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Haurongo: Gard'ner, Elizabeth Anne

A cookery class in progress at Christchurch Technical College in the early years of the twentieth century

A cookery class in progress at Christchurch Technical College in the early years of the twentieth century

A pioneer in the teaching of home science in New Zealand, Elizabeth Gard'ner was head of the domestic science department at Christchurch Technical College from 1907.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)

Reference: 1/1-004105-G

Photograph by Steffano Francis Webb

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Leah Taylor. 'Gard'ner, Elizabeth Anne', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2884/a-cookery-class-in-progress-at-christchurch-technical-college-in-the-early-years-of (accessed 4 June 2026).