondent, and Dateline on SBS. He often reported from the frontline of dangerous conflicts and described himself as an "anti-war correspondent" who wanted people to understand the reasons behind why wars were senseless. He was awarded a Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. He presented 6.30 with George Negus on Network Ten. He remained a director of his own media consulting company, Negus Media International, until his death in 2024.
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Anne Rimmen
- Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- sports journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Anne Elgård Rimmen is a presenter and former sports anchor for NRK Sport. She was born in Denmark, but moved to Norway as a three-year-old.
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Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Abdul Khalid bin Ibrahim was a Malaysian politician who served as the 14th Menteri Besar of Selangor from 2008 to 2014. He was the Member of the Selangor State Assembly (MLA) for Ijok from 2008 to 2013, and MLA for Pelabuhan Klang from 2013 to 2018. At the same time, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bandar Tun Razak from 2013 to 2018.
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Matthew Canavan
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Matthew James Canavan is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Queensland since 2014. He previously held ministerial positions in the Turnbull and Morrison governments.
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Drew Pavlou
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Drew Pavlou is an Australian political activist best known for his criticism of the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, and their influence within Australia. Pavlou is also known for having organised protests on-campus in support of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, and for later protest activity against the Chinese government.
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Bob Katter, Sr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Cummin Katter was an Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1966 to 1990, representing the National Party (originally named the Country Party). He served as Minister for the Army in the McMahon government in 1972. His sons Bob Katter Jr. and Carl Katter as well as grandson Robbie have also been involved in politics.
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Michael Ware
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorwar correspondentfilm producertelevision producer
- Biography
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Michael Ware is an Australian journalist formerly working in CNN and was for several years based in their Baghdad bureau. He joined CNN in May 2006, after five years with sister publication, Time. His last on-air appearance for the network was in December 2009.
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Peter Slipper
- Occupations
- barristerfarmerpolitician
- Biography
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Peter Neil Slipper is an Australian former politician and bishop who served as the 27th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia for most of his career, he was the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Fisher from 1984 to 1987 and again from 1993 to 2013. He is the current bishop in Australia for the Catholic Apostolic Church of Australia (ICAB) a mission of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira) and an honorary consul for Brazil in Australia.
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Kimberley Kitching
- Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- solicitorpoliticiantrade unionist
- Biography
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Kimberley Jane Elizabeth Kitching was an Australian politician, lawyer, and trade unionist. A member of the Labor Party, she was a Senator for Victoria from October 2016 until her death.
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Stephen Moore
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Stephen Thomas Moore AM is an Australian former rugby union footballer, who played Super Rugby for the Brumbies and Queensland Reds and has 129 caps for Australia internationally, including 24 tests as captain.
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Wyatt Roy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wyatt Beau Roy is a former Australian parliamentarian. He served as the Assistant Minister for Innovation from September 2015 to the July 2016 federal election. He was a Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) member of the Australian House of Representatives from August 2010 to July 2016, representing the electorate of Longman. At 20 years of age, he was the youngest person ever to be elected to an Australian parliament. The federal record was previously held by Edwin Corboy, who was 22 when elected in 1918. He also became the youngest Minister in the history of the Commonwealth, being appointed to the ministry at the age of 25.
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John Birmingham
- Occupations
- novelistprose writerscience fiction writerwriterjournalist
- Biography
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John Birmingham is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, the Axis of Time trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the Cruel Stars trilogy.
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Peter Beattie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Douglas Beattie is an Australian former politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland, in office from 1998 to 2007. He was the state leader of the Labor Party from 1996 to 2007.
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Andrew Liveris
- Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in chemical engineering
- Occupations
- businesspersonchemist
- Biography
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Andrew N. Liveris is an Australian former CEO and chairman of The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Michigan. Liveris has served as a member of Dow's board of directors since February 2004, CEO since November 2004, and, was elected as chairman of the board effective 1 April 2006. Liveris became CEO in 2004 after holding the position of chief operating officer. Afterwards, he served as executive chairman of DowDuPont. He is the chairman of the board of Lucid Motors.
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Steven Miles
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Steven John Miles is an Australian politician who served as the 40th premier of Queensland from 2023 to 2024. He has been the leader of the Queensland Labor Party since 2023 and previously served as deputy premier from 2020 to 2023.
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Milton Dick
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dugald Milton Dick is an Australian politician serving as the 32nd and current speaker of the Australian House of Representatives since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he has been the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Oxley, covering Brisbane's south-western suburbs, since 2016. He previously served on the Brisbane City Council from 2008 to 2016 and as an ALP state secretary from 2004 to 2008.
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Peter C. Doherty
- Occupations
- immunologistveterinarianprofessor
- Biography
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Peter Charles Doherty is an Australian immunologist and Nobel laureate.
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Christian Welch
- Occupations
- rugby league player
- Biography
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Christian Welch is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).
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Deborah Priya Henry
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestantsocialitemodel
- Biography
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Deborah Priya Henry, also known as Priya Emmanuel, is a Malaysian TV host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Malaysia 2011 but did not make it to the semifinalists round. She was also crowned Miss Malaysia World 2007, and placed in the Top 15 at Miss World 2007.
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Wayne Goss
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Wayne Keith Goss was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996, becoming the first Labor Premier of the state in over 32 years. Prior to entering politics, Goss was a solicitor, and after leaving politics he served as chairman of the Queensland Art Gallery and chairman of Deloitte Australia.
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Rodney Williams
- Occupations
- physicianbadminton executive and administratorpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Rodney Errey Lawrence Williams, GCMG, KGN, KStJ is an Antiguan politician who is the fourth and current governor-general of Antigua and Barbuda, having previously served as Minister for Education, Culture and Technology and as a Member of Parliament until 2004.
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Paul de Jersey
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Paul de Jersey, AC, CVO, KC is an Australian jurist who served as the 26th governor of Queensland, from 29 July 2014 to 1 November 2021. He was Chief Justice of Queensland from 1998 to 2014.
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Murray Watt
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Murray Patrick Watt is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for the Environment and Water in the Albanese government since May 2025. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a Senator for Queensland since the 2016 federal election. He previously served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2012.
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Alex Baumann
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Alexander Baumann, OC OOnt is a Canadian sports administrator and former competitive swimmer who won two gold medals and set two world records at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In 2007, he was regarded by the CBC, the national broadcaster, as "the greatest swimmer in Canadian history", as the twin Olympic gold medals were Canada's first in swimming since 1912.
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Jess Phoenix
- Occupations
- television presentervolcanologistpolitician
- Biography
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Jess Phoenix is an American volcanologist, writer and multimedia personality. She is the Science Ambassador of the Union of Concerned Scientists. She ran as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the co-host of the Discovery series Hunting Atlantis and the author of Ms. Adventure.
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Michael Bryce
- Occupations
- graphic designerarchitect
- Biography
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Michael John Strachan Bryce, AM, AE, FRSA, was an Australian architect and graphic and industrial designer. He was the husband of the 25th governor-general of Australia, Dame Quentin Bryce.
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Sheikh Waqas Akram
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sheikh Waqas Akram is a Pakistani politician and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-109 Jhang-II since 29 February 2024. He previously served as a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to November 2007 and from March 2008 to March 2013. He joined the PTI in early 2023 and was appointed as the Information Secretary of the party, which he is serving as today.
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Konstantin Kersting
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Konstantin Kersting is a German-Australian music producer, songwriter and sound engineer. He has worked with a diverse range of artists, including Tones and I, Milky Chance, Mallrat, Fisher, Spacey Jane, Amy Shark, The Jungle Giants, The Rubens, R3HAB, The Church, Genesis Owusu, Budjerah, Kita Alexander and Peach PRC.
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Peter Varghese
- Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- In 1978 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Peter Varghese AO is an Australian retired diplomat and public servant. He was the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 3 December 2012 to 22 July 2016. He announced in November 2015 that he would leave the position in July 2016 to become the chancellor of the University of Queensland.
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Alan Jones
- Occupations
- radio personalityrugby union coach
- Biography
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Alan Belford Jones is an Australian former talkback host, coach of the Australia national rugby union team, and rugby league coach and administrator. He has worked as a school teacher, a speech writer in the office of Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, and in musical theatre. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Queensland and completed a one-year teaching diploma at Worcester College, Oxford. He has received civil and industry awards.
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Dorothy Hill
- Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- Studied in 1924-1928
- Occupations
- geologistpaleontologist
- Biography
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Dorothy Hill, AC, CBE, FAA, FRS was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science.
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Biman Prasad
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Biman Prasad is a Fijian politician, economist and former Cabinet minister who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance from 2022 to 2025. He has led the National Federation Party since 2014.
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Mike Ahern
- Occupations
- cattle rancherengineerpolitician
- Biography
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Michael John Ahern was an Australian National Party politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1987 to September 1989. After a long career in the government of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Ahern became his successor amid the controversy caused by the Fitzgerald Inquiry into official corruption. Ahern's consensus style and political moderation contrasted strongly with Bjelke-Petersen's leadership, but he could not escape the division and strife caused by his predecessor's downfall.
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Trevor Evans
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Trevor Mark Evans is a former Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022, representing the Division of Brisbane. He was a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland, and sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Evans served as the Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management in the Morrison government from May 2019 until May 2022.
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David McMillan
- Occupations
- architectassociation football player
- Biography
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David McMillan is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a forward for UCD over two spells, St Patrick's Athletic, Sligo Rovers, St Johnstone, Hamilton Academical, Falkirk and Dundalk over two spells. He is currently the League of Ireland's all-time leading scorer in the UEFA Champions League and was joint top-scorer in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round. McMillan has also been named League of Ireland Premier Division Player of the Month on three occasions.
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Frank Moorhouse
- Occupations
- opinion journalistnovelistshort story writerwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Frank Thomas Moorhouse AM was an Australian writer who won major national prizes for the short story, the novel, the essay and for script writing. His work has been published in the United Kingdom, France and the United States, and translated into German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Serbian and Swedish.
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Dirk Moses
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Anthony Dirk Moses is an Australian scholar who researches various aspects of genocide. In 2022 he became the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Professor of Political Science at the City College of New York, after having been the Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of Global Human Rights History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a leading scholar of genocide, especially in colonial contexts, as well as of the political development of the concept itself. He is known for coining the term racial century in reference to the period 1850–1950. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Genocide Research.
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Eric Partridge
- Occupations
- editorwriterlexicographer
- Biography
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Eric Honeywood Partridge was a New Zealand–British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II.
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Mark Bailey
- Born in
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Australia - Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Mark Craig Bailey is an Australian politician who has been the Labor member for Miller in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Bailey most recently served as the Minister for Transport and Main Roads of Queensland until 17 December 2023. He has also worked in gambling, liquor and racing policy for the Queensland state government.
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Natalie Jeremijenko
- Occupations
- researcherartistdesign engineervisual artistengineer
- Biography
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Natalie Jeremijenko AO is an Australian environmental artist and engineer whose background includes studies in biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering. She is an active member of the net.art movement, and her work primarily explores the interface between society, the environment and technology. She has alternatively described her work as "X Design" (short for experimental design) and herself as a "thingker", a combination of thing-maker and thinker. She is also described as an "artist-experimenter."
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Jenny McAllister
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jennifer Ryll McAllister is an Australian politician. She has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2015 and previously served as National President of the Australian Labor Party from 2011 to 2015. She is from the Socialist Left faction of the Labor Party. She was appointed as the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme in 2025, having previously served as the Minister for Emergency Management and Minister for Cities in the first Albanese ministry from 2024.
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Michael A. Mcrobbie
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Michael Alexander McRobbie AO is an Australian–American computer scientist and university administrator. He served as the 18th president of Indiana University from 2007 to 2021. Upon stepping down from the IU presidency, McRobbie was replaced by Pamela Whitten, who became the 19th president of Indiana University on July 1, 2021. On July 1, 2021, he assumed the titles of university chancellor, president emeritus and university professor. He is the third person to serve as university chancellor in the university's more than 200-year-old history.
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Max Lu
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- chemical engineernanotechnologist
- Biography
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Gaoqing Max Lu is a Chinese–Australian chemical engineer and nanotechnologist. He has been the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wollongong since May 2025.
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Martin Green
- Occupations
- university teacherengineerenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Martin Andrew Green AM FRS FAA is an Australian engineer who specialises in photovoltaics. He is a Scientia professor of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where he directs the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics. Green is best known for his development of the Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) in 1983, a technology that significantly increased the conversion efficiency of silicon solar cells, reduced the cost of solar energy and powers over 90% of all solar panels globally today.
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Geert Lovink
- Occupations
- essayistdirectortheoristactivistprofessor
- Biography
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Geert Lovink is a Dutch media theorist and critic of digital culture. He is the founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures (INC), an Amsterdam-based research organization focused on internet studies and digital media.
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Andrew Bartlett
- Occupations
- civil servantsocial workerpolitician
- Biography
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Andrew John Julian Bartlett is an Australian politician, social worker, academic, and social campaigner who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1997 to 2008 and from 2017 to 2018. He represented the Australian Democrats in his first stint in the Senate, including as party leader from 2002 to 2004 and deputy leader from 2004 to 2008. In November 2017, he returned to the Senate as a member of the Australian Greens, replacing Larissa Waters after her disqualification during the parliamentary eligibility crisis. He resigned from the Senate in August 2018 in an unsuccessful attempt to win the House of Representatives seat of Brisbane, allowing Waters to fill his seat in advance of the 2019 election.
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Louise Lake-Tack
- Occupations
- judgepoliticianmagistrate
- Biography
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Dame Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack who served as the third governor-general of Antigua and Barbuda from 2007 to 2014. She was the first woman to hold the office.
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Margaret Wertheim
- Occupations
- mathematicianwriterphysicist
- Biography
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Margaret Wertheim is an Australian-born science writer, curator, and artist based in the United States. She is the author of books on the cultural history of physics, and has written about science, including for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Aeon and Cabinet. Wertheim and her twin sister, Christine Wertheim, are co-founders of the Institute For Figuring (IFF), a Los Angeles–based non-profit organization through which they create projects at the intersection of art, science and mathematics. Their IFF projects include their Crochet Coral Reef, which has been shown at the 2019 Venice Biennale, Hayward Gallery (London), Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. For her work with public science engagement, Wertheim won the 2016 Klopsteg Memorial Award from the American Association of Physics Teachers and Australia's Scientia Medal (2017).
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Peter Cameron
- Occupations
- university teacherresearchermathematician
- Biography
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Peter Jephson Cameron FRSE is an Australian mathematician who works in group theory, combinatorics, coding theory, and model theory. He is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of St Andrews and Queen Mary University of London.
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
- Occupations
- writerauthornovelistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is a Kenyan writer who is the author of novels, short stories and essays. She won the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her story "Weight of Whispers". Yvonne is also the co-founder of The Macondo Literary Festival,a non-profit organization that seeks to organize regular literary festivals that promote literature and authors of Africa and from the Global.
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Gary Johns
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gary Thomas Johns is an Australian writer and politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1996, holding the Queensland seat of Petrie for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He served as a minister in the Keating government.
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Peter Harrison
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Enrolled in the University of Queensland
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Peter D. Harrison FAHA is a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, Australia, and Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy at the University of Queensland
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Eva Burrows
- Occupations
- pastor
- Biography
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Eva Evelyn Burrows AC OF was an Australian Salvation Army Officer who was the 13th General of the Salvation Army, serving from 1986 to 1993. She served as an Officer of the Salvation Army from 1951 until her retirement in 1993. In 1993, Henry Gariepy released her biography, General of God's Army: the Authorized Biography of General Eva Burrows.
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Ben Hudson
- Years
- 1979-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- Australian rules football player
- Biography
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Ben Hudson is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as the defensive skills, ruck and forwards coach at the Brisbane Lions since September 2014. He was also the ruck coach for Collingwood after being selected as a mature age rookie player in the 2012 rookie draft.
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Elizabeth Watson-Brown
- Occupations
- architectpolitician
- Biography
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Elizabeth Watson-Brown is an Australian politician and architect. She is a member of the Australian Greens and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2022 federal election, representing the Queensland seat of Ryan.
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Graham Perrett
- Occupations
- novelistsolicitorteacherpolitician
- Biography
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Graham Douglas Perrett is an Australian former politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2025, representing the Queensland seat of Moreton for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He worked as a schoolteacher, solicitor, and political staffer before entering parliament.
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Ray Griggs
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Raymond James Griggs, AO, CSC is an Australian former senior public servant and senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Chief of Navy from June 2011 to June 2014, before being appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Force until his transfer to the reserve in July 2018.
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Penelope Wensley
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Penelope Anne Wensley, AC is an Australian former public servant and diplomat who served as the 25th Governor of Queensland from 2008 to 2014. She was previously High Commissioner to India from 2001 to 2004 and Ambassador to France from 2005 to 2008.
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Shayne Neumann
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Shayne Kenneth Neumann is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2007, representing the Division of Blair. In March 2013, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing. After the 2013 federal election, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and for Ageing. In 2016, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. After the 2019 federal election, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel.
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Justine Elliot
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Maria Justine Elliot is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2004 federal election, representing the New South Wales seat of Richmond. She served as Minister for Ageing in the First Rudd government from 2007 to 2010 and as a parliamentary secretary in the Gillard government from 2010 to 2013.
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Tu'i Pelehake
- Years
- 1922-1999 (aged 77)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Prince Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake OBE was the youngest son of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga. He was the prime minister of Tonga from 1965 to 1991, a record tenure of over 25 years, serving under his brother King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV.
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Dane Bird-Smith
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Dane Alex Bird-Smith is an Australian racewalking athlete. He competes in the 20 kilometres race walk, and has a best of 1:19:28 hours for the distance, set in 2017. He competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he was the bronze medallist. Bird-Smith represented Australia at the World Championships in Athletics three times (2013, 2015, and 2017), and has appeared four times at the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships/Cup.
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Sallyanne Atkinson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sallyanne Atkinson AO is an Australian former politician who served as Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1985 to 1991 in Queensland, Australia. She is the only woman to have held the position. As of 2017, she was Chairman of the Museum of Brisbane, President of the Council of The Women's College at the University of Queensland and chair of the advisory board of the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland.
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Fred Paterson
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Frederick Woolnough Paterson was an Australian politician, activist, unionist and lawyer. He is the only representative of the Communist Party of Australia to be elected to an Australian parliament.
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John McVeigh
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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John Joseph McVeigh is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2020, representing the Queensland seat of Groom for the Liberal Party. During the Turnbull government he served in cabinet as Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government from 2017 to 2018. He was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2016 and was Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry under Premier Campbell Newman.
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James Hanson
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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James Hanson is an Australian rugby union player for playing as a hooker. He recently played for English Premiership Rugby side Gloucester.
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Kim Wilkins
- Occupations
- writernovelist
- Biography
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Kim Wilkins is an Australian writer of popular fiction based in Brisbane, Queensland. She is the author of more than twenty-five mass-market novels, including her debut horror novel, The Infernal (1997), which won Aurealis Awards for both horror and fantasy. She has been published in twenty languages. She also writes general women's fiction as Kimberley Freeman.
