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University Archives Then and Now – July 2025
Then Wentworth Building and the Bridge Over City Road (1970s), [REF-00013134]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 07/07/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/33007. Now Eastern Avenue Bus Stop on City Road (03/04/2014), [REF-00094914]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 07/07/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/148055. 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 – July 2025
6 June Pro Judo – Leanne Rylands and Michelle Swift (1990), [REF-00013844]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 06/06/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/33772. 13 June The Good Person of Setzuan by Betolt Brecht at the Seymour Centre (1982), [REF-00013280]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 13/06/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/33155. 20 June Students in the Fisher Library (05/03/1980), [REF-00088227]. University of Sydney Archives,…