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List of University of New England (Australia) people

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This is a list of University of New England (Australia) people, including a number of notable alumni and faculty members of the University of New England.

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Academics

  • Don Aitkin, AO, professor of politics at Macquarie University (1971–79) and the Australian National University (1980-1988); Vice-Chancellor of the University of Canberra (1991-2002)
  • Kym Anderson, AC, Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University; President of the Policy Advisory Council at the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
  • Max Hartwell (1921-2009), professor of economic history at the University of New South Wales (1950–56); reader in economic and social history at the University of Oxford; professorial fellow of Nuffield College Oxford (1956–77) (Emeritus 1977); was amongst the first intake of students in 1938 at the New England University College and the first of his cohort to become a professor
  • Keith Leopold (1920-1999), professor of German at the University of Queensland (1964); was amongst the first intake of students in 1938 at the New England University College
  • John Quiggin, Australian Research Council Federation Fellow in economics and political science

    • Business

  • Douglas Daft, former global CEO of Coca-Cola
  • Canning Fok Kin-ning, group managing director of Hutchison Whampoa and Chairman of Hongkong Electric Holdings
  • Don Walker, musician, notably with Cold Chisel

    • Vice-Regal

  • Sir Zelman Cowen, the 19th Governor-General of Australia

    • Politicians

  • Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales
  • Dean Brown, former Premier of South Australia
  • David Elliott, the current Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
  • Barnaby Joyce, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and current Member of the Australian Parliament for New England
  • John Kerin, former Member of the Australian Parliament and Federal minister (Primary Industries, Energy, Transport and Communication, Trade and Overseas Development, Treasurer)
  • Donald Page, current Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and grandson of Sir Earle Page, founding Chancellor of UNE
  • Milena Pires, member of the first National Parliament of East Timor and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  • Tony Windsor, former Member of the Australian Parliament for New England

    • Civil servants

  • Jock R. Anderson, professor and agricultural economist at the World Bank
  • Bernie Fraser, former governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia

    • Arts

  • Amanda Bishop, comedian, actor and musician
  • Lionel Gilbert, historian

    • Literature, writing and poetry

  • Marshall Moore, American writer
  • James Page, educationist
  • Gayla Reid, writer

    • Law

  • Geoffrey Edelsten, businessman and entrepreneur

    • Sciences

  • Dame Bridget Ogilvie, medical scientist

    • Sport

  • Suzy Balogh, 2004 Olympic gold medal shooter
  • Katherine Calder, 2010 Winter Olympics cross-country skier
  • Roy Masters, AM, sports journalist and former rugby league football coach
  • Kathleen Partridge, 1988 Olympic gold medal field hockey; 1992 Olympics (goalkeeper)
  • Damian Smith, member of the Australia national rugby union team, Wallaby #707

    • Vice-Chancellors

  • Sir Robert Madgwick (1954–1966)
  • Sir Zelman Cowen (1966–1970)
  • Alec Lazenby (1970–1977)
  • Ronald Gates (1977–1985)
  • Lawrence W Nicol (1985–1988)
  • Don McNicol (1988–1990)
  • Robert HT Smith (1990–1994)
  • Bruce Thom (1994–1996)
  • Ingrid Moses (1997–2006)
  • Alan Pettigrew (2006–2010)
  • James Barber (2010-2014)
  • Annabelle Duncan (current)

    • References

    List of University of New England (Australia) people Wikipedia
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