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Learning surveying, 1916

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Learning surveying, 1916

From 1905 technical secondary schools were established to provide children with vocational training that would enable them to get a job. Here, boys at the Wanganui Technical School undertake practical training in surveying in 1916.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Tesla Studios Collection (PAColl-3046)

Reference: 1/1-016379-G

by Frank J. Denton

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Nancy Swarbrick, Primary and secondary education – Education from 1840 to 1918, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36633/learning-surveying-1916 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 29 May 2012.