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The Wesley College Alumni (formerly the Old Boys’ Union and Old Girls’ Union) has a long and distinguished history shaped by more than a century of service, community, and shared identity. The Old Boys’ Union was founded in 1901, followed by the Old Girls’ Union in 1930, each flourishing through annual dinners, sporting fixtures, cultural clubs, fundraising events, and the creation of bursary and benevolent funds that provided vital support to pupils in need. Despite periods of inactivity, both Unions were repeatedly revived by committed members, expanding their reach with regional and international branches and contributing significantly to College life, including major milestones such as the 1945 Centenary celebrations.
Their parallel missions ultimately led to the establishment of the Past Pupils’ Union (PPU) in 1988, when both Unions formally amalgamated under a unified Constitution. The PPU served as a central body overseeing alumni activities, managing historic funds such as the OBU Music Scholarship, the OBU and OGU Bursary Funds, and the OGU Benevolent Fund, and later administering substantial legacies such as the Doreen McDonnell bequest to create additional bursaries.
Modernised in 2018 as Wesley College Alumni (WCA), the organisation continues this proud legacy today by supporting College initiatives, fostering lifelong community among past pupils, and hosting popular annual events including the October Dinner and the summer golf outing.
(Current): Graham Swarbrigg
Alan Rufli
Patricia Deane Doherty
David Bursey
Heather Niland
2019
Wesley Past Pupils Union:
1999 - Jack Storey
1998 - Ruth Bell
1997 - Rodney Evans
1996 - Valerie Grimes
1995 - Ernest Armitage
1994 - Robert Syme
1993 - Margaret Tyrrell
1992 - Tony Sutton
1991 - Sally Scott
1990 - Ernest Smyth
1989 - Sylvia Morton
The Old Boys & Old Girls Union:
1987 - T. H. V. Good & Mrs. H. MacShane
1986 - T. H. V. Good & Mrs. B. Syms
1985 - M.E.J. Craven & Mrs. B. Syms
1984 - T.G. Livingston & Mrs. M. Spencer
1983 - H. Vard & Mrs. M. Spencer
1982 - B. Fitzgerald & Mrs. B. Livingston
1981 - W. C. Willoughby & Mrs. B. Livingston
1980 - D. McCullagh & Mrs. S. Bell
1979 - A. Cronhelm & Mrs. S. Bell
1978 - G. C. Travers & Miss D. Pennefather
1977 - Rev. G. G. Myles & Miss D. Pennefather
1976 - R. J. Grier & Mrs. J. Hart
1975 - W. G. Kirkpatrick & Mrs. J. Hart
1974 - T. A. Beatty & Mrs. K. M. Fitzgerald
1973 - J. H. Boate & Mrs. K. M. Fitzgerald
1972 - Col. H. J. Johnston & Miss D. A. H. Lindsay
1971 - D. C. Fitzpatrick & Miss D. A. H. Lindsay
1970 - J. J. McConnell & Mrs. J. F. Halliday
1969 - Rev. E. A. Carry & Mrs. J. F. Halliday
1968 - A. D. Miller & Mrs. C. R. Kelly
1967 - G. W. McConnell & Mrs. C. R. Kelly
1966 - W. E. Pickering & Mrs. M. C. Thompson
1965 - Ben Horan & Mrs. W. Campbell
1964 - W. B. Sterling
1963 - C. E. Polden & Mrs. R. S. W. Baker
1962 - F. W. Olhausen
1961 - F. W. Olhausen & Mrs. N. McHugh
1960 - V. A. Allan
1959 - Rev. J. L. Cairns & Mrs. E. K. Mackenna
1958 - J. Hanna
1957 - S. H. Polden & Mrs. T. H. T. Cross
1956 - Col. B. E. Gentleman
1955 - J. R. Lawson & Mrs. E. A. Whitaker
1954 - A. F. McConnell
1953 - J. S. Pickering & Mrs. H. L. Doak
1952 - A. N. Cordner
1951 - E. S. Lee
1950 - C. T. Attwooll & Mrs. A. Kingston
1949 - J. R. Cowle
1948 - Dr. W. E. Cooke & Mrs. W. H. Brown
1947 - Rev. Dr. T. J. Irwin
1946 - E. W. Massey & Miss N. Alexander
1945 - J. R. Lawson
1944 - F. W. Elliott
1943 - W. S. Brown
1942 - Canon E. H. F. Campbell
1941 - H. P. Crawford
1940 - W. P. Hinton
1939 - J. G. McConnell
1938 - G. T. Hamlet
1936–37 - G. E. Robertson
1931–35 - W. R. Burgess
1930 - R. W. Booth
