Online Archives Search

Discover just some of the amazing material held in the Archives.

The Online Archives Search is a limited search of the UNSW Archives' collection - please note that it does not cover everything held by the Archives.

UNSW staff can also search for archival records through the RAMS interface.

A small selection of the Archives' digital photographs are also available for searching and viewing via UNSW Digital Collections.

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    This series consists of subject files of the Sports Association. The material is a combination of typed and handwritten, generally consisting of loose papers maintained within manila folders. The files include topics of Blues Awards, Australian Universities Sports Association, Inter-Varsity, and general files on the administraion of the Association.
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    This series consists of the annual reports of the Sports Association. Each item is a typed, paper-bound volume on the happenings, research and changes in the Sports Association and its sporting clubs throughout the year.
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    This series consists of the booklet leaflet collection of the Sports Association. The material is typed and maintained in a manilla folder and includes booklets, leaflets, reports, newsletters, constitutions, agendas and other material as released by the Association. There are also a couple of items relating to the Australian Universities Games and the Australian Universities Sports Association.
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    This series consists of Blues Dinner Programmes & Menus of the Sports Association / UNSW Sport & Recreation / Arc. Each item is a typed sheet of paper or bundle of pages consisting of the programme and/or menu for the Blues Dinner, including a list of the Blues winners for that year. The numbering on the programmes appears to have been re-started at some time during the 1980s, with the result that there are some programmes classified as being the same number. The Archives' holdings of this series are very incomplete.
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    Agencies Series
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    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
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    This series consists of Sports Club Files of the Sports Association. The material is primarily typed, and is maintained in folders. The files are arranged according to club name in alphabetical order, then chronologically. Some clubs have significantly more material than others, and there are significant gaps in the collection. Most of the material is composed of circulars, correspondence, minutes, programmes and newsletters. There is also often club member list and other administrative material.
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    This series contains minutes of the Executive Committee Meetings of the Sports Association. This item is a handwritten book with signed minutes from meetings. Most of the book is empty and covers only a limited time.
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    One hardcover and two paperback copies of The Pavilion on the Village Green, the history of the UNSW Sports Association by Richard Cashman, Anthony Hughes and Zolton Zavos. The hardcover and one paperback copy are held in the V collection - the second paperback has been placed on the Reading Room shelves. ACCESSION0128 converted to SERIES00310, CONSIGNMENT01685
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    This series consists of photographs of the Sports Association. The photographs are mostly black and white, and depict sporting clubs and teams as well as Blues winners. Many of the images have only minimal description. There are also a small number of images of unidentified construction sites. Negatives and slides are also included in the collection. Over-sized photographs are also included.
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    This series contains the Annual Reports of the Australian Universities Sports Association (AUSA). Each item is a typed booklet which contains an overview of the happenings and financial position of the Association over the preceding year. The Archives' holdings of this series is incomplete.