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Dental nurses from Ceylon

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Dental nurses from Ceylon

Prime Minister Sidney Holland (second from left) greets the first contingent of Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) dental nurses to come to New Zealand under the Colombo Plan, 1951.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Sri Lankans – Immigration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1136/dental-nurses-from-ceylon (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.