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🎬 Adam Elliot
Animator Adam Elliot moved to Mount Waverley with his family after early childhood on a South Australian prawn farm. His filmmaking eventually brought an Academy Award for Harvie Krumpet, but one of his most treasured awards came much earlier. In a University of Melbourne interview, he recalled struggling at Mount Waverley Little Athletics with asthma and a troublesome knee, then receiving the season’s most-improved medal. He kept it among his film trophies and said he felt especially fond of it. It is a pleasingly modest local counterpart to an Oscar: a childhood encouragement that retained its value long after international success arrived.
🗣️ Peter Tatchell
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell attended Mount Waverley High School before moving to Britain as a young man. His later work included activism with the Gay Liberation Front and research and campaigning on the rights of lesbian and gay people. He also contested the 1983 Bermondsey parliamentary by-election, facing a hostile campaign. The school connection remained part of his story: Mount Waverley Secondary College recorded his video contribution to a reunion in 2024. The reunion brought an internationally known former student back into contact with his school community, even from the other side of the world.
