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.
University Chambers – Elizabeth Street, Sydney – Design for New Building for the Senate – Elevation to Elizabeth Street (10/07/1937), [REF-00094659]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 03/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/147716.
University Carillonist John Gordon Playing the Carillon (1972), [REF-00014295]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 03/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/34241.
Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Mark Scott During Welcome Week (16/02/2022), [REF-00093924]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 03/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/146973.
John Clegg, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, with Pink Panther Doll (1986), [REF-00012683]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 03/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/31142.
Dr Yongbai Yin and Mr David McKenzie, Department of Applied Physics (1994), [REF-00013744]. University of Sydney Archives, accessed 03/10/2025, https://archives-search.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/33670.
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