Below is a selection of resources on the history of the University of New South Wales and its community.

• For more information on records held in the Archives or to conduct in-depth research - visit the Archival Collections page or contact the Archives.


• For a brief synopsis of the history of UNSW -
  go to http://www.unsw.edu.au/about/pad/history.html


• 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 at 60th Anniversary slideshow.


• For lists of UNSW emeriti and emeriti in memoriam -
  go to http://www.unsw.edu.au/about/pad/emeritus.html


• To view photographs and information on international students, named buildings on the Kensington campus, the C. S. (Jim) Smith caricatures, Archives' posters collection, development of the Kensington Campus, UNSW Foundation Days, chancellors, vice-chancellors and former chancellor Sir John Clancy - visit the on-line exhibitions page.


• To assist us in identifying a selection of photographs from the Archives' collection
  - visit the Can you help us? page.

Reference material on the university is also available for access in the Archives' Reading Room. Among these are published histories about UNSW which include:

• Cashman, R., Hughes, A. & Zavos, Z. (2005).  The Pavilion on the Village Green: A History of the University of New South Wales Sports Association.


• Daniels, Eric C. (1988).  A History of the Faculty of Architecture.


• Dixon, Marion. (2001).  Thirty Up: the story of the UNSW Law School.


• Douglas, J. B. (1996).  A Brief History of the Department of Statistics, the University of New South Wales (1948 - 1983).


• Hampton, B., Allen, B. & Loeffel, R. (2009).  The History of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering 1949 - 2009.


• Hampton, B. (2012).  The History of the UNSW School of Chemical Engineering 1949 - 2009.


• Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).  The History of the UNSW School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications 1949 - 2009.


• Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).  The History of the UNSW School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering 1949 - 2009.


• Hampton, B. & Allen, B. (2010).  The History of the UNSW School of Mining Engineering 1949 - 2009.


• Lawrence, L. J., Ward, C. R., Neef, G. & Rickwood, P. C. (2003).  Fifty Plus: A History of Geology at the University of New South Wales 1949 - 2002.


• Loeffel, R. (2007).  The History of the UNSW School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems 1949 - 2007.


• Luscombe, Desley (ed) (2001).  UNSW Campus: A Guide to its Architecture, Landscape and Public Art.


• O'Connell, M. (2010).  The History of the UNSW School of Civil & Environmental Engineering 1949 - 2010.


• O'Farrell, Patrick (1999).   UNSW A Portrait: The University of New South Wales 1949-1999.


• The School of Chemistry (1999).  The School of Chemistry: the University of New South Wales (1879 - 1999).


• Willis, A. H. (1983).  The University of New South Wales: The Baxter Years.


• Winton, Ronald (1999).  With Hand and Mind and Heart: A look back at the first quarter century of the Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales.