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Historical resources

A selection of resources on the history of the University of New South Wales and its community.

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To find information on records held in the Archives - view theÌýOnline Archives SearchÌýor visit ourÌýPhotographsÌýpage for information on the Archives' photographic collections.

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Calendars and Handbooks are sources for Õ¬Äи£Àû course descriptions, staff lists and administrative information about the university. They also contain maps of the campus.

All issues of Uniken / Õ¬Äи£Àû magazine are available for viewing viaÌýÌýandÌý. Print copies can be accessed in the Archives.

  • Issues of the student magazine Tharunka are available for viewing viaÌýÌýandÌý. Print copies can be accessed in the Archives.

View photographs and information onÌýÕ¬Äи£Àû Women,Ìýinternational students,Ìýnamed buildings on the Kensington campus, theÌýC. S. (Jim) Smith caricatures,ÌýArchives' posters collection,Ìýdevelopment of the Kensington Campus,Ìýlost features of the Kensington campus, Õ¬Äи£ÀûÌýFoundation Days,Ìýchancellors,Ìývice-chancellorsÌýand former chancellorÌýSir John ClancyÌý.

AnÌýÌýalso provides more examples of images of the Õ¬Äи£Àû campus during the 1960s.

Online exhibitions

In 2019 Õ¬Äи£Àû Alumni produced aÌýÌýto celebrate the university's 70th anniversary, using many photographs from the Archives' collection.

In 2009 Õ¬Äи£Àû's Media Office produced a slideshow to celebrate the university's 60th anniversary, using many photographs from the Archives' collection.

A pdf of the slideshow can be viewed atÌý60th Anniversary slideshow.

Reference material on the university is also available for access in the Archives' Reading Room.

Published histories about Õ¬Äи£Àû include:

  • Cashman, R., Hughes, A. & Zavos, Z. (2005).ÌýÌýThe Pavilion on the Village Green: A History of the University of New South Wales Sports Association.
  • Daniels, Eric C. (1988).ÌýÌýA History of the Faculty of Architecture
  • Davis, Adela R. (2019). Something Borrowed, Something Blue: 50 Years of New College, Õ¬Äи£Àû 1969-2019
  • Dixon, Marion. (2001).ÌýÌýThirty Up: the story of the Õ¬Äи£Àû Law School.
  • Douglas, J. B. (1996).ÌýÌýA Brief History of the Department of Statistics, the University of New South Wales (1948 - 1983).
  • Frame, Tom. (2017).ÌýÌýWidening Minds: The University of New South Wales and the education of Australia's defence leaders.
  • Hampton, B., Allen, B. &ÌýLoeffel, R. (2009).ÌýÌýThe History of the Õ¬Äи£Àû Faculty of Engineering 1949 - 2009.
  • Hampton, B. (2012).ÌýÌýThe History of the Õ¬Äи£Àû School of Chemical Engineering 1949 - 2009
  • Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).ÌýÌýThe History of the Õ¬Äи£Àû School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications 1949 - 2009.
  • Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).ÌýÌýThe History of the Õ¬Äи£Àû School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering 1949 - 2009.
  • Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).ÌýÌýThe History of the Õ¬Äи£Àû School of Mining Engineering 1949 - 2009.
  • Lawrence, L. J., Ward, C. R., Neef, G. &ÌýRickwood, P. C. (2003).ÌýÌýFifty Plus: A History of Geology at the University of New South Wales 1949 - 2002
  • Le Moignan, Mick. (2017).ÌýÌýÕ¬Äи£Àû: Australia's Global University.
  • Loeffel, R. (2007).ÌýÌýThe History of the Õ¬Äи£Àû School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems 1949 - 2007.
  • Luscombe, Desley (ed) (2001).ÌýÌýÕ¬Äи£Àû Campus: A Guide to its Architecture, Landscape and Public Art.
  • McLintock, Rae (1993).ÌýÌýThe Development of the Buildings and Grounds of the University of New South Wales.
  • O'Connell, M. (2010).ÌýÌýThe History of the Õ¬Äи£Àû School of Civil & Environmental Engineering 1949 - 2010.
  • O'Farrell, Patrick (1999).ÌýÌýÌýÕ¬Äи£Àû A Portrait: The University of New South Wales 1949-1999.
  • Pfennigwerth, Ian. (2012).ÌýÌýADFA: the first 25 years of the Australian Defence Force Academy.
  • The School of Chemistry (1999).ÌýÌýThe School of Chemistry: the University of New South Wales (1879 - 1999).
  • Scobie, Claire (2015).ÌýÌýBasser, Philip Baxter and Goldstein: The Kensington Colleges.
  • Willis, A. H. (1983).ÌýÌýThe University of New South Wales: The Baxter Years.
  • Winton, Ronald (1999).ÌýÌýWith Hand and Mind and Heart: A look back at the first quarter century of the Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales.
  • View Student Services'ÌýÌýto search for Õ¬Äи£Àû graduates from 2000 onwards.

Assist us in identifying a selection of photographs from the Archives' collectionÌý- visit theÌýCan you help us?Ìýpage

Arrange a visit to the Archives to conduct in-depth research -ÌýAccessing University Information.

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Contact the Records Team onÌý02 9385 2861Ìýor emailÌýrecords@unsw.edu.auÌý/ Contact the Archives Team onÌý02 9385 2906Ìýor emailÌýarchives@unsw.edu.au