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University Archives Favourite Four – January 2026
This month’s theme is: Bridges. View from Campus Across the Footbridge Towards Wentworth Building with Students Crossing the Bridge (1970s), [REF-00097755]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 27/01/2026, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/150920. Staff Member and Visitor at Open Day Bridge Building Competition Testing (1980), [REF-00014348]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 27/01/2026, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34294. Four Students Play Bridge at a Table in Front…
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University Archives Then and Now – January 2026
Then Vice-Chancellor’s Garden (1960s), [REF-00046300]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 12/01/2026, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/80731. Now Vice-Chancellor’s Garden (12/02/2015), [REF-00092012]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 12/01/2026, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/144986. Explore the blog for other posts from the University of Sydney Archives and follow us on Instagram.