Story: Otago region

Otago Girls’ High School gym class

Otago Girls’ High School gym class

Otago Girls’ High School, founded in 1870, was the first public girls’ school in Australia or New Zealand. These girls, photographed in 1905, are taking part in an outdoor physical education class.

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Hocken Library, University of Otago
Reference: S09-039a

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Otago region - Presbyterians and Scots', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/22654/otago-girls-high-school-gym-class (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 1 May 2015