Christian Brothers College, St Kilda

History

Notable alumni

Government, law and military

• Richard Keane – prominent trade unionist and trade minister in the Chifley Labor government
• James Reginald Halligan – senior public servant
• Tony Lupton – cabinet secretary, Brumby Labor government, Victoria, 2002– 2014
• John Madigan – senator representing Victoria and deputy leader of the DLP
• Frank McGuire – Labor Party Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Broadmeadows
• Sir Frank Meere – senior public servant
• James Elliott, judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, 2013-
• Robert Wallace, judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, 1972-1991

Arts

• Morris West – writer of international renown
• Shane Maloney – novelist
• Peter Corrigan – architect of international renown
• Frank Howson – noted scriptwriter and film director
• Damien Parer – war photographer, filmed the first Australian film to win an Academy Award
• Daniel Keene – noted playwright
• Ronald Conway – psychologist and author of The Great Australian Stupor
• Barry Oakley – writer and former literary editor of The Australian newspaper
• Kevin Summers – actor, playwright
• Gerard Vaughan – director of the National Gallery of Australia

  Sport

• Patrick John O'Dea – Australian rules footballer turned American football player
• Kevin O'Donnell – Australian rules footballer, father of Simon O'Donnell
• Simon Meehan - Australian rules footballer
• Atu Bosenavulagi- AFL footballer for Collingwood

  Business

• Robert James Thomson - editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Company and the managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, and former editor of The Times
• Paul Gardner – former chairman of Grey Global, chairman of the Melbourne Football Club
• Michael Flowers - CEO of Chemring

  Media and entertainment

• Richard Hughes CBE - journalist, foreign correspondent in Asia
• Bob Maguire OA – priest, community worker and media personality
• Eddie McGuire – television personality, former CEO of the Nine Network
• Daryl Somers OAM - television personality
• Felix Mallard - actor and musician
• John Burns