Church

• St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, (1842 - 1909)  Australia's first Canonised saint, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart

• Mary Gonzaga Barry (1834-1915) Loreto Sister, Mother Superior, educationist
• John Brady (circa 1800 – 1871) Bishop of Perth
• John Brosnan (1919 - 2003) Priest, prison chaplain
• John Cani (1836-1898) Bishop of Rockhampton
• Joseph Laurence Ciantar (1893-1967)  Salesian priest
• Edward Bede Clancy AC (1923 – 2014) Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney
• Thomas Joseph Carr (1839-1917) Archbishop of Melbourne
• Eugene James Cuskelly MSC (1924 - 1999) Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, theologian, Superior  General 
• Joseph Dalton SJ (1817–1905) Priest and educator 
• James Dempsey (1802-1838) Rebel, convict, Carmelite tertiary 
• James Dixon (1758 - 1840) Priest
• Sir James Duhig (1871 - 1965) Archbishop of Brisbane
• Kathleen Mary Egan (1890-1977) Dominican Sister, educationist
• Alice Nolan Elphickk known as Sr Bernice (1921 - 2008) Sister of Charity, hospital administrator 
• Frank Fletcher (1932-2013) Priest
• Ronald Fogarty FMS (1913-2009) Marist Brother, educator
• Ursula Frayne (1816–1885) Sister of Mercy, Mother Superior
• Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan (1805-1864) Bishop of Adelaide
• Geraldine Scholastica Gibbons (1817-1901) Sister of Charity, Mother Superior
• Sir Norman Gilroy (1896 - 1977) Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney
• James William Gleeson (1920 - 2000) Archbishop of Adelaide 
• Mary Glowrey (1887-1957) Servant of God, Sister of the Sacred Heart, and doctor
• James Alipius Goold (1812–1886) Archbishop of Melbourne
• Anne Greene known as Mother Mary Gertrude (1884–1965) Sister of St John of God, nurse, and missionary
• Francis Xavier Gsell (1872-1960) Missionary, Bishop of Darwin
• Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1878 - 1952) Priest & poet
• James Harold (1744-1830) Priest
• Romuald Denis Hayes (1892-1945) Bishop of Rockhampton 
• Mary Healy  known as Mother Gertrude (1865–1952) Sister of Charity and hospital administrator 
• Ellen (Sr Mary Gabriel) Hogan (1844-1915) Dominican Sister, educator of the hearing impaired 
• Charles Howard FMS, AM (1924 – 2012) Marist Brother, international Superior General  1985–93
• John Patrick Kelly (1917 – 2007) Priest , educationist 
• Michael Kelly (1850–1940) Archbishop of Sydney
• Edward Phillip 'Ted' Kennedy (1931 – 2005) Priest and activist
• James Robert Knox (1914-1983) Archbishop of Melbourne, Cardinal, Curial prefect
• Aloysius Kranewitter SJ (1817-1880) One of Australia's first two Jesuit priests (with Fr Maximillian Klinkowstroem)
• Sir Thomas Francis "Frank" Little KBE (1925 – 2008) Archbishop of Melbourne
• Daniel Mannix (1864 - 1963) Archbishop of Melbourne
• Mary Barr Mackinlay ( known as Sister Alphonse Marie) (1910-1974) Dominican Sister, educationist, academic 
• Irene McCormack (1938 - 1991) Josephite missionary 
• John McEncroe (1794 - 1868) Priest
• James Athanasius McGlade MBE (1914-2013) Christian Brother
• Fr Timothy Edward (Ted) McGrath MSC (1881-1977) Priest, co-founder Our Lady's Nurses of the Poor
• Donald McKillop (1853-1925) Jesuit priest
• Margaret MacRory (1862-1931) Religious Sister, educationist 
• Patrick Moran (1830 - 1911) Cardinal, Archbishop of Sydney
• Stephen Moreno (1889-1953) Catholic priest, musician
• Francis Murphy (1795-1858) Bishop of Adelaide
• Catherine Cecily O'Brien  (1893-1945), Dominican Sister and educationist
  
• Eily Rosaline (Eileen) O'Connor (1892–1921) First superior of Our Lady's Nurses of the Poor
• Jeremiah O'Flynn (1788 - 1831) Priest
• Maurice Joseph O'Reilly CM (1866-1933) Vincentian priest, educationist & political activist
• John Pye MSC (1906 - 2009) Missionary of the Sacred Heart, football advocate 
  
• John Polding (1794 - 1877) Vicar Apostolic, Archbishop of Sydney
• James Quinn (1819–1881) Bishop of  Brisbane
• Patrick Joseph "Paddy" Ryan (1904 – 1969) Sacred Heart priest,  anti-communist organiser
• Leslie Audoen Rumble MSC (1892-1975) Priest
• Patrick Joseph Ryan MSC (1904-1969) Priest, phoilosopher, educationist 
• Rosendo Salvado (1814–1900) Benedictine monk, missionary and author
• Peter Daniel Steele SJ (1939 - 2012) Priest, poet and academic
• Justin Daniel Simonds (1890–1967) Archbishop of Melbourne
• Joseph Patrick Slattery CM (1866-1931) Vincentian priest, physicist
• John Joseph Therry (1790 - 1864) Archpriest
• Patrick Ambrose Treacy (1834–1912) Christian brother, educator
• William Ullathorne (1806 - 1889) Priest
• Roger Vaughan (1834 - 1883) Archbishop of Sydney
• Fr John Wallis (1910-2001) Priest, 
• Gerald Ward (1806 - 1858) Priest, founder of St Vincent de Paul iSociety n Australia
• Ellen Whitty known as Mother Vincent (1819–1892) Sister of Mercy
• Robert William Willson (1794-1866) Bishop of Hobart
• Eliza Williams, known as Mother Xavier (1800 - 1892) Sister of Charity, Mother Superior 
• Julian Tenison Woods (1832 - 1889) Priest,educator, co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart
• Austin M. Woodbury (1899-1979) Marist Father, philosopher
• Sir Guilford Clyde Young KBE (1916 – 1988) Archbishop of Hobart

Government

• John Joseph (Joe) Cahill (1891–1959) Railway fitter, trade unionist, Premier of NSW
• Kevin Michael Kiernan Cairns (1929-1984) Dentist, economist, politician
• Arthur Augustus Calwell (1896–1973) Politician
• Joseph Benedict (Ben) Chifley (1885–1951) Locomotive engine driver, Prime Minister
• Colin Clark (1905-1989) Economist, public servant
• Francis Xavier "Frank" Costigan QC (1931 – 2009) Lawyer, Royal Commissioner
• John Curtin (1885 - 1945) Prime Minister
• Sir Dominick Daly (1798-1868) Governor
• Frederick Michael (Fred) Daly AO (1912 – 1995) Politican
• Daniel Henry Deniehy (1828-1865) Orator, lawyer, politician
• Sir Charles Gavan Duffy (1816-1903) Irish nationalist, Victorian statesman
• Thomas Henry Fitzgerald (1824-1888) Sugar-grower, politician
• Francis Michae (Frank)l Forde (1890–1983) Politician, statesman
• Vincent Clare (Vince) Gair (1901–1980) Railway clerk, Premier of Queensland, DLP leader
• Richard William (Brian) Harradine (1935 – 2014) Poliitican
• John Thomas (Jack) Lang (1876–1975) Politician,NSW Premier and Treasurer 
• Dame Enid Muriel Lyons (1897–1981) Politician 
• Joseph Lyons (1879 - 1939) Prime Minister
• John Murtagh Macrossan (1833-1891) Politician
• Ronald Edward McAuliffe (1918-1988) Political organiser, politician, football administrator
• Walter O'Malley McEvilly (1820-1867) Parliamentary librarian
• Francis Patrick (Frank) McManus (1905–1983) Schoolteacher, party official, politician, DLP Senator
• Sir Edward Aloysius McTiernan (1892–1990) Politician and judge
• Patrick Mayne (c.1824-1865) Businessman, politican\
• Denis Joseph Patrick Murphy (1936-1984) Historian, politician
• Dame Roma Mitchell AC, DBE, CVO, QC (1913-2000) Queen's Counsel, university channcellor, Governor 
• Charles Yelverton O'Connor (1843–1902) Engineer
• Richard Edward (Dick) O'Connor (1851–1912) Barrister, Federationist and judge
• Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823-1905) Medical practitioner, politician
• Bernard Patrick O'Dowd (1866–1953) Poet, radical, and Parliamentary draughtsman
• Sir John O'Shanassy (1818-1883) Politician, businessman
• John Hubert Plunkett (1802–1869) Lawyer and politician
• James Scullin (1876 - 1953) Prime Minister
• John William (Jack) Stokes (1910 – 1995) Public servant
• Andrew Joseph Thynne (1847-1927) Solicitor, politician
• Robert Torrens (1780–1864) Officer of Marines, political economist, and colonization commissioner
• William Charles Wentworth (1790–1872) Explorer, author, barrister, landowner, politiican, and statesman

Other

• Mary Kate Barlow (1865–1934) Charity worker and women's leader
• Daisy May Bates, CBE (1859 – 1951) Journalist and welfare worker
• Joan Marcia Bathurst (née Hartigan) (1912 – 2000) Tennis player
• Evelyn Billings (née Livingston) DCSG (February 1918 – 2013) Physician
• John Billings AM, KC*SG, FRCP, FRACP (1918 – 2007) Physician
• Christopher Brennan (1870 - 1932) Poet
• Louis Brennan (1852–1932) Mechanical engineer
• Vincent Thomas Buckley (1925–1988) Poet, critic and professor of English
• Thomas Michael Burke (1870 - 1949) Businessman and philanthropist
• Ronald Patrick (Ron) Casey AM MBE (1927 – 2000) AFL administrator, commentator 
• Michael Cavanagh (1860 - 1941) Architect
• Sir Michael Chamberlin (1891-1972) Businessman and Catholic layman
• Victor Peter Chang (1936–1991) Heart surgeon
• Max Charlesworth (1925 - 2014) Philosopher
• Caroline Chisholm (1808–1877) Philanthropist
• Sir Raphael West Cilento (1893 – 1985) Medical practitioner and public health administrator
• Jon Stephen Cleary (1917 – 2010) Writer and novelist
• Patrick Scott Cleary (1861-1941) Journalist
• Clive Bernard Churchill (1927-1985) Footballer
• James Crotty (1845?-1898) Prospector, benefactor of the Church
• Dame Constance Elizabeth D'Arcy (1879-1950) obstetrician and gynaecologist
• Roy de Maistre CBE (1894 – 1968) Artist
• CJ Dennis (1876-1938) Poet, journalist
• Brian Doyle (1915-2003) Intellectual, journalist, editor 
• Eliza Hamilton Dunlop (1796–1880) Ethnographer and lyricist
• Patrick Hannan (1840-1925) Prospector
• Elizabeth Durack, CMG, OBE (1915 - 2000) Writer, artist and illustator
  
• Sarah (Fanny) Durack (1889–1956) Swimmer
• Dame Mary Durack AC, DBE (1913 – 1994) Australian author and historian
• Patrick Durack (1834 – 1893) Pastoral pioneer
• Catherine Winifred (Kate) Dwyer (1861 – 1949) Teacher and political activist
• Nick Enright AM (1950 – 2003) Playwright
• Kevin James Fagan AO (1909 - 1992) Doctor and World War II hero
• John Henry Webb (Jack) Fingleton (1908–1981) Journalist and cricketer
• Leslie O'Brien (Chuck) Fleetwood-Smith (1908 – 1971) Cricketer
• Bernard (Ben) Gannon AO (1952 – 2007) Film producer
• Rosemary Goldie AO (1916 – 2010)Theologian
• Julia Margaret (Bella) Guerin (1858-1923) Teacher, political activist
• Arthur (Lindsay) Hassett MBE (1913 – 1993) Cricketer
• Robert Studley Forrest Hughes AO (1938 – 2012) Art critic, writer, and producer of television documentaries
• Frank Hyde MBE OAM (1916 – 2007) Football player, coach, journalist, broadcaster 
• Denys Gabriel Maurice Jackson (1899-1986) Writer, commentator, Catholic apologist
• Isabella Mary Kelly (1802 - 1872)  Pioneer settler and horse breeder
• Roderick Pitt (Roddy) Meagher AO QC (1932 – 2011) Australian jurist and former judge
• James McAuley (1917 - 1976) Poet
• Francis James (Frank) McGarry (1897-1955) Lay missionary and protector of Aborigines
• James Francis (Jock) McHale (1882 – 1953) Football player and coach
• Stanley Joseph (Stan) McCabe (1910 – 1968) Cricketer
• Isabella Mercia McDonough (1899–1982) Filmaker (with her sisters Phyllis Glory McDonagh Paulette de Vere McDonagh)
• Marie (Molly) Narelle (1870–1941) Singer 
• Sir Sidney Robert Nolan OM AC (1917 – 1992) Painter and printmaker
• Patrick O'Farrell (1933 – 2003) Professor of history
• John Michael (Johnny) O'Keefe (1935 – 1978) Rock and roll singer
• Barry Stanley John O'Keefe AM QC, (1933 – 2014) Judge and lawyer
• William Joseph (Bill) O'Reilly (1905 – 1992) AKA Tiger. Cricketer and writer 
• Damien Peter Parer (1912 – 1944) War photographer, cinematographer
• Eliza Pottie (1837–1907) Evangelist, pacifist and reformer
• Paul Joseph Ramsay AO (1936 – 2014) Businessman and philanthropist
• James Ruse (1760-1837) Pioneer and smallholder
• B A Santamaria (1915 – 1998) Political activist
• Hannah Mary Helen Sexton (1862–1950) Surgeon
• Francis Joseph Sheed (1897 – 1981) Publisher, author and street orator
• (Mum Shirl) Shirley Coleen Smith (1921–1998) Autobiographer, Indigenous leader and rights activist
• James (Jim) Stynes OAM (1966 – 2012) Australian Rules footballer, philanthropist, charity worker, and writer
• Francis Charles Webb (1925-1973) Poet
• Morris West (1916 – 1999) Writer 
• William Wilkinson Wardell (1823–1899) Architect and civil servant

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