Kōrero: Leys, Thomson Wilson

A gymnastics class for young women at the Leys Institute, Auckland, 1906

A gymnastics class for young women at the Leys Institute, Auckland, 1906

Thomson Wilson Leys endowed the Leys Institute in Ponsonby, Auckland, to promote learning and self-reliance in the city's youth. In 1906 a gymnasium was added to the other facilities and gymnastic classes for young men and women were offered.

Tāngia te kōrero katoa
Tāngia te kōrero katoa
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Auckland Star Collection (PAColl-3752)
Reference: 1/1-002943; G
Photograph by William Henry Thomas Partington

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Janice C. Mogford. 'Leys, Thomson Wilson', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/2l11/leys-thomson-wilson (accessed 20 April 2024)