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Campbell, Wilson Cameron

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1918 - 2008

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

CAMPBELL, Wilson Cameron interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 48
Identifier: H0530
Overview In this interview, Wilson recounts his early life in the Catlins and Balcultha. Wilson started his first business at the age of 16, selling fruit and produce from Central Otago to retailers in Gore. Wilson then recounts his time in the air force during WWII. At the end of the war Wilson and his wife Verna moved to Te Anau. Wilson became involved in local tourism. He describes a plan he came up with for a ski field on Mt Luxmore. He recalls how he and Lawson Burrows discovered the glow worm...
Dates: 2003 - 2004