87 Notable alumni of
University of Tasmania

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The University of Tasmania is 876th in the world, 18th in Oceania, and 13th in Australia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 87 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.

  1. Essie Davis

    Essie Davis
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    film actorvoice actorstage actorsinger
    Biography

    Esther "Essie" Davis is an Australian actress and singer, best known for her roles as Phryne Fisher in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and its film adaptation, Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears, and as Amelia Vanek in The Babadook. Other major works include a recurring role as Lady Crane in season six of the television series Game of Thrones, Sister Iphigenia in Lambs of God, and the role of Ellen Kelly in Justin Kurzel's True History of the Kelly Gang.

  2. Queen Mary of Denmark

    Queen Mary of Denmark
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    1990-1994 graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
    Occupations
    businesspersonaccount managerqueen consortaristocrataccount executive
    Biography

    Mary is Queen of Denmark as the wife of King Frederik X.

  3. Rianti Cartwright

    Rianti Cartwright
    Born in
    Indonesia Flag Indonesia
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    modelactor
    Biography

    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.

  4. Richard Flanagan

    Richard Flanagan
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    screenwriternovelistfilm directorwriterjournalist
    Biography

    Richard Miller Flanagan is an Australian writer, who won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North and the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Question 7, making him the first writer in history to win both Britain's major fiction and non-fiction prizes.

  5. Hannah Yeoh

    Hannah Yeoh
    Born in
    Malaysia Flag Malaysia
    Years
    1979-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  6. John Dalgleish Donaldson

    John Dalgleish Donaldson
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1941-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    mathematicianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    John Dalgleish Donaldson S.K., is a Scots-Australian professor and father of Queen Mary of Denmark, the wife of King Frederik X of Denmark.

  7. George Bailey

    George Bailey
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1982-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    cricketer
    Biography

    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.

  8. Bill Mollison

    Bill Mollison
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1928-2016 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    ecologistenvironmentalistpsychologistbiologistanthropologist
    Biography

    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".

  9. Luke McGregor

    Luke McGregor
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    screenwriteractorcomedian
    Biography

    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.

  10. Eric Abetz

    Eric Abetz
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Eric Abetz is an Australian politician. He was a Senator for Tasmania from 1994 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party, and since March 2024 has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Franklin electorate.

  11. Ian Williams

    Ian Williams
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    composersingerguitarist
    Biography

    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.

  12. Henry Puna

    Henry Puna
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Henry Tuakeu Puna is a Cook Islands politician. He most recently served as the secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum from May of 2021 to 2024. 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.

  13. Will Hodgman

    Will Hodgman
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Studied in 1993
    Occupations
    politicianbarristersolicitor
    Biography

    William Edward Felix Hodgman is a former Australian politician and diplomat. He was the premier of Tasmania from 2014 to 2020 and state leader of the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2020. He later served as High Commissioner of Australia to Singapore from 2021 to 2023.

  14. Kate Warner

    Kate Warner
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1948-.. (age 77)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    university teacherbarrister
    Biography

    Catherine Ann Warner AC FAAL is an Australian lawyer and legal academic who was the 28th Governor of Tasmania from 2014 to 2021.

  15. Rebecca White

    Rebecca White
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Rebecca Peta White is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2010, representing the seat of Lyons. She was state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 2017 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2024.

  16. Lisa Singh

    Lisa Singh
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  17. Michael Mansell

    Michael Mansell
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Biography

    Michael Alexander Mansell is a Tasmanian Aboriginal (Palawa) activist and lawyer who has campaigned for social, political and legal changes.

  18. Freya Stafford

    Freya Stafford
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1977-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Freya Stafford is an Australian actress who has appeared in the television programs Head Start and White Collar Blue as central characters.

  19. Christine Milne

    Christine Milne
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Christine Anne Milne AO 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.

  20. Stewart McSweyn

    Stewart McSweyn
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1995-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    long-distance runner
    Biography

    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.

  21. Lara Giddings

    Lara Giddings
    Born in
    Papua New Guinea Flag Papua New Guinea
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings 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 2025, she remains the most recent premier of Tasmania from the Labor Party.

  22. Bridget Archer

    Bridget Archer
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    farmerpolitician
    Biography

    Bridget Kathleen Archer is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Liberal Party and represents the Division of Bass in Tasmania.

  23. Halimah Ali

    Halimah Ali
    Born in
    Malaysia Flag Malaysia
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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 National Unity Committee of PAS of Selangor.

  24. Neal Blewett

    Neal Blewett
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1933-.. (age 92)
    Occupations
    political scientistpoliticianacademicdiplomat
    Biography

    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.

  25. Andrew Inglis Clark

    Andrew Inglis Clark
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1848-1907 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    judgepoliticianbarristerengineer
    Biography

    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.

  26. Heather Rose

    Heather Rose
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1964-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    writernovelist
    Biography

    Heather Rose is an Australian author born in Hobart, Tasmania. She is best known for her novels The Museum of Modern Love, which won the 2017 Stella Prize and the Christina Stead Prize, and Bruny (2019), which won Best General Fiction in the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards. Rose's most recent book is the memoir Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here. She has also worked in advertising, business, and the arts.

  27. William Lane

    William Lane
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1861-1917 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    publishertrade unionistwriterjournalist
    Biography

    William Lane was an English-born journalist, author, advocate of Australian labour politics and a utopian socialist ideologue.

  28. David Bartlett

    David Bartlett
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1968-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  29. Elise Archer

    Elise Archer
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Elise Nicole Archer is an Australian lawyer and politician. She is of Swedish descent.

  30. Vanessa Goodwin

    Vanessa Goodwin
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1969-2018 (aged 49)
    Occupations
    politiciancriminologistlawyer
    Biography

    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.

  31. Jonathon Duniam

    Jonathon Duniam
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1982-.. (age 43)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    In 2006 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    political stafferpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  32. Ivy Alvarez

    Ivy Alvarez
    Occupations
    poetwriter
    Biography

    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.

  33. Rodney Croome

    Rodney Croome
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1964-.. (age 61)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    LGBTQ rights activist
    Biography

    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.

  34. Andrew MacLeod

    Andrew MacLeod
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1966-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    civil servant
    Biography

    Andrew Michael MacLeod AKC is an Australian/British philanthropist, businessman, author, humanitarian lawyer, and former aid worker.

  35. Peter Underwood

    Peter Underwood
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1937-2014 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    judgebarristermilitary personnel
    Biography

    Peter George Underwood, AC 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.

  36. Michelle Craske

    Michelle Craske
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1959-.. (age 66)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
    Occupations
    psychologist
    Biography

    Michelle G. Craske AO 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.

  37. Dan van Holst Pellekaan

    Dan van Holst Pellekaan
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Economics
    Occupations
    businesspersonpoliticianbasketball player
    Biography

    Daniel Cornelius van Holst Pellekaan is an Australian former politician. He represented 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.

  38. Duncan Kerr

    Duncan Kerr
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    legal scholarpoliticianbarristerjudgecivil servant
    Biography

    Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr 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.

  39. Madeleine Ogilvie

    Madeleine Ogilvie
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politicianbarristersolicitor
    Biography

    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 a minister in the Second Rockliff ministry

  40. Anthony Ackroyd

    Anthony Ackroyd
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    comedian
    Biography

    Anthony Michael Ackroyd is an Australian comedian, writer, musician, actor, speaker, and teacher. He is the creator and CEO of his company, Life Of Anthony.

  41. Michael Hodgman

    Michael Hodgman
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1938-2013 (aged 75)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    In 1962 graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    politicianbarrister
    Biography

    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.

  42. Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed

    Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
    Born in
    Maldives Flag Maldives
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed is a Maldivian diplomat who served as the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). 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.

  43. Guy Barnett

    Guy Barnett
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Guy Barnett is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and was appointed deputy premier of Tasmania in 2024. He has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2014 and has been a state government minister since 2016. He was previously a Senator for Tasmania from 2002 to 2011.

  44. Nick Sherry

    Nick Sherry
    Born in
    United Kingdom Flag United Kingdom
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  45. Michelle O'Byrne

    Michelle O'Byrne
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1968-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    trade unionistpolitician
    Biography

    Michelle Anne O'Byrne is an Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party and since May 2024, the Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

  46. Judy Watson

    Judy Watson
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1959-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    artistsculptorpainter
    Biography

    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.

  47. Alison Watkins

    Alison Watkins
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Commerce
    Occupations
    academic administratorbusinessperson
    Biography

    Alison Mary Watkins AM 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.

  48. David Bushby

    David Bushby
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1965-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  49. Robyn Eckersley

    Robyn Eckersley
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    university teacherpolitical scientistacademic
    Biography

    Robyn Eckersley is a Professor and Head of Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia.

  50. Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi

    Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi
    Born in
    United Arab Emirates Flag United Arab Emirates
    Years
    1978-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    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.

  51. Chua Ek Kay

    Chua Ek Kay
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1947-2008 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    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.

  52. Ross Hart

    Ross Hart
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  53. Reg Wright

    Reg Wright
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1905-1990 (aged 85)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    politicianbarrister
    Biography

    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.

  54. Albert Ogilvie

    Albert Ogilvie
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1890-1939 (aged 49)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
    Occupations
    politicianbarrister
    Biography

    Albert George Ogilvie was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 22 June 1934 until his death on 10 June 1939.

  55. Samina Yasmeen

    Samina Yasmeen
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    20th Century
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    1980-1986 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    Samina Yasmeen AM 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.

  56. Giulia Jones

    Giulia Jones
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  57. Helen Szoke

    Helen Szoke
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1954-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    executive
    Biography

    Helen Veronica Szoke AO 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.

  58. Melissa Carlton

    Melissa Carlton
    Born in
    South Africa Flag South Africa
    Years
    1978-.. (age 47)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Studied in 1997-2004
    Occupations
    swimmer
    Biography

    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.

  59. Lisa Hill

    Lisa Hill
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    non-fiction writerpolitical scientistacademic
    Biography

    Lisa Hill FASSA 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.

  60. Mereseini Vuniwaqa

    Mereseini Vuniwaqa
    Born in
    Fiji Flag Fiji
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  61. Stephen Estcourt

    Stephen Estcourt
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    judgebarrister
    Biography

    Stephen Peter Estcourt AM 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.

  62. Albert Solomon

    Albert Solomon
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1876-1914 (aged 38)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Albert Edgar Solomon was an Australian lawyer and politician. He served as premier of Tasmania from 1912 to 1914, as leader of the Liberal Party. He died of tuberculosis a few months after leaving office as premier, at the age of 38.

  63. Stephen R. Kane

    Stephen R. Kane
    Years
    1973-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    astronomer
    Biography

    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.

  64. Fabiano Cangelosi

    Fabiano Cangelosi
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1987-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    barrister
    Biography

    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.

  65. Annie Ivanova

    Annie Ivanova
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    curatorwriterentrepreneurexhibition curatormanager
    Biography

    Antoanetta "Annie" Ivanova is an Australian curator, author, and entrepreneur.

  66. Gwen Fenton

    Gwen Fenton
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    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.

  67. Stephen Gumley

    Stephen Gumley
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    engineer
    Biography

    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.

  68. Jessica Melbourne-Thomas

    Jessica Melbourne-Thomas
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    20th Century
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Studied in 2002
    In 2010 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in oceanology
    Occupations
    marine biologistacademicbiologistecologist
    Biography

    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.

  69. Rimeta Beniamina

    Rimeta Beniamina
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  70. Matthew Dewey

    Matthew Dewey
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Matthew Ingvald Dewey is an Australian classical music composer, singer, and music producer.

  71. Campbell Dixon

    Campbell Dixon
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1895-1960 (aged 65)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Studied in 1913
    Occupations
    film criticjournalistplaywright
    Biography

    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.

  72. Chris Miles

    Chris Miles
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    teacherpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  73. Raffaele Marcellino

    Raffaele Marcellino
    Years
    1964-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Raffaele Marcellino is an Australian composer.

  74. Bill Baddeley

    Bill Baddeley
    Years
    1914-1998 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    Anglican priest
    Biography

    The Very Reverend William Pye Baddeley was an Anglican priest who was the Dean of Brisbane from 1958 to 1967.

  75. Adrian Gibson

    Adrian Gibson
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1935-2015 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    politicianbarrister
    Biography

    Adrian Gibson OAM was an Australian lawyer, politician and businessman. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1964 to 1969, representing the Tasmanian seat of Denison for the Liberal Party.

  76. James Charlton

    James Charlton
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    poetplaywright
    Biography

    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.

  77. Samuel Manetoali

    Samuel Manetoali
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Samuel Manetoali is a member of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. He represents the Gao/Bugotu constituency in Isabel Province.

  78. Beryl Nashar

    Beryl Nashar
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1923-2012 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    geologist
    Biography

    Beryl Scott Nashar AO, OBE was an Australian geologist, academic and first female Dean at an Australian university.

  79. Justine Shaw

    Justine Shaw
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    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.

  80. Laurence McIntyre

    Laurence McIntyre
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1912-1981 (aged 69)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Sir Laurence Rupert "Jim" McIntyre AC CBE was an Australian public servant and diplomat.

  81. Robert Solomon

    Robert Solomon
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1931-2024 (aged 93)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    politicianbarristerlecturer
    Biography

    Robert John Solomon AM was an 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.

  82. Doug Parkinson

    Doug Parkinson
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1945-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    politicianbarrister
    Biography

    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.

  83. David Paver Mellor

    David Paver Mellor
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1903-1980 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    chemist
    Biography

    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.

  84. Ron Davies

    Ron Davies
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1919-1980 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    teacherpolitician
    Biography

    Ronald Davies was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1958 to 1975, representing the Tasmanian seat of Braddon. He was a schoolteacher before entering politics.

  85. Thea Exley

    Thea Exley
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1923-2007 (aged 84)
    Biography

    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.

  86. Simon Ellingsen

    Simon Ellingsen
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Enrolled in the University of Tasmania
    1992-1995 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    physicist
    Biography

    Simon Ellingsen is an Executive Director of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research and is based at the University of Western Australia node

  87. John Field

    John Field
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1899-1974 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    engineer
    Biography

    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 Latrobe Valley.