List of Flinders University people explained

This is an incomplete list of Flinders University people including notable alumni and staff associated with the Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.Graduates of Flinders University include:

• Australian of the Year:^[1] Richard Harris
• Fields Medalist (for maths):^[2] Terry Tao
• Several Rhodes scholars^[3]

Other notable alumni include:

Arts and humanities

Entertainment

• Mario Andreacchio – film director and producer
• Michael Atkinson (founding member of Redgum)
• Benedict Andrews – theatre director (Flinders Drama Centre)
• Matthew Bate – filmmaker, of Closer Productions
• Geordie Brookman – theatre director (Flinders Drama Centre)
• Matthew Cormack – filmmaker, of Closer Productions
• Matt Crook – actor^[4]
• Alex Frayne – film director
• Gale Edwards – Theatre Director (Flinders Drama Centre)
• Nuala Hafner – TV presenter (Flinders Drama Centre)
• Noni Hazlehurst – actress (Flinders Drama Centre)
• Scott Hicks – film director(Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Victoria Hill – actress, writer and producer (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Nicholas Hope – actor (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Aimee Horne – actress and singer
• Sophie Hyde – filmmaker, of Closer Productions^[6]
• Paul Kelly (1973; did not complete)^[7]
• Steve Knapman – TV producer (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Craig Lahiff – film director
• Nina Landis – actress
• Verity Laughton – playwright (PhD, Creative Arts thesis, 2020)^[8]
• Caleb Lewis – playwright (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Sam Mac – radio and television personality
• Anthony Maras – film director, writer and producer
• Bryan Mason – filmmaker, of Closer Productions^[9]
• Louisa Mignone – actress^[10]
• Doc Neeson – singer, songwriter, and front man of The Angels
• Tania Nehme – film editor (Flinders Drama Centre, 1983)^[11]
• Greig Pickhaver (also known as H.G. Nelson) – actor, comedian and writer (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Michael Pope – TV presenter and producer (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Damien Richardson – actor (Flinders Drama Centre)^[12]
• Brendan Rock – film actor (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Dario Russo – film director and writer^[13]
• Xavier Samuel – actor (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• John Schumann – founding member of Redgum^[14]
• Wendy Strehlow – actress
• Rebecca Summerton – film producer^[9]
• Chris Timms, founding member of Redgum^[14]
• Verity Truman, Chris Timms, founding member of Redgum^[14]
• Melanie Vallejo – actress (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Matt Vesely – filmmaker, of Closer Productions^[9]
• Eddie White – animation writer and director(Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]

Literature

• Mem Fox – children's author
• Jackie Huggins – author, historian, Aboriginal rights advocate, and academic^[15]
• Hannah Kent – author, winner of the Stella Prize
• Peter Martin – economics journalist and commentator (Distinguished Alumnus 2016)
• Sudesh Mishra – poet
• Susan Mitchell – author (Flinders Drama Centre)^[5]
• Christopher Pearson – journalist, founder of the Adelaide Review and speechwriter for Prime Minister John Howard
• Mark Peel – Australian historian
• Petar Pjesivac – Serbian poet and essayist
• Sean Williams – author^[16]

Humanities academics

• Jack Barbalet – professor of sociology
• Carl Bridge – professor of history at King's College London
• Jackie Huggins – author, historian, Aboriginal rights advocate, and academic^[15]
• Marion Jones – nursing and interprofessional practice academic (PhD, 2000)^[17]
• Marion Maddox – author and professor of history at Macquarie University
• Haydon Manning – political scientist (PhD1994; later, associate professor, Politics and Public Policy at Flinders)^[18]
• Andrekos Varnava – writer and professor of history
• Wesley Wildman – professor of theology at Boston University
• Graham Hill – associate professor of missiology and World Christianity at the University of Divinity, Australia

Science and medicine

Medicine

• Nazira Abdula – pediatrician and Mozambican Minister of Health
• Richard "Harry" Harris – anaesthetist and 2019 Australian of the Year
• Sally Goold – first Indigenous nurse in New South Wales and 2006 Senior Nurse of the Year
• Philip Nitschke (PhD in applied physics)^{[19] [20]}

Other sciences

• Rod Boswell – professor, Plasma Research Laboratory, ANU
• Philip Bourne – professor of pharmacology at UCSD
• Rodney Brooks – professor of robotics at MIT
• Sabine Dittmann – marine biologist
• Mohammad Kaykobad – computer scientist, professor of CSE, BUET
• Mamoru Mohri – retired astronaut, scientist and engineer
• Colin Raston – professor of green chemistry, SA Scientist of the Year inventor of the Vortex Fluidic Device
• Cori Stewart – associate professor and innovator, Women in AI: manufacturing, winner 2022
• Terence Tao – Fields Medalist, professor of mathematics at UCLA
• Tony Thomas – professor of physics at the University of Adelaide

Politics

• John Bannon – former South Australian premier
• Zoe Bettison – South Australian state politician and minister
• Susan Close – South Australian state politician, minister and deputy premier
• David Cox – Member of the Australian House of Representatives
• Kate Ellis – Member of the Australian House of Representatives and minister
• Chris Gallus – Federal politician for the Liberal Party
• Bronwyn Halfpenny – Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
• Don Hopgood – (PhD) Deputy Premier of South Australia from 1985 to 1992^[21]
• Ian Hunter – South Australian state politician and minister
• Tom Kenyon – South Australian state politician and minister
• Stephanie Key – South Australian state politician and minister
• Jenny Leong – Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Brendan Nelson – former Australian leader of the opposition
• Chris Picton – South Australian state politician and minister
• Mike Rann – former premier, appointed as a Flinders University professor
• Amanda Rishworth – Member of the Australian House of Representatives
• Don Russell – former Australian ambassador to the United States
• Robert Simms – Australian senator
• Andrew Southcott – Member of the Australian House of Representatives
• Gayle Tierney – Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
• Sialeʻataonga Tuʻivakanō – Prime Minister of Tonga^[22]
• Lynne Walker – Northern Territory deputy leader of the opposition
• Pratikno – Minister of State Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia
• Nicolle Flint – Member of the Australian House of Representatives

Sport

• Matthew Liptak – Adelaide Crows footballer
• Agnes Milowka – technical diver and author
• Nigel Smart – Adelaide Crows footballer

Faculty

• Donald Brook (1927–2018) – artist; founder of the Experimental Art Foundation; inaugural professor of fine arts; after retirement in 1989,^[23] emeritus professor^[24]
• Elena Carapetis – actor and playwright; lecturer at Flinders Drama Centre^[5]
• Rosalba Clemente – actor; head of Flinders Drama Centre ^[25]
• Roz Hervey (1965/7–2024) – dancer, choreographer, artistic and creative director; taught movement at Flinders Drama Centre^[5]
• Jeri Kroll – poet and author, inaugural dean of graduate research, later emeritus professor^[8]
• Caleb Lewis – playwright; lecturer at Flinders Drama Centre^[5]
• Haydon Manning – political scientist (PhD 1994); associate professor, politics and public policy^[18]
• Genevieve Mooy – film director; lecturer at Flinders Drama Centre^[5]
• Mike Rann – professorial fellow in social and policy studies, 2012–?^{[26] [27]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Recipients - Australian of the Year. 27 May 2021. 14 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514201531/https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/. live.
2. Web site: Fields Medal | International Mathematical Union (IMU). 27 May 2021. 26 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226015744/https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal. live.
3. Web site: Rhodes scholars – Flinders University. Flinders University. en-au. 17 October 2017. 17 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017150712/https://www.flinders.edu.au/alumni/our-alumni/awards-and-honours/prestigious-fellowships/rhodes-scholars. live.
4. Web site: Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) . 2022-05-22 . Flinders University . en . 21 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821063421/https://www.flinders.edu.au/study/creative-arts-media/creative-arts-drama . live .
5. Web site: Home . Flinders Drama Centre Graduates . 2020 . 1 September 2024.
6. Web site: Debelle . Penelope . Sophie's independent streak . . 6 July 2018 . 1 September 2024.
7. Web site: Don't Start Me Talking : Lyrics 1984–2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060828102022/http://www.insightpublications.com.au/shop/pdf/Dont%20Start%20Me%20Talking%20sample%20pages.pdf . dead . 2006-08-28 . Insight Publications . Magner . Brigid . 2 .
8. Depicting the Gorgon: the making of theatre about historic-political trauma. Verity . Laughton . PhD . Flinders University. College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences . 2020 . 1 September 2024.
9. Web site: Flinders 50 Creatives Exhibition Program . Issuu. Flinders University . 9 May 2016 . 1 September 2024.
10. Web site: Louisa Mignone loves playing the man - The Advertiser . 22 May 2022 . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522042444/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/louisa-mignones-loving-playing-the-man/news-story/3e968d8f772f8cbf5f77c8d96e3048ce . live .
11. Web site: Class of 1983 . Flinders Drama Centre . 1 September 2024.
12. Web site: Damien Richardson . Showcast . 1 September 2024.
13. Web site: Danger 5 Season 2 Dario Russo . . 30 December 2014 . 22 May 2022 . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522042444/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/30/danger-5-director-dario-russo-on-the-tricky-task-of-mocking-world-villains . live .
14. Book: McFarlane, Ian . . Ian McFarlane . . 1999 . Encyclopedia entry for 'Redgum' . http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=679 . 1-86448-768-2 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030515200023/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=679 . 15 May 2003 .
15. Book: Harrison, Sharon M.. The Australian Women's Archives Project . 978-0-7340-4873-8 . The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia . Huggins, Jacqueline (Jackie) Gail (1956–). 1 September 2024 .
16. Web site: Home . seanwilliams.com . 7 August 2022 . 7 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807134832/http://seanwilliams.com/ . live .
17. Web site: Auckland University of Technology . Auckland University of Technology . 1 September 2024.
18. Web site: Haydon Manning . . 15 March 2022 . 1 September 2024.
19. Web site: Simons . Margaret . Between life and death . The Age . 30 August 2013 . 1 September 2024.
20. Web site: About Us . Exit International . 1 September 2024.
21. Full transcript of an interview with Don Hopgood . Alison . Murchie. Don . Hopgood . transcript . 14 April – 19 September 2013 . Transcribed by Deborah Gard . 21 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190407000057/http://www.slsa.ha.sa.gov.au/archivaldocs/oh/OH1025.pdf. 7 April 2019. J.D. Somerville Oral History Collection, State Library of South Australia: Interview No. OH 1025.
22. Web site: Tu'ivakano became Prime Minister Designate . Matangi Tonga . 21 December 2010 . 21 December 2010 . 30 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111130071216/http://www.matangitonga.to/article/tonganews/parliament/20101221_tonga_new_prime_minister_designate.shtml . live .
23. Web site: Donald Brook b. 8 January 1927. Joanna . Mendelssohn. Design & Art Australia Online. 1 September 2024. 2018.
24. Web site: Mayes . Andrea . Donald Brook . ABC News . 19 November 2009 . 1 September 2024.
25. Web site: Staff . Flinders Drama Centre . 28 November 2024.
26. Owen, Michael. Mike Rann appointed professor at Flinders University. The Australian, 27 January 2012.
27. https://web.archive.org/web/20120905075114/http://www.mikerann.net/biography/ Biography