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5 unusual facts about Tupou College


Tongatapu

Tupou College - first educational establishment in the kingdom located in the eastern district of Tongatapu near Malapo

Tupou College

Missionary A. Harold Wood was Principal from 1924 to 1937, during which time the school expanded from 30 students to almost 400.

#Harold Wood (after Rev.A.Harold Wood- former principal of the school)

Viliami Tangi, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister

Uiliami Leilua Vi

He was educated at Tupou College and finishing off at Wesley College and Grammar School, Auckland, New Zealand.


Queen Salote College

Located at Vaha'akolo Road opposite Mala'ekula, Tongatapu, the school stands where Tupou College first stood at the time of its establishment in 1866, then to Nafualu in 1921.


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Queen Salote College

Girls in Tonga first received formal education in Tupou College in 1870, only four years after the institution was established by Rev. Dr. James Egan Moulton.