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Rongotea School celebrated its centennial at Easter weekend, April 18-19 1981. The school was opened March 28 by the headmaster, Mr F Whitcombe. The school, known as the Campbell-town School, had a roll of 11. The Centennial Parade through Rongotea ended at the school, where a roll call and decade photographs were taken. In this photograph, former pupil of the 1891-1900 class Mr Neil Rowe (aged 88) takes part in the Centennial Parade.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Rng 9
Date
1981
Digitisation ID
2014P_Rng9_007623
Held In
Coolstore

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Rongotea

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crowd,
jubilee,
photographs,
rural towns and life,
wheelchair,
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