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Kōrero: South Canterbury region

Timaru Girls’ High School

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Timaru Girls’ High School

Pupils stand outside the boarding hostel at Timaru Girls’ High School, in the 1920s. The hostel was mainly for out-of-town pupils – many from farming families – who lived too far away for daily travel. Another attraction for some was that urban high schools had a more academic curriculum than the rural district high schools.

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South Canterbury Museum

Reference: 1088

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John Wilson, South Canterbury region – Sport, culture, society and leisure, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11421/timaru-girls-high-school (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.