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University Archives Favourite Four – September 2025
This month’s theme is: Fathers. Father Drinan (Feb 1996), [REF-00014598]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 15/09/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34552. Francis Grose, Father of Captain Grose of Grose Farm (No Date), [REF-00011856]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 15/09/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/26304. John Ball with His Father Professor Sam Ball (1984), [REF-00012381]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 15/09/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/30832. Father and…
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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.