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.
Christine Logan on the New Steinway Grand Piano in the Old Darlington School (1983), [REF-00013313]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 10/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/33190.
Class at Sydney Teachers College (1957), [REF-00047522]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 10/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/80480.
Bob Mitten, John Chalmers, Henry Byron and Ken Ferguson Pushing a Car, 2nd Year of Veterinary School, Wagga Wagga (1939), [REF-00087847]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 10/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/140525.
Outdoor Theatre Society Off Stage (Jan 1984), [REF-00092991]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 10/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/146003.
Fete in Quadrangle with Construction of Present Nicholson Building in Background (1916), [REF-00054322]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 10/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/79179.
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