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Physical exercise drill, 1901

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Physical exercise drill, 1901

Wellington High School girls work hard at their physical exercise drill in 1901. The following year physical drill became compulsory in state schools, although since the 1877 Education Act it had been increasingly common.

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

Reference: AWNS-19011219-13-5

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David Green, Government and sport – Support for children’s sport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41699/physical-exercise-drill-1901 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Green, published 20 May 2013.