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Centenary of the First Russell EndowmentPrint Page 
Location
| Address: | Russell Place , Entrance of John Wooley Building, Camperdown, 2050 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.885776 Long: 151.186589 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Culture |
| Sub-Theme: | Community |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1896 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1996 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 20th September, 1996 |
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This building was completed on 20 September 1909 as the Peter Nicol Russell School of Engineering
Engineering education began in the University in 1883. The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1920, and transferred to Darlington 1962 - 1975.
Sir Peter Nicol Russell was the proprietor of the first major engineering works in Sydney 1842 - 1875. He endowed engineering education in the university by a gift of £50,000 in 1896, following by a like endowment in 1904, with the condition that the Government provide a further £25,000 for a building. This was that building.
This plaque erected by the Sydney University Engineering Alumni
20 September 1996
To commemorate the centenary of the first Russell Endowment.
