Some of the honorary degree recipients, including the Right Honourable William Morris Hughes (left), Martin McIlrath, Lieutenant-General Sir Iven Giffard Mackay, The Right Honourable Robert Gordon Menzies, The Right Honourable Sir George Edward Rich and The Honourable Kenneth Whistler Street, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Chairman of the Professorial Board Professor A D Trendall (on left) presenting Robert Stevenson Aitken to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DSc, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Chairman of the Professorial Board Professor A D Trendall (on left) presenting Sir Edward Victor Appleton to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DSc, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Hon John Joseph Cahill being presented to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon LLD, Sydney Morning Herald photos, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor S H Roberts (on left) presenting Sir John Douglas Cockcroft to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DSc, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor S H Roberts (on left) presenting the Right Honourable Herbert Vere Evatt to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DSc, Sydney Morning Herald photos, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

Norman McAlister Gregg being presented to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DSc, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Chairman of the Professorial Board Professor A D Trendall (on left) presenting the Honourable Robert James Heffron to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DLitt, Sydney Morning Herald photos, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Dean of the Faculty of Arts Professor R B Farrell (second from left) presenting Emeritus Professor Ernest Rudolph Holme to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DLitt, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Right Honourable William Morris Hughes being presented to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon LLD, Sydney Morning Herald photos, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Dean of the Faculty of Science Professor T G Room (on left) presenting Essington Lewis to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DSc, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Dean of the Faculty of Science Professor T G Room (on left) presenting Sir Douglas Mawson to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DSc, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Deputy Chancellor the Hon Mr Justice E D Roper (on left) presenting His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir William John McKell to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon LLD, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Vice-Chancellor Emeritus Professor S H Roberts presenting Martin McIlrath to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for an Hon LLD, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Dean of the Faculty of Law Professor K O Shatwell (on left) presenting the Right Honourable Robert Gordon Menzies to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon LLD, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Dean of the Faculty of Science Professor T G Room (on left) presenting the Right Honourable Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon DSc, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Dean of the Faculty of Law Professor K O Shatwell (second from left) presenting the Right Honourable Sir George Edward Rich to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon LLD, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Dean of the Faculty of Law Professor K O Shatwell (second from left) presenting the Honourable Kenneth Whistler Street to the Chancellor Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn for the award of an Hon LLD, Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The academic procession leaving the Great Hall, photo, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 August 1952, National Library of Australia.

The academic procession leaving the Great Hall, Sydney Morning Herald photos, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives.

The Honourable Robert James Heffron on the left and the Honourable John Joseph Cahill on the right, (Sydney Morning Herald photo, copies held by the University of Sydney Archives).