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Date

1850 - present

Notable Alumni

Anthony Albanese • Malcolm Turnbull • Tony Abbott • Akhilesh Yadav • Nicola Olyslagers • Cheryl Kernot • John Howard • Robert Hughes • Kate Grenville • Mark Latham • Bronwyn Bishop • John Bradfield • Les Murray • Victor Chang • Charles Perkins • Jane Campion • Germaine Greer • James Wolfensohn • Gough Whitlam • Jill Ker Conway • Sir John Cornforth • Herbert Vere Evatt • Raymond A. Dart • Douglas Mawson • Sir William McMahon

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