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Students then and now
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Then

Students performed Aeschylus’ play 'Agamemnon' in the Great Hall in 1886, with male students playing all parts, photo, University of Sydney Archives.

A group of women students in academic dress in 1900, photo G3_224_0328, University of Sydney Archives.

A fictitious garden party at the University illustrating a satirical contribution to Hermes in 1905 (Volume 11, Number 4. New Issue. Sydney, August 16, 1905).

A group of students in 1910 on the steps of Macleay Museum, photo G3_224_0998, University of Sydney Archives.

Students entering the Great Hall in 1917 for exams, photo G3_224_0894, University of Sydney Archives.

University of Sydney undergraduates at Manly Beach in 1919, photo G3/224/1292, University of Sydney Archives.

Three generation sof Myer's family graduates 1928, photo G3_224_0886, University of Sydney Archives.

The trial of Professor Wallace, Court of Injustice, held on Commemoration Day, published in Blackacre Journal of the Sydney University Law Society, Volume 4, Number 1, June 1928, photo, Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney Library.

Student Voluntary Training Corps marching in 1940, photo G3_224_0931, University of Sydney Archives.

Students in the Reading Room of Fisher Library, now Maclaurin Hall, in the 1950s before the Library moved to its current location in 1963, photo (G3/224/1723.2), University of Sydney Archives.

Students in the original Fisher Library, now MacLaurin Hall, Quadrangle, before the Library moved to its current location in 1963, photo, Library website.

Practical classes in Physiology in Physics 1 Laboratory in 1960, photo G3_224_0856_1, University of Sydney Archives.

Orientation week in 1970 - official welcome to students, photo G3_224_0153_2, University of Sydney Archives.

Economics honours students with Dr Houghton (back left) and Professor Rutherford (centre back) in 1970, photo G3_224_2101, University of Sydney Archives.

Stduents in Science Road during Orientation week in 1971, photo G3_224_1177_3, University of Sydney Archives.

Enrolling first year students in the Great Hall in 1974, photo G3_224_0583, University of Sydney Archives.

Students in the new Fisher Library in 1985 using the then card catalogue, photo, Library website.

The Chancellor Sir James Rowland (centre front) in March 1990 with the first holders of the Diploma in Aboriginal Assistants Education pictured after their graduation with Lady Black (centre back), and Professor John Cleverley (back right), Pro Dean of the (then) Faculty of Education, photo, University of Sydney Archives.
Now

Students and staff of the Department of Classics and Ancient History performed Aristophanes’ comic masterpiece 'Frogs' in Classical Greek, with English subtitles, in the Nicholson Museum in early 2011, photo, Sydney University Museums News, issue 23, February 2011.

A group of Indigenous health workers from across Australia flew to Sydney to accept their Graduate Diplomas in Indigenous Health Promotion on 13 May 2011, photo, 'Universiyt of Sydney News' ... more.

















