84 Notable alumni of
University of Tasmania
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The University of Tasmania is 883rd in the world, 18th in Oceania, and 13th in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 84 notable alumni from the University of Tasmania sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Queen Mary of Denmark
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- 1990-1994 graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- Occupations
- businesspersoninternational forum participantaccount executivearistocratqueen consort
- Biography
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Mary is Queen of Denmark as the wife of King Frederik X.
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Rianti Cartwright
- Occupations
- actormodel
- Biography
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Rianti Rhiannon Cartwright is an Indonesian actress, model, presenter and VJ. She's best known for her leading role as 'Aisha' in a romantic religious Indonesian hit movie Ayat-Ayat Cinta (Verses of Love) in 2008 and become a VJ for MTV Indonesia since 2005.
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Hannah Yeoh
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Youth and Sports in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022. She served as the Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Segambut since May 2018. She also served as 10th Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from June 2013 to April 2018 and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Subang Jaya from March 2008 to May 2018. She is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. She has served as the Assistant National Publicity Secretary of DAP since March 2022.
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Richard Flanagan
- Occupations
- writerfilm directornovelistscreenwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Richard Miller Flanagan is an Australian writer, who has also worked as a film director and screenwriter. He won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
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Bill Mollison
- Occupations
- naturalistanthropologistbiologistpsychologistenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Bruce Charles "Bill" Mollison was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher and biologist. In 1981, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for developing and promoting the theory and practice of permaculture".
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George Bailey
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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George John Bailey is a former Australian cricketer, who played all formats for the national team and captained the team in limited-over formats. Domestically, Bailey played for the Tasmanian cricket team in all three domestic state competitions (the Sheffield Shield, One-Day Cup and KFC Twenty20 Big Bash) as well as the Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars in the Twenty20 Big Bash's successor, the KFC Big Bash League. He has also played in the Indian Premier League and T20 Blast, and in Scotland with Grange Cricket Club. Bailey was a member of the Australian team that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
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Luke McGregor
- Occupations
- comedianactorscreenwriter
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Luke William McGregor is an Australian comedian, writer and actor, who has performed at various national and international comedy festivals, as himself in many TV shows, and is known for his roles in the ABC TV series Utopia and Rosehaven.
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John Dalgleish Donaldson
- Occupations
- mathematician
- Biography
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John Dalgleish Donaldson, of Clan Donald, is a Scots-Australian professor and father of Mary, Queen of Denmark, the wife of King Frederik X.
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Eric Abetz
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Eric Abetz is a German-born Australian former politician who was a Senator for Tasmania from 1994 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for Employment and the Leader of the Government in the Senate in the Abbott government from 2013 to 2015. He previously also served as Special Minister of State in the Howard government from 2001 to 2006 and as Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation from 2006 to 2007.
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Ian Williams
- Occupations
- singercomposerguitarist
- Biography
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Ian Williams is an American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. He became noted for his finger tapping guitar playing in bands such as Don Caballero, Storm & Stress and currently in Battles. He is known for his one-handed guitar playing technique, often while playing keyboards or Ableton Push simultaneously with the other hand.
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Henry Puna
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Henry Tuakeu Puna is a Cook Islands politician, and the current secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum. He was Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from November 2010 to October 2020. Since 2006 he has been leader of the Cook Islands Party.
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Will Hodgman
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Studied in 1993
- Occupations
- barristerpoliticiansolicitor
- Biography
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William Edward Felix Hodgman is an Australian diplomat and former politician who has been the High Commissioner of Australia to Singapore since February 2021. He was the 45th Premier of Tasmania and a member for the Division of Franklin in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from the 2002 state election until his resignation in January 2020. He became premier following the 2014 state election, having been Leader of the Opposition since 2006. He was re-elected to a second term in government following victory in the 2018 state election.
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Kate Warner
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- barristeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Catherine Ann Warner is an Australian lawyer and legal academic who was the 28th Governor of Tasmania from 2014 to 2021.
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Lisa Singh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lisa Maria Singh is an Australian former politician. She was a Senator for Tasmania from 2011 to 2019. She had previously been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the division of Denison from 2006 to 2010. The granddaughter of an Indo-Fijian member of the Parliament of Fiji, Singh was Australia's first female federal parliamentarian of Indian descent.
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Rebecca White
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rebecca Peta White is an Australian politician. She has been the Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania and Leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party in Tasmania since July 2021, having previously served in that role from March 2017 until May 2021. She has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the electorate of Lyons since the 2010 state election. Previously, White served as Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services, and Opposition Spokesperson for Children.
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Christine Milne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christine Anne Milne is an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania. She was the leader of the parliamentary caucus of the Australian Greens from 2012 to 2015. Milne stepped down as leader on 6 May 2015, replaced by Richard Di Natale.
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Freya Stafford
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Freya Stafford is an Australian actress who has appeared in the television programs Head Start and White Collar Blue as central characters.
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Stewart McSweyn
- Occupations
- long-distance runner
- Biography
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Stewart "Stewie" McSweyn is an Australian long-distance runner. He was a finalist in the men's 1500 metres in the Tokyo Olympics, and has also been a World Championships and Commonwealth Games finalist in the 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.
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Lara Giddings
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings AO is an Australian former politician who was the 44th Premier of Tasmania from 24 January 2011 until 31 March 2014, the first woman to hold the position. Born in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, she was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin from 2002 to 2018, and was the party's leader during her period as premier, replaced by Bryan Green after her government's defeat at the 2014 state election. Giddings came from the Labor Left faction. As of 2024, she remains the most recent premier of Tasmania from the Labor Party.
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Halimah Ali
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dr. Halimah binti Ali is a Malaysian politician and doctor who has served as the Member of Parliament for Kapar since November 2022. She served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration under former Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim from March 2008 to September 2014 and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Selat Klang from March 2008 to May 2018. She is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly PR coalitions. She was also the Chairperson of the Selangor Public Library Corporation (PPAS) and Chairperson of the Lajnah Perpaduan Nasional of PAS of Selangor.
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Neal Blewett
- Occupations
- academicpoliticianpolitical scientistdiplomat
- Biography
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Neal Blewett, AC is an Australian Labor Party politician, diplomat and historian. He was the Member of the House of Representatives for Bonython from 1977 to 1994. He served in both the Hawke and Keating governments, notably in the former as Minister for Health from 1983 to 1991, during which time he oversaw the Government's reaction to HIV/AIDS. After retiring from Parliament in 1994, he was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, a role he held until 1998.
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Andrew Inglis Clark
- Occupations
- engineerbarristerpoliticianjudge
- Biography
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Andrew Inglis Clark was an Australian founding father and co-author of the Australian Constitution; he was also an engineer, barrister, politician, electoral reformer and jurist. He initially qualified as an engineer, but he re-trained as a barrister to effectively fight for social causes which deeply concerned him. After a long political career, mostly spent as Attorney-General and briefly as Opposition Leader, he was appointed a Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Despite being acknowledged as the leading expert on the Australian Constitution, he was never appointed to the High Court of Australia.
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Heather Rose
- Occupations
- novelistwriter
- Biography
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Heather Rose is an Australian author born in Hobart, Tasmania. She is the author of the acclaimed memoir Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here. She is best known for her novels The Museum of Modern Love, which won the 2017 Stella Prize, and Bruny (2019), which won Best General Fiction in the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards. She has also worked in advertising, business, and the arts.
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William Lane
- Occupations
- journalistwritertrade unionistpublisher
- Biography
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William Lane was an English-born journalist, author, advocate of Australian labour politics and a utopian socialist ideologue.
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David Bartlett
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David John Bartlett is an Australian former politician in the state of Tasmania, serving as the 43rd Premier of Tasmania from May 2008 until January 2011. He was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Denison from 2004 to 2011 when he retired.
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Vanessa Goodwin
- Occupations
- politicianlawyercriminologist
- Biography
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Vanessa Goodwin was an Australian politician. She was the Liberal Party member for the seat of Pembroke in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from the Pembroke by-election on 1 August 2009 until her resignation due to brain cancer on 2 October 2017.
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Ivy Alvarez
- Born in
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Philippines - Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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Ivy Alvarez is a New Zealand-based Filipina Australian poet, editor, and reviewer. Alvarez has had her work featured in various publications in Australia, Canada, England, the Philippines, New Zealand, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Wales, the US, South Africa, and online.
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Elise Archer
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Elise Nicole Archer is an Australian lawyer and politician. She is of Swedish descent.
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Rodney Croome
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- LGBTQI+ rights activist
- Biography
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Rodney Peter Croome AM is an Australian LGBT rights activist and academic. He worked on the campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in Tasmania, was a founder of Australian Marriage Equality, and currently serves as the spokesperson for the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group and a spokesperson for LGBT advocacy group Just.Equal.
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Andrew MacLeod
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Andrew Michael MacLeod is an Australian/British philanthropist, businessman, author, humanitarian lawyer, and former aid worker.
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Jonathon Duniam
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- In 2006 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical staffer
- Biography
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Jonathon Roy Duniam is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has served as a Senator for Tasmania since the 2016 federal election. He served as an assistant minister in the Morrison government from 2019 until May 2022, following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. Prior to entering parliament Duniam was a political staffer, including as deputy chief of staff to Tasmanian premier Will Hodgman.
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Peter Underwood
- Occupations
- military personnelbarristerjudge
- Biography
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Peter George Underwood, was an Australian jurist and the Governor of Tasmania from 2008 until his death in 2014. He was the Chief Justice of Tasmania from 2004 to 2008, having been a judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania from 1984.
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Dan van Holst Pellekaan
- Born in
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Australia - Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Economics
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersonbasketball player
- Biography
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Daniel Cornelius van Holst Pellekaan is a former Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Stuart for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2010 state election until he lost the seat in the 2022 state election.
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Michelle Craske
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
- Occupations
- psychologist
- Biography
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Michelle G. Craske is an Australian academic who is currently serving as Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Sciences, Miller Endowed Chair, Director of the Anxiety and Depression Research Center, and Associate Director of the Staglin Family Music Center for Behavioral and Brain Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is known for her research on anxiety disorders, including phobia and panic disorder, and the use of fear extinction through exposure therapy as treatment. Other research focuses on anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence and the use of cognitive behavioral therapy as treatment. Craske has served as President of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy. She was a member of the DSM-IV work group on Anxiety Disorders and the DSM-5 work group on Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum, Posttraumatic, and Dissociative Disorders, while chairing the sub-work group on Anxiety Disorders. She is the Editor-in-chief of Behaviour Research and Therapy.
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Helen Polley
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Helen Beatrice Polley is an Australian politician who is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate, representing the state of Tasmania since 1 July 2005.
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Duncan Kerr
- Occupations
- barristerpoliticianlegal scholaracademiccivil servant
- Biography
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Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr, SC is a barrister. He is a former justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He also served as President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 2012 to 2017.
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Anthony Ackroyd
- Occupations
- comedian
- Biography
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Anthony Michael Ackroyd is an Australian comedian, writer, musician, actor, speaker, and teacher. He is CEO of his company Anthony Ackroyd.
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Madeleine Ogilvie
- Occupations
- barristerpoliticiansolicitor
- Biography
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Madeleine Ruth Ogilvie is an Australian lawyer and politician. She is a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the Division of Clark and is the Minister for Small Business, Advanced Manufacturing and Defence Industries, Science and Technology, Racing and Heritage in the Rockliff ministry. She was previously the Minister for Hospitality, Racing, Small Business, Women and Disability Services in the Second Gutwein Ministry for six weeks.
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Michael Hodgman
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- In 1962 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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William Michael Hodgman AM QC was an Australian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as Minister for the Capital Territory in the Fraser government from 1980 to 1983. He was active in both state and federal politics, serving in the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1966–1974), Australian House of Representatives (1975–1987), and Tasmanian House of Assembly (1992–1998, 2002–2010). His son Will Hodgman was Premier of Tasmania for 6 years, until his resignation in January 2020.
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Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed is a Maldivian diplomat, and was the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. She was the first woman to hold this post since the organization's inception in 1985. She was appointed Secretary-General at the Thirty-third Session of the SAARC Council of Ministers in February 2011, and assumed office in Kathmandu on 1 March 2011. She succeeded India's Sheel Kant Sharma, whose term ended in February.
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Nick Sherry
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nicholas John Sherry is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Tasmania from July 1990 until June 2012, representing the Australian Labor Party. Sherry was sworn in as the Assistant Treasurer on 9 June 2009, after serving as the first Australian Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law. Sherry was the first Assistant Treasurer from Tasmania.
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Guy Barnett
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Guy Barnett is the Attorney-General for Tasmania and a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the Division of Lyons. Guy Barnett is currently the Minister for Justice and Health under Premier Jeremy Rockliff. Guy Barnett served previously as the Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Minister for Resources, Minister for Trade, Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction in the Second Gutwein Ministry. He was previously a member of the Australian Senate.
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David Bushby
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Christopher Bushby is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from August 2007 to January 2019, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Chief Government Whip in the Senate for the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments from 1 July 2014 until he resigned on 21 January 2019. Bushby currently serves as Consul-General of Australia in Chicago since 2019.
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Robyn Eckersley
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- university teacheracademicpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Robyn Eckersley is a Professor and Head of Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia.
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Judy Watson
- Occupations
- paintersculptorartist
- Biography
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Judy Watson is an Australian Waanyi multi-media artist who works in print-making, painting, video and installation. Her work often examines Indigenous Australian histories, and she has received a number of high profile commissions for public spaces.
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Alison Watkins
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 62)
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
- Occupations
- businesspersonacademic administrator
- Biography
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Alison Mary Watkins is an Australian CEO and director. She has had roles at McKinsey, GrainCorp, Berri Limited, and was a group managing director at Coca-Cola Amatil from March 2014 to May 2021. She has been a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia Board since December 2020, having previously served on their Takeover Panel. She has also held a number of non-executive directorships, including at the Centre for Independent Studies. In June 2021, she became Chancellor of the University of Tasmania.
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Chua Ek Kay
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Chua Ek Kay was a Singaporean artist hailed as the "bridge between Asian and Western art" with a unique painting style using Chinese ink on paper that demonstrated an ingenious blend of traditional Chinese painting forms with Western art theories and techniques. Most of his works were themed of Chinatown street scenes, lotuses, and abstract works inspired by Australian aboriginal cave paintings.
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Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi is the Group CEO of Abu Dhabi Ports, and a businessperson involved in ports within the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
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Ross Hart
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Ross Anthony Hart is a former Australian politician. He was the Australian Labor Party member for Bass from the 2016 federal election in which he defeated the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's Andrew Nikolic with a 10.6 point swing against him. He lost the seat to Liberal Bridget Archer at the 2019 election.
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Reg Wright
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Reginald Charles Wright was an Australian barrister and politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1950 to 1978. He held ministerial office in the Gorton and McMahon governments, although he was known for crossing the floor.
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Albert Ogilvie
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Albert George Ogilvie was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 22 June 1934 until his death on 10 June 1939.
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Samina Yasmeen
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- 1980-1986 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Samina Yasmeen is an Australian–Pakistani author and intellectual who is known for her work in political and strategic development in South Asia and the role of Islam in world politics. She has published articles on the position of Pakistani and Middle Eastern women, the role of Muslims in Australia, and India–Pakistan relations.
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Giulia Jones
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Giulia Jones is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorates of Molonglo and then Murrumbidgee for the Liberal Party from 2012 until her resignation in 2022. Jones was the deputy leader of the Liberal Party in the ACT from October 2020 to January 2022.
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Helen Szoke
- Occupations
- executive
- Biography
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Helen Veronica Szoke is the former chief executive of Oxfam Australia, and a commentator and advocate on issues of human rights, poverty, inequality, gender and race discrimination. Throughout her career, she has held leadership roles across the health sector, human rights and public policy, and international development sector.
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Melissa Carlton
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Studied in 1997-2004
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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Melissa Paula Carlton, OAM is a South African-born Australian swimmer. Born with no right leg and short fingers on her left hand, she won gold, silver and bronze medals for Australia at both the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Paralympics.
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Mereseini Vuniwaqa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mereseini Rakuita Vuniwaqa is a Fijian politician, who served as the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation from 2016 until her resignation from the Fiji First Party in 2021. In November 2021, she was appointed as the Global Chair of the Family Planning 2030.
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Lisa Hill
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- non-fiction writeracademicpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Lisa Hill is Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia. She has previously held positions at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University.
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Stephen Estcourt
- Occupations
- barristerjudge
- Biography
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Stephen Peter Estcourt is an Australian judge, who has been Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania since April 2013. From 2004 to 2013, he maintained barristers' chambers in Hobart and Melbourne, dividing his time between the two.
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Albert Solomon
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Albert Edgar Solomon was an Australian politician. He was Premier of Tasmania from 14 June 1912 to 6 April 1914.
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Stephen R. Kane
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- astronomer
- Biography
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Stephen Kane is a full professor of astronomy and planetary astrophysics at the University of California, Riverside who specializes in exoplanetary science. His work covers a broad range of exoplanet detection methods, including the microlensing, transit, radial velocity, and imaging techniques. He is a leading expert on the topic of planetary habitability and the habitable zone of planetary systems. He has published hundreds of peer reviewed scientific papers and has discovered/co-discovered several hundred planets orbiting other stars. He is a prolific advocate of interdisciplinarity science and studying Venus as an exoplanet analog.
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Annie Ivanova
- Occupations
- entrepreneurwritercuratormanagerexhibition curator
- Biography
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Antoanetta "Annie" Ivanova is an Australian curator, author, and entrepreneur.
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Gwen Fenton
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Gwen Fenton was the Chief Scientist of the Australian Antarctic Division and is the first woman to hold this position. She discovered that the fish species Hoplostethus atlanticus can live to over 100 years old, leading to significant changes to the management of the species.
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Stephen Gumley
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Stephen John Gumley, AO was the first Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation, serving in the role from February 2004 to July 2011.
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Matthew Dewey
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 40)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Matthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian classical music composer, singer, and music producer.
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Rimeta Beniamina
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rimeta Beniamina is an I-Kiribati politician and a former leader of the defunct United Coalition Party. Beniamina, who is from the island of Nikunau in southern Kiribati, is the son of former Vice President Beniamina Tinga.
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Jessica Melbourne-Thomas
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Studied in 2002
- In 2010 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in oceanology
- Occupations
- biologistacademicmarine biologistecologist
- Biography
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Jessica Melbourne-Thomas is a marine, Antarctic and climate change scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. Her research focuses on climate change, its effects on the marine environment, and how to adapt and response to these changes.
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Fabiano Cangelosi
- Years
- 1987-.. (age 37)
- Occupations
- barrister
- Biography
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Fabiano Cangelosi is an Australian barrister, based in Hobart, Tasmania. Cangelosi has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, and was between 2018 and June 2020 the Tasmanian President and Director of the Australian Lawyers Alliance. Since August 2022, Cangelosi has been an occasional contributor to Crikey, writing on Tasmanian legal and political affairs.
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John Field
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Brigadier John Field, CBE, DSO, ED was a senior officer in the Australian Army during the Second World War. He commanded the 2/12th Battalion in the Middle East and Milne Force and the 7th Brigade in New Guinea. He later went on to work with the State Electricity Commission of Victoria in large projects at Yallourn and the La Trobe Valley.
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Campbell Dixon
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Studied in 1913
- Occupations
- journalistplaywrightfilm criticcricketer
- Biography
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George William Campbell Dixon was an Australian and British journalist, publicist and playwright. He was an employee of the Hobart newspaper The Mercury, Melbourne's The Argus and The Herald, and London's Daily Mail; from 1931 until his death, he headed the film criticism division of The Daily Telegraph. In 1950, he served as president of the Critics' Circle.
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Chris Miles
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Christopher Gordon Miles is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1998, representing the Tasmanian seat of Braddon. He served as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister John Howard and was a prominent social conservative within the Liberal Party, chairing the conservative Lyons Forum ginger group. Prior to entering politics he worked as a schoolteacher.
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Raffaele Marcellino
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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Raffaele Marcellino is an Australian composer.
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Adrian Gibson
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Adrian Gibson was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated there at Hutchins School and at the University of Tasmania where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1959. He became a barrister in 1959, as well as a company director and grazier. In 1964, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Party, winning a by-election for the seat of Denison. He held the seat until his retirement in 1969.
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Bill Baddeley
- Years
- 1914-1998 (aged 84)
- Biography
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William Pye Baddeley was an Anglican priest who was the Dean of Brisbane from 1958 to 1967.
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James Charlton
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- playwrightpoet
- Biography
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James Charlton is an Australian poet and writer in the area of interfaith and interreligious studies. Born in Melbourne, Australia, Charlton has lived mostly in Tasmania. He completed an MA at the University of Cambridge, where he was at Fitzwilliam College, and a PhD at the University of Tasmania. Poetry editor of the Australian literary quarterly Island from 2002 to 2008, he delivered the inaugural Gwen Harwood Memorial Lecture in 2008.
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Samuel Manetoali
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Samuel Manetoali is a member of the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands. He represents the Gao/Bugotu constituency in Isabel Province.
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Beryl Nashar
- Occupations
- geologist
- Biography
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Beryl Scott Nashar AO, OBE was an Australian geologist, academic and first female Dean at an Australian university.
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Justine Shaw
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Justine Shaw is an Australian Antarctic researcher, best known for her conservation work on subantarctic islands, currently working at the Queensland University of Technology. She has a wide global research network, having worked in Australia, South Africa, sub-Antarctic/Antarctic and the Arctic.
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Laurence McIntyre
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Sir Laurence Rupert "Jim" McIntyre was an Australian public servant and diplomat.
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Doug Parkinson
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Douglas John Parkinson is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the electoral division of Hobart from 1994 until his retirement in 2012.
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David Paver Mellor
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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David Paver Mellor was an Australian inorganic chemist, and was the Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of New South Wales from 1955 to 1969.
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Robert Solomon
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- barristerpoliticianlecturer
- Biography
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Robert John Solomon AM is a former Australian academic and politician. He was a Rhodes Scholar and lectured in geography at the University of Tasmania before his election to parliament at the 1969 federal election. He represented the Division of Denison as a Liberal until his defeat in 1972 after a single term. After leaving parliament he was prominent in urban development circles.
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Ron Davies
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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Ronald Davies was an Australian politician. Born in Latrobe, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools and then the University of Tasmania, becoming a teacher. He served in the military 1942–1945. In 1958, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Braddon, defeating Liberal MP Aubrey Luck. He was only the second Labor member ever to win the seat, previously known as Darwin, and the first since 1917. He held the seat until 1975, when he was defeated by Liberal candidate and future Premier of Tasmania Ray Groom. Davies died in 1980. His son Glen served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1972 to 1986.
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Thea Exley
- Years
- 1923-2007 (aged 84)
- Biography
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Thea Melvie Exley was an Australian archivist and art historian, and the first woman to head a regional office of the Australian Commonwealth Archives Office (now the National Archives of Australia). She was also its first national Senior Archivist Reference and Access and the first Director Preservation at the Australian Archives (another predecessor of the National Archives). Exley was an inaugural member of the Australian Society of Archivists and served as a Councillor from 1977 to 1979.
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Simon Ellingsen
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
- 1992-1995 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- physicist
- Biography
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Simon Ellingsen is a professor in physics and Dean of the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Tasmania.
