Palmerston North High School Cadets
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Palmerston North High School began in 1902 as a district high school. The first classes were held in the Old Sunday School hall of St Andrews, moving to a wooden building in Featherston Street a year later. This building was destroyed by fire in 1910 [arson, Joseph Powelka was convicted] and replaced with a brick building in 1911. The school separated into boys and girls high schools in 1919, with a purpose built school for girls, opened September of 1920.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection Sp 138
- Date
- 1902
- Digitisation id
- 2014P_Sp138_008822
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Ashley Street, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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