Chancellors

Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn KCMG OBE - Gallery

Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn KCMG OBE was Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1941 to 1964.

Above: The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Ernest Charles O'Dea (left) and Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn (right) prior to the Commemoration Ceremony held in the Great Hall on 6 October 1950. The Ceremony commemorated the passage of the Act incorporating the University which received the Assent of the Governor on 1 October 1850, (Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives) ... more.

Above: Seated from left to right are Deputy Chancellor the Hon Mr Justice Roper; His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales, Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott; Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn (standing); the Hon K W Street, Chief Justice of New South Wales; and Emeritus Professor S H Roberts, Vice-Chancellor 1947-67, at the Senate meeting on 5 February 1951 in celebration of the first Senate meeting held on 3 February 1851, (Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives) ... more.

Above: Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn and His Excellency the Governor-General Sir William McKell at the head of the academic procession after the Centenary Oration, part of the University's Centenary celebrations, was delivered at 2.30pm on 28 August 1952 in the Great Hall by The Honourable K W Street, Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of New South Wales, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives ... more.

Above: The Deputy Chancellor the Hon Mr Justice E D Roper (left) presenting Governor-General His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir William John McKell to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon LLD on 29 August 1952, (Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives). A number of honorary degrees were conferred on this ceremony as part of the University's Centenary celebrations ... [[more.

• Above: The academic procession leaving the Great Hall: the mace-bearer leads Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn who is followed by Vice-Chancellor Sir Stephen Henry Roberts on the left and Deputy Chancellor The Hon Sir Victor Windeyer on the right, c. 1956, photo G3_224_0877, University of Sydney Archives.

• Above: Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn and the Queen Mother at the opening of the Queen Elizabeth II Research Institute for Mothers and Babies in 1958, photo, courtesy University of Sydney Archives.

Above: Portrait of Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn KCMG OBE by Sir William Dargie (1912-2003), 1964, oil on canvas, commissioned by the University of Sydney, University Art Collection, reproduced with the kind permission of Roger Dargie and the University of Sydney.