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The University of Otago Clocktower complex is a group of architecturally and historically significant buildings in the centre of the University of Otago campus. Founded in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1869, the University of Otago was the expression of the province's Scottish founders' commitment to higher education. They were also the inheritors of a strong architectural tradition and a gritty determination. Defending the decision to build in expensive materials in an elaborate historicising manner the Chancellor, Dr D.M. Stuart, said \"the Council had some old-world notions and liked to have a university with some architectural style\". This attitude persisted for over fifty years and resulted in an impressive group of buildings.