Newington College
Latin: In Fide Scientiam ("To Our Faith Add Knowledge")
Established	1863[1]
School Type	Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding
Denomination	Uniting Church[2]
Key People	Dr David Mulford (Headmaster) Rev. John Manton (Founder) The Hon. Justice Angus Talbot (Chairman)
School Fees	AU$11,871–22,170 p.a (Day) AU$39,738–41,118 p.a (Boarding)[3]
Location	Stanmore and Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°53′52″S 151°9′46″E / 33.89778°S 151.16278°E / -33.89778; 151.16278Coordinates: 33°53′52″S 151°9′46″E / 33.89778°S 151.16278°E / -33.89778; 151.16278
Enrolment	~1,580 (K–12)[4]
Employees	~146[5]
Colours	Black and White
Homepage	newingtoncollege.nsw.edu.au

Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1863 at Silverwater, Newington is open to boys of all faiths and denominations. The college has two preparatory schools, Wyvern House, in Cambridge Street, Stanmore, and the Preparatory School at Lindfield, on Sydney's Upper North Shore.^[6] There is a rowing facility on the Parramatta River at Abbotsford. Newington currently caters for approximately 1,580 students from Kindergarten to Year 12,^[4] including 48 boarders from Years 7 to 12.^[6]

The school is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),^[7] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[8] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association,^[6] and a founding member of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (AAGPS).^[9]

Newington College is a full fee paying institution and 2009 fees range from AUD$11,871 (Kindergarten) to AUD$22,170 (Year 12) per year for day students, and in excess of AUD$39,000 for boarders. Overseas students are required to pay approximately an extra AUD$5,000 per year on top of this school fee.

The college prepares students from the School Certificate, the Higher School Certificate, and from 2008, the International Baccalaureate.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 College Staff 2.1 Presidents and Headmasters 2.2 Notable teachers 3 Campuses 3.1 Secondary school 3.2 Wyvern House preparatory school 3.3 Lindfield preparatory school 4 War Memorials 4.1 Memorial to the Dead 1914-1918 4.2 Gallipoli Lone Pine Memorial 4.3 Chapel Memorial Tablets 4.4 War Memorial Driveway 4.5 Boer War Honour Roll 4.6 World War I Honour Roll 4.7 World War II Honour Roll 4.8 Post-World War II Honour Roll 5 Curriculum 6 Co-curriculum 7 2006 Industrial Relations dispute 8 2008 Muck-up day incident 9 Alumni 9.1 Old Newingtonians' Union 9.2 ONU Presidents 9.3 Notable Old Newingtonians 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

[edit] History

At the Methodist Conference of 1862, the Rev John Manton proposed that a collegiate institute, "decidedly Wesleyan in character", be founded in Sydney. It was expected that the school would "be open to the sons of parents of all religious denominations", and on Thursday 16 July 1863, the Wesleyan Collegiate Institute opened with 16 boys and a small number of theological students. As no suitable buildings were available in Sydney at the time, Newington House, the centrepiece of the 1,200-acre (4.9 km²) John Blaxland's estate at Silverwater, was leased.

Newington College, as the school soon became known, prospered during its time on the Parramatta River and in 1869 was the first Australian school to play rugby football (against the University of Sydney), ^[10] and soon after was the first school in Australia to hold an athletics carnival.^{[citation needed]} The Newington College Cadet Unit is the oldest corps in the Australian Army Cadets.

Expanding student numbers meant that more extensive premises closer to the city were required. A bequest, by John Jones, of land at Stanmore, saw the College move to the newly fashionable inner-city suburbs in 1880. By resolution of the College Council, the name Newington College was perpetuated on the new site, and Newington has remained at Stanmore ever since. Seventy school and theological students migrated from Silverwater to Stanmore, and took residence in the grand stone ediface, designed by Thomas Rowe, that is still the centrepiece of Newington. The architectural historian Morton Herman said of Rowe's design, "the 1881 building is an almost perfect example of scholastic Gothic Revival architecture". ^[11]

A gymnasium was built in 1890, and a swimming pool was opened in 1894. Newington ceased to be a Methodist theological training school in 1915, when Leigh College was founded at Strathfield South. In 1921, a stone War Memorial, designed by Old Newingtonian William Hardy Wilson, was opened in memory of those old boys who had paid the supreme sacrifice in World War I. A separate preparatory school was first opened in 1921, after a bequest by Sir Samuel McCaughey. It became known as "Wyvern House" in 1938, when a new building was opened by Old Newingtonian Sir Percival Halse Rogers.

In 1925 a rowing facility was built at Abbotsford, and in 1957 an additional preparatory school was founded on the North Shore - first at Killara, but now at Lindfield. Since the Second World War, the College buildings and facilities have expanded significantly. A new Physical Education Centre, opened by Old Newingtonian Nick Farr-Jones AM, and a new boatshed at Abbotsford are two of the most recent additions. In 1998, Wyvern House moved to a separate campus in Cambridge Street, Stanmore, and the former building was renovated and renamed the Le Couteur Wing.^[12]

[edit] College Staff

[edit] Presidents and Headmasters

From its founding in 1863 until 1900, Newington had a system of dual control with a President (who was an ordained minister) and a Headmaster. As an ordained minister, Charles Prescott assumed both roles on his appointment in 1900 and on his retirement in 1931 the role of President was abolished.

President	Years	Education	Other positions held
Rev John Manton	1863-1864		Founding Principal Horton College, Tasmania
Rev Joseph Horner Fletcher	1865-1887	Kingswood School	Founding Principal Wesley College, Auckland
Rev Dr William Kelynack	1887-1891	Penzance	President Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church
Rev James Egan Moulton	1891-1900	Kingswood School	Founding Headmaster Tupou College, Tonga
Rev Dr Charles Prescott	1900-1931	Kingswood School Worcester College, Oxford	Founding Headmaster Wesleyan Ladies College, Sydney
Headmaster	Years	Education	Other positions held
Rev James Egan Moulton	1863	Kingswood School	Founding Headmaster Tupou College, Tonga
Thomas Johnston	1864-1866
George Metcalfe	1867-1869		Proprietor and Headmaster Goulburn High School Founding Headmaster Druitt Town School
Dr Michael Howe	1869-1877	Trinity College, Dublin	Founding Headmaster Galt Grammar School Headmaster Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Toronto Professor of Classics University of Toronto
Joseph Coates	1877-1883	Huddersfield College	Founding Headmaster Sydney Boys' High School
William Williams	1884-1892	Newark Grammar School Trinity College, Cambridge	Professor of Classics & English Literature University of Tasmania
Arthur Lucas	1893-1898	Kingswood School Balliol College, Oxford	Headmaster Sydney Grammar School Professor of Mathematics University of Tasmania
Edward William Cornwall	1899	Keble College, Oxford
Rev Dr Charles Prescott	1900-1931	Kingswood School Worcester College, Oxford	Founding Headmaster Wesleyan Ladies College, Sydney
Philip Le Couteur	1931-1948	Queen's College, University of Melbourne University College, Oxford University of Bonn, Germany	Headmaster Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne & Hale School, Perth
Mervyn Austin	1950-1951	Melbourne Grammar School University of Melbourne Christ Church, Oxford	Professor of Classics and Ancient History University of Western Australia
Laurence Pyke	1952-1960	Wesley College, Melbourne University of Melbourne University of Oxford	Dean of Graduate Studies University of Melbourne
Dr Ernest Duncan	1962	University of Otago Columbia University	Professor of Mathematics Rutgers University
Rev Douglas Trathen	1963-1970	Canterbury Boys' High School University of Sydney	Headmaster Wolaroi College, Orange
Tony Rae	1972-1993	The Scots College, Sydney University of Sydney	Headmaster Albury Grammar School
Michael Smee	1993-2003	The King's School, Sydney University of Sydney	Headmaster Pulteney Grammar School, Adelaide
David Scott	2003-2009	University of Western Australia Murdoch University Edith Cowan University	Headmaster Kingswood College, Melbourne & Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
Dr David Mulford	2009-present		Principal Radford College, Canberra Headmaster Blue Mountains Grammar School

[edit] Notable teachers

Staff Member	Staff Years	Position held	Notability
Richard Thomas Baker	1880-1887	Science & Art Master	Curator of the Sydney Technological Museum, Botanist and Clarke Medallist
Herb Barker	1966-1994	Physical Education Teacher	Wallaby, Empire Games field athlete, and played basketball for New South Wales
Sir Thomas Bavin KCMG	1891-1892	Student Teacher	Premier of New South Wales New South Wales Supreme Court Judge
Paul Delprat	1967-1970	Art Master	Artist and Principal of The Julian Ashton Art School
Joseph James Fletcher	1882-1885	Science Teacher	Biologist, Clarke Medallist and director and librarian of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
Gary Knoke	1974-1980	Physical Education Teacher	Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games track athlete
Antonio Dattilo Rubbo	1898-c1930	Art Teacher	Artist and art educator
John Waterhouse	1974-1883	Student Teacher Assistant Master	Headmaster Sydney Boys' High School and Maitland High School
Francis Williamson	1894-1901	English Teacher	Poet and wrote the words for Dear Newingtonia

[edit] Campuses

Newington College is situated over three suburban campuses, located in Stanmore and Lindfield:^[2]

[edit] Secondary school

The secondary campus is located in Stanmore, in Sydney's inner-west. The student body consists of approximately 50 boarders and 1,050 day students from Years 7 to 12. Newington boarders come from country and city, interstate and overseas. Day students are drawn from all over the Sydney greater metropolitan area.^[5]

[edit] Wyvern House preparatory school

Newington has educated primary school (Kindergarten to Year 6) aged boys since 1863. In 1938 Wyvern House opened in a separate school building on the Stanmore campus and accepted its first students in 1939. Wyvern moved to new premises in Cambridge Street, Stanmore, a few minutes' walk from the secondary school, in 1998. It has approximately 370 students - all day students. There are two classes each in Years K to 4 and three classes in Years 5 to 6.

[edit] Lindfield preparatory school

The Newington College Preparatory School was established initially at Killara (1957) and later at Lindfield (1967), in response to requests from Old Newingtonians that a preparatory school be established on the North Shore of Sydney. Lindfield is a single-stream school, with approximately 160 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. David Hine has been Head of Lindfield since Term 4, 2006. From 1998 until 2000 he was the Federal President of Junior School Heads Association of Australia.

[edit] War Memorials

The grounds and buildings of Newington College contain numerous war memorials and eight of these are recorded on the New South Wales Government's Register of War Memorials in New South Wales. ^[13]

[edit] Memorial to the Dead 1914-1918

This sandstone Memorial to the Dead was designed by the Old Newingtonian architect William Hardy Wilson and is now sited between the Centenary Hall and the Chapel. It was originally placed in a grove of trees to the north of the Founders Wing but was moved to its present location in the early 1960s to make way for the construction of the Centenary Hall which was opened in 1963. The memorial comprises a semi-circular wall and seat, with pillars surmounted by white stone urns at either end and a column with a sundial stands at the centre. The inscription on the wall reads:

1914 - To Our Beloved Dead - 1918

and the inscription on the sundial reads:

Time dims not their sacrifice.

The memorial was dedicated on 11 May 1922 by the Governor General of Australia and the Old Newingtonian poet Leslie Holdsworth Allen wrote a poem, To our beloved dead, in memory of the occasion. ^[14]

[edit] Gallipoli Lone Pine Memorial

Commemorating Prisoners of War during World War I, this tree comes from a seedling propagated from a pine cone brought home from Gallipoli by an Australian soldier. The tree stands in a triangular area of grass formed by the merging of the Cowlishaw Drive and the War Memorial Drive. A bronze commemorative plaque on a stone plinth has the following inscription:

The Gallipoli Lone Pine - During the 1914-1918 Great War, Australian and New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915 to attack Turkish forces. Eight months later they withdrew. One significant battle occurred on the ridge where a lone pine stood. ANZAC forces finally occupied the Turkish position, but with the tragic loss of 2,227 men. Turkish losses were around 5,000. During the withdrawal from ANZAC Cove, an Australian soldier picked up a pine cone and brought it home, where the seeds were propagated. Since 1933, when the pines became of good size and yielded more seedlings, Legacy arranged for pine trees to be distributed to schools and interested groups to help keep the memory of the Gallipoli Lone Pine alive.

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[edit] Chapel Memorial Tablets

Twenty four brass plaques were hung in Prescott Hall as memorials to individual Old Newingtonians who died during World War I. Further plaques were added after World War II but they were all removed when the hall was renovated in 1979. They were then placed on the first floor balcony of the War Memorial Classroom Block. They were later placed in the archives collection. In 1995 they were restored and repositioned in the chapel's glass ambulatory overlooking the 1914-1918 Memorial to the Dead. ^[16]

[edit] War Memorial Driveway

In 1936 the War Memorial Drive was planted with 75 poplars, each with a cross at the foot and a plaque honouring individual Old Newingtonians who died during World War II. The trees were replaced by a new avenue of trees in 1966 and the plaques were replaced by a tablet on a plinth with the inscription:

Lest We Forget - This plaque was dedicated on 24th September, 1966, to mark the planting of trees alongside the War Memorial Drive by the Old Newingtonians' Union to restore those originally planted by the Union on 29th February 1936. By this act Old Newingtonians remember those Old Boys who gave their lives in the service of God, King and Country, and whose names are recorded on the War Memorial of the School.

Fifty of the original plaques remain in the archives collection. In 1979 the War Memorial Drive was realigned and replanted and the 1966 plinth was moved to the Millner Gates end of the drive. ^[17]

[edit] Boer War Honour Roll

A bronze tablet recording the names of 44 Old Newingtonians who served in the Boer War hangs in Prescott Hall in the Founders Wing. It is set in a Gothic frame of columns with a plinth and cornice. The inscription reads:

Floreat Newingtonia - Erected by Old Boys of Newington College in honour of Newingtonians who fought for the Empire in South Africa 1899-1902.

The Memorial was designed by Old Newingtonian architects Henry Budden and William Hardy Wilson and was dedicated on 15 December 1903. ^[18]

[edit] World War I Honour Roll

Over six hundred Old Newingtonians enlisted during World War I and the loss of life was appalling. By wars end, 109 Old Boys had died for God, King and Country. Prior to 1920 the walls of the vestibule at the entrance to the Founders Wing had been hung with sporting teams photographs. In 1921 this space was transformed by the installation of white marble tablets, encased in Queensland maple, upon which were inscribed the names of Old Boys who had served. Those who had made the supreme sacrifice are listed on the central panels below the words:

These Nobly Strining, Nobly Fell.

With a black and white marble floor and stained glass door panels this space takes on the feel of a small chapel.

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[edit] World War II Honour Roll

A wall of brass and enamel panels in the Centenary Hall foyer records the names of the 814 Old Newingtonians who served in Australia's armed forces in World War II. The inscription reads:

Honour Roll of Old Newingtonians WWII 1939-1945.

This honour roll was dedicated on Anzac Day 2009 by Old Newingtonian Major General Sandy Pearson AO DSO OBE MC and replaces a roll in the same position that was unveiled by Sir William Morrow DSO ED in 1966. ^[20]

[edit] Post-World War II Honour Roll

This wooden honour board records the names of 45 Old Newingtonians who served in Australia's armed forces in conflicts post-World War II and is on the southern wall of the Centenary Hall foyer. It is inscribed:

In every generation good men must defend what they believe to be right and Newington remembers with pride her sons who served their sovereign and country in the cause of liberty in international conflicts from 1948 to 1973.

It commemorates service in the Korean War, Malayan Emergency, Malaysian-Indonesian Confrontation and Vietnam War. ^[21]

[edit] Curriculum

The school teaches the core curriculum outlined by the NSW Board of Studies (BOS) between Kindergarten and Year 8. In addition to this curriculum, the students study one major language other than English. From Years 9 to 12, students adhere to the Board of Studies curriculum standards that all NSW schools follow.

Newington became an IB World School in May 2007,^[22] and from 2008 has offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) to Year 11 students,^[1] as an alternative to the Higher School Certificate (HSC).

[edit] Co-curriculum

Newington students may participate in the following co-curricular activities:^[5]

• Cadets - The Newington College Cadet Corps (now Unit) was founded in 1869 and pre-dates the Australian Army. Activities include abseiling, archery, bushcraft, canoeing, drill, first aid, lifesaving, mapping, orienteering and radio operation. There is also a service band and service orchestra.^[23]
• Newington Challenge - The scheme teaches the skills needed to survive in the bush including first aid, orienteering and camp craft. Year 10 there are activities including: archery, self defence and indoor climbing. There are also two camps per year.^[24]
• The Duke of Edinburgh's Award - This scheme is offered either as a stand alone activity, as part of cadets or Newington Challenge.
• Music - Founders Concert is Newington's major music performance annually and joint choral concerts are held with MLC School. The Symphonic Winds group compete in public festivals and challenges and the Chapel Choir provide music year long at house services and evensong. All group participate in the GPS Music Festival.
• Sport - Newington is one of the nine members of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales (GPS)^[9] and participates in all GPS sporting competitions as well as several non-GPS or traditional sports. Newington students may participate in a variety of sports including: Athletics, Basketball, Cricket, Cross Country, Fencing, Judo ,Rowing, Rugby Union, Small Bore Rifle Shooting, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball and Water Polo.

[edit] 2006 Industrial Relations dispute

During 2006, the press reported on an industrial relations dispute at Newington when 40 department heads and housemasters were forced to reapply for their positions in a restructure that would also reduce their holidays. Mr Scott advised that if senior teachers did not reapply for their current positions they could stay on as classroom teachers or be made redundant. 69 of 70 teachers voted at a union meeting not to apply for 40 senior positions Mr Scott had made available as part of a reorganisation of middle-management at the college.

Following a meeting between the Independent Education Union and Newington College, the Headmaster agreed not to declare senior staff positions vacant and the school continued to negotiate collective arrangements covering salary and working conditions for staff.^[25]

In October 2006, a facilitator was appointed to assist the College through issues that were generating significant concern amongst the teaching staff. These issues have been addressed by a working group established by Council and coordinated by the facilitator. The working group first met on 24 January 2007 and reported to the College Council in April 2007. ^[26]

[edit] 2008 Muck-up day incident

In September 2008, Newington's end of year "muck-up day" resulted in four students being banned and under police investigation, three students suspended and a further 43 students stopped from attending a graduation function. The reported "rebellion" left a teacher's car and the school hall vandalised. Students blamed the incident on Headmaster David Scott's zero-tolerance approach.^[27]

[edit] Alumni

[edit] Old Newingtonians' Union

The Old Newingtonians' Union is the alumni association of Newington College. It was founded in 1895, with the Newington College President, Rev Dr James Egan Moulton, as its inaugural President and Sir Thomas Bavin as Secretary.^[28]

The aims of the Union, as stated in its constitution, are to:

"strengthen the bonds between Old Newingtonians and between Old Newingtonians and the College; foster and develop active participation in, and support of, the affairs of the College and of the Union; support and promote the Newington Foundation and the Old Newingtonians' Union Centennial Trust; organise and carry out social functions in pursuance of the objects of the Union; promote the interests and welfare of the College in all its aspects; commemorate those Old Newingtonians who have given their lives in the service of their country; and provide club facilities for members of the Union either solely or in conjunction with other clubs, unions or associations of ex-students of other schools".^[29]

A bi-annual publication, Newington Wyvern is sent to all old boys whose current addresses are known to the Union. The Union previously published directories of Old Newingtonians at five yearly intervals^[30] but that publication has been superseded by an on-line directory.

Affiliated organisations of the Union are: Wyvern Cricket Club, playing in the Sydney Suburban Competition; Lodge Wyvern, a Masonic Lodge; and The 70 Club, a luncheon club for senior Old boys. The Old Newingtonians' Union is a member of the GPS Old Boys Unions' Council.

[edit] ONU Presidents

Presidents of the Union are now normally elected for two one-year terms and are supported by a council. The council is made up of a treasurer, a secretary and assistant, councillors, metropolitan vice-presidents, regional vice-presidents and past presidents. During the Centenary of Newington College Sir Keith Jones was Presidemt of the Union (1963 & 1964) and in the Centenary year of the Union His Honour Judge Fred Kirkham was President (1995 & 1996). The current Chairman of Newington College Council, The Hon. Justice Angus Talbot, has also served as President (1997 & 1998). Other notable Presidents of the union include: The Hon. Samuel Moore MLA (1896, 1898, 1904 & 1916); Arthur Lucas (1897); Dr Cecil Purser (1899); Dr George Abbott (1901); The Hon. William Robson MLC (1902 & 1905); Percy Colquhoun MLA (1918 & 1919); Henry Budden CBE (1920); Lt Col Alfred Warden VD (1923 & 1924); Carl Glasgow MLA (1929 & 1930); Col Tom Millner MC VD (1937, 1938, 1945 & 1946); Garth Barraclough OBE (1948 & 1949); The Hon. Richard Thompson MLC (1952 & 1954); Alex Rigby AM ED (1959 & 1960); and Dr Roger Davidson (1972 & 1973). Since 2008 the president has been Mark Bland.

[edit] Notable Old Newingtonians

Alumnus of Newington College are commonly referred to as 'Old Boys'^[31] or 'Old Newingtonians', and may elect to join the schools alumni association, the Old Newingtonians' Union.^[32] For a list of notable Old Newingtonians', see List of Old Newingtonians.

[edit] See also

• Wyvern House
• List of non-government schools in New South Wales
• List of boarding schools
• Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Newington College website
• ONU Website

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