Piers Akerman is a conservative columnist for the Australian News Limited newspaper "The Daily Telegraph". He was born in New Guinea, but raised in Perth, in Western Australia, by his parents John and Eve Akerman. The third son in a family of four children, Akerman attended Guildford Grammar School, then became a boarder at Christ Church Grammar School, where he remained until the end of his schooling. According to a "Sunday Age" profile on Akerman, …

Thomas Masson Moody (born October 2, 1965, Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian cricketer and coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Schooled at Guildford Grammar School in Perth, where his father was headmaster, he exhibited great talent for athletics (particularly the high jump) and Australian rules football but truly excelled at cricket being selected for the 1st XI side, generally comprised of final year students, at the age of 13.

Heathcliff Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a Hollywood career. He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain, and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight. Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008.

David Kingsley Malcolm <small>AC QC</small>; (born Bunbury, Western Australia, 6 May 1938) is an Australian lawyer and was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia from 1988 until 7 February 2006. Malcolm was educated at Guildford Grammar School in Perth and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1960. Before serving as Chief Justice, Malcolm was a deputy counsel for the Asian Development Bank and one of Western Australia's most prominent Queen's Counsel.

Andrew Christopher Denton (born May 4 1960) is an Australian comedian and television presenter, and is the host of the ABC's weekly interview program "Enough Rope". He is one of Australia's most quick-witted comedians and interviewers and his talents have won him nation-wide fame.

Carl Vine (October 8, 1954, Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian classical, theatre, film, television and electronic composer and one of the most prominent contemporary Australian composers. Currently working as a freelance composer, Vine is based in Sydney.

Julian Randolph Stow (born 28 November 1935) is an acclaimed Australian writer. Born in Geraldton, Western Australia, he attended Guildford Grammar School and University of Western Australia. He lectured in English Literature at the University of Adelaide, the University of Western Australia and University of Leeds. He has also worked on an Aboriginal mission as an anthropologist, …

Vernon Hamersley served the longest term ever as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Vernon Hamersley was born in Guildford, Western Australia on 18 March 1871. The son of Samuel Hamersley, he was a member of the prominent and well-connected Hamersley family.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Hart Kyle GCB KCVO CBE DSO DFC RAF (born 22 January 1910, died 31 January 1988) was a senior Royal Air Force commander and the Governor of Western Australia from 1975 to 1980. Kyle was born in Western Australia and he received his education at Guildford Grammar School. In the RAF, Kyle went on to occupy the post of Air Officer Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command. When Bomber Command merged with Fighter Command to form Strike Command, …

Kevin O'Halloran (born March 3, 1937 in Katanning, Western Australia - died July 5, 1976 in Kojonup, Western Australia) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s, who won a gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. After his birth in Katanning, O'Halloran grew up on his family's 9000 acre sheep property at Kojonup, 40km to the west, where his grandfather had established the property in 1900.

Brendon Paul Julian (born August 10, 1970, Hamilton, New Zealand) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1993 to 1999. Standing at 6' 5", he was a dangerous left-arm fast-medium bowler and a tremendously hard-hitting left-handed late-middle order batsman, he was regarded as a prospect to become an all-rounder. When on form, his bowling was particularly lethal, with the awkward angle of delivery being a left-armer, the natural swing, …

Paul Murray was the morning presenter on Perth radio station 6PR until March 2006, when he failed to reach agreement with station management on a new contract. Murray is a previous editor of The West Australian newspaper and continues to write an opinion column for that newspaper. He holds the record for longest-serving editor of a daily newspaper in Australian, more than 10 years. For a time, he also wrote a wine column for West Coast Magazine.

Sir Francis Theodore Page Burt <small>AC KCMG QC</small>; (1918 - 2004) was Governor of Western Australia from 1990 to 1993. He gained his silks as a Queen's Counsel in 1959. He founded the independent Bar in Western Australia in 1961, and, with others, he established Bar Chambers in 1962. Burt was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.

Karl Langdon (born March 28, 1968) is a leading sports commentator and radio personality in Western Australia and a former Australian rules footballer with the Subiaco Football Club and the West Coast Eagles.