Week 2: UWS officially begins operations

Monday, 24 March 2014

The University of Western Sydney officially began operations on 1 January 1989.

The University initially was created with two members – UWS Hawkesbury and UWS Nepean. UWS Macarthur was incorporated in late 1989. The University’s motto was “Linked to the Future”.

From the archives

Image gallery

From the Archives this week, we have:

• In the above image gallery, the 1989 Launch Day Ceremonial Spades (AM-262; AM-339)
• Board of Governors - Inaugural meeting minutes (PDF, 1586.99 KB) (opens in a new window)
  
• Ground Breaking Ceremony (Werrington Site) - Speech by NSW Premier The Hon. NF Greiner MP (PDF, 155.6 KB)(opens in a new window) - 23 May 1988 (Al-29591) 
• University of Western Sydney Act 1988 No.90 (PDF, 4274.52 KB)(opens in a new window) (Ref: Al-2965)
• Booklet - UWS A Federated Network, 1989 (PDF, 1878.45 KB)(opens in a new window) (Al-1374)
  

Did you know?

There were two ceremonial spades for the ‘Launch Day’ for the University of Western Sydney held on 1 August 1989. We don’t know why … do you?