Albert Edward (Bert) Mills Attended Bethanga Primary School 12th April 1915 - 23rd March 1920 and 16th October 1922 - 14th November 1924 Bert played 196 games for Hawthorn during a career that spanned 13 years, from 1930 - 1942, kicking 60 goals.  He was Captain of the club in 1932, 1934 to 1938 and again in 1940 and 1941 when he was captain coach. He was made a life member of the Hawthorn Football Club in 1939.  He also won the Argus Popular Football Quest during that year. A three time club Best and Fairest winner, Bert was named in a back pocket in Hawthorn's Team of the Century. He was considered a hard working follower and excellent back flanker.  Bert became the captain of the Hawks for the first time at age 22.  The features of his game were great high marking, excellent kicking, dashing play and a most effective use of his weight.

Michael Best Attended Bethanga Primary School 20th September 1971 -18th December 1975 Michael Best is a Senior Electronic Engineer with the CSIRO Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology division.   Having completed an Associate Diploma of Engineering -Electronics in 1990 Michael went on to complete a Diploma of Engineering - Electronics and Management and a Masters of  Technology - Computronics and Management. Michael is the current project leader of RoadCrack, a vehicle mounted fully automated machine vision system which detects and classifies cracks on road pavements. This system has received numerous awards including The CSIRO Medal, National Engineering Excellence Award for Achieving  Outstanding Innovation and The ARRB Transport Research Directors prize for Emerging Technology.

Percy Jas Trezise Attended Bethanga Primary School 7th February 1928 - 9th February 1934 Author, painter, pilot and rock art historian, Percy Trezise has been instrumental in allowing precious aboriginal images to be seen by  contemporary eyes.  During the 1960's, Percy's job as an airline  pilot in the remote outback allowed him to fly regularly over the sites of the Quinkin rock art.  He learned to recognise areas that were likely to contain aboriginal rock art, marked them on air navigation charts and later explored them on foot.  Percy is believed to be the first non-aboriginal Australian to have set eyes on these ancient images. Percy's art is well renowned and is reflective of his affinity and deep respect for the region and its traditional owners. Percy is best known as the co-author of such children's books as “The Rainbow Serpent” and “The Quinkins”.  His books are in every    Australian school and one of his triptychs hangs in Parliament House in Canberra. His historical book on Quinkin rock art entitled “Dream Road” was declared one of the ten most notable books of 1998.