Alumni
There are around 50,000 graduates who are now scattered all over the globe. Tasmania alumni include Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark; Peter Underwood, Governor of Tasmania; Philip Lewis Griffiths, Acting Chief Judge of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea; Scott Brennan, Gold Medalist at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics for rowing; Bill Mollison, "Father of Permaculture;" William Noel Benson, geologist; Hon Justice Peter Heerey, Federal Court Judge; Chief Justice Ewan Crawford, Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania; Hannah Yeoh, member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly; Dr.Halimah Ali, member of the Selangor Executive council and Selangor State Legislative assembly; Dato' Effendi Norwawi, former Minister of Agriculture Malaysia; Imam Sabri Samson, Grand Imam for Hobart Islamic Centre; Othman Hj Omar, General Manager for Selangor State Development Corporation; Charles Philip Haddon-Cave, former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong; Richard Flanagan, author and film director; Stephen Gumley, CEO of the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation; Neal Blewett, Australian politician; Simon Hollingsworth, Australian athlete; Constantine Koukias, Australian composer. and Prithviraj Sukumaran, South Indian Actor, Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed, SAARC Secretary-General; Kenneth G. McCracken, physicist and winner of the Pawsey Medal.
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