Fellows of Senate

Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn KCMG OBE

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

Click on most images for enlargement.


Gallery

A young Charles Bickerton Blackburn with nurses and staff, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 1900-1

A young Charles Bickerton Blackburn (seated, centre) surrounded by nurses and staff of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 1900-1, photo G3_224_0883, University of Sydney Archives.

Charles Bickerton Blackburn in 1924

Charles Bickerton Blackburn, Honorary Physician, photo from the 1924 Sydney Medical School Senior Yearbook, Faculty of Medicine Online Museum.

Charles Bickerton Blackburn in 1933

Charles Bickerton Blackburn, photo from the 1933 Sydney Medical School Yearbook.

Sir Trent de Crespigny, Sir Charles Bickerton  Blackburn and Dr S A Smith, 1947

From left, Sir Trent de Crespigny, Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn and the President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Dr S A Smith) at the conference held in Adelaide in May 1947, photo from 'The Advertiser', 2 May 1947, NLA Newspapers.

Commemoration ceremony, 6 October 1950

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, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

Special Senate meeting, 5 February 1951

From left, Deputy Chancellor the Hon Mr Justice Roper; His Excellency the Governor of NSW, Lieutenant-General Sir John Northcott; Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn (standing); the Chief Justice of NSW, the Hon K W Street; and Emeritus Professor S H Roberts, at the Senate meeting on 5 February 1951 in celebration of the first Senate meeting on 3 February 1851, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University Archives.

The Centenary Oration, 28 August 1952

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 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 NSW, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

Honorary awards 1952

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 as part of the University's Centenary celebrations, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

At the inaugural dinner of the Sydney University Nuclear Research Foundation in 1954

Colonel H E Hovendene (left) talking with Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn and Vice-Chancellor Professor S H Roberts at the inaugural dinner of Sydney University's Nuclear Research Foundation held in the Great Hall in 1954, photo from 'The Australian Women's Weekly', 24 March 1954, NLA Newspapers.

Academic procession

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.

Sir Charles Blackburn, at lunch in the President

Mrs E W Woodward (second from left) and her daughter Judith with Mrs W E Dickson and Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn, at lunch in the President's rooms after the opening of State Parliament by the Governor, Lieut.-General E W Woodward, in September 1947, photo from 'The Australian Women's Weekly', 4 September 1957, NLA Newspapers.

Dr Sue Dorsch talking to Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn 1958

Dr Sue Dorsch talking to Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn after the conferring of degrees on the 233 graduates in Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science in 1958, photo from 'The Australian Women's Weekly', 5 February 1958, NLA Newspapers.

At the State Reception for the Queen Mother, 1958

From left Vice-Chancellor Sir Stephen Roberts, Mrs David Roper, Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn and Mrs Roberts at the State Reception for the Queen Mother in 1958, photo from 'The Australian Women's Weekly', 5 March 1958, NLA Newspapers.

Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn and the Queen Mother

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.

At the inaugural reception of the Post Graduate Medical Foundation in 1959

Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn escorting Lady Woodward, wife of the Governor of NSW, into the Union Refectory for the inaugural reception of the Post Graduate Medical Foundation in 1959, photo from 'The Australian Women's Weekly', 1 April 1959, NLA Newspapers.

Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn

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.