Adelaide University Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Julia Gillard

First female Prime Minister of Australia

BA

1979

Andy Thomas

First Australian born astronaut

BEng (Mechanical Engineering)

N/A

Julie Bishop

First female Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia

LLB (Law)

1979

Tony Tan

7th President of the Republic of Singapore

BA, MA

N/A

Penny Wong

Senator, Foreign Minister in Australia

BA, LLB

1986, 1989

Ong Teng Cheong

5th President of the Republic of Singapore

BA

N/A

Roma Mitchell

First female Australian judge, Chancellor and State Governor

LLB

1935

Mark Oliphant

Nuclear physicist and humanitarian

BSc

1916

Guy Sebastian

Singer-songwriter, winner of “Australian Idol”

N/A

N/A

Lionel Logue

Speech therapist who helped King George VI with his stammer

Diploma or equivalent

N/A

Neil Weste

Engineer; major contributions in microelectronics and wireless communications

Engineering (Electrical/Computer)

N/A

Laura Margaret Hope

First female surgeon in Australia

MB, BS

N/A

Tirana Hassan

Executive Director of Human Rights Watch; human rights advocate

Law degree

N/A

Edward Holden

Industrialist; founder of Holden & major automotive business

N/A

N/A

Milton Blake

Inventor of modern sunscreen

N/A

N/A

Matthew Cowdrey

Paralympian, multiple gold medalist

N/A

N/A

James Muecke

Ophthalmologist; 2020 Australian of the Year

MBBS

1987

Edith Emily Dornwell

First woman to graduate with a science degree at University of Adelaide

BSc

1883

Sir Edmund Britten Jones

Physician, Australian rules footballer & cricketer

Medical degree (Physician)

N/A

Ian Wall

Co-founder of technology company Codan; engineering & business leader

Engineering

N/A