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University of Sydney Archives

Explore the University's records of continuing value.

Trades Staff at Work, SignwriterIntervarsity Cross Country ChampionshipPeople Getting on Bus Outside Main Building during Open DayStudent Advisory Centre Information Desks in the MacLaurin HallCareers Fair 1990 in the Maclaurin Hall Gift of Aboriginal Artwork by Trish King to the Faculty of Health Sciences, Lidcombe CampusStudents Walking Between Lectures on Manning RoadMedical Students And Staff Outside Anderson Stuart BuildingMain Building and Anderson Stuart BuildingFemale Students on Stairs of Manning House

The University Archives preserves the records of permanent value of the University, its amalgamated institutions, and the personal papers of individuals and entities associated with the University.

For more information about us and what we hold, visit our page on the University website.

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Alumni Sidneienses
Alumni Sidneienses
A list of graduates of the University of Sydney.
Amalgamated Institutions
Amalgamated Institutions
Learn about the various institutions that have amalagmated with the University.
Animals in the Archives
Animals in the Archives
Archives Staff Picks
Archives Staff Picks
Buildings and Grounds
Buildings and Grounds
Calendar
Calendar
Calendar of the University of Sydney
Campus During COVID-19
Campus During COVID-19
Photographs taken of the Camperdown campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carillon
Carillon
The carillon was installed in the Main Building Clock Tower to commemorate those from the University community who served in WWI.
Colour the University
Colour the University
A selection of images from the University Archives to download and colour in!
Fashion
Fashion
Flashback Friday
Flashback Friday
The Flashback Friday posts published on Instagram and the History of University Life @ Sydney Uni blog.
Governance
Governance
Harold Cazneaux Photographs
Harold Cazneaux Photographs
Photographs taken by Harold Cazneaux for the University Appeal in 1927.
Menus
Menus
The University has always been a community that likes to eat together - whether at large formal occasions or to mark sporting or cultural events.
O Week
O Week
Activities to introduce students to the University at the start of a new academic year
Oral History
Oral History
The University oral history collection contains over 300 interviews conducted with past and present staff, alumni and their relations.
Personal Papers
Personal Papers
Plans of University Gardens
Plans of University Gardens
The gardens and flora of the University captured in 1981.
Protests
Protests
The Quadrangle
The Quadrangle
Record
Record
The newsletter of the University of Sydney Archives.
School of Physics
School of Physics
Seymour Centre
Seymour Centre
Sports
Sports
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Programs
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Programs
Sydney Teachers College (STC) Photographs
Sydney Teachers College (STC) Photographs
Television Service
Television Service
View select Television Service productions.
Uni News
Uni News
The official staff newsletter of the University.
University Staff
University Staff
University Students
University Students
Visits to the University
Visits to the University
Women of the University
Women of the University
World War I
World War I
Archives of those who served in WWI and of the University's War Memorial Carillon.
World War II
World War II
Over 6000 members of the University community served in either a military or civilian capacity in World War II (WWII).
70 Years, 70 Stories
70 Years, 70 Stories
The 70 Years, 70 Stories series was created to celebrate the University Archives' 70th birthday (3 May 2024).

We acknowledge the tradition of custodianship and law of the Country on which the University of Sydney campuses stand. We pay our respects to those who have cared and continue to care for Country. Learn more.