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First Church from the corner of Moray Pl and Princes St, date unknown. Then as now acitylandmark, “First” Church is actually thefourth building to house Dunedin’s Presbyterian congregants, earlier buildings being on High St and Dowling St. The foundationstone forthe churchwas laidin1868onlandwhich wasformerly Bell Hill, and the church officially opened forworship in 1873 —ODT FILES

First Church from the corner of Moray Pl and Princes St, date unknown. Then as now acitylandmark, “First” Church is actually thefourth building to house Dunedin’s Presbyterian congregants, earlier buildings being on High St and Dowling St. The foundationstone forthe churchwas laidin1868onlandwhich wasformerly Bell Hill, and the church officially opened forworship in 1873 —ODT FILES

From humble beginnings,the muddyScottish settlement nicknamed‘Mud-edin’would grow into thewealthiestcityinthe wealthiest province in NewZealand within afew yearsof thegoldrush.

Otagoand itspeoplehave hada lottobe proud of sincethen, andweliketothink we’re apartofit. Alittlelocal success story, MTF Finance startedherein1970asan alternative to borrowingfromthe big banks, andwe’ve sincehelped over amillion Kiwisall over thecountry to do more

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So here’stothe pioneers andtrailblazerswho sawpotential andput down strong roots. Here’s to theadventurers,the entrepreneurs, thecommunity leadersand allofuslucky enoughtolivehere

We’reproud locals, andwe’re looking forwardtothe next 175years.

Otago Firsts

Winifred Lily Boys-Smith w the first female professor in the country and the foundi dean of the home science school at the University of Otago. Arriving in Dunedin in 1911 to take up the Chair o Home Science, she retired through ill-health in 1920 a returned to England where, among other activities she put home science principle to practical use in London slums. She died at Milford O Sea on January 1, 1939

(Right) Winifred Lily Boys-Smith, when she was just appointed as Professor of Home Science and Economics at Otago University —Otago Witness, March 8, 1911

The Otago School of Art was the first public art school in NewZealand, opening within a week of its first master David C. Hutton, arriving in Dunedin in February 1870

Founded in 1871, Otago Girls’ High School is the longest established girls’ high school in the southern hemisphere and believed to be the sixth oldest in the world It shared its present Tennyson St site with Otago Boys’ High School for the first 15 years, although the schools were separated by afence Notable ex-pupils include two of New Zealand’s first female doctors, Emily Siedeberg-McKinnon and Margaret Cruikshank

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Otago 175th Anniversary Tabloid