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Kōrero: Sport and society

School cutlass drill, 1900

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School cutlass drill, 1900

These pupils at College Street School in Palmerston North are practising military drill. During the South African War (1899–1902), and in the years afterwards, it was believed to be more important to train primary school pupils in military-style exercises than in organised games.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: AWNS-19000914-6-6

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Greg Ryan, Sport and society – The limits of sporting participation, 1870–1910, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/39391/school-cutlass-drill-1900 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Greg Ryan, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.