The Curse of Mungana – David E Moore (ON 1956)

As part of his retirement project, David E Moore is soon to launch his book, ‘The Curse of Mungana’ in Brisbane on 25 February.

The Mungana scandal is not just the story of a failed mining venture and its victims, but an expose of the arrogance of powerful politicians who compromised integrity for personal greed.

Late in the 19th century mining entrepreneurs were eager to profit from over optimistic expectations of “another Broken Hill” in North Queensland. Ventures thrived with private
railways linking new mines, including the town of Mungana. In the wake of “1,000 disappointments” of the failed Chillagoe Company, the new Labor Government acquired the
assets.

This was the signal for opportunistic operators and politicians to orchestrate secret deals, allowing them to enjoy financial benefits at government expense. The critical acquisition was Mungana Mines. Its largest shareholder was William McCormack, future Queensland Premier. This culminated in a Royal Commission, whose bombshell report exposed key beneficiaries, including McCormack and his friend, Edward Theodore, then Treasurer of Australia. 

In the aftermath of the scandal several myths have arisen. These are identified and refuted.

It is pertinent to ask if ethical standards have really improved over the past 80 years.

For more information contact:

Boolarong Press, PO Box 113 Moorooka Qld 4105

Phone: +61 7 3373 7855 Fax: +61 7 3373 8611
www.boolarongpress.com.au

2017 Year 12 introduced to the ONU

In a first for Newington, the first day back for the boys was given over to meeting their Mentor and the opportunity for boys and parents to attend a series of seminars throughout the day.

One of these was focussed on Life After Year 12 and was presented by the Headmaster Dr David Mulford and Director of Community and Development Rod Bosman (ON 1978). The Headmaster focussed on university choices, ATARs, schoolies and the like, whilst Rod Bosman had the opportunity to introduce the ONU to many Year 11 and 12 boys that attended.

As all these boys will eventually be ONU Life Members, it was a fantastic opportunity to explain what the ONU was about and some of the benefits of membership. Opportunities such as mentoring and careers advice were discussed and one Year 11 boy asked to be put in touch with any old Boys who are Archaeologists – and we did find one!

During the year, the Office of Community and Development through the Alumni Department will continue to engage with the current Year 12 and we look forward to welcoming them as members of the ONU at year’s end.

Australia Day Honours

MEMBER (AM)  IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA

Alexander Baykitch (ON 1982) – ONU President.

For significant service to the law in the field of international commercial arbitration, and to professional legal organisations.

President, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, since 2014 and Vice-President, 2007-2014 and Board Member, prior to 2007 and Fellow, current.Service includes:

Principal/Senior Partner, King and Wood Mallesons, since 2012.
Partner and Office Head, (Sydney), Holman Fenwick Willan, 2009-2012.
Principal/Senior Partner, Blake Dawson, 2003-2009 and Solicitor, 1998-2002.
Solicitor, Norton Smith and Co, 1991-1998.

Member, Australian Government Delegation, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, (UNCITRAL) Working Group on Arbitration, since 2005.
Member, Arbitration Panel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, current and past Delegate, ICC Arbitration Commission, and Member, New York Convention Task Force.
Member, Expert List, Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance (P.R.I.M.E. Finance, international arbitration centre), since circa 2012.
Member, Arbitration Panel, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, current.
Member, Arbitration Panel, China Maritime Arbitration Commission, current.
Member, Arbitration Panel, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, current.

Member, Law Society of New South Wales, since 1990.

Author, ‘Arbitration Law of Australia: Practice and Procedure’, 2012 and co-author, Australian Chapter, ‘World Arbitration Reporter’.

“When I received the letter about my nomination, I nearly jumped out of my skin, I could hardly believe it. I was joyful and humbled to be honoured like this” said Alex Baykitch.

“I will celebrate with my wife, family and friends by having a quiet drink” he said.

He felt his involvement in participating in the UN Commission on International Law in the development of model laws in relation to global arbitration was one of the most interesting things he has worked on. “Being part of something big is exciting” he said.

Dr Donald Hector (ON 1967) – Former Member of College Council.

For significant service to science in the field of chemical engineering, and to business.

Service includes:

University of Sydney: President, Chemistry Foundation, current.

Board Member, Faculty of Engineering Advisory Board, 1998-2012.

President, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Foundation, 1992-1998 and Council Member, 1992-2011.

Royal Society of New South Wales: President, 2012-2016.

Editor, Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 2010- 2012.

Member, Science Advisory Council, University of New South Wales, current.

Chair, Institution of Chemical Engineers in Australia, 2000-2001.

Member, Engineers Australia, since1978; Fellow, 1997.

Non-Executive Director, Engenco, 2006-2016.

Managing Director, Dow Corning, 1992-1998.

Managing Director, Asia Pacific Speciality Chemicals, 1998-2001.

Board Member, Newington College Council, 2001-2014.

Mr Phillip Kearns (ON 1984) – Former Wallaby Captain.

For significant service to the community through support for charitable organisations, to business, and to rugby union at the elite level.

Service includes:

Supporter, Humpty Dumpty Foundation, since 2001.

Instigator, ‘Balmoral Burn’ Charity Run’, since 2001. The event has raised significant funds for children’s hospitals throughout Australia Children’s Cancer Institute Australia. Director, 2002-2015. Supporter, since 2001.

Crew Member, Investec Loyal, Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race participant fundraising the Loyal Foundation, since 2009.

Supporter, Driveway Safety Campaign, 2005.

Managing Director, InterRISK Australia, since 2015.

Chief Executive Officer, Centric Wealth, 2011-2014.

Executive Officer, Investec Bank, until 2011.

Captain, Wallabies Australian Rugby Union team on 10 occasions and Team Member and holder of 67 Caps, 1989-1999 and Rugby World Cup Winner, 1999 and 1991. Sports Commentator, Fox Sports, current.

MEDAL (OAM)  OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA IN THE GENERAL DIVISION 

Dr Gregory Fulcher (ON 1968)

For service to medicine, and to medical administration.

Service includes:

Royal North Shore Hospital: Director, Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1999-2015.

Senior Staff Specialist in Endocrinology, since 1993.

Clinical Associate in Endocrinology, 1991-1993.

Clinical Superintendent, 1990.

Chair, Priority Advisory Committee, 2006-2007.

Member of a range of committees including:

Research Advisory Committee, 2011 Food and Nutrition Group, 2008-2009 Clinical Reference Group 2007-2009 Campus Redevelopment Committee 2006-2008.

Northern Sydney Local Health District: Clinical Director, Chronic and Complex Medicine, 2011.

Chair, Diabetes MOC Implementation Committee, since 2015.

ACI Liaison, 2014-2015.

Clinical Lead Integrated Care, since 2014.

Chair, Clinical Council, 2013-2015.

Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service: Chair, Diabetes Network, 2009-2012 Member, Health Advisory Council (AHAC), 2005-2010.

Member, Clinical Council, since 2013.

Visiting Medical Officer, General Medicine/Endocrinology: North Shore Private Hospital, since 1993.

Manly District Hospital, 1993-2004.

Sydney Adventist Hospital, 1993-2004.

Mater Misericordia Hospital, 1993-2004.

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, since 2006.

Chief Medical Officer, Bioatrix, since 2011.

Member, Clinical Advisory Committee, Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI), 2011.

Board Member, Biomed North, 2011-2013.

Member, Governance Committee, Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce (GMCT), 2007-2010 and Member, Steering Committee, Endocrinology Network, 2008-2011.

Invited speaker at over 30 international scientific meetings, 1955-1970.

More than 130 book chapters, publications and research articles.

University Affiliated Postgraduate Teaching, Post Graduate Committee of Medicine (PGCM) 1990-1995.

Member, Courses and Programs Sub-committee (PGCM) and Course Convener, 1990-1995.

Internal Medicine Course, 1990-1995.

Medical Professional Assessors, 1990-1995.

Councillor of the Australian Post-Graduate Federation, 1990-1995.

Registrar training: Long and Short Case Examiner, since 1993.

Supervisor, Advanced Trainee in Endocrinology, since 1993.

Term Supervisor, Basic Trainee during Endocrine Rotation, since 1993.

Endocrinology Tutorial Programme at RNSH, Coordinator, 1993-2003.

Assistant Examiner for the Basic Physician Examination (FRACP) Clinical Superintendent, 1990-1991.

Senior Medical Registrar, 1987 Professional Associations Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) and Director 2005-2009 and Council Member, 1996-1998.

Mrs Skye Leckie (wife of Mr David Leckie (ON 1968)

For service to the community through fundraising and charitable support roles.

Service includes:

Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation: Chair, 2006-2011. Board Member, 1998-2011.

Chair, Gold Dinner Committee, 2001-2008 and Committee Member, 1998-2010 and Gold Dinner Ambassador, 2011-2015.

Established the Sydney Development Committee (fundraising), Australian Childhood Foundation, since 2013.

Patron and Governor, Taronga Zoo Foundation, since 2000.

Board Member, Sydney Theatre Company, 2012-2013.

Fundraising Committee Member, Chris O’Brien’s Lifehouse, 2010-2013.

70 Club Lunch – Tuesday 2nd May 2017

The Newington College 70 Club invites you to celebrate your Newington Heritage.

We all have an emotional debt to Newington so please unite with us in recognition of our common link by joining us at the College on:        

Our special guests will be Headmaster, Dr David Mulford and 2017 Senior Prefect Mitchell Long who will combine to make the Toast to the College and reflect on the Students, Peers and Forbears who make up our Newington Heritage.

Those with musical talents, vocal or instrumental, who wish to be involved in the entertainment please contact Gilbert Morgan on (02) 9997 6604.

Malcolm Brown (ON 1964) – Journalist, Editor and Co-Author.

Malcolm Brown (ON 1964) has had a brief post-retirement flurry in the media with reminiscences on the Azaria Chamberlain case – sparked by the sad demise of Michael Chamberlain in January. He has also been hauled back into the media, briefly, to talk about his coverage of the Granville rail disaster in 1977. At Granville, during his two days of coverage, he was unaware that the train that had preceded the ill-fated 6.09 from Mt Victoria was carrying the woman he was destined to marry, Ingeborg Koch. Ingeborg had caught the earlier train at Blaxland only because the guard had seen her running for it.

Brown, known as “Charlie” Brown in his schooldays, went to Wesley College, Sydney University, and completed an Arts degree. He started his journalism career as a cadet on the Daily Liberal, a newspaper at Dubbo where he had grown up, but was obliged to do National Service. He was selected for officer training and commissioned but did not get to Vietnam. Demobilised, he resumed with the Daily Liberal, then shifted to the Sydney Morning Herald in 1972 and stayed there for the next 40 years. In that time he was a general reporter. He specialised in police operations, royal commissions and other inquiries. Over the years he has been arrested, shot at, sued, threatened and beaten up. He was obliged to get out of Belfast quickly in 1979 when tipped off that the IRA was coming for him.

Brown was a correspondent in Newcastle, Brisbane, and London. He was dispatched to the Middle East in 1991 to cover the Gulf War and did numerous trips to Fiji during the civil strife in 1987, 2000 and 2006. His career story was the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain at Ayers Rock in August 1980. Assigned to the case in September that year, Brown became disturbed when it was reinvestigated in 1981 and Michael and Lindy Chamberlain committed for trial. His feeling that something was going terribly wrong strengthened as the case progressed. He erupted when the couple were convicted and from then was at the vanguard in a long and tortuous struggle to get Lindy freed and the case reinvestigated. He was gratified in 2012, when he retired, to be able to report on the final chapter – the coroner’s finding that a dingo had taken the baby.

Brown has written or co-authored a number of books, including Justice and Nightmares, Case Studies in Forensic Science; Australian Crime; Australia’s Worst Disasters; Rorting, the Great Australian Crime, and You’re Leaving Tomorrow, an account of National Service and the Vietnam War. He married Ingeborg Koch in 1978 and the first 18 months of their marriage was spent in London, where their first child, Stewart, was born. On returning to Australia, they had two more children: Grace, born in 1982, and Douglas, born 1987. Since retirement, Brown has pursued a career as a singer with the Sydney Welsh Choir and with Rotary where he has been made a Paul Harris Fellow. A grandfather of three, he is an Anglican churchgoer and has served as chairman of the Wesley College Foundation.

Appearing in the Sydney Morning Herald on Thursday January 19th 2017, Malcolm relived the horror of the Granville train disaster of 1977 in his article titled, ‘The girl who wasn’t among the 83 dead in horror crash’. Click here to read the article.

Since 2013 Malcolm has generously given of his time to conduct a number of interviews for our ‘Notable Newingtonians’ series, which will be included in our new Archive Insight page later this year. 

GPS Old Boys Reunion Port Macquarie – Saturday 25th February

The President of the Great Public Schools Old Boys’ Unions’ Council cordially invites you & your wife/partner to Our First Port Macquarie Lunch.

 Date: Saturday 25 February 2017

Venue: Rydges Hotel, 1 Hay Street Port Macquarie

Time: 11:45 am for 12 noon

Dress: Smart Casual and Old Boys Tie

This luncheon will give you the opportunity to catch up with friends within the GPS community.  

Cost: $75.00 per person (Includes lunch & beverages)

Enquiries: Bruce Pursell (Newington ON 1958) 0474 831 944

RSVP: by 15 February 2017 to:-

Paddy Flower (Treasurer) GPS OBU Council

PO Box 77, COLLAROY NSW 2097

Email: gpsobu@itcnsw.com

Hong Kong Reunion – Monday 27th March 2017

To all members of the Newington Community in Hong Kong,

The annual Newington Hong Kong Old Boy and Parent reunion is on again this year on Monday 27^th March 2017. We are very pleased to announce that this year’s event will be hosted by the Headmaster, Dr David Mulford.

After a year’s absence, we are blessed that Tony and Linda Rogers have very generously offered to again host this year’s reunion in their magnificent home overlooking Happy Valley and Victoria Harbour. We also acknowledge and thank again last year’s host Ron Lu (ON 1962), who will be joining us on the night.

Whether you are an Old Boy, a current or future parent or all three, we invite you and your partner to join us on Monday 27^th March 2017 from 7.00pm for drinks and canapés and to meet Newington’s Headmaster, Dr David Mulford. David will update you on what is happening at Newington this year and give you an overview of the exciting developments in both buildings and culture for the years ahead.

The Newington diaspora in Hong Kong is growing and becoming more connected. As well as meeting the Headmaster, this is your opportunity to meet Newington Old Boys and parents you didn’t know were living in Hong Kong and form a connection. We do hope you can join us.

There is no cost for the night but we ask you to please RSVP for catering purposes by emailing alumni@newington.nsw.edu.au.

Date:               Monday 27^th March 2017

Time:               7.00pm to 9.00pm

Dress:              Smart Casual

Address:          Tony and Linda Rogers’ Residence

                        Apartment 30A “Highcliff”,

                        41D Stubbs Rd, Midlevels East,

                        HONG KONG

PLEASE NOTE:     PARKING IS AVAILABLE

Enquiries:       alumni@newington.nsw.edu.au

Banksia Project Event – 16th February 2017

The Banksia Project is making change by focusing on prevention and recovery in a positive and empowering way. We are doing this by engaging men who may identify as mentally well, and those who may be suffering in silence to unite together in positive practices together as mates.

We will help men manage common life challenges:

• Stress at work 
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Relationship break down
• Helping a friend who is suffering
• Mental Illness

The Banksia Project (www.thebanksiaproject.com.au) is growing and 2017 will mark our expansion into the university network. We are very proud to be working with UTS Health & Psychology and The Black Dog Institute in presenting our next Garden Rooms at Leighton Hall – John Niland Scientia Building – University of New South Wales with our guest speakers being Margaret Cuneen SC and Mitchell Pearce (Roosters Captain)

The event will take place on the 16th February 2017 from 7pm – 8:30pm. We would like to extend the invitation to yourself and any of your members. ITS FREE!

REGISTER HERE: http://www.thebanksiaproject.com.au/events/the-garden-rooms-feat-margaret-cunneen-mitchell-pearce/

Achieving Alumni

Australian U23 Soccer Training Squad

Congratulations to Jonathan Aspro (ON 2014)  for being named in the 26-man Australian U23 squad for a three-day training camp, which will be held on the Central Coast, NSW from 30 January to 1 February. The camp is the first part of preparation for the 2018 AFC U23 Asian Cup, which will stage its qualifiers in July 2017. The squad is made up of players eligible for the 2018 AFC U23 Asian Cup and all 26 players are from Hyundai A-League clubs. A second camp will be held in March in Europe and only involve overseas-based players unless agreed with any individual club for locally based players. This camp and qualification for the 2018 AFC U23 Asian Cup is viewed as an important part of the development of the next generation of Socceroos by the National Team coaching staff, led by Coach Ange Postecoglou. Read more by clicking here.

NSW U20 Basketball Team 

Congratulations to Makuach Maluach (ON 2016) and Grant Anticevich (ON 2016) for making the U20 NSW Basketball Team. 

NSW Senior STEM Competition

The 2016 NSW Senior STEM Competition presentation evening was held on Friday 2^nd December at the University of Wollongong. The guest speaker for the night was Donald Connor (ON 2009) who is undertaking a double degree in Megatronics and Business. He spoke fondly of his STEM experiences at Newington College with Solar Car and F1 in Schools and how these forged his passion for engineering. Four of our boys received Major Awards for their various STEM work.

Owen Littlejohn (11/KL) – Year 11 Engineering Fundamental Runners Up for his report on ceramic cooktops.

James Calfas (11/MO) – Year 11 Engineering Products Runners Up for his investigation on household appliances.

Luke Burgess (11/MA) – Year 11 STEM Award Winning Student for his Year 11 DT Black and White project.

Sam Gilfedder (ON 2016) –Year 12 DT Portfolios Awards Runners Up for his Major Design Project Halo X pedestrian lighting system.

 Sydney Conservatorium of Music Offer 

 Congratulations to Leon Vitogiannis (ON 2016)  who has received an offer from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to study a Bachelor of Music  (Performance).  Entry into the  Conservatorium, the Nation’s premier tertiary music institution, is fiercely competitive. Graduates from the Conservatorium enjoy  careers as  soloists or  orchestral musicians, composers,  academics and educators, critics, writers and administrators.

 On a recent trip to New York, Leon had the opportunity to meet and receive an autograph from Plácido Domingo who was staring as Nabucco in the  Met. The opera  was a salute to James Levine as it was his 2nd last opera as a conductor. International press have described Plácido in the international press as “the  King of  Opera,” “a true  renaissance man in music” and “the greatest operatic artist of modern times”. Leon was awe struck that at the age of 75, the ‘King of Opera’ could so  masterfully project across such a  grand theatre. 

From the Archives – Daily Bread

In the years of and on either side of the First World War, the College kept a small herd of cows to provide fresh milk for the boarders and staff. But what of that other staple of the daily school diet, bread?

The College had a kitchen, but no baker and our bread most likely came from a source nearby. In 1910 a large brick bakery was built on Percival Road, just north of the Stanmore railway station, on recently subdivided land from the ‘South Annandale Estate’, now the suburb of Stanmore. In 1914 the NSW Government purchased the bakery and established the State Bakery, producing bread for the city. While financially successful, the main purpose of the Bakery appears to have been to regulate the market and prevent profiteering, a significant issue during the War. The Bakery also provided training and testing facilities for the 3rd Australian Field Bakery in 1916 before it left for the Western Front.

The State Bakery was sold in about 1925 but continued in operation as the Automatic Bread Baking Company (ABBCO), one of the largest independent bread bakers in Sydney for many years.

The Bakery was built with a ‘Federation arts and crafts’ façade which can still be seen at 92–96 Percival Road, while its location there is commemorated in the name of the Old Bakery café (where I bought my coffee this morning).

This photograph, taken in April 1916, shows a motor lorry which could carry 1800 loaves and represented cutting edge delivery technology at the time. The photograph is from the State Archives collection (NRS4481 MS3822P) and features in their current exhibition, ‘Windows into Wartime’. It also appears in a great new book, New South Wales and the Great War, by Naomi Parry and Brad Manera, which has been distributed to schools across NSW. Our copy is available in the Library.

Mr David Roberts
College Archivist

We Remember – ONU Obituaries

Sadly, we lose a number of Newington Alumni during the year and in their honour, this Obituaries page of the ONU eNews has been established.

The Newington community farewelled the following Old Boys between December 2016 and January 2017:

Warwick Martin (ON 1970)

Warren Swan (ON 1962) 

John Marr (ON 1960)

Nicholas Papadatos (ON 1957)

 Please email alumni@newington.nsw.edu.au if you have an obituary for a Newington Alumni. It is noted that all Old Boys who have passed away are recognised in the Valete in each edition of News Magazine.

Newington College Golf Day – Thursday 2nd March 2017 @ Concord Golf Club.

All members of the Newington Community are invited to attend

Schedule

11:30 AM – Registration and Light Refreshments
12:00 PM – Golf Clinic and Driving Range
12:30 PM – Putting Competition on Putting Green
12:45 PM – Golf Announcements / Move to Tees
1:00 PM – Shotgun Start
6:00 PM – Drinks in Clubhouse
6:30 PM – Buffet Dinner, Presentation and Auction
9:00 PM – Approx. Close

How do I register?

‘Celebrating Eighty years on – a gift remembered’

In a special final assembly for 2016 on Wednesday 30 November, the College welcomed back the Millner family for a re-dedication of the Millner Gates and Memorial Drive. The gates and the drive were opened 80 years ago in 1936.

Robert Millner (ON 1968) officially unveiled the plinth that will sit alongside the Millner Gates – the first six of the adjacent stone wall panels and the Memorial Drive, that were all donated by his grandfather Colonel Tom Millner (ON 1903) and were named in memory of Tom’s father, William James Millner.

Rob Millner was a Newington Boarder from the age of 8 and his qualities as a leader and school citizen emerged while he was still at Wyvern House. During his time at Stanmore, he was the Captain of the 1st XI and played in the 1st XV. He was also appointed Prefect in his final year.

Since leaving Newington, Rob Millner has built a successful career as a corporate executive, notably as Chairman of Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Brickworks Limited.

During the Assembly, Council Chairman Tony McDonald (ON 1976) joined with Rob to pay tribute to his aunt Mrs Jean Millner, who recently passed away. During our Sesquicentenary year, Jean generously endowed the Jim Millner (ON 1937) Bursary – giving a boy the opportunity to attend the College from Year 7 until the completion of Year 12.

Rob Millner, his sister Anni McNiven and Bruce Bagley OAM (ON 1958) had the opportunity to chat with the current Jim Millner (ON 1937) Bursary holder Simi Afeaki (10/KL) and saw what a talented young gentleman he has become with the opportunities he has been given as a recipient of this Bursary.

It was an honour and privilege for the College to welcome the Millner family back to Newington on this important occasion.

Our Newest Old Boys (ON 2016) HSC Results

• 10 Awards for All-round Achievement recognising students who achieve in the top band of results in all of their subjects
• 2 ‘Best in Subject’ place-getters in Modern Greek Beginners
• 170 mentions on the Distinguished Achievers’ List recognising students who achieve in the top band of results in a subject

All-round Achievers

The 10 Awards for All-Round Achievement lists the students who achieved a result in the highest band (Band 6 or Band E4) in 10 or more units of courses in their current pattern of study. They were:

• Taylan Behayi 
• Nicolai Laptev
• Joshua Hare
• Samuel Mehmet
• Timothy Hare
• Georgios Platias
• Jack Jacobs
• Samuel Yu
• Nicholas James
• Peter Zavvos

Success in Modern Greek Beginners

Newington College had two place-getters in the State’s ‘Best in Subject’ category.

• Peter Zavvos ranked 2nd in Modern Greek Beginners
• George Papasavvas ranked 3rd in Modern Greek Beginners
• Every candidate in Modern Greek Beginners received a Band 6.

HSC Showcase Nominations

• Three boys were nominated for exhibitions featuring exemplary Visual Arts students. Congratulations to Samuel Gilfedder, ‘Nihility’; Fergus Kinahan, ‘The Edge of …’; and Elliot Ulm, ‘Clean’ for their nominations into ARTEXPRESS.
• ENCORE & OnSTAGE: Congratulations to Elliot Ulm who has had his Individual Project selected for OnStage.
• Chris Cooper and Leon Vitogiannis are also congratulated for nominations for ENCORE the presentation of music performance and composition at the Opera House.
• SHAPE 2016: Congratulations to Mitchell Cormack and Samuel Gilfedder who were nominated for inclusion in ‘Shape 2016’ the combined Technology Exhibition held at the Powerhouse Museum, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Ultimo Sydney from February 2017.

Our Newest Old Boys (ON 2016) IB Results

The International Baccalaureate Diploma graduates from 2016 gathered in the Council Boardroom on Thursday, 5 January to celebrate their exceptional results, both individually and as a cohort. Staff joined over 20 boys to celebrate with the obviously delighted group and to hear the announcements of overseas and early entry offers to diverse university programs.

The Deputy Headmaster, Mr David Roberts spoke to the boys of the College’s pride in their achievements, while acknowledging this particular cohort’s commitment to and support for each other. 

Deputy Head of Stanmore (Academic), Mr Trent Driver, agreed and reminded the boys about all that it takes to get to this point and that while their mark is a ticket to the opportunities beyond the College, it is the reward for two years in an academically challenging course of study.

Results highlights for the 2016 IB Diploma Programme cohort of 37 boys include:

3 Perfect Scores

Congratulations to our 3 students achieving a perfect IB score of 45/45 converting to an ATAR of 99.95, of only 94 to do so worldwide:

• Sebastian Iannuzzi
• Michael Li
• Eric Sheng

We also congratulate another 9 boys achieving a score of 40- 44:

• Jeremi Campese – 44 (99.85)
• Eamon Barrett, Daniel Cordeschi, William Ryan – 43 (99.70)
• Stephen Chan, Alex Goth, Marco Stocca – 42 (99.45)
• Tom Foley, Jack Ryan – 40 (98.30)

31 boys from the cohort of 37 achieving a score that gave them an ATAR over 90.

These strong results across the whole cohort meant Newington’s IB Diploma graduates achieved a mean score of 37 equating to an ATAR of 95.90, a wonderful achievement by any standard.

Newington’s IB Coordinator, Ms Briony Morath noted two features contributing to the strong results for 2016 Year 12.

1) The impressive number of students receiving the maximum Grade A (Grades from A-E) in the Extended Essay component of the Programme, significantly above the worldwide averages:

• 17 boys receiving a Grade A
• 10 boys receiving a Grade B
• So, 73% of students achieving an A or B Grade.

2) The examination results of the boys, for the majority of the cohort, being their best academic performances in each subject over the course of their two years of study.

Combined with the School’s very strong HSC results these IB results complete the picture of a high performing Year 12 from 2016.  We are very proud of our boys’ efforts and academic performance, and the efforts of those teachers who worked with them along the way.

60 Year Reunion – Class of 1957 (inc classes of 1956 & 1958)

WHEN: Saturday 25 February 2017
WHERE: Phil Davis OAM Year 12 Common Room, Newington College
PROGRAM: 11:30 AM Optional Tour, meet at Founders flagpole. 12:00 PM Pre-lunch drinks followed by lunch
COST: $25pp includes all food and beverages.
The cost per head has been subsidised by the Office of Community and Development.

RSVP – Thursday 16 February 2017

RSVP ONLINE: Accept your invitation and make payment with a credit card online by visiting https://www.newington.nsw.edu.au/online-payments/. Select Old Boys Alumni ONU and follow the instructions, ensuring you include any special requirements and if you would like to be seated with a particular Alumni Mate. If your partner is attending, please complete one registration each.

For enquiries contact ONU Alumni Officer, Tracy Wood on (02) 9568 9544 or alumni@newington.nsw.edu.au

A Huge Thanks Gents

On behalf of the gents involved in the ‘Newington Old Boys – Team JT Snr’ Movember team for 2016 I would like to extend our thanks for the support of the Newington Old Boys Community.

This year we set our goal of having 40 Old Boys involved and raising $10,000 which were both surpassed, with 47 Old Boys raising $10,831 for a number of important men’s health initiatives. 

These efforts wouldn’t be possible without the generous donations and support particularly of the ONU who have got behind the team over the past 5 years.

We look forward to bigger and better things in 2017 as we endeavour to stop men dying too young.

Jordan Townsend (ON 2011)