Photo gallery: University of Sydney Fisher Library, then

The following are a selection of photos of the University of Sydney's Fisher Library, then, courtesy of the University of Sydney Archives, the Library website and the University Secretariat. View Fisher Library history.

View also Fisher Library, now.

• Above: The University's first Library (courtesy, University Archives). View enlargement.
  Between 1857 and 1909, the current Senate Room on the first floor in the Main Building was the location of the University's first Library.

• Above: The original Fisher Library (now MacLaurin Hall) under construction (courtesy, University of Sydney Library website). View enlargement and MacLaurin Hall.

• Above: The completed original Fisher Library into which the Library was relocated in 1909 (courtesy, Library website). View enlargement.

• Above: The original Fisher Library (courtesy, University Archives). View enlargement.

• Above: Later view of the original Fisher Library (courtesy, University Archives). View enlargement.
  The south-west wing of the Quadrangle was completed in 1918 and became part of the Library as the Periodicals Room. It was converted to the Professorial Board Room in 1964. View the Professorial Board Room in 1965

• Above: The first stage of the new Fisher Library building was a five storey undergraduate wing which opened in 1963 (courtesy, Library website). View enlargement.

• Above: A nine storey stack, stage two of the new Fisher Library, under construction in 1966 (courtesy, Library website). View enlargement.

• Above: Fisher Library with stack in May 1967, viewed from top of the Quadrangle Clocktower (courtesy, Library website). View enlargement.

• Above: Fisher Library in July 1971, with the bronze cladding of the stack in progress (courtesy, University Archives). View enlargement.