This is an incomplete list of Flinders University people including notable alumni and staff associated with the Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.
Graduates of Flinders University include:
- Australian of the Year:[1] Richard Harris
- Fields Medalist (for maths):[2] Terry Tao
- Several Rhodes scholars[3]
Other notable alumni include:
Arts and humanities
Creatives
- Mario Andreacchio – film director and producer
- Michael Atkinson – (founding member of Redgum)[4]
- Benedict Andrews – theatre director (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Matthew Bate – filmmaker, of Closer Productions[6]
- Geordie Brookman – theatre director (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Matthew Cormack – filmmaker, of Closer Productions[6]
- Matt Crook – actor[7]
- Mem Fox – children's author
- Alex Frayne – film director
- Gale Edwards – Theatre Director (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Nuala Hafner – TV presenter (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Noni Hazlehurst – actress (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Scott Hicks – film director (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Victoria Hill – actress, writer and producer (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Nicholas Hope – actor (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Aimee Horne – actress and singer
- Jackie Huggins – author, historian, Aboriginal rights advocate, and academic[8]
- Sophie Hyde – filmmaker, of Closer Productions[9]
- Paul Kelly – (1973; did not complete)[10]
- Hannah Kent – author, winner of the Stella Prize
- Steve Knapman – TV producer (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Craig Lahiff – film director
- Nina Landis – actress
- Verity Laughton – playwright (PhD, Creative Arts thesis, 2020)[11]
- Caleb Lewis – playwright (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Sam Mac – radio and television personality
- Anthony Maras – film director, writer and producer
- Peter Martin – economics journalist and commentator (Distinguished Alumnus 2016)
- Bryan Mason – filmmaker, of Closer Productions[6]
- Louisa Mignone – actress[12]
- Sudesh Mishra – poet
- Susan Mitchell – author (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Doc Neeson – singer, songwriter, and front man of The Angels
- Tania Nehme – film editor (Flinders Drama Centre, 1983)[13]
- Christopher Pearson – journalist, founder of the Adelaide Review and speechwriter for Prime Minister John Howard
- Mark Peel – Australian historian
- Petar Pjesivac – Serbian poet and essayist
- Greig Pickhaver (also known as H.G. Nelson) – actor, comedian and writer (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Michael Pope – TV presenter and producer (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Damien Richardson – actor (Flinders Drama Centre)[14]
- Brendan Rock – film actor (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Dario Russo – film director and writer[15]
- Xavier Samuel – actor (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- John Schumann – founding member of Redgum[4]
- Wendy Strehlow – actress
- Rebecca Summerton – film producer[6]
- Chris Timms – founding member of Redgum[4]
- Verity Truman, Chris Timms – founding member of Redgum[4]
- Melanie Vallejo – actress (Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Matt Vesely – filmmaker, of Closer Productions[6]
- Eddie White – animation writer and director(Flinders Drama Centre)[5]
- Sean Williams – author[16]
Academics
- Jack Barbalet – professor of sociology
- Carl Bridge – professor of history at King's College London
- Wal Cherry (1932–1986), foundation professor of Flinders Drama Centre,
- Jackie Huggins – author, historian, Aboriginal rights advocate, and academic[8]
- Marion Jones – nursing and interprofessional practice academic (PhD, 2000)[17]
- Marion Maddox – author and professor of history at Macquarie University
- Haydon Manning – political scientist (PhD1994; later, associate professor, Politics and Public Policy at Flinders)[18]
- Andrekos Varnava – writer and professor of history
- Wesley Wildman – professor of theology at Boston University
- Graham Hill – associate professor of missiology and World Christianity at the University of Divinity, Australia
Science and medicine
Medicine
- Nazira Abdula – pediatrician and Mozambican Minister of Health
- Richard "Harry" Harris – anaesthetist and 2019 Australian of the Year
- Sally Goold – first Indigenous nurse in New South Wales and 2006 Senior Nurse of the Year
- Philip Nitschke – (PhD in applied physics)[19][20]
Other sciences
- Rod Boswell – professor, Plasma Research Laboratory, ANU
- Philip Bourne – professor of pharmacology at UCSD
- Rodney Brooks – professor of robotics at MIT
- Sabine Dittmann – marine biologist
- Mohammad Kaykobad – computer scientist, professor of CSE, BUET
- Mamoru Mohri – retired astronaut, scientist and engineer
- Colin Raston – professor of green chemistry, SA Scientist of the Year inventor of the Vortex Fluidic Device
- Cori Stewart – associate professor and innovator, Women in AI: manufacturing, winner 2022
- Terence Tao – Fields Medalist, professor of mathematics at UCLA
- Tony Thomas – professor of physics at the University of Adelaide
Politics
- John Bannon – former South Australian premier
- Zoe Bettison – South Australian state politician and minister
- Susan Close – South Australian state politician, minister and deputy premier
- David Cox – Member of the Australian House of Representatives
- Kate Ellis – Member of the Australian House of Representatives and minister
- Chris Gallus – Federal politician for the Liberal Party
- Bronwyn Halfpenny – Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Don Hopgood – (PhD) Deputy Premier of South Australia from 1985 to 1992[21]
- Ian Hunter – South Australian state politician and minister
- Tom Kenyon – South Australian state politician and minister
- Stephanie Key – South Australian state politician and minister
- Jenny Leong – Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Brendan Nelson – former Australian leader of the opposition
- Chris Picton – South Australian state politician and minister
- Mike Rann – former premier, appointed as a Flinders University professor
- Amanda Rishworth – Member of the Australian House of Representatives
- Don Russell – former Australian ambassador to the United States
- Robert Simms – Australian senator
- Andrew Southcott – Member of the Australian House of Representatives
- Gayle Tierney – Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Sialeʻataonga Tuʻivakanō – Prime Minister of Tonga[22]
- Lynne Walker – Northern Territory deputy leader of the opposition
- Pratikno – Minister of State Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia
- Nicolle Flint – Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Sport
- Matthew Liptak – Adelaide Crows footballer
- Agnes Milowka – technical diver and author
- Nigel Smart – Adelaide Crows footballer
Faculty
- Donald Brook (1927–2018) – artist; founder of the Experimental Art Foundation; inaugural professor of fine arts; after retirement in 1989,[23] emeritus professor[24]
- Elena Carapetis – actor and playwright; lecturer at Flinders Drama Centre[25]
- Rosalba Clemente – actor; head of Flinders Drama Centre as of 2024[25]
- Roz Hervey (1965/67–2024) – dancer, choreographer, artistic and creative director; taught movement at Flinders Drama Centre[25]
- Jeri Kroll – poet and author, inaugural dean of graduate research, later emeritus professor[11]
- Caleb Lewis – playwright; lecturer at Flinders Drama Centre[25]
- Haydon Manning – political scientist (PhD 1994); associate professor, politics and public policy[18]
- Genevieve Mooy – film director; lecturer at Flinders Drama Centre[25]
- Mike Rann – professorial fellow in social and policy studies, 2012–?[26][27]
See also
References
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- ^ "Fields Medal | International Mathematical Union (IMU)". Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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- ^ a b c d McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Redgum'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 15 May 2003.
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- ^ a b Laughton, Verity (2020). Depicting the Gorgon: the making of theatre about historic-political trauma (PhD). Flinders University. College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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- ^ Hopgood, Don (14 April – 19 September 2013). "Full transcript of an interview with Don Hopgood" (PDF). J.D. Somerville Oral History Collection, State Library of South Australia: Interview No. OH 1025 (transcript). Interviewed by Murchie, Alison. Transcribed by Deborah Gard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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- ^ Mendelssohn, Joanna (2018). "Donald Brook b. 8 January 1927". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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- ^ Owen, Michael. Mike Rann appointed professor at Flinders University. The Australian, 27 January 2012.
- ^ Biography. Mike Rann website, archived 2012.
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