Corporate Body

The University of New South Wales (1958 - )

From
1958
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Functions
Education and University
Website
http://www.unsw.edu.au
Location
Sydney, New South Wales

Summary

Although it has only operated under the name of the University of New South Wales since 1958, the University was first established by an Act of Parliament in 1949, and originally known as the New South Wales University of Technology. After more than fifty years of operation, the University is attended by around 32,791 students.

Timeline

 1949 - 1958 New South Wales University of Technology
       1958 - The University of New South Wales

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Published resources

Books

  • Deane, John, UTECOM, a Turing Engine for UNSW (Eastwood (N.S.W.): Australian Computer Museum Society Inc., 2006), 52 pp. Details
  • Lawrence, L. J. et al., Fifty Plus: a History of Geology at the University of New South Wales, 1949-2002 (Sydney: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, 2003), 88 pp. Details
  • O'Farrell, Patrick, UNSW, a portrait: the University of New South Wales, 1949 - 1999 (Sydney: UNSW Press, 1999), 307 pp. Details
  • Southwell-Keely, Peter, The School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (Clovelly West, N.S.W.: Megacity Design for the School Of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, 2020), 167 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'The New Medical School of the University of New South Wales', Medical Journal of Australia (1961), 182-183. Details
  • Alerdice, D.S.; Craven, B.R., 'The Museum of the History of Science at UNSW', Chemistry in Australia (1999), 33-36. Details
  • Barber, Michael, 'The UNSW Cadets: pioneers at the birth of a new university', Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 158 (1) (2025), 32-49, https://www.royalsoc.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/158-1-04Barber.pdf. Details
  • Corkish, Richard, 'The genesis of the first specialist PV Bachelor of Engineering program: the educational legacy of Stuart Ross Wenham', Progress in photovoltaics: research and applications, 29 (11) (2021), 1149-57, https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.3183. Details
  • Green, Martin A., 'Forty years of photovoltaic research at UNSW', Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 148 (455/6) (2015), 2-14. Details
  • Morrison, F. R., 'Scientific Societies in Australia: a Brief Outline of the Founding and Development of the University of New South Wales Chemical Society', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, 27 (1960), 251-259. Details

Resources

See also

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