New South Wales Universities

Australia New South Wales  Universities

The first university in Australia was established in 1850: The University of Sydney. After World War II, a number of further universities were established in Sydney and regional centres: New South Wales (1949), New England (1954), Macquarie (1963), Newcastle (1965). Although the universities were chartered under state law, by the end of the 1950s the Commonwealth had effectively created a national system. In 1973 the Commonwealth took over funding of universities. In 1988 a number of tertiary institutions were elevated to the status of university but accompanied by a programme of amalgamations. Some of the amalgamations failed leading to further restructuring of the sector in 1993.

The University of Sydney

 * Alumni search for graduates of the University of Sydney from 1857 to 1980.
 * University of Sydney Archives

The University of New South Wales
Formed as the New South Wales University of Technology (1949) it was renamed The University of New South Wales in 1958 as it evolved from a science and technology university into a generalist one.


 * University of New South Wales Archives

UNE: University of New England
Began in 1938 as the New England University College, University of Sydney at Armidale. From 1954, established as the University of New England. In 1989, joined with campuses of certain colleges to form a "network" which was later dissolved so as to return the university to its former status.


 * Alumni search
 * UNE and Regional Archives holds archives of the university but also a rich collection of records relating to the New England region.

Macquarie University
Established as a third university for Sydney in 1964.


 * Records and Archives Services

The University of Newcastle Australia
Began life in 1951 as the Newcastle University College of the then University of Technology New South Wales, now University of New South Wales. Incorporated at the University of Newcastle from 1965.

Cultural Collections incorporating the University Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections. In addition to being the repository for the university archives, it hosts a large collection of materials from Newcastle and the Hunter Valley region of interest to family and local historians.


 * University of Wollongong Archives
 * Charles Sturt University Archives