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The School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences was formed by Council on 8 October 2001 within the Faculty of Science effective from 1 January 2002 as a result of the disestablishment of the former schools of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology, as well as the Department of Biotechnology (resolution CL001/84). The first head of school was Professor Peter Little. In 2007 the Head of School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences was Professor Pauline Doran. Subordinate agency: Bioengineering Centre - 01/01/2002 - 31/12/2006 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/2002-

The School of Fibre Science & Technology was created by Council on 9 September 1985 within the Faculty of Applied Science effective 1 January 1986 (resolution 85/96ci). It initially had two departments - textile technology and wool science - with Associate Professor J. P. Kennedy as head of school. On 2 December 1996 Council resolved to later approve timetable and administrative arrangements for the disestablishment of the School of Fibre Science & Technology (resolution CL96/88/4). At Council's 3 February 1997 meeting, it was resolved that this would be effective 1 July 1997 (resolution CL97/5). Subordinate agency: Department of Wool Science (1986 - 1987) / Wool & Animal Science (1988 - 1997) - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Textile Technology - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1986-30/06/1997

The Department of Chemical Engineering dates back to the formation of the university itself on 1 July 1949, as it was one of the departments that had much of its origins in the Sydney Technical College. The first head was Professor J. P. Baxter, who commenced in his position on 16 January 1950. When the first three university faculties were established by Council on 8 May 1950 (resolution 54), Chemical Engineering became one of the first three departments within the Faculty of Science. On 10 September 1951 Council changed the designation of all departments to schools and so the School of Chemical Engineering came into existence (resolution 153). On 14 May 1956 Council created the Faculty of Technology (resolution 761i) and the School of Chemical Engineering was moved into this faculty. On 9 May 1960, Council changed the name of the faculty to the Faculty of Applied Science (resolution 60/55). On 12 November 1979 Council resolved to merge the School of Chemical Technology with the School of Chemical Engineering to form the School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry effective from 1 January 1980 (resolution 79/157). As a result, the School of Chemical Engineering ceased to exist from this date. Subordinate agency: Department of Food Technology - 16/07/1952 - 19/01/1976 Subordinate agency: Department of Fuel Technology - 09/09/1963 - 31/12/1979 Subordinate agency: Department of Biological Process Engineering - 28/02/1968 - 31/12/1979 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1949-31/12/1979

The position of Director was established by the Technical Education & New South Wales University of Technology Act, 1949, which came into effect on 1st July, 1949 (Act No. 11, 1949) and Arthur Denning was first appointed to this post (Council meeting 6th July, 1949, resolution 2). Under part 5 of the University Regulations, it was designated that: 1.The Director shall be the chief executive officer of the Council and shall be specially charged with the duty of promoting the interests and furthering the development of the University. 2.The Director shall, under the Council, subject to the by-law and to any resolution of the Council - a) manage and supervise the administrative, financial and other activities of the University b) consult with and advise the Professorial Board, and all other University Boards, Faculties, Committees, Professors and other Heads of Departments c) exercise supervision over the discipline of the University, with power, in the case of students, to impose penalties in accordance with academic usage for breach of discipline or for misconduct of any kind d) give effect to the by-laws and to any resolution or report passed or adopted by Council e) perform such other duties as may time to time be assigned to him by the Council At first the Directorship was not a full-time position and all administration was run by the Department of Technical Education, which meant that the Director had few staff directly assisting him in the conduct of University business. From 1st January, 1953, however, the position of Director was made full-time (Council meeting 10th November, 1952, resolution 255a), with Professor J. P. Baxter taking up this role (Council meeting 8th December, 1952, resolution 259). On 1st July, 1954 the University was also given its autonomy from the Department, resulting in the creation of the Administration within the University (Council meeting 10th May, 1954, resolution 427-3a). From 4th March, 1955 the position of Director was replaced by that of Vice-Chancellor, under the Technical Education & New South Wales University of Technology (Amendment) Act (No. 8, 1955). It is unclear as to exactly when those staff directly assisting the Vice-Chancellor became known as the Vice-Chancellor's Unit. On 9th May, 1960, however, Council created the position of Administrative Officer, Vice-Chancellor's Unit (resolution 60/34), indicating that the Unit must have been in existence by this point. Following a review of the Central Administration, the Vice-Chancellor's Unit became the Vice-Chancellor's Division from 1st January, 1988. By 1995 this had been altered again to the Office of the Vice-Chancellor. In August, 2004 the Vice-Chancellor was Professor Mark Wainwright, with the Office of the Vice-Chancellor consisting of seven other staff members. The full list of Directors / Vice-Chancellors is: 1949 - 1952: Arthur Denning 1953 - 1969: Philip Baxter 1969 - 1981: Rupert Myers 1981 - 1992: Michael Birt 1992 - 2002: John Niland 2002 - 2004: Wyatt R. Hume 2004 - 2006: Mark Wainwright 2006 - 2015 : Fred Hilmer 2015 - : Ian Jacobs Subordinate agency: University Image Project (1993 - 1994) / Working Party on Image Development (1995) - 18/01/1993 - 31/08/1995 Subordinate agency: Department of Music - 01/07/1966 - 31/12/1982 Subordinate agency: Media Liaison Office - 06/07/1992 - 31/10/1995 Subordinate agency: UTECOM Computing Laboratory (1956 - 1960) / Digital Computing Laboratory (1960 - c.1966) / Computing Centre (c. 1966 - 1972) / Computing Services Unit (1972 - 1985) - 03/07/1972 - 31/03/1985 Subordinate agency: Division of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development and Alumni Affairs) (2002 - 2003) / Division of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Institutional Advancement) (2003 - 2004) - 04/11/2002 - 11/10/2004 Subordinate agency: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Resources & Infrastructure) (2003 - 2004) / (Resources) (2004 - 2006) - 01/09/2003 - 31/08/2006 Subordinate agency: Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) (2000 - 2003) / (Education & Quality Improvement) (2003 - 2006) - 01/02/2000 - 21/08/2006 Subordinate agency: Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research & Development) (1991) / Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Development) (1991 - 1992) / (Research & International) (1992 - 2003) / (Research) (2003 - ) - 14/11/1955 Subordinate agency: Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) (1991) / Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs) (1991 - 2000) / Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Planning & Resources) (2000 - 2001) / (Education & Enterprise) (2001 - 2003) / (International & Education) (2003 - 2004) / (International) (2004) / (International & Development) (2004 - 2006) - 14/11/1955 - 29/09/2006 Subordinate agency: Institute of Administration - 14/03/1960 - 03/12/1962 Subordinate agency: UNSW Art Collection - 01/07/1989 - 31/10/1997 Subordinate agency: Division of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development) - 00/01/1900 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 01/07/1949-

The establishment of the Centre for Remote Sensing was endorsed at the 12 August 1981 meeting of the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee. The main aim of the Centre was to co-ordinate and develop the teaching and research in the multi-disciplinary area of remote sensing. The Centre was jointly administered by the faculties of Applied Science and Engineering and Dr J. A. Richards was appointed as the Centre's first Director. On 5 May 1992 the Academic Board endorsed the renaming of the Centre as the Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. This was approved by the Vice-Chancellor on 22 June 1992 (file 930751-01). At the 2 December 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Applied Science was disestablished effective 1 July 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). As a result, from this date the Centre became a joint centre of the faculties of Engineering and Science and Technology. On 18 June, 2001 Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Science & Technology and create a new single model Faculty of Science effective from 1 July, 2001 (resolution CL001/49). Thus from this date the Centre became a joint centre of the faculties of Engineering and Science. On 21 April 2004 the Pro-Vice-Chancellor wrote to the director of the Centre indicating that the Centre would be disestablished as a UNSW Research Centre, but that the Centre [would] remain listed as a Centre under the 'Other Centres' category for a period of 12 months. Although there were plans for the Centre to become a teaching program centre in association with the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, this does not seem to have eventuated and the Centre appears to have ceased operations by the end of the 12 month period (file 930751-02, http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/crsgis/crsgis.html). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 12/08/1981-?21/04/2005

On 23 March 1995 the Electron Microscopes Management Committee determined that the Biomedical Electron Microscope Unit and the Physical Sciences Electron Microscope Unit would be administratively combined under one director to form a single Electron Microscope Unit. Dr M. R. Dickson was appointed as Director and he reported to the dean of the Faculty of Applied Science (files 932086 and 932111). Due to the changes resulting from the UNSW 2000 process, on 20 December 1996 the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & International) noted that the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering would become the managing dean for the unit effective from 1 February 1997 (file 932111). Although administratively combined, initially the two different sections of the unit remained physically separate, but in September/October 1997 these were merged together in a single location in the Sciences precinct (files 932086 and 932111). At the 14 November 1997 meeting of the Electron Microscope Management Committee, it was determined that the dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology would now act as the managing dean for the unit (file 932086). On 18 Jun, 2001 Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Science & Technology and create a new single model Faculty of Science effective from 1 July, 2001 (resolution CL001/49) and so the dean of the Faculty of Science became the unit's managing dean from this date. On 1 January 2007 the new Analytical Centre was officially opened and the Electron Microscope Unit became a part of this new Centre (http://www.newspaper.unsw.edu.au/archive/07_02_19/text/stories/story2.htm - accessed 3 August 2009). In 2009 the director of the Unit was Professor Paul Munroe. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 23/03/1995-

This series consists of the Chaos Magazines produced to promote science at UNSW. Each issue contains articles about various achievements or events occurring within the faculties / faculty of science. The University Archives' holdings of this series pre-1999 are very incomplete.

The Universities' Surface Analysis Facility was established in 1989 within the Faculty of Applied Science. The surface analysis facility was purchased to be located at the University of New South Wales, with access to all the researchers in the Sydney region from all the Sydney universities. The facility was controlled by a management committee with members drawn from all the participating institutions and at UNSW was administratively controlled by the Faculty of Applied Science (file 892594). At the 2 December, 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Applied Science was disestablished effective 1 July, 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). As a result, from this date the Universities' Surface Analysis Facility was transferred to the newly created Faculty of Science & Technology. On 18 June, 2001 Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Science & Technology and create a new single model Faculty of Science effective from 1 July, 2001 - including the Universities' Surface Analysis Facility (resolution CL001/49). On 1 January 2007 the new University of New South Wales Analytical Centre was officially opened. The Surface Analysis Facility was then moved into this centre within the Solid State and Elemental Analysis Unit (http://www.newspaper.unsw.edu.au/archive/07_02_19/text/stories/story2.htm & http://www.sseau.unsw.edu.au/AboutUs.htm - accessed 16 June 2008). In 2008 the manager of the Surface Analysis Facility was Bill Gong. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1989-

On 8 July 1968 Council approved the creation of the Faculty of Biological Science effective from 1 July 1968 (resolution 68/108). At the same time the Department of Biochemical Engineering was redesignated the School of Biological Technology and became one of the first six schools within the new faculty. On 4 February 1980 Council changed the name of the school to the School of Biotechnology (resolution 80/14). On 9 September 1985 the school was redesignated the Department of Biotechnology and moved to the newly created School of Biological Technologies within the Faculty of Applied Science with effect from 1 January 1986 (resolution 85/96). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1968-31/12/1985

The first chair in geography was created at the 8 March 1965 meeting of Council (resolution 65/25) within the Faculty of Applied Science. At the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee (Personnel) meeting on 12 May 1965, it was determined that the chair would head the School of Geography. On 8 November 1965 J. A. Mabbutt was appointed to this position (resolution 65/164) and so the School of Geography came into being with Professor Mabbutt as its first head. At the 2 December, 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Applied Science was disestablished effective 1 July, 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). On 3 February 1997 Council determined that the School of Geography would be located in the Faculty of Science & Technology from this date (resolution CL97/5). On 18 June, 2001 Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Science & Technology and create a new single model Faculty of Science effective from 1 July, 2001 - including the School of Geography (resolution CL001/49). On 8 October 2001 Council approved the disestablishment of the School of Geography in order to form a School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences effective from 1 January 2002 (resolution CL001/84). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - c. 08/11/1965-31/12/2001