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.
Shipwreck Research at the Macintosh Centre for Quaternary Dating (1985), [REF-00012626]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 15/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/31085.
Dr John C Small with Civil Engineering Experiment in Laboratory (1985), [REF-00012666]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 15/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/31125.
Opening of the Stairs at Victoria Park to University Drive (19/10/2002 to 20/10/2002), [REF-00093825]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 15/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/146874.
Recorder Ensemble Concert on the Nicholson Museum Steps (Jul 1975), [REF-00014182]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 15/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34124.
Enrolment Desk and Crowd at 1987 Enrolment Day, MacLaurin Hall (1987), [REF-00013951]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 15/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/33884.
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