Kōrero: Country schooling

Correspondence School student

Correspondence School student

Correspondence School pupil Kathryn Stirling hangs up a mailbag containing completed lessons for collection. For many children in remote areas such as high country farms or islands, the Correspondence School, set up in 1922, was their only chance of getting an education.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: AAQT 6401/A33,140

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Nancy Swarbrick, 'Country schooling - Wider options: 1900s–1930s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16506/correspondence-school-student (accessed 19 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008