On March 7th, 2014; the University of Sydney descended into a rebel state.

It was to become the first of about five planned protests that year, that would gradually grow in violence, disturbance, police presence and media reportage.

The crowd of angry demonstrators grew with each scheduled rally, until they could no longer be contained on University property but instead flooded the streets of Sydney CBD.

The protests were a response to the University’s proposed cuts to class funding and the systematic forced redundancy of the institution’s best loved teaching staff.

In early 2014, tensions again rose when the Abott Government announced its proposed budget cuts to Universities, which led to the attack on Foreign Minister Julie Bishop when she visited in May.

I covered the first protest as a photo journalist for Honi Soit.

View my gallery of the University of Sydney Darlington/Camperdown campus here.