The University of Western Australia Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Bob Hawke

23rd Prime Minister of Australia

BA, LLB

1953

Kim Beazley

Long-time federal politician; Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

BA

1962

Kim Edward Beazley

Former Whitlam Cabinet minister

BA

N/A

Carmen Lawrence

Former Premier of Western Australia; Federal Minister

BA

N/A

Richard Court

Former Premier of Western Australia

BA

N/A

Geoff Gallop

Former Premier of Western Australia

BA

N/A

Alan Carpenter

Former Premier of Western Australia

BA

N/A

Robert French

Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

BSc, LLB

1968, 1971

Barry Marshall

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Helicobacter pylori work)

MB, BSc (Medicine)

1970s

Fiona Stanley

Renowned epidemiologist; Australian of the Year-2003

MB BS

N/A

Fiona Wood

Plastic surgeon; innovator in burn treatment

MB BS

N/A

Tim Minchin

Comedian, musician, actor

Attended

N/A

Andrew Forrest

Mining magnate and philanthropist

BSc

N/A

Richard Goyder

Business leader and sports administrator

BCom or related

N/A

Rod Eddington

CEO (former) of British Airways; business executive

Engineering or similar

N/A

Ric Charlesworth

Olympic athlete (field hockey) and high-profile coach

BSc

N/A

Parwinder Kaur

Academic & WA parliamentarian; inducted into WA Women’s Hall of Fame

N/A

N/A

Michael Chaney

Business executive and chancellor of UWA

Commerce or related

N/A

H. C. Coombs

Distinguished economist and public servant

MA or Honours, Economics

N/A

Daryl Williams

Former Federal Attorney General

LL.B

N/A