responses for religion in Wahroonga were No Religion 27.6%, Catholic 21.9% and Anglican 18.8%. Notable residents Halse Rogers Arnott, medical practitioner, company director and chairman of Arnott's, lived on Burns Road Dorothy ('Dot') Butler, bushwalker, mountaineer, and conservationist, lived in Boundary Road David Campese, former Wallaby Grace Cossington Smith, Australian artist and pioneer of modernist painting, attended Abbotsleigh School Clive Evatt, politician and barrister Nicholas Fitzgerald, football (soccer) player for the Brisbane Roar Martin Flood, Australian quiz champion Adam Garcia, actor Peter Garrett, frontman of 1980s band Midnight Oil and Member of the Australian House of Representatives for Kingsford Smith from 2004 to 2013 was born and raised here. Mel Gibson, actor, was educated by members of the Congregation of Christian Brothers at St Leo's Catholic College during his high school years Stuart Inder, journalist, editor and specialist in Pacific Islands affairs Hugh Jackman, actor Howard Joseland, architect, responsible for many of Wahroonga's finest early homes. Richard Makinson, physicist Ollie McGill, keyboardist and backing vocalist for The Cat Empire Deborah Schofield, director of the Centre for Economic Impacts of Genomic Medicine, Macquarie University William Hardy Wilson, architect, artist and author Ellyse Perry, Australian dual-international footballer and cricketer Natalie Tobin, association footballer player for Sydney FC John Toohey, founder of Tooheys Brewery and politician, lived at Innisfail, now part of Knox Grammar School William Windeyer, justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and decorated soldier Harry Wolstenholme, lawyer and amateur ornithologist lived in Wahroonga References External links [CC-By-SA] Information on Wahroonga at Ku-ring-gai council's website Rose Seidler House Heritage Homes of Wahroonga Rover Crews - for young people aged 18–25 - at nearby Turramurra & Kissing Point [CC-By-SA] Suburbs of Sydney 1822 establishments in Australia Populated places established in 1822