NOTABLE NEWINGTONIANS

Notable Newingtonians

Royal & Vice Regal

• HM King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV - The King of Tonga
• HRH Prince Viliami Tungi Mailefihi - Prince Consort of HM Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga
• Ratu Sir George Cakobau - Former Governor General of Fiji

Parliament & Public Service

• HRH Prince Tuipelehake Fatafehi - Former Prime Minister of Tonga
• Sir Thomas Bavin KCMG - Former Premier of NSW and Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW
• Sir Charles Marr KCVO DSO MC - Former Commonwealth Health Minister
• Sir Peter Barter OBE MP - Papua New Guinea Government Minister
• Hon Eric Bowden - Former Commonwealth Defence Minister
• Hon Ian Armstrong OBE - Former Deputy Premier NSW
• Hon Reginald Weaver - Former NSW Speaker, Leader of the Opposition and Health Minister
• Hon Lt Col Murray Robson CBE DSO - Former NSW Leader of the Opposition
• Hon Harry Jago - Former NSW Health Minister
• Jeff Bate - NSW and Commonwealth Parliamentarian and husband of Dame Zara Bate
• Hon Robert Webster - Former NSW Planning Minister and Sydney Partner Korn/Ferry International
• Hon Duncan Gay MLC - Leader of The Nationals & Deputy Opposition Leader in the NSW Legislative Council
• Dr John Burton AM - Former Head Department of External Affairs, High Commissioner and Founder Centre for the Analysis of Conflict
• Sonatane Tu'a Taumoepeau Tupou - Tongan Foreign Affairs Minister and former Ambassador to the United Nations, USA and High Commisioner to Canada
• Neville Perkins OAM - Former Head NSW Department of Aborignal Affairs and Northern Territory MLA
• Dr Don Weatherburn PSM - Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research

Armed Services

• Major General Sir Iven Mackay KBE CMG DSO VD - Commander 2nd Division, 6th Division and South West Pacific Area WWII
• Major General Sandy Pearson AO DSO OBE MC - Commander Australian Forces Vietnam and former Commandant Royal Military College, Duntroon
• Rear Admiral Anthony Carwadine AO - Former Commandant Australian Defence Force Academy

Clergy

• Rev Alex Campbell OBE - Former Moderator Congregational Union of NSW and President Sydney City Mission
• Rev Dr David Manton OAM - Former Moderator NSW Synod Uniting Church in Australia
• Rt Rev John Stewart - Former Bishop of the Eastern Region and Vicar General of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

Education

• Sir Carleton Allen MC - Former Professor of Jurisprudence and Warden of Rhodes House University of Oxford
• Sir Percival Halse Rogers KBE - Former Chancellor of University of Sydney
• Dr Cecil Purser - Former Deputy Chancellor of University of Sydney
• Dr John Lincoln AM QC - Emeritus Deputy Chancellor of Macquarie University
• Prof Nick Saunders - Vice Chancellor University of Newcastle and former Dean of Medicine Monash University and Flinders University
• Prof Reuben Rose - Former Dean of Veterinary Science University of Sydney
• Prof William Doe - Dean of Medicine
• Prof Duncan Gifford - Professor Spanish National Academy of Contemporary Music and international award winning Concert Pianist
• Ass Prof Simon Penny - Associate Professor of Art and Robotics Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh Artist and Curator
• Major General Sir Iven Mackay KBE CMG DSO VD - Former Headmaster Cranbrook School and former Chairman of AAGPS NSW
• Sir Talbot Duckmanton CBE - Former Chairman of AAGPS NSW
• Rev Dr Michael Scott Fletcher - Foundation Master (Principal) Wesley College University of Sydney
• Rev James Udy OAM - Master (Principal) Wesley College University of Sydney
• Frederick Phillips - Former Headmaster Sydney Grammar School
• Peter Crawley - Head of St Hilda’s School, Gold Coast

Rhodes Scholars

• 1905 - Percival Halse Rogers - BA University of Sydney
• 1963 - Dr David Moore - MB BS University of Queensland
• 2006 - Jonathan Bonnitcha - BEc LLB University of Sydney

Law

• Sir Percival Halse Rogers KBE - Former NSW Supreme Court Judge
• Hon Leycester Meares AC CMG QC - Former NSW Supreme Court Judge, Chairman NSW Law Reform Commission, Benefactor and Chairman of Kidsafe
• Hon Ken Asprey CMG QC - Former NSW Supreme Court Judge and Voyager Royal Commissioner
• Hon Edwin Lusher QC - Former NSW Supreme Court Judge
• Judge Herbert Curlewis - Former NSW District Court Judge and husband of Ethel Turner
• Hon Justice Garry Downes AM - Federal Court Judge, President Administrative Appeals Tribunal and former President Union Internationale des Avocats
• Hon Justice Roger Gyles AO - Federal Court Judge, Royal Commissioner Building Industry in New South Wales and former President NSW Bar Association and Australian Bar Association
• Hon Justice Richard White - NSW Supreme Court Judge
• Hon Justice Angus Talbot - NSW Land & Environment Court Judge
• Hon Justice George Wright - Former Supreme Court of Western Australia Judge
• Hon Justice Horton Williams - Supreme Court of South Australia Judge
• Prof Christoper Roper AM - Director College of Law Sydney and Professor College of Law England and Wales
• Prof Robert Baxt AO - Former Chairman Trade Practices Commission and former Dean of Law Monash University
• Prof Suart Kaye - Dean of Law University of Wollongong
• Ian Barker QC - Former President NSW Bar Association
• John Nelson - Former President NSW Law Society
• Alan Loxton AM - Former Senior Partner Allen, Allen and Hemsley

Medicine & Science

• Sir Ian Clunies Ross - Former Chairman CSIRO
• Sir William Morrow DSO ED - Former President Royal Australiasian College of Physicians
• Sir Herbert Maitland - Surgeon
• Sir Keith Jones - Surgeon and Former President of AMA
• Dr Stanley Devenish Meares CBE - Former President Australian Council Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Dr Cecil Purser - Former Chairman Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
• Prof Donald Wood-Smith - Professor of Clinical Surgery Columbia University New York
• Emeritus Prof John Turtle AO - Former Kellion Professor of Endocrinology University of Sydney, Co-Founder Australian Diabetes Society and Former President International Diabetes Federation
• Assoc Prof John Carter AO - Endcrinologist and former President Australian Diabetes Society

Business

• Sir Frederick Tout - Former Chairman of Bank of NSW
• Sir Cecil Hoskins - Former Chairman of AMP
• Edward Lloyd Jones - Former Chairman David Jones
• Preston Gowing - Former Chairman Gowings
• Geofrey Arnott - Former Chairman Arnott's
• Garth Baraclough OBE - Former Managing Director Unilever Australia and former Chairman EMI and Arnott's
• Oliver Woodward CMG MC - Former General Manager and Director of North Broken Hill Mines
• David Johnson - Former CEO Campbell Soup Company
• David Leckie - Former CEO Nine Network; Managing Director Seven Network
• Jim Millner AM - Former Chairman Soul Pattinson and former President NRMA
• Robert Millner - Chairman Soul Pattinson
• Owen Howell-Price - Director and former Chairman Dairy Farm South Asia
• Bill Ireland - Former CEO Challenger International
• Ian Diery - Chairman, President and CEO of The Timberland Company
• Lyn Shaddock - Property Developer and Director Citibank Asia Pacific
• Victor Comino - Property Developer and Director Quicksilver
• Neil Perry - Chef and Restaurateur Rockpool, Author and TV Presenter LifeStyle Food
• Luke Fryer - Restaurateur Wagamama Australia
• Mark Patrick - Public Relations Agent
• Robby Ingham - European Fashion Retailer and scion of Ingham Enterprises
• Gary Baker - Property Developer and husband of Hermès Australia Managing Director Karin Upton Baker

Philanthropy

• Clive Ramaciotti - $50 million Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation for biomedical research
• George Johnson - $15 million George and Nerissa Johnson Bequest for the arts
• Mervyn Horton AM - $8 million of contemporary art Art Gallery of New South Wales Mervyn Horton Bequest
• Robert Storr - $5 million Robert W Storr Chair for hepatic medicine University of Sydney
• Carlyle Greenwell - $1 million Carlyle Greenwell Research Fund in Anthropology and Archaeology University of Sydney
• Dr Mitchell Notaras - $1.1 million Mitchel J Notaras Scholarship for Colorectal Medicine University of Sydney
• Dr Colin Laverty - Donation of 54 major art works to Gold Coast City Art Gallery from the Laverty Collection

Media, Arts & Entertainment

• Sir Richard Boyer - Former Chairman Australian Broadcasting Commission
• Sir Talbot Duckmanton CBE - Former General Manager Australian Broadcasting Commission
• Tony Jones - Walkley Award winning Host of Lateline on ABC TV
• Peter Charley - Walkley Award-winning Executive Producer Lateline on ABC TV
• Greg Jennett - Political Reporter Lateline on ABC TV
• Mark Whittaker - Author and Senior Walkley Award winning Journalist for The Australian
• Malcolm Brown - Crime Writer and Senior Journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald
• David McGonigal - Polar regions writer and photographer
• Myles Baldwin - Gardener, Colunmnist and Our House Presenter
• Andrew Tighe - Theatre Director and Actor for the Sydney Theatre Company
• Darren Yap - Theatre Director, Actor and Associate Director Sydney 2000 Olympic Ceremonies
• Eden Gaha - Television Producer Rock Star:INXS on Fox8 and former Presenter of Animal Hospital on the Nine Network
• Barry Divola - Rock and Roll Journalist
• Alan Sandow - Sherbet Drummer
• Gary Shearston - Australia's best selling Folk Singer
• Tobias Cole - Countertenor for Opera Australia
• Patrick Cook - Satirist, cartoonist and AFI Award winning Screenwriter
• Greg Haddrick - Logie and AWGIE Award winning Screenwriter, TV Producer and Creator of MDA on ABC TV
• Christopher Lee - AFI Award and AWGIE AWARD winning Screenwriter of Secret Life of Us
• Stephen Rae - AFI Award winning Film and TV Musician and Composer
• Arthur Dignam - AFI Award winning Actor
• Jeremy Lindsay Taylor - Actor ABC TV series Heartbreak High and Something in the Air
• James Pender - Actor and Comedian on Network Ten series The Ronnie Johns Half Hour
• Mervyn Horton AM - Founding Editor Art in Australia
• Frank Hinder AM - Artist
• Graeme Townsend - Artist
• Simon Fieldhouse - Artist
• Rogey Foley (aka Ellis D Fogg) - Lumino Kinetic Sculptor
• Barry Stern - Art Dealer
• William Hardy Wilson - Architect, artist and author

Sport

• Tom Garrett - Former Test Cricketer
• Edwin Evans - Former Test Cricketer
• Alan McGilvray AM MBE - ABC Cricket Commentator
• Tim Caldwell OBE BEM - Former Chairman Australian Cricket Board and NSW Sheffield Shield Cricketer
• Bill McLaughlan - Former President Australian Rugby Union and Wallaby
• Bryan Palmer - Former Wallaby Coach and Waratah
• Denis Cowper - Former Wallaby Captain
• Alan Cameron - Former Wallaby Captain
• Phil Kearns - Former Wallaby Captain and Hooker
• Nick Farr-Jones AM - Former World Cup winning Wallaby Captain and Halfback
• Cameron Fear - 1st Grade Coach Gordon Rugby Club
• Edward Psaltis - Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race winning Skipper in the 1998 Cyclone
• Phillip Dutton OAM - Dual Olympic Games Gold Medallist Equestrian
• David Forbes - Olympic Games Gold Medallist Sailing
• Robert Jarhling - Olympic Games Silver Medallist Rowing
• Tom Chessell - Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
• Judge Fred Kirkham - Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
• Michael Morgan OAM - Olympic Games Silver Medallist Rowing
• Geoffrey Stewart - Dual Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
• James Stewart - Dual Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
• Stephen Stewart - Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
• Matt Long - Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
• Steven Wilson OAM - Paralympic Games Gold Medallist Athletics