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The first 100 years

Take a look at the transformation UQ has gone through during our first century.

Special thanks to the Fryer Library and the Queensland State Library for supplying some of the images. For full image details and attributions, go to UQ Centenary on Flickr.

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St Lucia campus, today

Since the iconic Forgan Smith Building was completed at St Lucia in 1939, there has been been great change in the facilities and infrastructure on campus.

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Dust storm at the St Lucia campus

On 23 September 2009, the St Lucia campus (like most of the Australian eastern seaboard) was swamped in dust. We wonder if there was anything else like it in our first 100 years?

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1974 Floods

In 1974, UQ's St Lucia campus was not exempt from the distruction caused by the worst floods the state had seen since 1893.

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Jacaranda and Sandstone

Most UQ Alumni who studied at St Lucia would recall the Jacaranda trees against a sandstone backdrop. Every year in September, the campus is under a blanket of purple. And the story on campus is that when these flowers blossom, students know it is serious study time as exams are just around the corner.

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