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Kōrero: Swimming

Learning to swim: 1916 certificate

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Learning to swim: 1916 certificate

From the early 1900s, with government financial assistance, the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association provided instructors to teach schoolchildren to swim. They issued proficiency certificates such as this one earned by Dolly Dudson of Carterton.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-C-CERTIFICATES-Dudson-1916-01

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John McBeth, Swimming – Swimming for recreation and sport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/40204/learning-to-swim-1916-certificate (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John McBeth, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012, updated 27 January 2015.