Abstract Sarah Black 'Sadie' MacdonaldInterviewer: Janice TempletonAbstracter: Jean HawkesFIRST INTERVIEW: 30 October 2007Track 100.00 Interview identification00.52 Start of interview. Birth 1924 in LARKHALL, SCOTLAND. Parents – SAMUEL BLACK HILL, AGNES BROWNLIE MACKINTOSH (?) Father coal merchant, finally librarian. Mother housewife, dressmaker and tailoress. Two sisters AGNES WALLACE BREEN (?) and JESSIE DOBBIE GUY (?)...

Overview Roland talks of his family history and settlement at Bayswater on their 1000 acre farm called Studleigh. He looks at the use of draft horses on the farm, the depression years, the growing and processing of linen flax for the war effort. After the war the crops changed to wheat, barley, and oats. He describes the care and contribution of sheep, horses and dogs. Roland mentions bus services and the Thornbury Vintage Museum; and reflects on his life.

Overview ROLAND THOMAS KENNEDY Interviewer: Nancy Burnett Abstracters: Jean Hawkes/W. Brent Coats Disc 1: TRACK 100:00 Interview introduction00:37 ROLAND THOMAS KENNEDY – Address given – Born in 1916 - Studley, Bayswater, Southland – Details01:09 End of Track 1Disc 1 TRACK 200:08 Explains LOCATION of BAYSWATER ESTATE –...

Overview This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. In this interview Bailey gives a description of Bluff life and activities e.g. Oyster Festival. She discusses her family’s connection with fishing, her early education and studying to become a Marine Biologist and what this entailed. Bailey describes experiences such as studying shell fish, shark tagging and research on whales, dolphins, sharks and seals.

Abstract Bailey Anne LovettRecorded: Tuesday 26 April Interviewer: Rebecca AmunsdenAbstracter: Courtney EllisonTRACK 1 00:00 Interview identification01:10 Parents Toni & Jason Lovett, BLUFF, INVERCARGILL – mentioned. Great grandparents – mentioned.02:10 Childhood fishing, Oyster Festival, lolly stalls. Grandad in oyster opening, kids functions at Town Hall, Teddy Bears Picnic. Grandad works on Oysters boats, cray...

Overview This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. In this interview John discusses and describes his family history, life on the farm at Boggy Burn, his education- particularly at Central Southland College, sporting interests and interest in music. After talking with the careers advisor John decided on a career in Radio. He talks of his career, which started in Dunedin, his return to Invercargill, his views on Southland and life here and the Southland Music...