The University of Otago/Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo, New Zealand’s first university, was founded in 1869 and celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2019. This blog was run by historian Ali Clarke from 2013 to 2017, as she researched and wrote a new history of the university. The book Otago: 150 years of New Zealand’s first university, was published by Otago University Press in December 2018. You can read a little more about the project in this Otago Bulletin article.
From 2018 this blog is being managed by the Hocken Collections and includes contributions from University of Otago history students.
Check out the bibliography page for a list of published books and articles relating to the history of the university, and the memoirs & biographies page for a list of publications about university people.
The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Otago.
About the blog header
The stereograph in the blog header, featuring the university’s iconic gothic revival clocktower building, was photographed by William Williams around 1895. The building was designed by Maxwell Bury and constructed in the late 1870s. Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. Ref: 1/1-025914-G
University of Otago 1869-2019 
Is there any article about Otago Physiotherapy?
Hi Gabriel, I haven’t put anything on this blog yet about physiotherapy, but will do eventually. My plan is to put up at least one story about every school/department of the university, but that will take a while! Luckily I still have 3 more years (part-time) on the project. There’s a great book on the history of the physio school – “In Our Hands” by Louise Shaw. It was published in 2013 to mark 100 years of the school.
Ali
Leading up to the recent Carrington 50 th I wrote up some dot points and thoughts about Carrington.
I dont recall them being used but you are welcome to use them as a blog if you wish.
I will send them to you if you wish.
They were not derogatory.
Hi Lionel, thanks for your kind offer. I’d definitely be interested in seeing what you’ve written! You can contact me at ali.clarke @ otago.ac.nz You may have noticed that Carrington has already featured on the blog – https://otago150years.wordpress.com/2015/06/08/radical-carrington/
I’m loving this blog. Thank you so much. I’m in the “thinking and dreaming” stage of an historical novel set in Victorian Dunedin, and your posts and the Bibliography are a goldmine 🙂
Thanks for that – so glad you’re finding it helpful! All the best with your project 🙂
Hi may I please resin scribe to your Hx pages.
Hi Beryl, autocorrect has done something odd to your comment, so we’re not quite sure what you mean!
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