This is a List of notable Old Girls of Abbotsleigh, they being notable former students or alumnae of the Anglican Church school, Abbotsleigh in Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia. The alumnae may elect to join the school's alumni association, the Abbotsleigh Old Girls' Union (AOGU).
Academic
Kathleen McCredie – educator; former headmistress of Abbotsleigh
Merrilee Roberts – educator, former principal of Newcastle Girls' Grammar School and Ascham School Elizabeth Ward – educator, former principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne Freda Whitlam – lay preacher of the Uniting Church; Sister of former prime minister Gough Whitlam; former principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Croydon (also attended Canberra Girls' Grammar School)
Entertainment, media and the arts
Nicole Alexander – author
Edwina Bartholomew – Sunrise presenter
Rebecca Baillie – director, producer and reporter for Australian Broadcasting Corporation Erica Packer – singer and model; ex-wife of James Packer Nell Campbell – actor; played Colombia in The Rocky Horror Picture Show Louise Cox – Australian architect Belinda Bauer – née Taubman; actor; appeared in 17 US films; played Dr. Juliette Faxx in RoboCop 2 Linda Cropper – actress Kate Dennis – Emmy-nominated director and producer Kate Forsyth – author Sarah Gardner – founder of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) Phoebe Victoria Clare Hamilton – pioneering horticulturalist Alexandra Joel – author Janet Laurence – Australian artist Belinda Luscombe – journalist, editor at large at TIME Magazine Belinda Murrell – author Georgie Parker – actress Jennifer Rowe – children's book author under pen name Emily Rodda Helen de Guerry Simpson – novelist (also attended Kincoppal-Rose Bay) Grace Cossington Smith – artist Cathy Wilcox – Australian cartoonist and children's book illustrator Linden Wilkinson – film, television and theatre actress, and writer Maggie MacKellar – Australian historical author. Patty Huntington – Journalist, founder and publisher Frockwriter Media; fashion reporter for South China Morning Post, WWD and Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Medicine and science
Agnes Bennett – pioneering medical practitioner and scientist (also attended Sydney Girls High School) Dorothy Rhodes Taylor – one of the first women employed in the Department of Geography at the University of Sydney. She co-authored The Geographical Laboratory (1925)| https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE4320b.htm Dee Uther – Physiotherapist; Co-Founder of Lifestart, not for profit organisation assisting families and children with special needs. Sally Crossing – consumer health advocate Kim Taubman – Specialist Doctor, Radiology; Nuclear Medicine Cindy Pan – doctor, dancer, television personality Karen Simmer – current professor of Newborn Medicine at the University of Western Australia Mary Tindale – botanist and Australian Botanical Liaison Officer
Politics, public service and the law
Una Parry Boyce – Nurse and Community worker. She was state secretary of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (New South Wales) from 1961 until 1989, becoming a life member of the War Widows' Guild in 2000. Meredith Burgmann – politician - Australian Labor Party; former President NSW Legislative Council Leela Cejnar – academic at the University of Sydney Pauline Griffin – former Commissioner of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, chair of the National Committee on Discrimination in Employment and Occupation and former Pro-Chancellor of the Australian National University Gabrielle Kibble – head of the NSW Planning Authority Phyllis Mander-Jones MBE – librarian, archivist and historian Sue Walpole – former federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Activism
Sally Begbie – co-founder of Crossroads Foundation
Penelope Figgis – Australian environmentalist, activist, and political scientist Beatrice Miles – Bohemian rebel and political activist Katie Wood – lawyer, General Counsel at Amnesty International Australia