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The Rivers Secondary College, Lismore High Campus

The Rivers Secondary College, Lismore High Campus

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Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of Lismore High School include:

 

  • Peter Arnison AC, CVO - (LC 1958) Major General, Land Commander Australia 1994-1996, Governor of Queensland 1997-2003.
  • Ken Buttrum - former head of the Department of Juvenile Justice of New South Wales.
  • Vivian Chow Yung (1906-1941) Journalist. Founder of the "United China Magazine" in Shanghai and Foreign Affairs Editor of the "Sin Wian Pao" newspaper in Shanghai in the 1930s.
  • Bruce Duncan (1928-2005) First ex-student to become Member for Lismore (1965-1988) in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  • Bob Ellis - (LC 1958) Writer, journalist and political commentator.
  • David Ellyard - Science broadcaster and weatherman.
  • Dr. Paul Hockings, author, editor, filmmaker, and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois.
  • Roy Masters AM - Football coach.
  • Pat Morton - (1910-1999) Leader of the NSW Opposition (1955-1959) and Askin Cabinet Minister.
  • John Niland AC - Vice Chancellor of the University of New South Wales 1992-2002.
  • Richard Nott AM, President Australia-Britain Society, Australian Rep Friends of St. George's, CEO CGULMI 2001-2012, MD Australia MGICA 2012-16 At LHS 1954-56
  • Frank Oakes - (1906-1984) (LC 1924) First ex-student to become Mayor of Lismore. Oakes Oval in Lismore is named after him.
  • Bill Rixon - (1941-2003) Member of NSW Parliament for Lismore (1988–1999).
  • George Sharpe (LC 1942) Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales 1989-1993.
  • Isaac Smith - Deputy Mayor of Lismore City Council and Councillor since September 2008.
  • Richard Stratford (LC 1960) Headmaster Sydney Boys' High School 1992-1999.
  • Douglas G. Stuart - Regents' Professor Emeritus of Physiology, The University of Arizona.
  • Harry Wharton OBE FAA - (1923-1983) Notable Zoologist and Entomologist, particularly for the CSIRO.

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