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Kōrero: Building stone

Otago University clock tower

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Otago University clock tower

Like many older buildings, the main clock tower building at Otago University, Dunedin, was built in several sections, but the main part was complete in 1879. The grey rock is mainly Leith trachyandesite, and the white facings are Ōamaru stone. The roof is covered with Welsh slate.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Private collection

by Bruce Hayward

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Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, Building stone – Igneous rocks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8085/otago-university-clock-tower (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan rāua ko Bruce Hayward, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.