Abstract Person recorded: Kathlyn Anne (Kathy) Gilligan Date of Interview: 16 February 2004Interviewer and abstractor: Morag ForresterTape counter: Sony Cassette Corder TCM 393Tape 1 Side A Starts004: Begins by giving DOB: born in 1933 and that she was born in TIMARU as KATHLYN ANNE SWAIN. The family lived in TIMARU for about three years then moved south by which time she had a younger BROTHER (JOHN). 016: Gives...

Abstract Person recorded: John Robert (Jock) MurdochDate: 14 January 2004Interviewed and Abstracted by Morag ForresterTape Counter: Sony TCM 939Tape 1 Side A002: Talks about place of birth - OREPUKI before shifting to FAIRAX at the age of two. It was a bush farm in the LONGWOODS district.009: Mentions going to primary school at FAIRFAX before going to work in the SAWMILLS. There were about fifty pupils at the school. ...

Abstract Person recorded: Terence John (Terry) Gilligan Date of interview: 9 February 2004Interviewer and abstractor: Morag ForresterTape counter: Sony TCM 393Tape 1 Side A001: Opens giving his full name: TERENCE JOHN GILLIGAN, born in 1929 in INVERCARGILL. His parents lived in MOSSBURN. 013: Says his FATHER was a TRANSPORT OPERATOR; he’d started a business in MOSSBURN.018: Mentions his FATHER (FREDERIC ERNEST,...

Overview In this interview Joe talks about his early life in Otago, Waikouaiti and then Dunedin. On leaving school Joe took up shearing. Joe then recounts his experiences of WWII in some detail. Joe served in the air force and was prisoner of war from 1943 to the end of the war, after his plane was shot down in Egypt. On his return Joe married and took on a lease for Elmwood Station at The Key. Initially Jo grew fescue, which was exported to the US, and made more money than sheep. Joe goes on to...

Overview In this interview, Bill talks about his life on Redcliff Station, a vast sheep and cattle station bordering the Waiau River and Fiordland National Park on the west, and the Takitimu Mountains to the east. Bill discusses his early schooling by correspondence, then boarding at schools in Canterbury before going to university at Otago. Bill talks about growing fescue as an extra to sheep and cattle farming on the station and issues with rabbits. He goes on to talk about developments in the area,...

Overview In this interview, Jim recounts his family history and his early life on the West Coast. He began his working life saw milling but his passion was hunting deer. Jim then became involved in the deer culling programme in Fiordland. After an accident involving his hunting dog Jim then worked on the Doubtful Sound track and ran a passenger boat service. He built a house in Manapouri before moving to Australia for 4 years where he continued with hunting. On his return to New Zealand he took up...