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Taieri College : Records

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Reference NumberARC-0078CreatorTaieri CollegeDescriptionThis collection contains admission, progress and withdrawal registers (1874 -1982), examination registers (1879-1944), miscellaneous returns to the Otago Education Board (1908-1986), pupil record books (1908-1923), pupil record cards (1964-1990), individual pupil reports (1961-1966), testimonials (c.1967-1980), records of surveys (1942-1952), pupil files (1987-2001), daily attendance registers (1874-1997), summaries of attendance registers (1878 - 1941), teachers' probationers diaries (1908-1931), School Committee material (1918-1967), Board minutes (1959-2003), principals' reports (1963-2005), and Parent Teachers' Association material (1956-1963). Other records includes term exam questions, school publications (including school magazines), and photographs.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyThe school opened as Mosgiel School in 1871 and became a District High School from 1901 to 1922. It was Mosgiel Primary School between 1922 and 1925. It reverted to Mosgiel District High School in 1926. In 1956 the secondary department became The Taieri High School on the site of the District High School, and the primary pupils went to the new Mosgiel East School.

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Professor Angus Ross addressing the pupils of the Taieri High School at the 1965 break up ceremony

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