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Women playing croquet, Taranaki, 1909

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Women playing croquet, Taranaki, 1909
Women enjoy a game of croquet on a club opening day. Croquet was one game that accepted women's participation relatively early. This is because it was not highly active and did not require women to abandon their long, respectable clothing.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)

Reference: 1/1-008040-G

by James McAllister

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Greg Ryan, Sport and society – Ethnicity and gender in sport, 1860–1910, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/39395/women-playing-croquet-taranaki-1909 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Greg Ryan, published 30 November 2012.