University anniversaries
Centenary 1950-1952
The Centenary Oration, 28 August 1952
The University of Sydney Centenary celebrations commenced in 1950 and commemorated various important phases in the foundation of the University.
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 New South Wales, in the presence of His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir William McKell.
It was followed at 4.00pm by a Garden Party in the Quadrangle for staff, graduates and friends of the University.
Sydney Morning Herald photos, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives. Click on photos to view an enloargement.
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Greeting the Governor-General
His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir William McKell, was attending the Centenary Oration to be given by The Honourable K W Street. Here he is being welcomed to the University of Sydney by the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn, the Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Steven Wallace and the Deputy Chancellor The Hon Mr Justice Ernest David Roper.
Greeting the Governor-General.
Guard of honour for the Governor-General
The Guard of Honour of the Sydney University Regiment for the Governor-General.
Academic procession to the Great Hall
Parts of the academic procession.
From left: The Deputy Chancellor; the Speaker; the President of the New South Wales University of Technology Wallace Wurth; and the Vice-Chancellor - towards the rear of the academic procession.
From centre: The President of the New South Wales University of Technology and the Vice-Chancellor; followed by the Deputy Chancellor and the Speaker - at the rear of the academic procession.
The Chancellor and the Governor-General, preceded by the Mace-bearer, at the end of the academic procession.
The Chancellor and the Governor-General at the end of the academic procession to the Great Hall.
The Centenary Oration
The Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn's welcome and introduction. Read the Chancellor's welcome.
The Loyal Address to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, read by the Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor Steven Wallace. Read the Loyal Address.
The Royal Greeting in Reply, read by the Governor-General Sir William McKell. Read the Royal Greeting in Reply to the Loyal Address.
The Centenary Oration delivered by The Honourable K W Street, Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of New South Wales. Read the Centenary Oration.
Academic procession from the Great Hall
From right: The officer carrying the Yeoman Bedell's staff (front), the Mace-bearer, the Governor-General and the Chancellor - at the head of the academic procession from the Great Hall.
The Mace-bearer preceding the Governor-General and the Chancellor, followed by the Speaker and the Deputy Chancellor, followed by the Vice-Chancellor and the President of the New South Wales University of Technology.
The academic procession and the seating provided in the Quadrangle, as the ceremony was amplified.
The rear of the academic procession.
Garden Party
The Speaker The Honourable K W Street, Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of New South Wales, with a guest at the Garden Party following the Oration.
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