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Can you help us identify two caricatures?

From the 1950s until 1973 C. S. (Jim) Smith worked as a custodian/electrician at the university.  During this time he drew a large number of sketches of university employees, mainly men who were employed in the various sections of the Property Department, but also some who worked in the university administration.  The sketches were all drawn before his retirement, so they generally consist of men who were employed at the university in the 1950s and 1960s.

The caricatures are all on display in the C. S. (Jim) Smith Caricatures Exhibition.  Unfortunately, two of the caricatures, displayed below, have not been fully identified.  

Can you help us by providing the names of the men depicted in the caricatures?  The gardener on the left is known only as Luis, while we do not have any details about the carpenter on the right.

Can you help us identify the 1960 School of Accountancy graduates?

On Wednesday 27th April, 1960 the Faculties of Commerce and Engineering held a joint graduation ceremony. At the ceremony, six men graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the School of Accountancy - Raymond George Bell, Reginald Joseph Berntsen, Barry John Farrell, Donald Maurice Middleton, Graham Leslie Phillis and Phillip Steven Rowe. 

The following photograph was taken of the six graduates with their testamurs.  Phillip Steven Rowe is the second from the left. Can you help us match any of the other graduates' names to their faces? 

"Cob & mates"

Dr Cobden Parkes (1892 - 1978) was a former mace-bearer of the university and, as the NSW Government Architect from 1935 - 1958, assisted in the design of the early Kensington campus.  He was awarded an honorary doctorate of science by the university on 19 April, 1958.

Dr Parkes is pictured below during his time as a soldier in World War I.  He enlisted on 27 August, 1914 and left Australia on 18 October, 1914, where he served overseas in the 1st Battalion AIF for 14 months and was part of the 25 April, 1915 advance on Gallipoli.  Initially a Private, in June 19

A Noteworthy Occasion

In June, 2004 it has been 40 years since the U Committee arranged its first major fund raising event: the U Ball. The Committee, a group of friends of the University, was originally established in 1963 to organise the U Ball to raise money to contribute to a fund for two International Houses to be built, one at the University of New South Wales and the other at the University of Sydney. Now over 40 years later the U Committee is still going strong and since its inception has raised over $2,000,000 for many projects and activities on campus that otherwise may not have been funded.

The aim of the first U Ball was not only to raise money but also to attract favourable attention to the university. Altogether nine balls were held over thirteen years. Throughout the sixties the balls were held with some pomp and ceremony. They began with a guard of honour and ceremonial music before the official guests arrived and debutantes were presented.

The University Archives holds a photograph taken at the ball in 1967. On the right is the Chancellor Sir John Clancy with Lady Clancy to his right greeting an official guest. Can you help us identify the remaining guests?

Can you help us identify who is who in this photograph of the first meeting of the Faculty of Technology in the Conference Room, Main Building Kensington, in 1956?

Seated in the front row of the photograph we have identified from left to right F. H. Reuter, M. Chaikin, J. P. Baxter, C. J. Milner, G. L. Macauley(?), D. W. Phillips, ?, R. H. Myers; but who are the others?