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.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
Eph-C-CERTIFICATES-Dudson-1916-01
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