Gallery 1850 - 1930

Senate and its people:


1850s - 1890s

W C Wentworth
  • Above: The Hon William Charles Wentworth, Fellow of Senate 1850-72 and one of the original 16 Fellows of Senate appointed in 1850 (University of Sydney Archives). View his biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
The Rev William Binnington Boyce
  • Above: The Rev William Binnington Boyce, Fellow of Senate 1850-59 and one of the original 16 Fellows of Senate (University of Sydney Archives, G3_224_495). View his biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.
The Rev Canon Robert Allwood
  • Above: The Rev Canon Robert Allwood (centre front), Fellow of Senate 1855-86 and Vice-Chancellor 1869-83, with Professors and third year students, 1881 (University of Sydney Archives).
Cecil Purser
  • Above: 1886 photo of medical students, owned by Cecil Purser (seated, far right), the first Deputy Chancellor from 1924 to 1925 (University of Sydney Archives, G_224_7).
The Hon Sir Arthur Renwick
Henry Chamberlaine Russell
His Honour Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse

1900s - 1920s

Frank Leverrier
  • Above: Frank Leverrier, Vice-Chancellor 1914-17 and 1921-23 (University of Sydney Archives).
Library Room
  • Above: The Library Room, Quadrangle, in the 1900s, before its conversion to the Senate Room (G3_224_1507, University of Sydney Archives).
Senate Room
  • Above: The Senate Room, Quadrangle, after its conversion from the Library, 1911 (G3_224_452, University of Sydney Archives).
John Bradfield
  • Above: John Job Crew Bradfield (Fellow of Senate 1913-43 and Deputy Chancellor 1942) 4th from right at head table at the fourteenth Annual Dinner of PNR School of Engineering, 5 August 1921 (University of Sydney Archives, G_224_1812). View close-up below.
John Bradfield
  • Above: Close-up of the previous photo - Fellow of Senate John Job Crew Bradfield is 4th from right (University of Sydney Archives, G_224_1812).
William Portus Cullen
Arthur Edward Mills
  • Above: Arthur Edward Mills, Fellow of Senate 1920-25 and 1929-39 and Deputy Chancellor 1936-39 (University of Sydney Archives, G3_224_1775).

Later galleries

1931-1970, 1971-1986, 1987-2000, 2001-2006, 2007 and 2008