University of Sydney

The University of Sydney, established in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia, and it is located in Sydney, the capital city of the state of New South Wales. It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" lobby group and remains one of the country's largest educational institutions. In 2004, the University of Sydney reported an enrolment of 47,296 students and employed 2,451 (full-time equivalent) academics.

Notable faculty

• Basil Hennessy, Emeritus Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology
• Daniel Potts, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology
• Karl Kruszelnicki, Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the School of Physics, and popular science commentator