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Hampden–Sydney College (H-SC) is a private liberal arts men's college in Hampden Sydney, Virginia.. Founded in 1775, Hampden–Sydney is the oldest privately chartered college in the Southern United States, the tenth-oldest college in the US, the last college founded before the American Declaration of Independence, and the oldest of the four-year, all-male liberal arts colleges remaining in ...
The University of Sydney as viewed from Parramatta Road in the early 1870s. The Sydney University Regiment forming a guard of honour for the visit of the Duke of York (later George VI) to the university in 1927. In 1848, William Wentworth, a University of Cambridge alumnus, and Sir Charles Nicholson, a University of Edinburgh Medical School ...
First Australian medical school established at Sydney University. 1857 Wreck of Dunbar at The Gap kills 121. Fitzroy Dock dry dock completed on Cockatoo Island Dockyard. St Vincent's Hospital founded by Sisters of Charity. St John's College, Sydney University founded. Construction of Fort Denison completed. Australian Museum opened to the ...
The American College for Girls, initially known as The Home School, is opened in Constantinople to educate women as professional teachers for girls' schools; the profession of teacher becomes accessible for women and education accessible to girls. [140] Netherlands Aletta Jacobs becomes the first woman to be accepted at the University of Groningen.
The history of the city began with the arrival of a First Fleet of British ships in 1788 and the foundation of a penal colony by Great Britain. From 1788 to 1900 Sydney was the capital of the British colony of New South Wales. The town of Sydney was declared a city in 1842, and a local government was established.
Roger Vaughan – rector of St John's College, University of Sydney – 1874–1877; later archbishop of Sydney. George Winterton – Professor of Constitutional Law. Dinesh Wadiwel – senior lecturer in Human Rights and Socio-Legal Studies. Fiona A. White – professor of social psychology.
The History of Australia (1851–1900) refers to the history of the people of the Australian continent during the 50-year period which preceded the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The gold rushes of the 1850s led to high immigration and a booming economy. Increasing prosperity and the growing number of free settlers and ...
1974–1977 Women's Art Movement groups founded in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. 1974 Exhibition: A Room of One's Own: Three Women Artists Ewing Gallery, University of Melbourne, co-curated by Kiffy Rubbo, Lynne Cooke and Janine Burke. Artists: Lesley Dumbrell, Julie Irving, Ann Newmarch.