They came armed with an old dictionary and historical documents, but in the end, it wasn’t enough. A Sydney judge has ruled against a student who launched a supreme court bid to stop the exclusive Newington college from enrolling girls.
The student at the $42,000-a-year school, known only as student A in court, challenged Newington’s plan to become coed on the basis that a trust deed written for the college in 1873 stated the school was set up to educate “youth”. They argued at the time the term referred to boys.
