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Country schooling


by Nancy Swarbrick

Learning to read and write was once no easy matter for country children. Far from the luxuries of town, they travelled for miles to and from lessons, worked hard on the farm, and often left school by age 12. There are fewer country schools now, but they offer a unique kind of education.

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Main image: The seven pupils of Dunback School, Otago, 2005

The seven pupils of Dunback School, Otago, 2005


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