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KIRKWOOD, Thomas Steadman (Tom) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 52
Identifier: H0561
Overview Forty years ago the Te Anau Basin underwent dramatic change as a result of some large government projects. The country's biggest farm development scheme had begun in the Te Anau Basin the previous decade, but its real effects on the landscape and community was not apparent until the 1960s and 1970s. As a farm manager and field officer for the Department of Lands & Survey during that time, Tom recalls what was involved in the development of the area he was appointed to oversee - the...
Dates: 2006
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

LIETZE, Sadie May interviewed by Joy Lietze

 Record Group — Box: 19
Identifier: H0058
Overview In the first interview Sadie talks of her early life, education, health and family on a dairy farm on the Otago Peninsula. After leaving school Sadie attended Dunedin Tech and studied art, English, and maths for 2 years. Her family moved to Burke where Sadie found employment. During the war years Sadie joined the NZ Women’s Land Service where she worked in Omarama and Kelso. When in Kelso she met her husband. She goes onto to talk about her family and involvement in the women’s section of...
Dates: 2011
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

TURNER, Ann Clark interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box: 44
Identifier: H0371
Overview This interview was commissioned by Women's Division of Federated Farmers for a project entitled Pioneer Women. In this interview, Ann talks about how her family came to New Zealand from England on the Scimitar. She talks about early life in Lowburn, in Central Otago. Ann went to school in Invercargill and then she worked at Mt Pisa Station. She talks about rabbitting, farm life and her large family.
Dates: 1990
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

YOUNG, Suzanne Blanche (Sue/Suzie) Interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau

 Record Group — Box: 59
Identifier: H0509
Dates: 1998
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

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