Opened in 1879. Originally known as the Girls High School. Situated in Queen's Park, Wanganui. Became the Queens Park School in 1906. Original building burnt down in 1917. Second building was erected in 1921. Closed 1972, later demolished.
Queen's Park School (Whanganui, N.Z.)
Girls' High School (Whanganui, N.Z.), Wanganui Girls' School
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[Ephemera concerning individual schools, with names beginning with Q ... 1900-2000s]
Date: 1910 - 2009
Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOLS-Q
Description: Includes material from the following schools: Queen Margaret College. "The merchant of Venice". College Hall, 30-31 October 1919. Programme Queen Margaret College. "The saxon saint" by Robert Kemp, presented by QMC Old Girls' Association. Directed by Sheila K Murray [ca 1955]. Programme (2 copies) Queen Margaret College prospectus 1987 Queen Margaret College open day, 30 April 1994. Flier (2 copies) Queen Margaret College school-in-action days 18-19 February 2000 (with photograph and testimonial from former pupil and television newsreader Hilary Barry). Flier (2 copies) QMC 2000 year 9 musicals. 22 June 2000. Programme Queen Margaret College gala "Manhattan on Hobson". 8 September 2001. Pamphlet with map (2 copies) Queen Margaret College. Testimonial of Pirimia Burger. [2001]. Flier with photograph Queen Margaret College open day and school-in-action day 15-16 February 2002. Flier (2 copies) Queen Margaret College year seven and eight presents "The Rocky Monster Show". 10-11 August 2004. Programme Queen Margaret College Junior School. Grandparents Day church service. St Andrews on the Terrace, 20 October 2006. Order of service Queen Margaret College. Term 4 Soiree by pupils of Annabelle Cheetham accompanied by Rosemary Russell. [2006]. Programme Queen Margaret College. Term 4 Soiree by pupils of Annabelle Cheetham accompanied by Rosemary Russell. 15 November 2007. Programme Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls. Proposal for a School for Maori Girls to be established [ca 1900] Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls. Save Queen Victoria School Appeal receipt and newsclipping 1970. Queen's Park School diamond jubilee church service, 10 October 1954. Order of service. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and fliers, sizes varying up to 240 mm.
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Queen's Park School. Wanganui
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-1125-F
Description: Panoramic view with a large single-storeyed brick building on the left. Asbestos ceramic tiled roof, dome over entrance. On building "Queens Park School 1920". Teachers and pupils posing in front of the school. Slope down to a road on the right with houses across the road. Whanganui River partially visible behind a house on the right, with a bridge further back. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Queen's Park School. Wanganui. 3 copies Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 92.6 cm
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Papers relating to Taranaki and Whanganui
Date: 1949-1971
From: Anderson, Margaret Shirley, 1921-1980: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12363
Description: Papers of the Whanganui Educational Advancement Committee, relating to conference subjects and a television show. Includes brief biographical information about people for possible inclusion in a television show. Also copies of booklets, ephemera, and pamphlets, some with Shirley Anderson's bookplate pasted inside, relating to Whanganui and Taranaki areas. - 'There was a Maori Land League in Taranaki' by Edward Hill published by the Wellington Historical Association in 1969. - '1866-1886 Wairoa, Military History of Waverley' by C L Lovegrove published by the Patea Historical Society in 1969. - 'Tenei te whakaruruhau. Here is sanctuary, Aotea-Kurahaupo Maori Pastorate' Printed by Meteor Printers in Whanganui in 1957 - 'Patea Historical Society historic and scenic drive 1971, old Patea Militia district and areas west of the Waingongoro River, itinerary and place histories' published by the Patea Historical Society in 1970. - 'Wanganui Harbour proposed plan to improve conditions on the Wanganui Harbour, keeping within the financial resources of the City' created by the Wanganui Harbour Board in 1949 - 'Wanganui Museum. Guide and Information' (undated). Contains floor plans of ground and first floor - 'Aotea Utanganui, the abundant cargo of the Aotea Canoe, an explanation of the carvings and the tukutuku panels in the Patea Museum' circa 1975. - Programme for "Official opening of Wanganui Museum's New Maori Cout and other Extensions" 1968 - Programme for "Queen's Park School Diamond Jubille Church Service" 1954 - Order of service for "Pungarehu School 75th Jubilee" [1966] Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter and typescripts. Processing information: Not all names have been indexed.
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View from Rutland Stockade, Wanganui, of vacant land with Queen's Park School and the t...
Date: [between 1887 and 1888]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/2-011846-F
Description: Copy of an original photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Other - This is a copy, made by the Alexander Turnbull Library, of a discarded 10x12 negative Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative