Story: Children’s play

Children playing rounders, Mission Bay, 1970s

Children playing rounders, Mission Bay, 1970s

A group of children play rounders in a local park at Mission Bay, in Auckland, during the 1970s. Rounders is a game generally played for entertainment, rather than as an organised sport.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Alfred John Ingle Collection
Reference: PA12-6895-Slide 4229
Photograph by John Ingle

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Peter Clayworth, 'Children’s play - The playground and the path to school', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/40845/children-playing-rounders-mission-bay-1970s (accessed 6 May 2024)

Story by Peter Clayworth, published 5 Sep 2013