![]() ![]() Gorman - CEO and chairman of Morgan Stanley Sir James Gobbo - 25th Governor of Victoria and former Victorian Supreme Court judge, a former Rhodes Scholar.John Galbally CBE ,QC - former Labor politician.Frank Galbally CBE - criminal defence lawyer.Neale Daniher - AFL footballer (Essendon Football Club).Peta Credlin - chief of staff to the former Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott.Frank Brennan - Jesuit priest, human rights lawyer and academic.Kevin Andrews - Federal Liberal Party backbencher. ![]() The stonework has had substantial renovation to repair over 80 years of damage through exposure and natural degradation of the original stone, under the guidance of Andronas Conservation Architecture and received the Australian Institute of Architects (Victorian Chapter) Heritage Architecture Award 2010. This was recognised by its inclusion on the Australian National Heritage List on 21 September 2005, citing 'one of the best examples of Griffin’s architecture in Australia' and 'Newman College is significant as an outstanding expression of Griffin’s architectural style'. Much of this furniture remains in day to day use at the college, but some of it has found its way into various art galleries and private collections. Burley Griffin also designed furniture for the college, including distinctive chairs, tables and bookshelves for the dining room and the original bedrooms of the college. The original set of campus buildings were built during 1916 to 1918 and were designed by the American architectWalter Burley Griffin, in collaboration with his wife, Marion Mahony Griffin. ![]()
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