victoria university

Victoria College (now Victoria University of Wellington) was founded in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria’s 60th jubilee. In contrast to the strong physical presence the University has today, the College had no permanent accommodation in its first few years. The founding professors and early students had to make do with rented rooms at the Girls’ High School in Pipitea Street and the Technical School in Victoria Street.

Victoria University students arriving in Molesworth street after a march from the University to Parliament grounds on 1 August 1967. They were protesting against the visit of a two-man American Vietnam mission to New Zealand.