1883

• Stanmore Methodist Church dedicated, serving also as College Chapel for next ninety years

1884

• School magazine, The Newingtonian, first published
• Fencing Club started
• First known performance by a school choir

1885

• Bicycle Club started

1890   

• First gymnasium constructed

1891   

• First known performance by a school orchestra

1892   

• GPS sporting competitions start with foundation of the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of NSW

1893   

• A Science Club started, along with a small geological museum and zoo

1894   

• First Swimming Bath constructed

1895   

• Old Newingtonians’ Union founded

1896   

• First group of students from Tonga enrolled

1914–1918     

• Some 650 former students and staff serve in First World War; 111 known to have died in service

1915   

• Theological Institution for training Methodist ministers moved from Stanmore campus to separate site

1919   

• Influenza pandemic disrupted school year

1920   

• First entry in GPS Rowing with two IVs

1921   

• Separate Preparatory School classroom building constructed
• College wins Head of the River with its first VIII entry

1933   

• First College invitational swimming carnival

1934   

• Glasson Pavilion opened

1935   

• Gymnasium reconstructed as the Stewart Spence Gymnasium

1937   

• Cross country races commence as part of House competition

1939   

• A separate preparatory school, Wyvern House, inaugurated

1958   

• Golf started as school sport (re-introduced in 2020)

1961   

• Nesbitt Wing opened

1962   

• Wyndham Scheme commenced, leading to School Certificate (1965) and Higher School Certificate (1967)

• First student representative body established

• Earliest known school musical performed

1974   

• The Newington Foundation established

• After changes over previous decades, eight Houses established

1975   

• Association of the Arts (now the Creative Arts Association) established

1976   

• Community Corps introduced as an alternative to Cadets

• Resources Centre (Library, audio-visual and other facilities) constructed

1978   

• Fencing revived as school sport

• First Founders’ Concert held, initially as part of Founders’ Day activities

1995   

• New Boatshed opened at Abbotsford

• John Waterhouse Society inaugurated

1997-1998      

• Major noise attenuation works due to opening of Sydney Airport’s Third Runway

1998   

• Wyvern House Preparatory School moves to present campus at Cambridge Street, Stanmore

• Edmund Webb House, initially for senior boarders, opened at Cambridge Street

1999   

• Footbridge over busy Stanmore Road opened

2003   

• First biennial Literature Festival held

• Volleyball introduced, with initially limited GPS competition

2004   

• Newington Challenge program introduced as an alternative to Cadets

2016   

• Tupou College Centre for Year 7 and Duckmanton Drama Centre opened
• Table Tennis competition against with some GPS and CAS schools commenced

2017   

• Entry Forecourt completed
• Australian Rules (‘AFL’) football revived with an Independent Schools’ competition

2018   

• Early Learning Centre opened

2019   

• Student magazine, Censored, first published

2020   

• Year 12 Study Centre created
• Response to COVID-19 pandemic, including pivot to online learning and staged return to campus

2021   

• Renewed disruption with COVID Delta outbreak
• Additional eight Houses announced, with sixteen-House structure to operate from the start of 2022