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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 at the opening of the Queen Elizabeth II Research Institute for Mothers and Babies in 1958, photo, courtesy University of Sydney Archives.

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.

