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BOLGER, Montague Graham (Monty) interviewed by Edna McKelvie
Record Group — Box: 57
Identifier: H0611
Overview
Montague Bolger was born in Christchurch in 1910. Mentions his Irish grandparents meeting on the journey to New Zealand and subsequently having four sons. Notes that his parents John and Ethel had six sons. Recalls his father's employment at Costers coal mine, the Mataura Freezing Works and on their farm on the Mataura Winton road. Describes attending the Mataura School and leaving at the age of fourteen. Talks about working as engine driver at Rowes coal mine where his father was manager....
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DAWSON, Ian Maurice Joseph interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group — Box: 25
Identifier: H0402
Dates:
2019
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DICKIE, Ronald Stevenson interviewed by Richard Savory
Record Group — Box: 39
Identifier: H0378
Dates:
2018
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
HORRELL, Albert Edwin John interviewed by Avis McDonald
Record Group — Box: 55
Identifier: H0621
Overview
Bert Horrell was born in Gore in 1917. Describes how his grandfather emigrated to New Zealand in the 1880s. Talks about their farm across the Mataura River and the difficulty of crossing it to get to school. Mentions how his father, as a child, had learned how to cross the river with a horse and dray full of school children. Talks about his father buying a farm at Mandeville. Describes going to Mandeville school, conditions, teachers Alan Prentice and Miss Barclay and sitting Proficiency....
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Invercargill and Southland Photograph and Postcard Collection
Record Group
Identifier: A0291
Overview
This collection consists of small donations of photographs and postcards given to the Archive by a number of different donors. They have been arranged and described together into this collection for ease of use.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1865 - c.1950s
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Mataura Island School
Record Group
Identifier: A0304
Overview
Processing Note
This collection has been partially arranged and described. A small amount of unprocessed material remains in Accession ICA01.004. Contact Archives staff for details.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890 - 1996
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Mataura School
Record Group
Identifier: A0303
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1882 - 1967
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
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