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Scenes at the census, 1901

This cartoon from the Auckland Weekly News of 12 April 1901 portrays public reactions to the census. The census, along with other forms of data collection by government agencies, provided important information for studying social trends.

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

Reference: AWNS-19010412-12-3

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Peter Clayworth, Social sciences – Forerunners of the social sciences, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/45760/scenes-at-the-census-1901 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 18 June 2014, updated 1 June 2015.