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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

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

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

Community

● Celebrating 50&nbsp;years: Read more&nbsp;

1951: The opening of Newcastle University College, in the grounds of Tighes Hill Technical College, on December 3, 1951, marks the beginning of university education in Newcastle. 

1951: The academic procession before the official opening of Newcastle University College, Tighes Hill.

Late 1950s:  The Chancellor of the University of New South Wales Mt Wurth, standing, awards technology degrees, and the Chancellor of the University of New England (Sir Earle Page, second from left) awards Arts degrees.

Early 1960s: Newcastle University Establishment Group inspects the proposed site for the University of Newcastle.

1965: Celebrating the university's emergence as an autonomous institution on Autonomy Day.

1966: The mace, a gift from the University of New South Wales, was designed and made by Gerald Benney and given to the university when it became autonomous.

1968: Newcastle University Library and Macquarie University Library Staff during their visit to the newly opened Auchmuty Library. From left, Bert Cornelius, Joan Murray, Barrie Mitcheson, Barry Scott, Mollie Thompson, Connie King, Ted Flowers, Barbara Troy.

1969: Getting the construction on the way.

1960s: The building's structure takes shape.

1969: Construction of the Teacher's College at Waratah West.

● <a href="http://www.theherald.com.au/community/newcastle-university-50th-anniversary/">Celebrating 50&nbsp;years: Read more&nbsp;</a>

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PHOTOS: Construction, pomp and ceremonies - the images that capture the university's early days.

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