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COWIE, Andrew Findlay interviewed by June Trotter
Record Group — Box: 4
Identifier: H0036
Overview
This interview covers family history, property, family gatherings and growing up in a large extended family on the farm. Findlay talks of his education through to secondary school and his return to employment on the farm. He talks of the crops/seeds and early farming machinery and technologies. During the war Findlay was an Air Force mechanic and after the war he talks of marriage and returning to farming life.
Dates:
2006
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
MACKENZIE, Malcolm David interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box: 1
Identifier: H0108
Overview
In this interview, Malcolm talks about his family background and farm life on Heatherlea Farm (East Limehills, Southland), as well as physical details of the farm. He describes roles of family members in farm and household work; rabbit control activities during childhood; owners of neighboring farms; changes in farming practices and in the farming community; attendance at Limehills School and Browns School; father’s illness and early death; background on Otapiri Hall and Otapiri Dance Club;...
Dates:
2013
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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