John Woolley Building (1910)

Figure 12. Courtesy of the University of Sydney Archives, 1910 [G3_224_MF374_0188]. Engineering School - Now Woolley Building. Photograph, https://www.sydney.edu.au/arms/archives/media/me_objects/693.[1]

The next stop on this tour is the John Woolley Building, with the photo taken in 1910 (Fig. 12). The John Woolley Building is named after the first Principal of The University of Sydney.[2] The two-storey John Woolley building was originally an Engineering School and Workshops, constructed in Federation Arts and Crafts style with face brickwork and stone dressings.[3] Interestingly, the clock face originally located on the clock tower of the Main Building was relocated to the south wall of the Woolley building, facing the Teacher’s College.[4]

Today, this building is the current home of literature and linguistics and is known for having the most confusing floorplan out of any building on campus.

     [1] “University Archives Mediabank.”

     [2] Kerr, Attenbrow, Stanborough, Ellsmore, and Marshall,  Appendix A, A39.

     [3] Kerr, Attenbrow, Stanborough, Ellsmore, and Marshall,  Appendix A, A39.

     [4] Kerr, Attenbrow, Stanborough, Ellsmore, and Marshall,  Appendix A, A39.