Story: Marching teams and cheerleaders

Uniforms: the Sargettes (4th of 4)

Uniforms: the Sargettes

Champion Wellington team the Sargettes march in their Highland-inspired uniforms, complete with tartan skirts and tam o' shanter caps, in 1951. Their tops are decorated with the numerous medals they won.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: 114/275/20-F

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Charlotte Macdonald, 'Marching teams and cheerleaders - The beginnings of marching as a sport', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/38062/uniforms-the-sargettes (accessed 16 April 2024)

Story by Charlotte Macdonald, published 5 Sep 2013