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Notable alumni

Celebrating graduate success
Ours is a rich graduate landscape, populated by leaders, creators and trailblazers. Here is a small cross section of arts and social sciences alumni who have made their mark.

James Wolfensohn

James Wolfensohn
Ninth president of the World Bank (1995-2005)
BA(1954) LLB(1957) DScEc(1997)
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Sebastian Smee

Sebastian Smee
Art critic
BA(1995)
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Eddie Woo

Eddie Woo
Mathematics teacher
BEd (Math)(Hons)(2008)
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Jeni Klugman

Director of Gender and Development, World Bank
BEc(1986) LLB(Hons 1988)
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Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull
Former Prime Minister
BA(1977) LLB(1978)
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Glenn Stevens

Glenn Stevens
Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (2006 - 2016)
BEc(Hons 1980)
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Kip Williams

Kip Williams
Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director
BA (MECO)(2009)
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Gladys Berejiklian

Gladys Berejiklian
Premier of NSW
BA(1992) GradDipInternatStud (1996)
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Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks
Author
BA(1979) DLitt(Honoris Causa)(2007) DLitt(2007)
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Noel Pearson

Noel Pearson
Lawyer/land rights activist
BA(1987) LLB(1993)
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Clover Moore

Clover Moore
Lord Mayor, City of Sydney
BA(1969)
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Bruce Beresford

Bruce Beresford
Filmmaker
BA(1964)
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Robyn Denholm

Robyn Denholm
Chair, Tesla, Inc.
BEc(1985)
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Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer
Writer
MA(1963) DLitt(2005)
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Jane Campion

Jane Campion
Filmmaker
(Grad Dip BVA) DipVArts (1979) BVArts (1984)
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David Marr

David Marr
Journalist
LLB(1971) BA(1968) DLitt(2013)
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Ben Quilty

Ben Quilty
Artist
BVArts(1996)
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Alumni stories

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01 July 2019

Art School alumnus: Experimental rocker turns abstract artist

Acclaimed contemporary artist and alumnus Jonny Niesche reflects on devising and developing his distinctive aesthetic at Sydney College of the Arts.
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10 September 2018
Murray Kamara portraits.

The Man Who Escaped Sierra Leone

"There are times when you walk into the train station or shops and people will look at you differently. I recently had dreadlocks and you could see people making judgements like, ‘There goes a shabby African boy."
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12 July 2018
Anne Bollen with her daughters and granddaughters

The family that's part of University history

For almost as long as it's been possible for women to study at the University of Sydney, women from Anne Bollen's family have been here. That proud tradition continues.