Millicent Armstrong Nikos Athanasou Clive Stephen Barry Dora Birtles Christopher Brennan Geraldine Brooks – winner of the Pulitzer Prize for March (2006) Dymphna Cusack Ursula Dubosarsky Kate Grenville A. D. Hope – Professor Emeritus of English at Australian National University Geoffrey Lehmann Jeni Mawter Les Murray Jennifer Rowe Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys) Kimberley Starr Dominic Knight Margaret Clunies Ross – McCaughey Professor of English and Early English Literature, Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney Niall Lucy Germaine Greer – writer and public intellectual Philosophy David Malet Armstrong Stephen Hetherington Peter Godfrey-Smith J. L. Mackie John Passmore Wesley Wildman Law Sir Robert Garran Sir Edmund Barton Sir Garfield Barwick Tom Bathurst Virginia Bell Sir Maurice Byers Susan Crennan Sir William Portus Cullen Sir William Deane H. V. Evatt Mary Gaudron Murray Gleeson Sir Samuel Griffith William Gummow Sir Leslie James Herron Dyson Heydon Sir Kenneth Jacobs Sir Lawrence Jackson Sir Frederick Richard Jordan Sir John Kerr Michael Kirby Sir Frank Kitto Hugh Macrossan Sir Alan Mansfield Sir Anthony Mason Michael McHugh Sir Edward McTiernan Lionel Murphy Richard O'Connor Albert Piddington Sir George Rich Sir Percy Spender James Spigelman Sir Kenneth Whistler Street Sir Laurence Whistler Street Sir Philip Whistler Street Sir Alan Taylor Sir Cyril Walsh Sir Dudley Williams Sir Victor Windeyer Other legal professionals Hugh Atkin – lawyer, former Tipstaff at the Supreme Court of New South Wales John Davies – Judge of the United States District Court Marcus Einfeld – Judge of the Federal Court of Australia Geoffrey Robertson – international human rights lawyer Charles Waterstreet – criminal defence lawyer, writer and producer Military Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman Major-General John Broadbent Major-General Paul Brereton – Head Cadet, Reserve and Employer Support Division Lieutenant General Sir Mervyn Brogan – Chief of the General Staff Brigadier Sir Frederick Oliver Chilton – led the Sydney Anzac Day March in his 100th year Roden Cutler – Victoria Cross recipient Major-General Sir Ivan Dougherty Major-General W B "Digger" James – Director-General of Army Medical Services Lieutenant General Sir Carl Jess Captain Gordon Grimsley King – commando leader awarded the Distinguished Service Order for action at the Battle of Kaiapit Lieutenant General James Legge – Chief of the General Staff Percy Storkey – Victoria Cross recipient Major General Mervyn Tan – Chief of Air Force, Republic of Singapore Air Force Major-General Sir Victor Windeyer Religious leaders Leo Ash