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BURNBY, Stewart George (Stew) interviewed by Phil Hoskin

 Record Group
Identifier: H0644
Dates: 2024
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Burns, McLeay Family History Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: A0769
Processing Information This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. It contains genealogical research and photographs relating to the Burns family of Mataura, McLeay family, and associated families.

Please contact Archives staff for further details of collection content.
Dates: Majority of material found within c.1880s - 1980s
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives

BURROWS, Charles Joseph interviewed by Win Hamilton

 Record Group
Identifier: H0612
Overview Charles Burrows was born in 1871 [1872 stated on his gravestone] and arrived in New Zealand with his parents in September 1874. His father Nathan Burrows was gardener in Invercargill and then for G M Bell at Waimea Estate near Riversdale. Discusses his early life and early Gore history. Charles Burrows was a successful nurseryman, Borough Councillor and was involved on school committees and church management but the tape does not include this latter material. Recalls aspects of his early life...
Dates: 1970
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

BURROWS, Harold Charles (Snow) interviewed by Morag Forrester

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Identifier: H0534
Overview "Snow" Burrows is the eldest child of one the founding members of the Fiordland Travel Company, Lawson Burrows. A book by Lawson entitled "Te Anau Anchorage" gives a personal history of what led to the creation of the company in its early years before it was sold in 1966. In this interview Snow gives his own account of living and working in Te Anau and Fiordland from the 1940s to the present day.
Dates: 2004
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Cainard School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0168
Dates: Majority of material found within 1924 - 1926
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives

Calcium Library

 Record Group
Identifier: A0144
Dates: 1882 - 1970
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives

Caledonian Society of Invercargill

 Record Group
Identifier: A0046
Dates: 1949
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives

CALVERT, John Jabez (Jack) interviewed by Alisa Dawson

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Identifier: H0484
Overview In this interview, Jack gives details of his family background and schooling. He talks about Invercargill and the Jabez Hay and Company foundry of which his father was a part owner. He describes the family farm at Kennington which had hens and dairy cows. He mentions rabbiting. Jack married Thelma Ayers in 1935 and they had six children. Jack goes on to discuss his love of breeding and showing birds and his long association with the Invercargill Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Club. He was a member...
Dates: 1998
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

CAMPBELL, Vernon Barry interviewed by Phil Hoskin

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Identifier: H0460
Dates: 2020
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

CAMPBELL, Wilson Cameron interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group
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
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

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White, Senga 3
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Federated Farmers of New Zealand. Women's Division 2
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Goldup, Renee 2
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Macdonald, Angus David 2
McConechy, Graham Spencer 2
McHutchon, Gloria Elaine 2
McKay, Helen Margaret 2
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Milnes, Dickon John, Dr 2
Nuttall, Louis Norman (Lou) 2
Piercy, Geoffrey Thomson (Geoff) 2
Pritchard, William John (Jack) 2
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association. RSA 2
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Warburton, Warren Gilbert 2
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West, Victor Clyde 2
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