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List of Old Newingtonians

This page lists notable Old Newingtonians, alumni of the GPS Uniting Church school Newington College in Sydney, Australia. Enrolment years at Newington are bracketed following the surname.

Royalty, viceroys & chiefs

Tongan nobles

Baronetage of England

  • Sir Gordon Trollope (1898–1901) 15th Baronet Trollope of Casewick
  • Hugh Trollope (1964–1966) is the heir presumptive to the baronetcy

Politics and government

Parliamentary service

Australia

Papua New Guinea

Tonga

Samoa

United States

Local government

The civil service

The diplomatic service

The armed services

Academia, education, cultural and scientific institutions

The humanities

The social sciences

The arts

  • Professor Duncan Gifford (1985–1990) – professor Spanish National Academy of Contemporary Music
  • Professor Simon Penny (1972–1977) (1968–1973) – professor of Studio Art, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine
  • Professor Lyndon Watts (1992–1993) – professor of bassoon at Berne University of the Arts

Theology

Legal scholarship and education

Mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering

Medical research

  • Professor Bernard Balleine (1974–1979) – Head, Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales
  • Associate Professor John Carter (1957–1961) – endocrinologist and former president Australian Diabetes Society
  • Professor Graham Colditz (1969–1972) – Niess-Gain Professor at Washington University School of Medicine
  • Dr Ian Colditz (1969–1974) – Senior Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  • Professor Greg Fulcher (1963–1968) – diabetologist and former Director Chronic and Complex Medicine Network, NSLHD
  • Professor Peter Green (1959–1964) – Director, Celiac Disease Center, Columbia University
  • Professor Brin Grenyer OAM (1970–1980) – Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong and Director of the Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders
  • Dr Marshall Hatch (1947–1950) – Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry and Clarke Medalist
  • Dr Krishna Hort (1964–1969) – Head, Health Systems Unit, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne
  • Dr Colin Laverty (1949–1953) – gynaecological cytologist and histopathologist
  • Professor Reuben Rose (1958–1966) – former Dean of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney
  • Professor Martin Stockler (1971–1978) – Professor of Oncology and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Sydney Medical School
  • Emeritus Professor John Turtle (1947–1953) – former Kellion Professor of Endocrinology University of Sydney, Co-founder Australian Diabetes Society and former president International Diabetes Federation
  • Professor Donald Wood-Smith (1944–1947) – Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University New York

University administrators

Schoolmasters

Cultural and scientific organisations

Royal Society of New South Wales

  • Associate Professor Ronald Aston (1912–1918) – President, 1948
  • Professor Bernard Balleine (1974–1979) – Fellow
  • Dr Keith Crook (1944–1949) – Clarke Medal for Geology, 1983
  • Joseph James Fletcher (1865–1867) – Clarke Medal for Biology, 1921
  • Dr Marshall Hatch (1947–1950) – Clarke Medal for Botany, 1973
  • Dr Donald Hector (1957–1967) – President, 2012–2015
  • Howard McKern (1931–1935) – President, 1963
  • Dr Gordon Packham (1943–1947) – Clarke Medal for Geology, 2001
  • Professor Henry Priestley (1898–1901) – President, 1942
  • William Sutherland Dun (1882–1886) – President, 1918
  • Professor Walter George Woolnough (1893–1894) – Clarke Medal for Geology, 1933 and president, 1926

The professions

Religion

Law

Judges

Other legal professionals

Medicine

Business

Advertising

  • Chris Mort (1970–1975) – former chairman and CEO McCann Erickson Australia

Art and antiques

Banking and financial services

Business disability advocacy

  • Dr Mark Bagshaw (1971–1974) – disability reform advocate

Business investment

  • Bee Taechaubol (1987–1992) – private equity investor

Broadcasting and entertainment

Building

  • Richard Crookes (1956–1961) – founded Richard Crookes Constructions in 1976
  • Ben Cottle (1974–1981) – founder and managing director of FDC Construction
  • John Cooper (1961–1967) – board member and general manager of Concrete Constructions
  • Phil Kearns (1979–1984) – Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of AVJennings
  • Alex Rigby (1929–1933) – past president of the Australian Institute of Building 1970–1972 and Director of Kell & Rigby 1952–1984

Computing

  • Ian Diery (1958–1967) – former vice-president Apple Inc.

Farming and grazing

Food and beverage production

Horticulture

  • Myles Baldwin (1991–1996) – garden designer and horticulturist
  • Alf Ellison (1918–1920) – camellia breeder after whom the camellia japonica A.O. Ellison is named
  • Ben Swane (1941–1944) – former proprietor of Swane's Nurseries, Dural, and gardening presenter on 702 ABC Sydney

Insurance

  • Cecil Hoskins (1903–1906) – former chairman of AMP
  • John Lawes (1916–1926) – former chairman of QBE Insurance
  • Jim Millner (1933–1937) – former president NRMA

Mining

  • Oliver Woodward (1903–1904) – former general manager and Director of North Broken Hill Mines

Optometry

  • Filmer Sceats (1915—1917) — Canberra and Sydney optometrist

Property and real estate development

Racehorse owners and breeders

Restaurateurs, chefs and sommeliers

Importing, wholesaling and retailing

  • Preston Lanchester Gowing (1891–1899) – former chairman Gowings
  • Percy Hardy (1882–1888) – former managing director Hardy Brothers
  • Walter Hardy (1877–1880) – former managing director Hardy Brothers
  • Edward Lloyd Jones (1885–1887) – former chairman David Jones
  • Jim Millner (1933–1937) – Former chairman, Soul Patts
  • Robert Millner (1959–1968) – chairman, Soul Patts
  • Arthur Shorter (1898–1900) – former managing director Shorters
  • Arthur H. Way (1879–1881) – former chairman of E. Way & Co. department store in Pitt Street, Sydney
  • Mervyn Winn (1920–1924) – former chairman of Winns department stores in Sydney and Newcastle

Telecommunications

Forests

  • Herbert Dadswell (1915–1920) – CSIRO chief of forest products
  • Edward Julius (1880–1883) – South Australian Conservator of Forests

Wool

Philanthropy

Club presidents

Sport

Sporting administrators

Athletics

Australian Rules

Badminton

Basketball

Boxing

Cricket

Equestrian

Fishing

Golf

Hockey

  • Jett Leong (2023 – ) Represented NSW in field & Indoor hockey & Australia in Indoor Hockey

Ice Hockey

Judo

Rowing

Rugby Union

Rugby League

South Sydney Rabbitohs and St. George Illawarra Dragons

Football

Sailing

  • Tony Fisher (1942) – 1973 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race line honours winning skipper
  • David Forbes (1943–1949) – 1972 Summer Olympics sailing gold medalist
  • Edward Psaltis (1973–1978) – 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race handicap winning skipper
  • David Witt (1984–1989) – ocean racer and Scallywag skipper
  • Garth Bickford (2014–2021) – 2023 Brisbane to Gladstone Race overall winner

Tennis

Triathlon

  • Greg Bennett (1984–1989) – world series champion 2002 and 2003, Australian National Champion 1998, 1999, 2000. Summer Olympics 2004 and 2008 triathlete

Water polo

The arts, architecture and the media

Actors, presenters and directors

Visual arts

Literature

Journalism and other writing

Musicians and composers

Architects and engineers

Buildings designed by Old Newingtonian architects

See also

References

External links