Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

University of Sydney

First proposed by William Wentworth in 1848 as an expansion of Sydney College, the university was established via the passage of the University of Sydney Act in 1850 and inaugurated in 1852 before moving to Camperdown in 1859. It is the oldest university in Australia.

Milestone
Opened
1852
Incorporated
1990
Position
- 1966
1850
1850 - 1859
1851 - 1854
1852 - 1856
1852 - 1874
1852 - 1877
1854 - 1862
1862 - 1863
1866 - 1873
1867 - 1884
1877 - 1903
1878 - 1895
1880 - 1924
1883 - 1896
1883 - 1901
1883 - 1914
1884 - 1890
1886 - 1898
1887 - 1888
1887 - 1919
1887 - 1920
31 Mar 1887 - 1893
1888 - 1893
1889 - 1898
1889 - 1911
1890 - 1892
1890 - 1895
1891 - 1896
1891 - 1898
1892 - 1899
1892 - 1898
1892 - 1898
1893
1893 - 1896
1896 - 1897
1897 - 1912
1899
1900 - 1937
1901 - 1906
1902 - 1905
1903 - 1906
1903 - 1944
1904 - 1906
1905 - 1911
1906 - 1910
1907 - 1913
1908 - 1925
1908 - 1948
1909 - 1914
1909 - 1931
1912 - 1922
1914 - 1917
1914 - 1921
1918 - 1922
1919 - 1923
1920 - 1926
1920 - 1924
1921 - 1923
1921 - 1924
1921 - 1946
1921 - 1933
1922 - 1951
1923 - 1926
1923 - 1955
1924 - 1960
1925 - 1931
1925 - 1931
1925 - 1932
1925 - 1939
1926 - 1929
1931 - 1935
1932 - 1938
1933 - 1934
1933 - 1935
1936 - 1940
1939 - 1944
1943 - 1946
1948 - 1963
1950 - 1955
1952 - 1955
1954 - 1965
1957 - 1962
1957 - 1967
1959 - 1962
1959 - 1972
1963 - 1980
1964 - 1969
1969 - 1972
1985 - 1990
1992 - 1996
1997 - 2002
Property
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Comprises
Occupied
1859 -
Comprises
1954 -
Owner of
1973 -
Occupied
1975 -
Comprises
1990 -
Relationship
had Patron
had Patron
1885
had Patron
1888
had Patron
1896
Type

University of Sydney

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Legislation to incorporate and endow the University of Sydney was passed in 1850 with the first professors arriving in 1852 followed by a cohort of 24 candidates later that year. In 2016, the university has more than 53,000 students, supported by more than 3,500 academic staff in 16 faculties, and boasts the largest university library in the southern hemisphere.