Wesley College, Perth
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Wesley College, informally known as Wesley, is an independent
, day
and boarding school
for boys and girls (Co-ed to Year 4 and boys only Years 5-12), situated in South Perth
, a suburb of Perth
, Western Australia
.
The college
is a Uniting Church school, which traces its origins back to 1923 when it was established by members of the Methodist Church which was founded by John Wesley
.
Since its foundation, the college has been located on a 19 hectare riverside property, near the banks of the Swan River
. The campus consists of a Junior School (Manning House) for Kindergarten
to Year 4, a Middle School (Years 5 to 8) and a Senior School (Years 9 to 12), performing arts, sporting grounds and boarding facilities for 150 students.
Wesley College is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia (AISWA), and has been a member of the Public Schools Association
(PSA) since 1952.
Wesley's sister school
is Penrhos College, Perth
located in Como
.
, Sir James Mitchell
on November 11, 1922. This stone is still visible at the south-west corner of the original building, now known as the JF Ward Wing in honour of the school’s first headmaster.
The College began operation in February the following year, with an initial enrolment of 39 boys, and grew steadily in size. This evolution can be traced through the campus architecture which was first extended in 1925 with the construction of a general classroom block, now the RE Kefford Wing. A second storey was added to the original building in 1926, along with various verandahs and a weatherboard library, which have since been demolished.
In 1930, Mr JF Ward was succeeded as Headmaster by JL Rossiter. A number of new buildings were constructed in the 1930s, including the Headmaster’s Residence (now JS Maloney House), a dining hall, extra classrooms and a gymnasium (now the Hamer Wing). The College joined the Public Schools’ Association in 1952.
Dr Rossiter was succeeded as Headmaster in 1954 by Mr Norman Roy Collins. During Collins' 11 years' tenure, construction of the Lych Gate, Memorial Chapel (1960–61), the boat shed, the science block (1956, 1959), additional classrooms (1955, 1963) and the swimming pool (1963) were completed.
A new Headmaster, Mr Clive Hamer, was appointed in 1965 and served Wesley until 1983. During this period, Wesley took a lead role in the introduction of the Achievement Certificate in Western Australia (1969–71) and built the boarding houses of Cygnet and Tranby (1968–70), the HR Trenaman Library (1971), classrooms and balconies around the Jenkins Quadrangle (1972), the Collins Oval (1970) and the Joseph Green Centre (1973–78).
In 1977, Wesley came under the auspices of the Uniting Church which resulted from a joining of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches. The first female students were enrolled in 1978 with the opening of a new Junior School on land acquired north of Swan Street.
Roderic Kefford served as the fifth Headmaster from 1984 to 1996 and continued the extensive curriculum changes associated with a broadening of upper secondary programs beyond university entry and the establishment of Wesley’s lower secondary structure. The RE Blanckensee Physical Education Centre was opened in 1987 and the original gymnasium was renovated to become the Hamer Wing classrooms. The Preparatory School was also extended towards Mill Point Road in 1994.
A site development plan was initiated by John Bednall who was Headmaster from October 1996 to July 2002. This resulted in the refurbishment of the Kefford Wing, the Ward Wing and the Science block, the opening of the Junior School (Manning House) (1999) and Middle School (2000).
In August 2003, David Gee was appointed Wesley’s seventh Headmaster. In 2005, the Design, Technology and Visual Arts Centre was opened at a cost of A$ 4.5 million. In 2006, the Boarding House was refurbished at a cost of $2 million with bigger rooms and a new security link building.
In 2007, construction commenced on the school's biggest project - the A$13 million refurbishment of the Joseph Green Centre. It was officially opened on the 9th May, 2008 during the school's 85th anniversary year.
The School is based primarily on its nineteen hectare campus on Coode Street in South Perth which comprises each of the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools.
The school also has playing grounds in Como, Colins Oval . Football, Soccer and Rugby are the main sports that are played on these grounds.
(PSA) since 1952, within which it competes in inter-school sports. Recent successes include the winning of the interschool swimming for three consecutive years, rowing's Head of River in 2001, cricket's Darlot Cup in 2006, rugby's Brother Redmond Cup in2008 and more recently, the Ray House Hockey Cup for Hockey in 2009, the Brother Kelly Cup, for Badminton also in 2009 and the Football in 2011 remaining undefeated after 12 games, the first time since 1994.
Wesley sport is split up into two seasons, a winter and summer season. For Summer they have tennis, cricket, water polo, swimming, basketball and rowing. For winter they have Soccer, Badminton, rugby, AFL and Hockey.
In 2003, Matt Barber, an athletics coach at the college resigned amid concerns that he had given year 12 students performance enhancing drugs.
In 2006 Wesley won its third successive PSA inter-school swimming carnival after winning in 2004, 2005 and coming runner up in 2003. Prior to this, previous headmaster Mr John Bednall was stated Wesley would "never win the Inters swimming if nothing changed."
Productions of Oliver, The King and I, Jesus Christ Superstar have been staged, plus the following in more recent years:
2005 - Berlin to Broadway
2006 - No major school production was held.
2007 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (held at Penrhos College due to Joseph Green Centre Revamp)
2008 - Macbeth (Modern and Musical Version)
2009 - Little Shop of Horrors
2010 - Lockie Leonard: Human Torpedo
2011 - Aladdin
The name Katitjin is the Nyoongar word meaning, 'to listen and to learn'.
Sporting
Several alumni of the school have become professional sportsmen. The R.E. Blanckensee Physical Education Centre contains a Hall of Fame showcasing over 160 of Wesley's finest sporting old boys. These include:
Politicians
Academic Leaders
Arts/Media
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
, day
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
and boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
for boys and girls (Co-ed to Year 4 and boys only Years 5-12), situated in South Perth
South Perth, Western Australia
South Perth is a residential suburb 3 kilometres south of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, which adjoins the southern shore of Perth Water on the Swan River...
, a suburb of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
The college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
is a Uniting Church school, which traces its origins back to 1923 when it was established by members of the Methodist Church which was founded by John Wesley
John Wesley
John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield...
.
Since its foundation, the college has been located on a 19 hectare riverside property, near the banks of the Swan River
Swan River (Western Australia)
The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow....
. The campus consists of a Junior School (Manning House) for Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
to Year 4, a Middle School (Years 5 to 8) and a Senior School (Years 9 to 12), performing arts, sporting grounds and boarding facilities for 150 students.
Wesley College is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
Junior School Heads Association of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia , is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia....
(JSHAA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia (AISWA), and has been a member of the Public Schools Association
Public Schools Association
Established in 1905 the Public Schools Association, or the PSA, is an association of seven independent boys schools in Perth, Western Australia. The schools compete against each other in athletic competition throughout the year...
(PSA) since 1952.
Wesley's sister school
Sister school
The term sister school has several meanings:*a definite financial commerce between two colleges or universities*two schools that have a strong historical connection...
is Penrhos College, Perth
Penrhos College, Perth
Penrhos College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for girls, located in Como, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia....
located in Como
Como, Western Australia
Como is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of South Perth. The suburb has a population of 12,423. Canning Highway divides the suburb.-History:...
.
History
The foundation stone was laid by the Premier of Western AustraliaPremier of Western Australia
The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. The Premier has similar functions in Western Australia to those performed by the Prime Minister of Australia at the national level, subject to the different Constitutions...
, Sir James Mitchell
James Mitchell (Australian politician)
Sir James Mitchell GCMG was the 13th Premier of Western Australia, serving on two occasions, the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia for 15 years and the 22nd Governor of Western Australia....
on November 11, 1922. This stone is still visible at the south-west corner of the original building, now known as the JF Ward Wing in honour of the school’s first headmaster.
The College began operation in February the following year, with an initial enrolment of 39 boys, and grew steadily in size. This evolution can be traced through the campus architecture which was first extended in 1925 with the construction of a general classroom block, now the RE Kefford Wing. A second storey was added to the original building in 1926, along with various verandahs and a weatherboard library, which have since been demolished.
In 1930, Mr JF Ward was succeeded as Headmaster by JL Rossiter. A number of new buildings were constructed in the 1930s, including the Headmaster’s Residence (now JS Maloney House), a dining hall, extra classrooms and a gymnasium (now the Hamer Wing). The College joined the Public Schools’ Association in 1952.
Dr Rossiter was succeeded as Headmaster in 1954 by Mr Norman Roy Collins. During Collins' 11 years' tenure, construction of the Lych Gate, Memorial Chapel (1960–61), the boat shed, the science block (1956, 1959), additional classrooms (1955, 1963) and the swimming pool (1963) were completed.
In 1977, Wesley came under the auspices of the Uniting Church which resulted from a joining of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches. The first female students were enrolled in 1978 with the opening of a new Junior School on land acquired north of Swan Street.
A site development plan was initiated by John Bednall who was Headmaster from October 1996 to July 2002. This resulted in the refurbishment of the Kefford Wing, the Ward Wing and the Science block, the opening of the Junior School (Manning House) (1999) and Middle School (2000).
In August 2003, David Gee was appointed Wesley’s seventh Headmaster. In 2005, the Design, Technology and Visual Arts Centre was opened at a cost of A$ 4.5 million. In 2006, the Boarding House was refurbished at a cost of $2 million with bigger rooms and a new security link building.
In 2007, construction commenced on the school's biggest project - the A$13 million refurbishment of the Joseph Green Centre. It was officially opened on the 9th May, 2008 during the school's 85th anniversary year.
Campus
The school also has playing grounds in Como, Colins Oval . Football, Soccer and Rugby are the main sports that are played on these grounds.
Building developments
The first stage of the school's current masterplan saw the $13 million refurbishment of the Joseph Green Centre as a performing arts and function facility, completed in May 2008. The second stage will see refurbishment of the Ward and Kefford Wings of the Senior School ($2m) and the Old Boys' Memorial Chapel ($1.5 million.)As of June 2009 a new building (The Transition building) was being built it was completed early this yearStudent life
Wesley's students have produced a regular newspaper, The Wesley Inquirer, since 2007. The Old Wesley Collegians Association offers a scholarship to a year 11 student, who has a father or grandfather who attended the college, based on sporting, academic and citizenship , both within Wesley and the wider community. The college offers three scholarships a year to indigenous students from rural and regional areas of Western Australia.Traditions
The Wesley war cry is used for victories in sporting and other school events. The traditional Wesley send-off is used to "send off" students involved in major sporting events, and entails the introduction of participants accompanied by students stomping their feet on the wooden floor of the Joseph Green Centre. As of 2010, this has been informally named the "Woodsey Stomp" in recognition of long serving staff member, Frank Woods, who often received this applause every time he was to take the microphone at assembly. When a well-respected or prominent Wesley teacher retires from the School, a Guard of Honour is made on the Jenkins Quad.House System
Wesley College has eight houses in the senior school and six in the junior school. Each house is named in honour of individuals who have had an association with the school, including A H Dickinson, one of the founders of the school and Joseph Hardy, one of the first Methodists to settle in Western Australia. The eight senior school houses compete for the Klem Cup, named in honour of the first student enrolled at the college.Sport
Wesley has been a member of the Public Schools AssociationPublic Schools Association
Established in 1905 the Public Schools Association, or the PSA, is an association of seven independent boys schools in Perth, Western Australia. The schools compete against each other in athletic competition throughout the year...
(PSA) since 1952, within which it competes in inter-school sports. Recent successes include the winning of the interschool swimming for three consecutive years, rowing's Head of River in 2001, cricket's Darlot Cup in 2006, rugby's Brother Redmond Cup in2008 and more recently, the Ray House Hockey Cup for Hockey in 2009, the Brother Kelly Cup, for Badminton also in 2009 and the Football in 2011 remaining undefeated after 12 games, the first time since 1994.
Wesley sport is split up into two seasons, a winter and summer season. For Summer they have tennis, cricket, water polo, swimming, basketball and rowing. For winter they have Soccer, Badminton, rugby, AFL and Hockey.
In 2003, Matt Barber, an athletics coach at the college resigned amid concerns that he had given year 12 students performance enhancing drugs.
In 2006 Wesley won its third successive PSA inter-school swimming carnival after winning in 2004, 2005 and coming runner up in 2003. Prior to this, previous headmaster Mr John Bednall was stated Wesley would "never win the Inters swimming if nothing changed."
Drama
Wesley has had a strong drama program running for many years. One major production is produced by the Drama department each year. This usually takes place in the second term.Productions of Oliver, The King and I, Jesus Christ Superstar have been staged, plus the following in more recent years:
2005 - Berlin to Broadway
2006 - No major school production was held.
2007 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (held at Penrhos College due to Joseph Green Centre Revamp)
2008 - Macbeth (Modern and Musical Version)
2009 - Little Shop of Horrors
2010 - Lockie Leonard: Human Torpedo
2011 - Aladdin
Katitjin
Katitjin is a program partaken by all year 8 and 9 students. For the students it is a chance to get out side of the classroom and learn with in the community. The program is based out of the West Australian Rowing Club on the banks of the swan river and is at the door step to the city. The program runs for a full term.The name Katitjin is the Nyoongar word meaning, 'to listen and to learn'.
Wesley Sports Club
Wesley's sporting facilities on the South Perth Campus can be used by members of the Wesley Sports Club and the general public. Formed for members of the local South Perth Community, and the College's students, the club operates the PE Centre including swimming classes, weights training, yoga and other programs.Notable alumni
Rhodes Scholars- Roger Rossiter (1935);
- Geoffrey Rossiter (1946);
- Matthew Crockett (1994);
- Dustin Stuart (2009)
Sporting
Several alumni of the school have become professional sportsmen. The R.E. Blanckensee Physical Education Centre contains a Hall of Fame showcasing over 160 of Wesley's finest sporting old boys. These include:
- Scott SpaldingScott SpaldingScott Spalding is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League . Originally from Perth in the West Australian Football League , Spalding returned to his former club after only one season with the Blues. He later moved to play with East Fremantle,...
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; - Mark CoughlanMark CoughlanMark Coughlan is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2001 to 2009.-Early career:...
, AFL, Richmond Tigers; - Phil Read, AFL, West Coast Eagles, Melbourne Demons;
- Scott Stevens (footballer)Scott Stevens (footballer)Scott Stevens is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . Stevens attended Wesley College, Perth and played in the West Australian Football League with Perth before being recruited to the Sydney Swans...
, AFL, Adelaide CrowsAdelaide CrowsThe Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, playing in the Australian Football League ....
; - Ben CousinsBen CousinsBenjamin Luke "Ben" Cousins is a former Australian rules footballer, best known for his 270-game career with and in the Australian Football League ....
, AFL, West Coast EaglesWest Coast EaglesThe West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
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; - Michael GardinerMichael S. GardinerMichael S. Gardiner is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He played for the West Coast Eagles from 1997–2006 and the St Kilda Football Club from 2007–2011.- Early life :...
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; - Andrew McDougallAndrew McDougallAndrew McDougall is a former Australian rules footballer who last played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League .-Junior football and Draft:...
, AFL, West Coast Eagles, Western BulldogsWestern BulldogsThe Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
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, AFL, Hawthorn Hawks; - David Myers (footballer)David Myers (footballer)David Myers is an Australian rules footballer, drafted 6th in the 2007 AFL draft by the Essendon Football Club. Myers is a tall midfielder originally from WAFL club Perth. He attended Wesley College, Perth.- Draft :...
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, Cricket, Western Australia, NSW; - Scott MeulemanScott MeulemanScott Meuleman is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-hand opening batsman and occasional leg-break googly bowler.He is a third-generation Western Australian cricketer, with his father Robert Meuleman playing 14 first-class matches for WA between 1968/69 and 1971/72, and his grandfather Ken...
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; - Shaun MarshShaun MarshShaun Edward Marsh is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors in Australian domestic cricket and has represented Australia at One Day International and Twenty20 International levels...
, Cricket, Western Warriors, Australia A; - Mitchell MarshMitchell MarshMitchell Ross 'Mitch' Marsh is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors& Sahara Pune Warriors in the IPL. He is a Wesley College Old Boy and holds the record for most runs in one Darlot Season, while Shaun Marsh, his brother, holds the highest Darlot average...
, CricketerCricketerA cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
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, Australia 1973; - Lyall Barwick, BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
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, Perth Heat, San Diego Padres MLB 1993, Olympics Sydney 2000; - James HarveyJames Harvey (basketball)James Harvey is an Australian professional basketball player currently playing in the NBL. Harvey currently plays for the Gold Coast Blaze and previously played for the Perth Wildcats and West Sydney Razorbacks.In March 2007, it was revealed Harvey was one of three Australian sportsmen whose...
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, Olympic Swimming, Bronze Medal Tokyo 1964; - Ian DickIan DickIan Robinson Dick is an Australian cricketer and field hockey player who played one match for Western Australia in 1950 and also captained Australia in field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne...
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, Australia 1948-58, Olympic Captain Melbourne 1956; - Dean EvansDean EvansDean Evans is an Australian football player currently free agent.-Career:Dean signed on for his home town club Perth Glory's inaugural youth league team, and was a regular started...
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, Australia 1985-92, Olympic Silver Medal Barcelona 1992; - Clayton FredericksClayton FredericksClayton Fredericks is an Australian equestrian who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the three-day eventing team. He lives in England with his wife Lucinda Fredericks who was part of the same silver-medal winning team.Fredericks attended school at Wesley College,...
, Olympic Equestrian Silver Medal Beijing 2008, 2008 and 2005 World Cup Champion, 2006 British Open Champion; - Glenn Loftus, RowingSport rowingRowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
, Olympic Silver Medal Athens 2004; - Adam Wallace-Harrison, Rugby UnionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
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; - Arthur Marshall (politician), TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
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, Wimbledon 1954 - Lyndsay Stephen, Golf, Australia
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, Everest 2007;
Politicians
- Sir Crawford Nalder - WA MLA for Wagin (1947–74)
- Sir Ross Hutchinson, DFC - WA MLA for Cottesloe (1950–77)
- Mel BungeyMel BungeyMelville Harold "Mel" Bungey is a retired Australian politician. Born in Gnowangerup, Western Australia, he was educated at Wesley College, Perth and the University of Western Australia before becoming a farmer. Later, he was Vice-President of the Wool Section in the Farmers' Union of Western...
- MHR for Canning (1974–83) - Ross McLeanRoss McLeanRoss Malcolm McLean, AM is a former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, representing the Division of Perth, Western Australia....
- MHR for Perth (1975–83) - Peter ShackPeter ShackPeter Donald Shack is a former Australian politician. Born in Perth, he was educated at Wesley College, Perth and the University of Western Australia before becoming a company director and political advisor. In 1977, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member...
- MHR for Tangney (1977–83, 1984–93) - Barry MacKinnon - MLA for Murdoch (1977–93)
- Campbell Nalder - MLA for Narrogin (1986–87)
- George Strickland, AM - MLA for Scarborough (1989–94), Member for Innaloo (1996–2001)
- Arthur Marshall (politician), OAM - MLA for Murray (1993–94), Member for Dawesville (1996–2005)
- Dexter Davies - MLC (1998–2001)
- Kim ChanceKim ChanceKim Chance is a former Australian Labor Party MP in the Parliament of Western Australia, and was Minister for Agriculture and Food, Forestry, the Mid West and Wheatbelt and Great Southern until the September 2008 WA election...
- WA MLC (1992–present) - David Johnston (politician)David Johnston (politician)David Albert Lloyd Johnston , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 2002, representing the state of Western Australia. Johnston was born in Perth and was educated at University of Western Australia, where he graduated in law...
- Senator (2001–Present), Minister for Justice 2007 - Brendon GryllsBrendon GryllsBrendon John Grylls is an Australian politician and is currently the Member for Central Wheatbelt in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, as well as the Leader of the National Party of Western Australia. Grylls has been the Minister for Regional Development and Minister for Lands in the...
- MLA for Merredin (2001–present) - Rex Geoffrey (Tony) Williams - MLA for Clontarf (1977–89)
Academic Leaders
- Emeritus Professor John de Laeter, AO, PhD, DSc, BSc(Hons), BEd(Hons), HonDTech(Curtin), HonDLitt WAust, FTSE, FAIP.
- Emeritus Professor Peter Boyce, AO, Vice-Chancellor Murdoch UniversityMurdoch UniversityMurdoch University is a public university based in Perth, Australia. It began operations as the state's second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975...
1986-96 - Emeritus Professor Geoffrey BoltonGeoffrey BoltonGeoffrey Curgenven Bolton AO is an Australian historian born on 5 November 1931 in North Perth , Western Australia. He attended Wesley College, Perth from 1943 to 1947. He has been publishing works on Australian history since 1952, and has authored 13 books, most recently Land of Vision and Mirage:...
, AO, Chancellor Murdoch UniversityMurdoch UniversityMurdoch University is a public university based in Perth, Australia. It began operations as the state's second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975...
2002-2006 - ProfessorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
Ralph SlatyerRalph SlatyerRalph Owen Slatyer AC, FAA is an Australian ecologist, who was the first Chief Scientist of Australia from 1989 to 1992.He was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1929, and was educated at Perth Modern School and Wesley College, Perth, then the University of Western Australia from which he...
AC, FAA, Chief Scientist of Australia 1989-1992
Arts/Media
- Alan FletcherAlan FletcherAlan Fletcher is an Australian actor and musician, best known for his role as Karl Kennedy in long-running soap opera Neighbours. Fletcher was educated at Wesley College, Perth.-Career:...
, Actor - Jeremy SimsJeremy Sims-Personal life:He was educated at Wesley College, Perth, 1977–83. Sims was married to film director Samantha Lang. They have two daughters, Frederique and Evelyn Rose.-Career:...
, Actor - Steven Heathcote AM, Ballet
- Michael Holmes (broadcaster), CNN reporter
- Peter CowanPeter Cowan (writer)Peter Cowan was a Western Australian writer, noted especially for his short stories.- Biography :Born in 1914 in South Perth, Peter Walkinshaw Cowan was the son of Norman Walkinshaw Cowan and Marie Emily Johnston. His grandmother was Australia's first female parliamentarian, Edith Dircksey Cowan...
AM, Author - Matt Jodrell, Jazz Musician
- Riley Stuart, Sports Writer
- Joel Creasey, Comedian