The history of the University of Sydney
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The history of the University of Sydney
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This collection contains historical photographs and Ephemera relating to the University of Sydney from the Rare Books and Special Collections. Photographs depict the construction of faculty buildings, classes and events at the University of Sydney from around 1950 to 1970 as well as a collection of Ephemera of the University Carillon.
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Day of international gay solidarity poster](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/15147)
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Map of the University of Sydney, 1952.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11922)
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Photographs of the buildings and grounds of the University of Sydney.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11921)
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Photograph album of the buildings and grounds of the University of Sydney.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11920)
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Photograph album of the construction of the new Medical School Laboratory at the University of Sydney.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11919)
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Photographs of the buildings and grounds of the University of Sydney.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11918)
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Photograph album presented to Sir Stephen H. Roberts on his retirement from the University of Sydney.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11917)
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Etching of the University of Sydney Great Hall.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11916)
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Emeritus Professor W.M. O'Neil A.O. commemorative photograph album.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11915)
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Photographs of laboratories at the University of Sydney, ca. 1950.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11851)
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Photograph of Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Roberts, Friday, 20th October, 1950.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11850)
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Photograph of A.B.C. interviewer Keith Smith with an Indonesian student at the University of Sydney for "Woman's magazine".](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11849)
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Photographs of the Commemoration of Act of Incorporation held during the Centenary celebrations in the University of Sydney's Great Hall on October 6th, 1950.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11848)
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Photographs of equipment in the University of Sydney Department of Electrical Engineering.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11847)
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Photographs of performance of Greek play "Alcestis", 1950 by the Sydney University Dramatic Society.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11846)
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Photographs of the University of Sydney centenary celebration ceremony held at Sydney Town Hall on Wednesday June 7th, 1950.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11845)
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Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement, Federated Malay States](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/15440)
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Pulau Jerejak Leper Settlement, Penang, Straits Settlements](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/15438)
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Nobel Prize certificate awarded to Sir Robert Robinson](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/15437)
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Grant of arms to the University of Sydney and associated correspondence between Mitchell Library and Fisher Library.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11854)
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University of Sydney War Memorial Carillon: unveiling of rolls of honour](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11773)
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Selected carillon records 1928-1933.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11772)
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University of Sydney roll of service: the Great War, 1914-1918.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11771)
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Sydney University War Memorial Carillon: donors of bells](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11770)
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Photograph of the War Memorial Carillon bells being transported to the University of Sydney, 1928.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11769)
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Clock Tower, Sydney University: reproduction of a pencil drawing by John D. Moore.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11768)
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Reproduction in miniature of the poster design for the University War Memorial Fund by R.H. McGrath.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11767)
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University of Sydney Memorial Carillon, Women's College Bell Loan Exhibition, Sydney, 1924](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11766)
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The most wonderful building in Australia: will you help to build it?](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11765)
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School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine: the opening of the School](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11764)
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Blackacre - University of Sydney Law School Yearbook](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/12251)
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The history of the Library](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/12013)
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Faculty of Medicine Senior Yearbooks](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11855)
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University of Sydney Statistics, 1950 - 2009](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/8208)
The history of the University of Sydney. University of Sydney Library, accessed 23/03/2026, https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/11843