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Colin Lau's photograph of the University 4

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A scanned copy of a photograph belonging to University of Canterbury alumnus Colin Lau. Colin describes the photograph as follows: "The entrance to the University School of Engineering (1970)".

1981 - Day of Shame Photograph

A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting a line of police officers at a protest against the Springbok Tour in 1981. The photograph was taken on the National Day of Shame, 22 July 1981.

Mike Gibbs's photograph of the 2002 Tequila challenge

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A photograph described by University of Canterbury alumnus Mike Gibbs as follows: "Pete Martin serving Tequila to students on the grassed area outside the amphitheatre (on UCSA grounds) at the tequila challenge 2002 for the Guinness Book of Records. After a long day (even if it is at lunch time) students will drink anything that's free".

Cover page of David Lockwood's MSc thesis, The Action of a Sound Field on …

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A scanned copy of the cover page of a theis written by David Lockwood for an MSc in Physics at the University of Canterbury. The thesis is titled "The Action of a Sound Field on Colloids" and was submitted in 1964.

Photograph of Hall of Residents Students and Staff

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A scanned copy of a black and white photograph of women from a University of Canterbury hall of residence in the 1950s. The photograph was sourced from archives held at the Macmillan Brown Library.

Ilam Fields

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A photograph of four UCSA Exec members hosting a barbecue on Ilam Fields in September 2016.

2012 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 1

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A photograph of a band playing to a crowd of students at the end-of-year Tea Party event of 2012.

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 9

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A photograph of a band playing to a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

Photograph of New Zealand's first laser

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A scanned copy of a black and white photograph of the He-Ne Continuous Gas Laser used in David Lockwood's MSc research at the University of Canterbury. David says, "The experiments in the Thesis were aimed at examining the effects of sound waves on colloids, which are very small particles that are found in clays for example (for more details see page 181 of http://www.cap.ca/PiC-PaC/static/downloads/1efdc1f3784b85c1a1b33e396b91ee8aef2072c5.pdf ). In fact, I was looking at nanoparticles of matter, which preceded the emergence of nanotechnology as a field of research by more than two decades. I needed a suitable light source to probe the alignment of the nanoparticles in the ultrasonic sound field. At that time the laser had just been invented and I realized that this was the ideal light source for my experiment. I then proceeded to construct the first home-built laser in New Zealand. This laser - a He-Ne continuous-wave gas laser - operated at 632.8 nm (in the red). This laser, over a metre long, is shown in the black-and-white photo. There were lot of problems to be overcome, but eventually, with invaluable help from Dr. Tom Seed (my MSc supervisor) and Dr. Rod Syme, I had it working".

Cover page of David Lockwood's PhD thesis, Solid State Studies: Raman Spec…

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A scanned copy of the cover page of a thesis written by David Lockwood for a PhD in Physics at the University of Canterbury. The thesis is titled "Solid State Studies: Raman Spectroscopy and the Lattice Vibrations of CdCl2 and CdBr2" and was submitted in 1969.

Colin Lau's photograph of the University 1

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A scanned copy of a black and white photograph belonging to University of Canterbury alumnus Colin Lau. Colin describes the photograph as follows: "A view from UCSA towards the (right side of our) Science Building. I am not sure what that target white building behind the lamp standard is. I still remember that little wooden bridge we walked across to the UCSA building & that meandering creek or stream that flows beneath it".

2008 UCSA Tea Party Photograph 8

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A photograph of a band playing to a crowd of students outside the UCSA building during the 2008 end-of-year Tea Party event.

Five thousand attend vigil in London for quake victim

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About five thousand people have attended a vigil in memory of the victims of the Christchurch earthquake at London's Westminster Cathedral.