Past Students
Meet some of our Elwood College Alumni below and read about their stories.
NICK SHERIDAN
Attended Elwood Secondary College, 1994 -1995 Nick is a former communications specialist and journalist at the Age and in 2012...
ROD GILBERT
Attended Elwood Secondary College, 1989 – 1994 Rod Gilbert, who started playing in a jazz band at Elwood Secondary, is one of...
ANIA WALWICZ
Attended Elwood High, 1964 – 1969 (Born Swidnica, Poland 1951, died Melbourne, 29 September 2020) Ania arrived in Australia from...
TOM SARAFIAN
Attended Elwood College 1999 - 2005 Tom was always interested in cooking and knew he wanted to be a chef; like his Armenian...
JOSH CARATELLI
Attended Elwood College 2009 – 2014 Josh is a Software Engineer and Game Developer working on the Call of Duty franchise at...
CHRYS PHILLIPS
Attended Elwood High 1984 - 1986 Chrys Phillips is a director, producer and author, and in 2021 made her feature film debut as...
LILLIAN ALBAZI
Attended Elwood College 2007 - 2012 Lillian Albazi performed in many Elwood College musical productions and was awarded the lead...
TIRIEL MORA
Attended Elwood High 1970 – 75 Tiriel Mora is a well known film and television actor, and decided at the age of 5 that he wanted...
BRONWYN HUGHES OAM
Attended Elwood High, 1957- 59 Bronwyn Hughes is a glass artist, teacher, lecturer, and art historian, specialising in stained...
DR SERGE LIBERMAN (...
Attended Elwood High, 1957 – 59 Serge was born in Uzbekistan in 1942 and along with his parents spent time in a displaced person’...
DR. COLIN RUBENSTEIN...
Attended Elwood High, 1957- 59 Colin is an academic and researcher, and completed an Arts degree and Masters at Melbourne...
PROF. SIR MARC...
Attended Elwood High 1957-1961 “I got a very good education at Elwood High and the teachers were very motivated to help students...
PROF. JOHN ZELEZNIKOW
Attended Elwood High from 1964 - 1968 “I went to Elwood Central in 1960-63 and then came across to Elwood High in 1964 for Form 2...
DECLAN MULCAHY
Attended Elwood College 2007 - 2012 Declan performed in every single Elwood College annual production from Year 7-12, also...
AMIEL COURTIN-WILSON
Attended Elwood College from 1992-1997. Amiel is an acclaimed Australian independent film maker and has directed 20 short films...
GIDON BROMBERG – TIME...
Attended Elwood College from 1982 – 1988 Gidon is an environmental lawyer, founder and Israeli Director of EcoPeace Middle East (...
LOUIS MANDYLOR (ELEAS...
Attended Elwood High 1979-83 Louis Mandylor has been a Hollywood television and action film actor, producer and director for the...
GEORGIE STONE (OAM)
Attended Elwood College 2013-2018 Georgie was co-school captain in 2018 and is an emerging actress in the TV series “Neighbours...
HANNAH MCCAUGHEY –...
Attended Elwood College 1989 – 1994 Hannah has a Master of Laws degree , worked as a Human Rights Lawyer and is an...
GEORGINA CHIN QUAN
Attended Elwood High 1962 - 1964 “I attended Elwood Central and then came over to Elwood High in 1962. I was very keen on sport,...
RENNIE MCDOUGALL
Attended Elwood College from 2000 – 2002 Rennie is a writer, performer, teacher and choreographer and currently resides in...
AARON BLICBLAU
Attended Elwood High 1964-1968 “I remember Elwood High very fondly and had a lot of really committed teachers. Mr Whitehead, our...
LAUREN ESPOSITO
Attended Elwood College 2012 - 2015 Lauren Esposito is a film and television actor who is best known for her break out role as...
RICHARD NEWTON (1951...
Attended Elwood High 1965–1968. Richard Newton was a brilliant electronic engineer who completed a Bachelor of Engineering and a...
MEL JONES - FORMER...
Attended Elwood College from 1984-1990 The six years I spent at Elwood College (then Elwood High School) certainly shaped me as a...
HARRISON STONE
Attended Elwood 2013 - 2018 Harry has always had a passion for creative writing, for reading and performing. Prodigiously...
ANDREW WIRTH
Attended Elwood High 1961-1965 "Although I did not fully appreciate it at the time, Elwood High was just the school for me, a...
ALAN KOGOSOWSKI
Attended Elwood High 1966 – 1967. Alan won “Showcase”, a national talent competition, as a 13 year old pianist in 1966. He is an...
WARREN FINEBERG
Attended Elwood High 1967–1971 Warren attended Scott St Kindergarten, Elwood Primary/Central and then Elwood High. His 100-year-...
KATHLEEN WHELAN (MYER...
Kathleen Whelan OAM attended Elwood High 1963-66. She was known as Kathy Myer then. "I attended Elwood Central School in 1961-62...
SACHA GUGGENHEIMER
Attended Elwood College 2001–2004 Sacha is a marine biologist and underwater photographer who now lives and works on Ningaloo...
ASHLEY NG
Attended Elwood College 2003-2007 “I started Year 8 at Elwood College after moving from Singapore with my family and immediately...
BEVERLEY PINDER
Attended Elwood High 1968–1971 Beverley is one of Melbourne’s most respected career public relations consultants, a former Miss...
JOHN GDANSKI
Attended Elwood High from 1974–75 “I attended Elwood Primary School, Elwood Central for Form 1 and then completed Form 2, 3 and 4...
BARRY PANG
Attended Elwood High 1963 – 1967 Barry has a Mechanical Engineering degree but his real passion was always martial arts and he...
ARNOLD ROTH
Attended Elwood High 1965 – 1968 Arnold lives in Jerusalem where he is a manager, technology commercialization specialist and...
RACHEL ROVAY
Attended Elwood High 1970–1973 Rachel is a contemporary fine artist and is represented in numerous public and private collections...
ANTOINETTE STARKIEWICZ
Attended Elwood High 1962-1967 “I arrived in Australia in 1960 from Poland and spent two years at St Kilda Park Primary School...
NUALA & NIAMH...
Having started playing football in boys teams, sisters Niamh (pictured left) and Nuala Clarke are now playing VFL football,...
DAMIEN KINGSBURY
Attended Elwood High 1969–1972 Damien is a Professor of International Politics at Deakin University specialising in political and...
DR STEFANIA JHA (NEE:...
Attended Elwood High 1958-1959 "We came to Australia in January 1958 as Hungarian refugees. After a short stay in the Bonegilla...
MICHELLE DE KRETSER...
Attended Elwood High School 1972-1975. “I was 14 when my family left Sri Lanka and we arrived in Australia. We chose Elwood...
TERRY DURACK
Attended Elwood High School 1963 - 1966 “I remember hating the grey felt broad-brimmed hat they made us wear, and feeling so...
ANDREA BUCK
Attended Elwood High 1981-1983 I grew up in a Greek family under the Apartheid regime in Johannesburg, South Africa and arrived...
JUDGE RAY FINKELSTEIN...
Attended Elwood High from 1958 - 1964 “Elwood High in those days had students from many different cultural backgrounds and walks...
LUCY KIRALY
Attended Elwood High 1965-1967 “My mum, brother and I arrived in Australia in 1965. I was taken to Elwood High and enrolled mid-...
THE HON. JUSTICE...
Attended Elwood High 1971-1975 “Attending Elwood High gave me access to friends from a wide range of cultural and socio-economic...
JULIUS COLMAN –...
Attended Elwood High School 1958 – 1963 Julius Colman, AM, has an LL.B, an LL.M, a B.A and is a FAPI. He plays poker on the...
MICHELLE GARNAUT – AO...
Attended Elwood High School 1970 – 1975 Michelle is an internationally respected restaurateur, pioneer of modern fine dining in...
ANNIE MCDOUGALL –...
Attended Elwood College 1998 – 2003 “The most important lesson I was taught at Elwood (College) was how to be an independent...
DAPHANE NG
2011 graduate Daphane Ng works in the International Digital Marketing team at Deakin University. She shared her account of life...
HENRIETTA COOK -...
Attended Elwood College 2000-2005 I graduated from Elwood College in 2005 and walked out the school gates with an excellent...
JOSH & LIAM
2014 graduates Josh Caratelli and Liam McLachlan continue their world domination with an app they designed together at Elwood...
PETER LEWINSKY –...
Attended Elwood High School 1964 – 1970 “ The school community was wonderfully diverse with recently arrived political refugees...
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