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In October, the College of Education celebrates the 150th anniversary of teacher education in Otago, and in Aotearoa. The whakataukī at the heart of the celebrations is Hoki whakamuri, kia anga whakamua – Look to the past to forge the future. We have gathered some images of school life from the past for you as a reminder how education has changed over 150 years.

  • Cake for Dunedin teachers college

    Cake for Dunedin Teachers College centennial (1976). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/71597

  • Science Room, St Dominic's College, Dunedin

    Science Room, St Dominic's College, Dunedin (1926). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/44073 Black and White

  • Science Room, St Dominic's College, Dunedin

    Science Room, St Dominic's College, Dunedin (1926). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/44073 Colour

  • Group doing physical education

    Group doing physical education (n.d.). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/44479 Black and White

  • Group doing physical education

    Group doing physical education (n.d.). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/44479 Colour

  • Jack Welsh & Sons, Children taking medicine at Sara Cohen School

    Jack Welsh & Sons, Children taking medicine at Sara Cohen School (1950). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/70365 Black and White

  • Jack Welsh & Sons, Children taking medicine at Sara Cohen School

    Jack Welsh & Sons, Children taking medicine at Sara Cohen School (1950). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/70365 Colour

  • Children's stall at school fair (14 August 1971).

    Children's stall at school fair (14 August 1971). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/67930

  • Teacher and children with computer (1990s).

    Teacher and children with computer (1990s). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/71709

  • David Barclay, high jump, Tokomairiro District High School

    Dolphin, Frederick Kenneth, 1931-2013, David Barclay, high jump, Tokomairiro District High School (1962). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63377

  • Otago Boys' High School Upper V tug-of-war team

    Otago Boys' High School Upper V tug-of-war team (n.d.). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63886 Black and White

  • Otago Boys' High School Upper V tug-of-war team

    Otago Boys' High School Upper V tug-of-war team (n.d.). Hocken Digital Collections, accessed 02/06/2026, https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/63886 Colour

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