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Otago Girls’ High School gym class

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Otago Girls’ High School gym class

Otago Girls’ High School, founded in 1870, was the first public girls’ school in Australia or New Zealand. These girls, photographed in 1905, are taking part in an outdoor physical education class.

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S09-039a

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Presbyterians and Scots, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22654/otago-girls-high-school-gym-class (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.