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In just 50 years the university has grown from a technical college with five full-time students to become an important part of the Hunter community, and a world leader in many specialist fields.

The fight to realise a dream

 Doug Chapman at what is now Tighes Hill TAFE, where he graduated as the first civil engineer of the campus, then Newcastle University College. Picture: Peter Stoop

DOUG CHAPMAN was one of five full-time students who enrolled in the university’s first year in 1952.

In the beginning

Professor David Maddison, Sue James and John Birch outside the original faculty of medicine.

THE CAMPAIGN to establish a medical school in Newcastle began more than a quarter of a century before its first intake of students arrived in 1978.

Serving up the best medicine

The first building at Callaghan, the McMullen building, which housed arts, economics, commerce and science.

THEY MAY have been witnessing history in the making but the first students at the University of Newcastle’s Callaghan campus still had to eat.

Bush tucker proved food for thought

"They saw it as a power struggle to maintain what they had": Greg Preston. Picture: Marina Neil

FOR SOME it was a forced marriage, for others  the amalgamation between the University of Newcastle and the Hunter Institute of Higher Education was a logical match

Best of both worlds

THE CENTRAL COAST was always going to be a logical fit for the University of Newcastle to expand its footprint in the late 1980s.

Spreading the wings

University of Newcastle graduates celebratory march in downtown Newcastle. 

Marching to the tune of Waltzing Matilda a parade of more than 270 graduating students, academics and community members marked University of Newcastle’s fiftieth anniversary in the city centre on Thursday.

University of Newcastle marches on

Students take part in Autonomy Day celebrations during the 1960s.

THE University of Newcastle’s 50-year celebrations reach another milestone on Thursday with a street parade through the city.

University celebrates 50 years of autonomy

The place is proudly and essentially Hunter, writes Bronwyn McDonald.

OPINION: Newcastle university a  unique place

Collaboration between Professor Kevin Galvin and a commercial partner makes its mark in seven countries.

Award-winning industrial machine goes global

Since 2007 the Girl's Choices Summer School has been inspiring young women in high school to pursue a career in the fields of maths and science.

Making science a choice for young women

Professor David Maddison has been credited with the introduction of a radical approach to the traditional pedagogy of the discipline of medicine.

A better breed of medicos

Current Wollotuka directors, left to right, John Maynard, Peter O’Mara, Peter Radoll and Leanne Holt.

THE POWERHOUSE of the 21st Century global economy is keen to learn from the planet’s oldest surviving culture.

Strength of community

 Indigenous students Nathan West and Jessica Buck, who are studying at Oxford University.

ACCESS TO THE highest quality university education for people with talent and ability flows through Newcastle like the Hunter River.

Equity and excellence

"The best thing was that I got to see the world": Chris Tola. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

Chris Tola, Professor Godfrey Tanner, Dr Edward Bridle and Dr Bernie Curran share their stories.

Characters and tall tales

Dr Nikola Bowden, Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Genetics) 2006, Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Honours) 2001.

Graduate: Dr Nikola Bowden

“Students have traditionally been a vocal voice in society. – Former student, Dick Brugman. Picture: Simone De Peak

THE ROOTS OF activism run deep in Newcastle, with the university and its students a key part of a long history of Novocastrians willing to stand up for what they believe in.

Finding their voice

"In 1991 he was selected to tour Argentina with the NSW team": Anthony Ekert.

ANTHONY Ekert enjoyed a decorated rugby union career while studying at the university.

Rugby Union: Anthony Ekert

Heath Francis competed in 2000, 2004 and 2008
Paralympic Games.

HEATH Francis retired in 2010 as a three-time Paralympian with a host of records to his name.

Athletics: Heath Francis

WHEN Martin Kelly won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester it represented the high point of a judo career spanning more than two decades.

Judo: Martin Kelly

Glasgow July 30: Sophie Stanwell after competing in the Women's Heptathlon 800 metres at Hampden Park.

HEPTATHLON THE 2013 University of Newcastle Sportsperson of the Year, Sophie Stanwell, has already hit some major highs in her career as a heptathlete.

Heptathlon: Sophie Stanwell

CAROLYN Connors studied a science degree at the university in the early 1980s, with her academic achievements accompanied by numerous medals from multiple swimming events across the world.

Swimming: Carolyn Connors

Committed to rugby league: Robbie Rochow.

A TWO-TIME NRL Academic Team of the Year member, Robbie Rochow returned to his junior club the Newcastle Knights in 2012 after three seasons at the Melbourne Storm.

Rugby League: Robbie Rochow

 An artist's impression of the new city campus and its interior.

FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS IN 2015 ALONG WITH THEIR TEACHERS will flip to celebrate the university’s 50th birthday.

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