University of Sydney students

Photo gallery: from the 1850s to the present

The following are a selection of photos of University of Sydney students from the 1850s to the present.

Above: University of Sydney students in 1857, photo, courtesy University of Sydney Archives. The University began its teaching in 1852 with 38 students and three academic staff using a building in College Street formerly occupied by the Sydney College.

Above: Photo by Professor John Smith, courtesy University Archives, of University of Sydney students in the Quadrangle's north vestibule door in 1859, standing near the entrance to Professor Woolley's residence.

Above: Close up of previous photo by Professor John Smith, University Archives, of University of Sydney students in the Quadrangle's north vestibule door in 1859, standing near the entrance to Professor Woolley's residence.

Above: Then Vice-Chancellor the Rev Canon Robert Allwood (centre front) with Professors and third year students, 1881, photo 1881_990, courtesy University Archives.

Above: Medical and Chemistry Students 1882, photo courtesy University Archives.

Above: Dagmar Berne and 2nd year Medicine students in 1886, photo, courtesy University Archives. |Australia’s first female medical student, Dagmar Berne was admitted to the University of Sydney in 1885. However, hostility towards her caused her to complete her degree in Edinburgh, returning to set up practice in Sydney’s Macquarie Street in 1895. Information from the National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame.

Above: Students put on the play "Agamemnon" in 1886, photo, courtesy University Archives.

Above: Medical Students in 1887, including Dagmar Berne (centre), photo, courtesy University Archives.

Above: Women students at tea in 1892, photo, courtesy University Archives. The first women students were admitted to the University of Sydney in 1882. Information from "Australia's First", Vol 1, by C Turney, U Bygott and P Chippendale.

Above: Opening run of the University of Sydney Bicycle Club, 1897, photo G3/224/1548, University Archives

Above: Students on a geology excursion to Narrabeen in the 1900s, photo, courtesy University Archives.

Above: A fictitious garden party at the University illustrating a satirical contribution to Hermes in 1905 (Volume 11, Number 4. New Issue. Sydney, August 16, 1905).
Hermes, the literary magazine of the University of Sydney, was first published in 1886. It publishes critical articles, prose, poetry and graphic art by both well-known and unknown authors and artists, photo, courtesy Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney Library.

Above: Medical Prosectors 1919, photo, courtesy University Archives. Medical Prosectors, originally 4th or 5th year medical students, were appointed to provide high quality specimens for the Museum of Human and Morbid Anatomy (now the J.T. Wilson Museum of Anatomy, located in in room W401 in the Anderson Stuart Building) and to act as Demonstrators. Information from the website for the history of The J.T. Wilson Museum of Anatomy. View more images from Faculty of Medicine's Online Museum and Archive

Above: University of Sydney undergraduates at Manly Beach, 1919, photo G3/224/1292, University Archives.

Above: The fourteenth Annual Dinner of PNR School of Engineering, 5 August 1921, photo G3_224_1812, courtesy University Archives.

Above: Commemoration Day celebrations by Medical Students in 1921, photo, courtesy University Archives ... more.

Above: The Women’s Hockey A Team, 1925, published in Hermes Volume 32, Number 3. Michaelmas 1926, photo, courtesy Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney Library.

Above: The Women’s Netball Team, 1925, published in Hermes Volume 32, Number 3. Michaelmas 1926, photo, courtesy Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney Library.

Above: Engineering students, photo by Harold Cazneaux, 1927, University Archives.

Above: Examinations in the Great Hall, photo by Harold Cazneaux, 1927, University Archives.

Above: Trial of Professor Wallace, Court of Injustice, held on Commemoration Day, published in Blackacre Journal of the Sydney University Law Society, Volume 4, Number 1, June 1928, photo, courtesy Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney Library.

Above: Bachelor of Science graduates in 1931, photo, courtesy University Archives.

Above: After the degree of Doctor of Laws ad eundem gradum was conferred upon His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester at the ceremony held on 23 November 1934, the Duke met members of the Students' Representative Council, photo, Hood collection, State Library of New South Wales, HA 5672 ... more.

Above: Students in the Reading Room of Fisher Library, now Maclaurin Hall, in the 1950s before the Library moved to its current location in 1963, photo (G3/224/1723.2), University Archives.

Above: Students in the original Fisher Library, now MacLaurin Hall, Quadrangle, before the Library moved to its current location in 1963, photo, courtesy Library website.