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unusual facts about Sydney University



David Owens

He holds a Masters degree in Leadership & Management from Charles Sturt University, a Diploma of Criminology from Sydney University and a Graduate Certificate of Management from the University of Wollongong.

Jack Verge

He was schooled at The King's School, Parramatta, with his medical studies taken at Sydney University in residence at St Paul's College.

James McAuley

He was educated at Fort Street High School and then attended Sydney University where he majored in English, Latin and philosophy.

Lee Dong-gun

On 20 March 2008, Lee's 19 year old brother, a student at Sydney University, was fatally stabbed in an incident involving two groups of men beneath the World Tower in Sydney, Australia.

Michael Devitt

In addition to his tenured or tenure-track positions, Michael Devitt has held numerous non-tenured positions at the University of Nottingham, Macquarie University, Australian National University, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Michigan, University of Southern California, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Harvard University, and Sydney University’s Women’s College.

Tanya Halesworth

At the same time she was studying for an arts degree at Sydney University and performing in Clare Boothe Luce's The Women at the Independent Theatre.

University of New South Wales Regiment

The University was sensitive at the time to the standing it had in relation to the historic traditions of Sydney University and thus the regiment was founded along the lines of the Sydney University Regiment.

Victor Mishalow

Mishalow graduated from the Sydney University B.A. (1984) with a double major in Musicology and Ethno-musicology, continuing post-graduate studies at the Sydney College of Advanced Education Dip.


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Florence James

She studied at Sydney University from 1923-26 and it was there her friendship with Dymphna Cusack began, later to become a notable collaboration.

Mabel Lee

Lee was a professor of South-East Asian Studies at Sydney University and had already begun translation of the poems of Chinese writer, Yang Lian when she met Gao Xingjian, in Paris in 1991.

Nick Bromley

He competes for the University of Technology, Sydney Northern Suburbs Athletic Club, having previously competed for Sydney University and Sydney Pacific Athletics Clubs.

Robert Gaussen

While studying Arts and Law at Sydney University, Bob Gaussen was elected President of the University of Sydney Union and member of the University of Sydney Senate.

Sandra Nunnerley

As a young adult, she moved to Australia to study architecture at Sydney University; also in Sydney she worked for the art dealer Kym Bonython, who, through his passion for jazz, exposed Nunnerley to the likes of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie, sparking a lifelong love of music.

St Andrew's College, University of Sydney

Every year, the College men compete for a sporting trophy, commonly known as the Rawson Cup, which was presented to the Sydney University Sports Union in 1906 by Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, and is the height of male intercollegiate sport.