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Kōrero: Otago region

Otago Girls’ High School gym class

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Otago Girls’ High School gym class

Otago Girls’ High School, founded in 1870, was the first public girls’ school in Australia or New Zealand. These girls, photographed in 1905, are taking part in an outdoor physical education class.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S09-039a

Permission of the Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, must be obtained before any re-use of this image. Further information may be obtained from the Library through its website.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Presbyterians and Scots, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22654/otago-girls-high-school-gym-class (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.