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 - Former Headmaster Knox Grammar School

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 Stuart - Dual Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
James Stuart - Dual Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
Stephen Stuart - Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
Matt Long - Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Rowing
Steven Wilson OAM - Paralympic Games Gold Medallist Athletics