Events In History
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27 August 1904Foundation stone for Victoria University’s first building laidVictoria College (now Victoria University of Wellington) was founded in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee. Until the opening of the Kelburn building in 1906, classes were taught in rented rooms. Read more...
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22 March 1902George von Zedlitz arrives in WellingtonVictoria College’s first professor of modern languages joined the fledgling institution’s four foundation professors. Read more...
Biographies
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Stout, Robert
The careers of Sir Robert Stout and Sir Julius Vogel were so closely intertwined that Stout’s governments are usually referred to as Stout-Vogel ministries. Both men started their public lives in Otago and followed similar policies.
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Main image: Old Departmental Buildings, Wellington
The old Departmental Buildings were photographed from Parliament grounds in 1955. The building survived plans for demolition in 1908, and today it serves as the Victoria University Law School.
