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The School of Town Planning came into being on 1 July 1971 (File 26695, CN1160 Bx81). The Personnel Sub-Committee of the Executive Committee of Council had recommended on 13.4.1971 H. (i) that the Faculty of Architecture be re-established with separate Schools of Architecture, Building and Town Planning; (ii) that the two latter Schools come into being on the filling of the vacant chairs; and (iii) that the School of Architecture and Building become the School of Architecture on the filling of the Chair of Building. The recommendation was considered by the Executive Committee of Council on 27.4.1971. The recommendation was approved by Council at its meeting on 10 May 1971 (Resolution 71/53) when it appointed Professor John H Shaw as Professor of Town Planning and Head of School thus creating the School of Town Planning. At the meeting of Council on 13th September, 1993, the name of the faculty was changed to the Faculty of the Built Environment (resolution CL93/73g). On 30 October 1995 Council altered the name of the school to the School of Planning & Urban Development (CL95/84). On 25 August 1997 Council disestablished all schools within the Faculty of the Built Environment - including the School of Planning & Urban Development - and created in their place a single School of the Built Environment effective from 31 December 1997 (resolution CL97/66/9c). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 10/05/1971-31/12/1997

This series contains Urbanology of the School of Town Planning. Each newsletter is a typed booklet, which comprises information relating to the School, as well as brief articles on Town Planning. There were no issues released in 1975 and 1977.

This series consists of the booklet leaflet collection of the School of Town Planning / Planning & Urban Development. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder and includes booklets, leaflets, reports and other material as released by the school, including course information and accreditation details.

This series contains the Uninews Newsletter of the School of Town Planning. Each item is a typed booklet, which includes news specifically relating to the School, its staff and students. Uninews replaces Urbanology as the School's newsletter, and the first issue of Uninews includes details of changes that occurred during the interim period.

The Faculty of Architecture was established by Council on 8th May, 1950 (resolution 54). Under Dean F. E. Towndrow the Faculty included just the single School of Architecture and met for the first time on 25th July, 1950. At the meeting of Council on 13th September, 1993, the name of the Faculty was changed to the Faculty of the Built Environment (resolution CL93/73g). The list of Deans below was compiled for an enquiry in 2011. Dates listed as years are approximate only based on Calendars and should be double-checked. 1 July 1950 - 30 June 1963 (on a leave of absence from 3 December 1962) - Professor Frederick Edward Anthony Towndrow 3 December 1962 - 31 December 1963 - Professor John Maxwell Freeland (Acting Dean) 1 January 1964 - 1 September 1972 - Professor Henry Ingham Ashworth 1972 - 1984 - Professor Gareth Roberts 1984 - 1985 - Professor Eric Charles Daniels 8 July 1985 - 11 July 1986 - Professor Richard Clough 1986 - 1995 - Professor Arthur Raymond Toakley 1996 - 2002 - Professor Chung-Tong Wu 2002 - 2008 - Professor Peter Murphy (initially as Acting Dean) 2008 - present - Professor Alec Tzannes Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Architecture & Building (1951 - 1971) / Architecture (1971 - 1997) - 08/05/1950 - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Town Planning (1971 - 1995) / Planning & Urban Development (1995 - 1997) - 10/05/1971 - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Building - 10/05/1971 - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: School of the Built Environment - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Landscape Architecture - 16/01/1978 - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Industrial Arts - 24/07/1978 - 31/12/1980 Subordinate agency: Graduate School of the Built Environment - 24/07/1978 - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Industrial Design - 03/02/1992 - 31/12/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Health Assets Australasia (CHAA) - 01/01/2005 Subordinate agency: City Futures Research Centre (CFRC) - 24/05/2006 Subordinate agency: Building Research Centre - 01/08/1998 - 02/02/1999 Subordinate agency: Australian Centre for Construction Innovation (ACCI) - 02/02/1999 - 19/12/2003 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 08/05/1950-

At its annual meeting in Adelaide in 1955 the Australian Automobile Association passed a resolution calling for active steps to be taken in the training of traffic engineers. The Association also resolved to fund a Chair of Traffic Engineering to a sum of 25,000 pounds through an annual grant of 5,000 pounds for five years at a university to be nominated by the Prime Minister, Robert Menzies. Mr Menzies selected the New South Wales University of Technology as the site for the new program. (SRF - Highway and Traffic, Schools of) On 12 March 1956 Council approved the appointment of W. Ross Blunden, Scientific Adviser to the Australian Military Board, as Foundation Chair of Traffic Engineering. (resolution 687) Professor Blunden commenced his duties on 20 August 1956. He then spent approximately three months at the Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering at the University of California - Berkeley and afterwards visited other universities in the United States as well as traffic agencies and research organisations in Washington DC. He also visited a number of city and state traffic departments and various automobile and traffic control equipment manufacturers. (BRF - Blunden; CN956/30 File: 5601071E) The School of Traffic Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering was approved by Council on 13 May 1957 (resolution 57/64). From the time of its inception the School was primarily postgraduate in character. It defined traffic engineering as the science of measuring traffic and travel, the study of the basic laws relating to traffic generation and flow and the application of this knowledge to the professional practice of planning, designing and operating traffic systems to achieve safe and efficient movement of persons and goods. The School's primary objectives were: (1) The evolution of a basic technical discipline for the phenomena of traffic and travel; (2) The application of this in the whole field of transportation, seeking integrated solutions to transport problems of all kinds. (The University of New South Wales, c.1961: 122) Each year the School offered a full-time course of 14 weeks duration in traffic planning and control. The course also included introductory material on statistics, the theory of traffic behaviour, town planning and road traffic law. By the early 1960s over 90 students had undertaken the course from Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and India. Extension courses were also taught in cities throughout Australia. (The University of New South Wales, c.1961: 122) In 1959 a Master of Technology degree program was introduced for students with undergraduate degrees in engineering or science. It consisted of formal lectures in the theory of statistics, the theory of traffic behaviour, the application and practice of traffic engineering, operational analysis, data reduction, road location and design, town planning, and traffic law. There was also a thesis component which consisted of a specific traffic study. (The University of New South Wales, c.1961: 122) On 13 November 1972 the name of the School was changed to the School of Transportation and Traffic Engineering to broaden the focus of the school. (resolution 72/225; SRF - Highway and Traffic, Schools of) At a meeting on 17 January 1977 Council resolved (resolution 77/4) that the School of Transportation and Traffic Engineering and the School of Highway Engineering would form a new School of Transport and Highways, effective from 25 July 1977. The School as a separate entity thus ceased to exist from this date. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 13/05/1957-25/07/1977

This series contains the Sydney's Integrated Transport Strategy Papers of Emeritus Professor Ross Blunden. The material is typed and consists of a meeting flyer, press release and discussion paper concerning proposals for an integrated transport strategy for Sydney. Emeritus Professor Blunden was at the centre of these deliberations as demonstrated by a flyer advertising a meeting on 1 February 1994 to consider a discussion paper released by the NSW Department of Transport in consultation with the Department of Planning and the Roads and Traffic Authority entitled Sydney's Integrated Transport Strategy. This series contains the Residents of Blacktown and Seven Hills Against Further Traffic Inc. Papers of Emeritus Professor Ross Blunden. Emeritus Professor Blunden provided a note for counsel and appeared before a hearing of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales which was investigating the impact that the widening of Abbott Road, Seven Hills would have on the Blacktown and Seven Hills region. The series consists of the note by Professor Blunden to counsel and the record of the hearing held from 16 - 19 September 1996. ACCESSION0027 converted to SERIES01190, CONSIGNMENT00470

Files containing correspondence and documentation regarding the leases of properties located at 24 Enmore Road, Newtown and 352 South Dowling Street, Paddington. Documents include correspondence relating to a lease dispute between the Student's Association and Donna-May Bollinger regarding the lease of the property at South Dowling Street, including copy of a commercial lease dated 05.12.1992, copies of receipts and invoices from tradespeople relating to the renovation to the aforementioned South Dowling Street property, 1994, correspondence with solicitors and court documentation. Other documents for the Enmore Road property include plans, lease agreement dated 01.02.1995, and correspondence with Marrickville Council and Richardson & Wrench, Newtown. ACCESSION0174 converted to SERIES01804, CONSIGNMENT01692

In 1963 the Faculty of Architecture offered an extension course in Landscape Design for architects, engineers and town planners with the intention that a more comprehensive program would follow. The driving force behind this course was Associate Professor Peter Spooner, a long-standing staff member who in addition to his architectural qualifications held a Graduate Diploma in Landscape Design from the University of Durham. The following year the faculty introduced a part-time postgraduate diploma in Landscape Design. (BRF - Spooner, Peter) On 12 September 1973 the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Committee approved the creation of a Department of Landscape Architecture within the School of Architecture, effective from 1 January 1974. On 8 July 1974 Peter Spooner was appointed as the department's foundation chair. (CN968/11 File: 4601013E) In that year the Department offered for the first time its four year undergraduate degree course in Landscape Architecture. (UNSW Annual Report 1974: 19; Uniken 3 -16 June 1978: 1), a first for an Australian university. (SRF - UNSW - Architecture) On 16 January 1978 Council re-classified the Department of Landscape Architecture as the School of Landscape Architecture with Professor Peter Spooner as Head of School (resolution 78/7 - 26445; Focus 31 May 1978: 1) and the department therefore ceased to exist from this date. Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1974-16/01/1978

This series consists of the subject files of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The material is mainly typed and contained in manilla folders, which are arranged in alphabetical order. The items within this series either originated from, or were recieved by the Office of the Dean of Medicine. Material within this collection is varied; relating to issues, events and organisations affecting the Faculty. The files relate to the 25 Year Anniversary, academic staff, admission of overseas students, Alumni, Animal Breeding and Holding Unit, Australasian Deans of Medicine, awards & prizes, Bankstown Hospital, Benevolent Society, Biomedical Electron Microscope Unit, Carcinogenesis Research Unit, Centre for Continuing Medical Education, Centre for Experimental Neurology, Committee of Inquiry into Medical Education and Medical Workforce, Curriculum Committee, Dean's Advisory Committee, Division of Community Health, Eastern Sydney Area Health Service, Elizabeth Ann Birch Bequest, English Proficiency for Medical Students, Ethics Workshops, Executive Committee, Sheldrake report, Higher Degree Committee, Integrated Clinical Studies Committee, Leura conference/workshop, Liverpool Planning Committee, Medical Undergraduate Education Sub-Committee, Ministerial Taskforce to Review Obstetric Services, National Centre in HIV Social Research, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, new curriculum, Oncology Advisory Committee, Postgraduate Medical Education Workshop, presscuttings, Private Practice Scheme, Professors of Medicine & Surgery Meetings, Public Health Act proposals, Research Advisory Committee, Research Fund Committee, School of Medical Education, the Skin Bank Project, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, teachning hospitals, training of paramedical technicians, Two-Year Regulation Scheme, and accreditation of the undergradutate medical course by the Australian Medical Council. This collection is incomplete.