Kōrero: Children and sport

Girls playing tennis, 1889

Girls playing tennis, 1889

Girls' secondary schools initially did not offer sport because it was seen as unfeminine, but from the 1880s this mindset began to change and sports such as tennis and swimming became available. These students from Nelson Ladies' College play tennis in 1889.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Tyree Studio Collection (PAColl-3064)
Reference: 10x8-0131-G
Photograph by Tyree Brothers

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Ben Schrader, 'Children and sport - Early sport, 1860 to 1919', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41511/girls-playing-tennis-1889 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013