Archival Photos


The Physics Building


Physics Building Interior P183_1_0007

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Physics Building Interior Stairwell  P183_1_0010.TIF


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Physics Building Exterior, 1927  P183_1_0012.TIF


View of Physics Building from Nicholson Vestibule  P183_1_0015.TIF


Physics Building Exterior and Surrounds  P183_1_0016.TIF


School of Physics Building


School of Physics Building


Lawn Tennis Club Tennis Courts and Playing Fields and Physics Building - Camperdown campus during the COVID-19 pandemic when staff were encouraged to work from home and teaching had moved online.





SILLIAC

Professor Harry Messel and Adolph Basser with Blueprints for the Construction of SILLIAC

Professor Harry Messel and Dr Adolph Basser Celebrating After Dr Basser Received an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree


at STC

Engineer Interpreting a Circuit Diagram for Manufacture at STC



Bringing in SILLIAC Into the Physics Building

Bringing in SILLIAC


Unloading SILLIAC Power Supply Units Outside Physics Building


Delivery of SILLIAC Component Units

SILLIAC Component Chassis

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Brian Swire, Chief Engineer, Inspecting SILLIAC

Brian Swire, Chief Engineer, Inspecting SILLIAC 2


Brian Swire soldering

electronics close up

Installing and Testing the Machine

Visitors Watching the Installation and Testing of the Machine



SILLIAC Unit During Construction

Brian Swire - Construction of SILLIAC

Brian Swire During SILLIAC Construction



Professor Harry Messel During the Early Stages of the Construction of SILLIAC



Building SILLIAC
Peter Aplin During the Early Stages of the Construction of SILLIAC


SILLIAC During the Early Stages of Its Construction
Building SILLIAC 

Installing the SILLIAC Power Supply Units

Installing the SILLIAC Power Supply Units 2

Dr John Blatt and Chief Engineer Brian Swire Discussing SILLIAC


Testing SILLIAC Power Supplies


SILLIAC Testing





CS Wallace Testing SILLIAC's Electronic Circuits


SILLIAC Opening


Dr JM Bennett, Senior Numerical Analyst, Working on SILLIAC





Adolph Basser Computing Laboratory Sign


G Derrick Preparing Instructions for SILLIAC 




Margaret Ford, Research Assistant, with SILLIAC

Research Assistant Margaret Ford Feeding Tape into the SILLIAC Tape Reader





Program Librarian Judith Ogilvie - Preparing Tape for SILLIAC

Program Librarian Judith Ogilvie - Preparing Tape for SILLIAC 2

Program Librarian Judith Ogilvie - Preparing Tape for SILLIAC 3


Brian De Ferranti with SILLIAC Punch Tape Reader




SILLIAC Opening - Professor Harry Practicing NIM


Brian E Swire, Chief Engineer at Adolph Basser Computing Laboratory

CS Wallace Programming SILLIAC 






Tape Preparation Room in the Adolph Basser Computing Laboratory

SILLIAC on Duty




Closing Down SILLIAC

Closing Down SILLIAC





KDF9

KDF9

Student in the Basser Department of Computer Science Third Year Logic Laboratory 
Operator Control of ICL KDF9 in the Basser Computing Centre 

Professor Harry Messel Introducing Speakers at the Cecil and Ida Green Computer Opening



Professor JM Bennett with the Governor-General and Olu Longe at KDF9 Opening KDF9 opening


Governor-General at KDF9 Opening

KDF9 Opening



Professor JM Bennett with the Governor-General and Olu Longe at KDF9 Opening

Dr AG Bromley Testing a Computer  -  Bromley with CRO






Harry Messel - Early Campaigning for the School of Physics

Professor Harry Messel with Mr Playford, Premier of South Australia, in Adelaide


Professor Harry Messel Arriving in Broken Hill with a Rifle


Professor Harry Messel Early - Campaigning for the School of Physics

Professor Harry Messel Early - Campaigning for the School of Physics

Professor Harry Messel Early - Campaigning for the School of Physics

Professor Harry Messel, Major General M Dougherty, Professor R Hanbury Brown and Professor Bart J Bok





Nuclear Research Foundation 

First Annual Meeting of the Nuclear Research Foundation in the Senate Room

Official Opening of the Nuclear Research Foundation Summer School for Science Teachers

Professor Harry Messel Lecturing at the Nuclear Research Foundation's Inaugural Meeting




5th Annual Nuclear Research Foundation Dinner - Prime Minister RG Menzies, James N Kirby and Professors Harry Messel and Sir Mark Oliphant


Prince Philip, Professor Harry Messel and Mr Leonard during a Science Foundation for Physics Dinner in the Great Hall


Ian McCloy and Professors Harry Messel and Hanbury Brown at the Dinner in Honour of Dr Donald F Hornig





International Summer Science School 


Professor Harry Messel with International Science School Scholars at Sydney International Airport




Student Demonstrating to Professor Harry Messel at International Science School for High School Students



Professor Harry Messel's International Science School for High School Students Lecture



Professors Harry Messel and Gus JV Nossal with Summer School Students



Professor Gus JV Nossal Lecturing at Summer School



Professor Harry Messel Lecturing at Summer School






International Science School Audience


Professor Harry Messel Lecturing


Professor Harry Messel Lecturing at Summer School


Professors GM Philip and Harry Messel in Summer School Lecture Theatre


Televising an International Science School for High School Students Lecture

Mr Ray Anderson of the School of Physics Lighting the Gas Jets  G77_1_0247.tif



Student Participation at Summer School


Question Time at Physics Summer School


Nuclear Research Foundation Summer School for High School Students Lecture


Professors Julius Sumner Miller and Harry Messel


Professor RN Bracewell Lecturing at Summer School



Professor Harry Messel, the Australian Ambassador to Japan, Sir Allen Brown and Japanese International Science students


Professor Harry Messel Before Leaving for Hong Kong and Japan



Professor Harry Messel Introducing the 10th Anniversary Science School Lectures


American Ambassador and Professor Harry Messel with LBJ Scholars at the Summer Science School Opening Ceremony



President Johnson and Professor Harry Messel Meet for the Australian-American Science Scholars Presentation


Professor Harry Messel Presenting President Johnson a Science School Book before Meeting the Australian-American




Physics Staff, Students and Visitors


Early Staff Appointments from Imperial College - Photographed for the Sydney Morning Herald


Dr Millar, John Webb and Richard Dowden with Geiger Counter Circuitry


Dr Landecker, Brian O'Brian and Max Brennen with Scintillation Counters



Professor Harry Messel at His Office Desk


Professor Harry Messel Teaching


Professor Harry Messel and Dr Landecker Examining Equipment in Kurt's Lab



Professor Harry Messel Discussing his Work on Shower Theory


Professor Harry Messel with the Three Musketeers JM Blatt, R Schafroth and ST Butler



Professor Harry Messel with Russian Scientists Professors Sedow and Ivanov



Professor Harry Messel with China's Vice-President Li Xiannian



Professor Harry Messel and His Wife, Pip


Professor Harry Messel Photographed by Alex Dessler of Rice University During a Visit to the School of Physics


Physics Staff and Students Cricket Match  1969


Physics Staff and Students Cricket Match  1969



Physics Staff and Students Cricket Match 1969 


Audience Watching the Physics Staff and Students Cricket Match 1969 








BOOKS


Science for High School Students - Book Cover


Professor Harry Messel with Science Textbook



Our Earth Book Cover

The Universe of Time and Space - Book Cover


Brain Mechanisms and the Control of Behaviour - Book Cover


Light and Life in the Universe - Book Cover

Nuclear Research Foundation Summer School Text - Journey Through Space and the Atom


Professor Harry Messel with Book of Lectures








Physics Departments

Plasma Physics Department


Honours Student Marion Taylor Looking at the Super IV Plasma Source for Wave Studies in the Plasma Physics Department






Falkiner Nuclear Department


Air Shower Experiment behind the School of Physics





Radio Astronomy - Mills Cross

Professor Harry Messel at the Mills Cross Telescope



North-South Arm of the Mills Cross Telescope

AG Little, Director of the Molonglo Radio Observatory, at the Mills Cross Telescope Controls


East-West Arm of the Mills Cross Telescope

Professor Mills, Sir Robert Menzies, Congressman Hechler and Professor Harry Messel at the Mills Cross Radio Telescope




Astro Physics - Stellar Intensity Interferometer

Aerial View of the Stellar Intensity Interferometer in Narrabri



Time Exposure of the Narrabri Night Sky Above the Interferometer


Professors EP Ney and Hanbury Brown with the Interferometer in Narrabri


Narrabri Interferometer

Narrabri Interferometer Mirror Units

Stellar Intensity Interferometer Reflectors at Narrabri Observatory




Environmental Physics


A Study of Crocodylus Porosus in Northern Australia - Book Cover

Crocodile with a Tracking Transmitter - Environmental Physics Expedition

The Harry Messel Research Vessel

Launch of The Harry Messel Research Vessel

Professor Harry Messel in Front of The Harry Messel Research Vessel Docked at Darling Harbour


Professor Harry Messel Showing a Crocodile Research Program Solar Powered Transmitter to Students

Crocodile Research - Environmental Physics Expedition

Keith Brockelsky Using a Tracking Receiver to Track a Crocodile

Tracking Device on Crocodile - Environmental Physics Expedition

Crocodile Research - Environmental Physics Expedition - Goyder River, Arnhem Land



Professor Harry Messel and His Wife, Pip, During Visit to Kieta, New Guinea


Crocodile Research - Environmental Physics Expedition

Crocodile Research - Environmental Physics Expedition

Professor Harry Messel with a Crocodile - Environmental Physics Expedition




Solar Energy Research


Saudi Arabian Grant Cheque for Solar Energy Research

Premier Neville Wran and Professor Harry Messel with Saudi Arabian Grant Cheque for Solar Energy Research


Professor Harry Messel

Professor Harry Messel Serves Bacon and Eggs Cooked in Solar-Heated Oil to Premier Neville Wran


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