Historical resources
A selection of resources on the history of the University of New South Wales and its community.
Online archives search
To find information on records held in the Archives - view theÌýOnline Archives SearchÌýor visit ourÌýPhotographsÌýpage for information on the Archives' photographic collections.
UNSW calendars handbook
- Online versions ofÌýÌý(1950 - 2011)
- ¹ó²¹³¦³Ü±ô³Ù²âÌýÌý(1957 - present)
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- Ìý(1968 – 2009)Ìý
Calendars and Handbooks are sources for UNSW course descriptions, staff lists and administrative information about the university. They also contain maps of the campus.
Uniken/ UNSW magazine
All issues of Uniken / UNSW magazine are available for viewing viaÌýÌýandÌý. Print copies can be accessed in the Archives.
Tharunka
- Issues of the student magazine Tharunka are available for viewing viaÌýÌýandÌý. Print copies can be accessed in the Archives.
Online exhibitions
View photographs and information onÌýUNSW Women,Ìýinternational students,Ìýnamed buildings on the Kensington campus, theÌýC. S. (Jim) Smith caricatures,ÌýArchives' posters collection,Ìýdevelopment of the Kensington Campus,Ìýlost features of the Kensington campus, UNSWÌýFoundation Days,Ìýchancellors,Ìývice-chancellorsÌýand former chancellorÌýSir John ClancyÌý.
AnÌýÌýalso provides more examples of images of the UNSW campus during the 1960s.
UNSW's 70th anniversary timeline
In 2019 UNSW Alumni produced aÌýÌýto celebrate the university's 70th anniversary, using many photographs from the Archives' collection.
UNSW's 60th anniversary slideshow
In 2009 UNSW's Media Office produced a slideshow to celebrate the university's 60th anniversary, using many photographs from the Archives' collection.
A pdf of the slideshow can be viewed atÌý60th Anniversary slideshow.
UNSW published histories
Reference material on the university is also available for access in the Archives' Reading Room.
Published histories about UNSW include:
- Cashman, R., Hughes, A. & Zavos, Z. (2005).ÌýÌýThe Pavilion on the Village Green: A History of the University of New South Wales Sports Association.
- Daniels, Eric C. (1988).ÌýÌýA History of the Faculty of Architecture
- Davis, Adela R. (2019). Something Borrowed, Something Blue: 50 Years of New College, UNSW 1969-2019
- Dixon, Marion. (2001).ÌýÌýThirty Up: the story of the UNSW Law School.
- Douglas, J. B. (1996).ÌýÌýA Brief History of the Department of Statistics, the University of New South Wales (1948 - 1983).
- Frame, Tom. (2017).ÌýÌýWidening Minds: The University of New South Wales and the education of Australia's defence leaders.
- Hampton, B., Allen, B. &ÌýLoeffel, R. (2009).ÌýÌýThe History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949 - 2009.
- Hampton, B. (2012).ÌýÌýThe History of the UNSW School of Chemical Engineering 1949 - 2009
- Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).ÌýÌýThe History of the UNSW School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications 1949 - 2009.
- Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).ÌýÌýThe History of the UNSW School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering 1949 - 2009.
- Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).ÌýÌýThe History of the UNSW School of Mining Engineering 1949 - 2009.
- Lawrence, L. J., Ward, C. R., Neef, G. &ÌýRickwood, P. C. (2003).ÌýÌýFifty Plus: A History of Geology at the University of New South Wales 1949 - 2002
- Le Moignan, Mick. (2017).ÌýÌýUNSW: Australia's Global University.
- Loeffel, R. (2007).ÌýÌýThe History of the UNSW School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems 1949 - 2007.
- Luscombe, Desley (ed) (2001).ÌýÌýUNSW Campus: A Guide to its Architecture, Landscape and Public Art.
- McLintock, Rae (1993).ÌýÌýThe Development of the Buildings and Grounds of the University of New South Wales.
- O'Connell, M. (2010).ÌýÌýThe History of the UNSW School of Civil & Environmental Engineering 1949 - 2010.
- O'Farrell, Patrick (1999).ÌýÌýÌýUNSW A Portrait: The University of New South Wales 1949-1999.
- Pfennigwerth, Ian. (2012).ÌýÌý¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ: the first 25 years of the Australian Defence Force Academy.
- The School of Chemistry (1999).ÌýÌýThe School of Chemistry: the University of New South Wales (1879 - 1999).
- Scobie, Claire (2015).ÌýÌýBasser, Philip Baxter and Goldstein: The Kensington Colleges.
- Willis, A. H. (1983).ÌýÌýThe University of New South Wales: The Baxter Years.
- Winton, Ronald (1999).ÌýÌýWith Hand and Mind and Heart: A look back at the first quarter century of the Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales.
UNSW graduate register
- View Student Services'ÌýÌýto search for UNSW graduates from 2000 onwards.
Can you help us?
Assist us in identifying a selection of photographs from the Archives' collectionÌý- visit theÌýCan you help us?Ìýpage
Visit the archives
Arrange a visit to the Archives to conduct in-depth research -ÌýAccessing University Information.
Have a question?
Contact the Records Team onÌý02 9385 2861Ìýor emailÌýrecords@unsw.edu.auÌý/ Contact the Archives Team onÌý02 9385 2906Ìýor emailÌýarchives@unsw.edu.au