University anniversaries
The University of Sydney's 75th anniversary, 1927
The 75th anniversary of the establishment of the University was celebrated in 1927 and was marked by the establishment of an appeal to graduates and friends of the University for financial assistance.
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75th anniversary program
| 8 July 1927: | The 75th Anniversary Appeal was launched |
| 5 - 9 September 1927: | Exhibition Week at the University |
| "The Tree of Knowledge" - a short film about the University - was shown | |
| 10 September 1927: | The Sports Union University Appeal fete |
| 11 October 1927: | The Anniversary Dinner was held in the Great Hall |
| 1927: | Photographer Harold Cazneaux was commissioned to make a photographic record of the students and buildings |
| 8 - 12 May 1928: | The University pageant and mask |
| 11 October 1928: | The 75th Anniversary Appeal Thanksgiving Dinner |
75th anniversary gallery
1927
75th Appeal flyer by Albert Collins, image 24912326, National Library of Australia.
This photo entitled 'University Appeal' appeared in The Sydney Mail on 6 July 1927, Google News Archive.
Agriculture students testing samples of milk during Exhibition Week, 5 - 9 September 1927, photo, 'Sydney Morning Herald', 6 September 1927, NLA Newspapers
'Guess its weight!' Students from Sancta Sophia College at the Sports Union University Appeal Fete held in 1927, photo, The Sydney Mail, 14 September 1927, Google News Archive.
The Anniversary Dinner held in the Great Hall on 11 October 1927, photo, 'Sydney Morning Herald', 12 October 1927, NLA Newspapers.
1928
Students of the future, from The University of Sydney pageant and mask, 8 to 12 May 1928, photo, The Sydney Mail, 9 May 1928, Google News Archive.
Alathea Solomon BSc as 'Alma Mater' (University of Sydney) in the University of Sydney pageant and mask, photo, The Sydney Mail, 9 May 1928, Google News Archive.
The Clock Tower in the Quadrangle, one of Harold Cazneaux's 1927 photographs of the University of Sydney, photo, University of Sydney Archives.
The Thanksgiving Dinner in the Great Hall on Thursday 11 October 1928, photo, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 October 1928, National Library of Australia.