The University of Sydney turned 175 on 1 October 2025! Join us until 19 November as we celebrate this significant anniversary by featuring five items from the University Archives, highlighting the history of the University, each (working) day.
New Biology Lab 4 (1995), [REF-00013485]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 11/11/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/33368.
Mothers and Girls Competition in the Great Hall (No Date), [REF-00049280]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 11/11/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/80144.
Trevor Sutton and Ian Barber Installing the Rebuilt Carillon (Nov 1977), [REF-00089435]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 11/11/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/142286.
View of Grounds and Front of Main Building with Cows in Foreground (Circa 1887), [REF-00009887]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 11/11/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/101561.
Professor Butler’s Nuclear Research Foundation Summer School for Science Teachers Lecture (Jan 1961), [REF-00087989]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 11/11/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/140670.
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