Famous Australian Educators

Dorothy Auchterlonie AO, also Dorothy Green (born 28 May 1915, died 21 February 1991), was an English-born Australian academic, literary critic, and poet.

Peter Drew Hutton, born 1947, is an Australian activist, academic, campaigner, and former political candidate. Hutton co-founded the Queensland Greens in 1990 and the Australian Greens in 1991. He ran in Queensland and Australian elections at all three government levels.

Elsdon Storey is an Australian neurologist. He was a former Rhodes Scholar and Professor of Neurology at Monash University. Storey focused his clinical and research work on neurogenetics, especially hereditary ataxias, and behavioural neurology, especially dementias. After clinical neurology training in Oxford and Melbourne, and research training at Oxford, Massachusetts General Hospital, and with Colin Masters at Melbourne University, Monash appointed Storey the first Van Cleef Roet Professor of Neuroscience in 1996. Storey also heads the Alfred Neurology Unit and sits on the Council.

Faye Marles is an Australian Educator.

Graham Jenkin is an Australian poet, historian, composer, and educator. Jenkin was born in Adelaide. He studied at various country schools and Prince Alfred College, Wattle Park Teachers College, and the University of Adelaide. Jenkin worked two years as a jackeroo on stations in northern South Australia. In 1961, he started the Tea and Damper Club to preserve Australian folklore, music, and poetry. From 1963 to 1965, Jenkin served as Head Teacher of Coober Pedy Primary School. In 1966, Wattle Park Teachers College appointed Graham Jenkin as a lecturer.

Henry Kingsley Archdall (2 March 1886 – 27 February 1976) was an Australian academic and clergyman. Archdall taught at Cambridge University, Australia, and New Zealand. He became Principal of St David's College, Lampeter, and Chancellor of St David's Cathedral. He then became headmaster of King's College, Auckland.

Sir John Clifford Valentine Behan (8 May 1881 – 30 September 1957) was the second warden of Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and the first Victorian Rhodes Scholar. Behan studied at University High School and Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia, where he was dux in 1895. He studied law at the University of Melbourne and won the Supreme Court Prize for being the top law student in his class. Behan was chosen as Victoria's first Rhodes Scholar in 1904, becoming the first recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship designated for.

Dr. John Marden B.A., M.A., LL.D (9 April 1855 – 29 October 1924) was an Australian Headmaster, a pioneer of women's education, and a Presbyterian elder.

Kim Christian Beazley, AC, was born December 14, 1948. He is an Australian politician currently serving as the governor of Western Australia. Beazley served as a former deputy prime minister of Australia and leader of the Opposition. He held various ministerial roles in the Hawke and Keating Governments. Beazley later served as Ambassador to the United States. He was born in Subiaco, Western Australia, and the son of politician Kim Beazley senior. He studied at the University of Western Australia and Balliol College, Oxford, where he became a Rhodes Scholar. He worked as a lecturer after that period.

Lawrence Richard Dimond Pyke (November 1, 1912 – July 1987) was an Australian headmaster and university dean. Print referred to him as LRD Pyke, which gave him the nickname "Lardy".

Dame Leonie Judith Kramer (October 1, 1924 – April 20, 2016) was an Australian academic, educator, and professor. She became the first female professor of English in Australia. She chaired the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and served as the first female chancellor of the University of Sydney. She received a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and a Companion of the Order of Australia.

Oodgeroo Noonuccal (UUD-gə-roo NOO-nə-kəl; born Kathleen Jean Mary Ruska, formerly Kath Walker; November 3, 1920 – September 16, 1993) was an Australian Aboriginal political activist, artist, and educator. She campaigned for Aboriginal rights. Oodgeroo is known for her poetry. She was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse.

Patricia May Edgar AM (born March 11, 1937) is an Australian author, television producer, educator, and media scholar. She founded the Australian Children's Television Foundation.

Paul Charles William Davies (born 1946) is an English physicist, writer, and broadcaster. He teaches at Arizona State University and directs BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science. Davies is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. He held previous academic posts at the University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, University of Adelaide, and Macquarie University. His research focuses on cosmology, quantum field theory, and astrobiology. He proposed that a

Silma Ihram (born Anne Frances Beaumont; c. 1954) pioneered Muslim education in Western Sydney. She founded and was the former Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College' in Sydney. Ihram campaigned for racial tolerance. She ran as the Australian Democrats candidate for Auburn in the 2007 state election and for the Division of Reid in the 2007 federal election. Ihram wrote two books, produced an educational video in Arabic, and was the subject of the documentary, Silma's School. People described her as "Erin Brockovich in"

Susan Maree Ryan, born October 10, 1942, is an Australian public servant and former politician. She became the Age Discrimination Commissioner for the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2011. Ryan served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 1975 to 1987, representing the Labor Party. She became the first female Labor minister. She held several ministerial roles in the Hawke Government, including the first Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women. Ryan helped create the Sex Discrimination Act, 1984.

Major General Sir William John Victor Windeyer (July 28, 1900 – November 23, 1987) was an Australian judge, soldier, educator, and a Justice of the High Court of Australia.