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.
Mark Baxter Demonstrates His Prize Winning Flowform Cascade Model for the Carslaw Lawn (1982), [REF-00014289]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 22/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34234.
Jumping Castle in the Quadrangle During Orientation Week 1992 (1992), [REF-00014456]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 22/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34404.
Opening of Fox Laboratory (05/05/1960), [REF-00076624]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 22/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/126771.
Students in Sydney Teachers College (STC) Common Room (1960s), [REF-00050329]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 22/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/79941
Function at Nicholson Museum (1953), [REF-00076599]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 22/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/126746.
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