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The
University of Western Australia has seen many notable people pass through its doors over its 113-year history, both as students and staff.
Notable alumni
Politics
Rozaina Adam , Maldivian Member of Parliament
Colin Barnett , former
Premier of Western Australia
Kim Beazley , former
Leader of the Opposition ,
Deputy Prime Minister and
Ambassador to the United States , current
Governor of Western Australia
Kim Beazley Sr. , former
Whitlam government Cabinet Minister
Boediono , former Vice President of
Indonesia
Alan Carpenter , former Premier of Western Australia
Richard Court , former Premier of Western Australia
Peter Dowding , former Premier of Western Australia
Peter Durack , former Federal
Attorney General
Geoff Gallop , former Premier of Western Australia
Sir
Paul Hasluck , 17th
Governor-General of Australia
Bob Hawke , former
Prime Minister of Australia
Carmen Lawrence , former Premier of Western Australia, Federal Minister and President of the
Australian Labor Party
Donton Samuel Mkandawire , former MP for
Mzimba District ,
Malawi and Minister of Education for
Malawi
Wangdi Norbu , Bhutanese Finance Minister
Stephen Smith , former Australian Minister for Defence
Billy Snedden , former Leader of the
Liberal Party of Australia
Daryl Williams , former Federal Attorney General
Yeo Cheow Tong , former Minister of Transport in Singapore
Business
Michael Chaney , former CEO of
Wesfarmers ; former chancellor of UWA
Rod Eddington , former CEO of
British Airways
Andrew Forrest , mining magnate and founder of
Fortescue Metals Group
Richard Goyder , former CEO of
Wesfarmers , chair of
AFL Commission and
Qantas
Janet Holmes à Court , businesswoman
Robert Holmes à Court , entrepreneur
John Hay , former vice-chancellor of
University of Queensland
Peter Lim , Singaporean billionaire
Michael Malone ,
iiNet founder
Ken Michael , former
Governor of Western Australia ; former Chancellor of UWA
Tan Sri
Hamdan Mohamad , current Executive Director and President of
Ranhill Berhad
Sarfraz Nawaz President of Cricket
Peter Smedley , CEO of
Colonial Group ,
Mayne Nickless
Public service and community
Law
James Edelman , former Justice of the
Federal Court of Australia , current
Justice of the High Court of Australia
Robert French , former
Chief Justice of Australia , current Chancellor UWA
Zarah Garde-Wilson , criminal lawyer
David Indermaur , criminal psychologist
Wayne Martin , former Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Western Australia
Neville Owen , former Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, current Chair of the
Truth, Justice and Healing Council
Christopher Steytler , former Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
John Toohey , former Justice of the High Court of Australia
Ronald Wilson , former Justice of the High Court of Australia
Science, medicine, engineering and mathematics
Caroline Bower , medical researcher and professor of medicine
Michelle Harvey , forensic entomologist
Sue Hatcher , Ph.D. Animal Science, 1995, animal genetics researcher
Barry Marshall ,
physician , 2005
Nobel Prize laureate
Dick Norris ,
entomologist
Matt Parker ,
recreational mathematics author and communicator
Richard G. Pestell , physician scientist, cancer biologist
Cheryl Praeger , mathematician, Australian Scientist of the Year 2009
Hugo Rietveld , Ph.D. Physics 1964, crystallographer, inventor of the Rietveld Method
Gordon Royle , Ph.D. Mathematics 1987, co-author of Algebraic Graph Theory
Dorothea Sandars ,
Parasitologist
Amanda Sainsbury-Salis , molecular scientist at the
Garvan Institute of Medical Research , educator and author
Fiona Stanley ,
epidemiologist , 2003
Australian of the Year
Mark Stevenson , epidemiologist
Eric Underwood , B.Sci.Ag 1928, Dean of faculty, Agriculture 1946 to 1970
Akshay Venkatesh , 2018 recipient
Fields Medal
Robin Warren , UWA Emeritus Professor, Nobel Prize laureate
Fiona Wood , UWA Professor of Medicine, 2005 Australian of the Year
Arts, literature and religion
Frederick Alexander , historian
Geoffrey Bolton , historian
Greg Egan , writer
Tracy Farr , writer and scientist
Geoff Gibbs , actor and WAAPA principal
Gracie Gilbert , actress
Rolf Harris , performer and artist
Dorothy Hewett , writer
Barry Hickey , Catholic Archbishop of Perth
John Kinsella , writer
John Andrew La Nauze , the first Professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University (1978)
Niall Lucy , writer and scholar, known for his work on
Jacques Derrida and
deconstruction
Philippa Maddern , writer, historian and scholar, Winthrop Professor of History and founding Director of the Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
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Sally Morgan , writer and artist
Randolph Stow , writer
Shaun Tan , artist and writer
Arlene Textaqueen , artist
Josephine Wilson , writer
Sport and entertainment
Sandra Angelia , Miss Indonesia 2008
Peter F. Bell , former captain of the
Fremantle Dockers
Ric Charlesworth , former
Australia national field hockey team Kookaburras Captain and
Hockeyroos coach
Michael Fitzpatrick , former captain of the
Carlton Football Club ; current Chairman of the
Australian Football League
Darren Glass (MBA 2015), former captain of the
West Coast Eagles
Rachel Kum , Miss Singapore 2009
Matthew Pavlich , captain of the Fremantle Dockers
Ben Purser , basketball player who studied law and commerce
[2]
Jarrad Seng , photographer
[3]
Shirley Strickland , Olympic track and field athlete
Kylie Wheeler , Olympic heptathlete
Music
Notable administrators
Chancellors
The Chancellor of The University of Western Australia is its most senior officer:
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Notable faculty
Notable past and present members of faculty include:
References
People Campuses and buildings Schools Research centres Publications Networks
Student Guild Sports Residential colleges
St Catherine's College
St George's College
St Thomas More College
Trinity Residential College
University Hall
Miscellaneous