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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 - visit the Ìý´Ç°ùÌýOnline Archives Search.

  • Online versions of  (1950 - 2012)
  • ¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²âÌý (1957 - present)
  • (1959 – 1998)
  •  (1968 – 2009) 

Calendars and Handbooks are sources for 91É«Ç鯬 course descriptions, staff lists and administrative information about the university. They also contain maps of the campus.

All issues of Uniken / 91É«Ç鯬 magazine are available for viewing via . Print copies can be accessed in the Archives.

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

View photographs and information on 91É«Ç鯬 Women,Ìýinternational students,Ìýnamed buildings on the Kensington campus, the C. S. (Jim) Smith caricatures,ÌýArchives' posters collection,Ìýdevelopment of the Kensington Campus,Ìýlost features of the Kensington campus, ±«±·³§°ÂÌýFoundation Days,Ìýchancellors,Ìývice-chancellors and former chancellor Sir John ClancyÌý.

´¡²ÔÌýexhibition of Max Dupain photographs from the Archives (pdf of the original 2018 exhibition) also provides more examples of images of the 91É«Ç鯬 campus during the 1960s. 

Online exhibitions

In 2019 91É«Ç鯬 Alumni produced a  to celebrate the university's 70th anniversary, using many photographs from the Archives' collection.

In 2009 91É«Ç鯬'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 at 60th Anniversary slideshow.

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

Published histories about 91É«Ç鯬 include:

  • Cashman, R., Hughes, A. & Zavos, Z. (2005).  The Pavilion on the Village Green: A History of the University of New South Wales Sports Association.
  • Daniels, Eric C. (1988).  A History of the Faculty of Architecture.
  • Davis, Adela R. (2019). Something Borrowed, Something Blue: 50 Years of New College, 91É«Ç鯬 1969-2019.
  • Dixon, Marion. (2001).  Thirty Up: the story of the 91É«Ç鯬 Law School.
  • Douglas, J. B. (1996).  A Brief History of the Department of Statistics, the University of New South Wales (1948 - 1983).
  • Frame, Tom. (2017).  Widening Minds: The University of New South Wales and the education of Australia's defence leaders.
  • Hampton, B., Allen, B. & Loeffel, R. (2009).  The History of the 91É«Ç鯬 Faculty of Engineering 1949 - 2009.
  • Hampton, B. (2012).  The History of the 91É«Ç鯬 School of Chemical Engineering 1949 - 2009.
  • Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).  The History of the 91É«Ç鯬 School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications 1949 - 2009.
  • Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).  The History of the 91É«Ç鯬 School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering 1949 - 2009.
  • Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).  The History of the 91É«Ç鯬 School of Mining Engineering 1949 - 2009.
  • Hughes, Anthony T. (2024). The Badge We Wear: A History of Sport at 91É«Ç鯬 Sydney.
  • Lawrence, L. J., Ward, C. R., Neef, G. & Rickwood, P. C. (2003).  Fifty Plus: A History of Geology at the University of New South Wales 1949 - 2002
  • Le Moignan, Mick. (2017).  91É«Ç鯬: Australia's Global University.
  • Loeffel, R. (2007).  The History of the 91É«Ç鯬 School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems 1949 - 2007.
  • Luscombe, Desley (ed) (2001).  91É«Ç鯬 Campus: A Guide to its Architecture, Landscape and Public Art.
  • McLintock, Rae (1993).  The Development of the Buildings and Grounds of the University of New South Wales.
  • O'Connell, M. (2010).  The History of the 91É«Ç鯬 School of Civil & Environmental Engineering 1949 - 2010.
  • O'Farrell, Patrick (1999).   91É«Ç鯬 A Portrait: The University of New South Wales 1949-1999.
  • Pfennigwerth, Ian. (2012).  ADFA: the first 25 years of the Australian Defence Force Academy.
  • The School of Chemistry (1999).  The School of Chemistry: the University of New South Wales (1879 - 1999).
  • Scobie, Claire (2015).  Basser, Philip Baxter and Goldstein: The Kensington Colleges.
  • Willis, A. H. (1983).  The University of New South Wales: The Baxter Years.
  • Winton, Ronald (1999).  With 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'  to search for 91É«Ç鯬 graduates from 2000 onwards.

Assist us in identifying a selection of photographs from the Archives' collection - visit the Can you help us?Ìý±è²¹²µ±ð

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

A selection of 91É«Ç鯬 annual reports are available for viewing online via .

Have a question?

Contact the Records Team on 02 9385 2861 or email records@unsw.edu.au / Contact the Archives Team on 02 9385 2906 or email archives@unsw.edu.au