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.
Students Taking Part in a Diet Study (1995), [REF-00014086]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 24/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34024.
Engineering Students Save a Simulated Beached Whale at Collaroy as Part of a Project (1987), [REF-00014169]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 24/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34110.
Rock Climbing Geology and Geophysics (Dec 1983), [REF-00092983]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 24/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/145995.
Professor Edgeworth David with Geology Students at Gosforth (1920), [REF-00054177]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 24/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/79201.
Sydney University Musical Society (SUMS) on Way to Castlereagh Teachers Camp (1950s), [REF-00014071]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 24/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34008.
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