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Before the school was built at Tiritea in 1895, the children in the area had to walk or ride to the nearest school in Palmerston North. After the school was built it had about 30 children in attendance, and 2 teachers. On May 11th 1969 a new school building replaced the original.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1900 to 1905
Digitisation ID
2007N_Tt5_RTL_0915
Format
B&W print
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Turitea School Old West Road, Palmerston North

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rural towns and life,
turitea,
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