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University Archives Flashback Friday – April 2025
4 April University Switchboard Operators at the New PABX Consoles (1982), [REF-00014517]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 04/04/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34469. 11 April Interior View of the Shepherd Restaurant, Under New Management, in the Seymour Centre (1985), [REF-00012537]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 11/04/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/30991. 17 April Compact Disc (CD) Library at the Fisher Library (1990), [REF-00014148].…
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University Archives Then and Now – May 2025
Then Open Day Bus Tour (1981), [REF-00014349]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 05/05/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34295. Now Bus Stop in Front of Fisher Library on Open Day (30/08/2014), [REF-00094632]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 05/05/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/147688. Explore the blog for other posts from the University of Sydney Archives and follow us on Instagram.