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1869: The Year that Was
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Special Collections, University of Otago
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September 2019
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Curated by Romilly Smith and Dr Donald Kerr, University of Otago Special Collections, Hocken Library
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On 3 June <strong>1869</strong>, the University of Otago Ordinance <strong>1869</strong> became law. This meant that the newly established University became a corporate body with power to grant degrees. This was a significant first for New Zealand. Two years later, with a building secured, and three professors appointed, classes began. The first class was on 10 July 1871, with 81 students enrolled. The University of Otago’s rich history continues today. Its establishment and legacy form part of this exhibition <em><strong>1869</strong>: The Year That Was</em>.<br /><br />Of course, other events occurred in<strong> 1869</strong>, forming a then unwritten but much wider history. While the University Council were debating the administrational matters necessary to make the newly formed educational institution work, events were occurring on a local and international level. Each had their own particular impact. Some of the events of <strong>1869</strong> that feature in the exhibition include the formation of the Otago Institute; the first Fine Arts Exhibition in New Zealand; the first ‘Royal’ visit to New Zealand; the introduction of the New Zealand Cross; the births of Rasputin, Emma Goldman, and Gandhi; the opening of the Suez Canal; and the formation of Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev’s periodic table. Tolstoy’s <em>War and Peace</em> was published in 1869, as was Louisa May Alcott’s <em>Little Women</em>.<br /> Please enjoy <em><strong>1869</strong>, The Year That Was.</em>
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Reproduction photograph of Thomas Adamson and Wiremu Mutu Mutu
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Batt & Richards
Date
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c. 1874
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Hocken Pictorial Collection, P1971-005/1-012c
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Photographic prints
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Unpublished
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This staged photograph is of Wiremu Mutu Mutu and Thomas Adamson, holding a hatchet. According to James Cowan in his Hero Stories of New Zealand (1935), ‘Tom Adamson won the New Zealand Cross for his daring scouting work in the bush between the Waitotara and the back country of Wairoa (now Waverley), in <strong>1869</strong>.’ Some of the other New Zealand Cross recipients include Constable Henare Kepa te Ahururu, 1st Division, Armed Constabulary, Moturoa (1868); Dr Isaac Earl Featherston, Native Contingent, Otapawa Pa (1866); Sergeant Richard Shepherd, Armed Constabulary, Otauto (<strong>1869</strong>); and Major Ropata Wahawaha, Native Contingent, Ngatapa (<strong>1869</strong>).