page_title: Anglican Church Grammar School
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Anglican Church Grammar School / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Peter Porter at Colpitts Poetry literature event Alington House, 4 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET, UK For the event see e. g. [1]
context_page_description: The Anglican Church Grammar School, formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie, is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  Founded in 1912 by Canon William Perry French Morris, Churchie has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,800 students from Reception to Year 12, including 150 boarders from Years 7 to 12. It is owned by the Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane.
  Churchie is a founding member of the Great Public Schools Association of Queensland, and is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia, Independent Schools Queensland, the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Australian Boarding Schools' Association. Churchie is also an International Baccalaureate World School offering the Diploma Programme and Primary Years Programme.
  Churchie, widely recognised as one of Brisbane's most prestigious schools, is among Australia's richest based on earnings and donations from alumni.
context_section_description: Alumni of Anglican Church Grammar School are known as 'Old Boys', and may elect to join the school's alumni association, the Churchie Old Boys' Association. Notable Churchie Old Boys include:
  Public service and the law
  Paul de Jersey, AC, QC – Governor of Queensland (2014-) and former Chief Justice of Queensland (1998–2014)
  Sir Alan Mansfield, KCMG, KCVO – former Chief Justice of Queensland (1956–1966), Governor of Queensland (1966–1972) and Chancellor of the University of Queensland (1966–1976)
  Walter Sofronoff QC – President of the Queensland Court of Appeal (2017-) and former Solicitor-General of Queensland (2005–2014)
  David Thomas – Judge of the Federal Court of Australia and President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (2017-)
  Hugh Fraser – Judge of the Queensland Court of Appeal (2008-)
  David North, SC – Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland (2011-)
  John Helman – former Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland (1994–2007)
  Tom Shepherdson – former Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland (1982-2000)
  Kenneth Mackenzie (judge) – former Judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland (1989–2008)
  Peter Tesch – Australian Ambassador to Russia (2016-) and former Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Germany
  Peter Dunning QC – Solicitor-General of Queensland (2014-)
  Alex Freeleagus, AO, CBE, AM (Mil), RFD – Honorary Consul-General of Greece in Queensland (1957–2005) and noted Queensland solicitor
  Malcolm Hazell, CVO, AM – former Official Secretary to two Governors-General of Australia, Peter Hollingworth (2003) and Major-General Michael Jeffery (2003–2008)
  David Russell, AM, RFD, QC – Queensland barrister and prominent figure in the National Party of Australia
  Bill Glasson, AO – former president of the Australian Medical Association (2003–2005)
  Politics
  Tim Nicholls – former Treasurer of Queensland (2012–2015), former Leader of the Opposition (2016-2017) and current LNP Member for Clayfield (2006-)
  Cameron Dick – former Labor Attorney-General of Queensland, Minister for Industrial Relations of Queensland and Minister for Education of Queensland (2009–2011); current Minister of Health of Queensland and Minister of Ambulance Services of Queensland (2015-)
  Andrew Laming MP – Liberal Member for Bowman (2004-) and Director of Funding for the Liberal Party of Australia
  Clem Jones, AO – Longest-serving Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Queensland (1961–1975)
  Sam Cox MP – former Queensland LNP member for Thuringowa (2012–2015)
  Dr. Christian Rowan MP – former President of the Queensland branch of the Australian Medical Association (2013–2014) and current LNP member for Moggill (2015-)
  Bruce Scott MP – National Party Member for Maranoa (1990-) and Deputy Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (2011-)
  Ian Walker MP – LNP member for Mansfield (2012-) and former Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts of Queensland (2013–2015)
  David Jull – Long-serving Liberal member for Bowman (1975–1983) and Fadden (1984–2007) in the Australian House of Representatives
  Jim Samios, AM, MBE – former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the New South Wales Legislative Council (1995–2003)
  Neil Symes MP – former Queensland LNP Member for Lytton (2012–2015)
  Harold Lowes – former Queensland lawyer and Liberal Member for Brisbane in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (1974–1977)
  Donald Cameron, AM – Queensland politician who represented Griffith (1966–1977), Fadden (1977–1983) and Moreton (1983–1990) in the Australian House of Representatives
  Graham Freudenberg, AM – Author and political speechwriter for leaders of the Australian Labor Party
  Business and philanthropy
  Don Argus, AC –  Former Chairman of BHP Billiton (1999–2010), National Australia Bank (1990–1999) and Brambles Limited (1999–2008)
  Leigh Clifford, AO – former CEO of the Rio Tinto Group (2000–2007) and current Chairman of Qantas Airways Limited (2007-)
  The Rev. Keith Rayner, AO – former Archbishop of Melbourne (1990–1999) and Anglican Primate of Australia
  Sir John Pidgeon – Queensland property developer
  Graham Fowles – Founder of Fowles, Australia's largest auction ho
caption: Peter Porter
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