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University Archives Then and Now – September 2025
Then Stephen Roberts Theatre (1962), [REF-00076589]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 01/09/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/126736. Now Eastern Avenue and New Law Building Annex (12/05/2020), [REF-00011961]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 01/09/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/26424. 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 – August 2025
1 August Official Welcome to New Students, 1970 (23/02/1970), [REF-00076994]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 01/08/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/127180. 8 August Framework of the Seymour Centre Under Construction (1974), [REF-00014220]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 08/08/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34162. 15 August Fisher Library – Perspective Drawing – View from Quadrangle Front Lawn (? Circa 1960s), [REF-00088260]. University of Sydney…