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University Archives Then and Now – December 2025
Then Dental Hospital, Chalmers Street Sydney, During Construction (Circa 1939), [REF-00053923]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 02/12/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/79242. Now Sydney Dental School – Surry Hills Campus (11/02/2015), [REF-00091808]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 02/12/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/144780. Explore the blog for other posts from the University of Sydney Archives and follow us on Instagram.
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University Archives Flashback Friday – November 2025
21 November Lily Lee and Steven Brent in the Oriental Library at Fisher Library (1978), [REF-00013202]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 02/12/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/33077. 28 November Ji Wallace, Olympic Silver Medallist, Trampolining on Front Lawn During Orientation/O Week (22/02/2001), [REF-00098089]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 02/12/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/151254. Explore the blog for other posts from the University of Sydney…