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BLACK, Robert Theodore (Bob) interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box: 24
Identifier: H0092
Overview
Bob looks at family history and their settling on the Ermadale farm, its condition, childhood chores and child pass times e.g. hut building and collecting birds eggs. He briefly looks at the war years; his marriage, children and of a 100 acres farm at Gropers Bush. He eventual grew his farm ownership to 1100 acres between Gropers Bush, Waipango and Ermadale; talking of the condition and farming of these. He also worked as a contractor and shearer and purchased a portable hay baler working...
Dates:
2012
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
BLATCH, Lewis Francis (Lew) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 50
Identifier: H0543
Overview
Lewis Blatch grew up on one of Te Anau's original pastoral runs, Lynwood Station. Along with his younger sister, Win, he is one of a dwindling group of people who can recall life in what was once a remote part of New Zealand, bordering the Fiordland National Park. In this interview, Lewis talks about the methods his father and brothers used on the Station's freehold pastures and the open run country before the government implemented its huge land development programme in the 1950s.
Dates:
2005
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
CHARTRES, Sheila Mary Jean interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 47
Identifier: H0525
Overview
In this interview Jean describes her early life in Waipukurau, meeting her husband Harold and moving to Manapouri Station. She talks about home life on the farm and raising a family. Jean was involved in setting up the first school at Mararoa. She goes on to describe life in the district, the people and social activities, the arrival of electric power, and farming. Harold and Jean moved to Te Anau in 1974 and she concludes the interview talking about the changes she has witnessed and the...
Dates:
2004
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
CHISHOLM, Adam Park interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box: 5
Identifier: H0025
Overview
This is an extensive interview with Adam which covers his family history dating back to Scotland and the immigration to NZ on board the ‘Three bells’; Adams war experiences in the Air force, as a prisoner of war in Stalag 3 and the Lubeck March; his life after the war on a farm he won in the land ballot, His involvement with DHL, Bahrain and the Gulf war. Adam also tells of the plane accident in Foveaux Strait which lead to the loss of his grandson.
Dates:
2009
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
COLHOUN, William (Bill) interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group — Box: 4
Identifier: H0010
Overview
This interview covers Bill’s arrival from Ireland to Outram. In 1941 he volunteered for the navy, describes this process, the training and activities in Pacific. He talks of the ships and conditions; the torpedoing of the ‘Leander’ plus returning to NZ on aircraft carrier ‘Atheling’. Bill talks of his work history after the war i.e. freezing works, shearing, wool store, butchery and the purchase of farm land, his family life and children’s achievements.
Dates:
2010
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
DENNY, Philip John (Phil) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 52
Identifier: H0557
Overview
Farm development was a major government policy in the 1950s and 1960s and the Te Anau Basin underwent the largest South Island scheme across four decades. Although a new kid on the Long Valley Block in 1968, Phil had previously gained stock management experience on a stud farm in Mid-Canterbury. Before that, he had worked on farms across Southland and in Canterbury as a shearer as well as a general hand. In this profile, Phil talks about some of that work experience and focuses on the...
Dates:
2005 - 2006
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
DODDS, Andrew James (Jim) interviewed by Paulette McFarland
Record Group — Box: 57
Identifier: H0616
Overview
Jim Dodds was born in Charlton in 1917. Describes the house in which he grew up and schooling at Charlton School from 1922 to 1930. Comments on the effect of the Depression and World War II on neighbourliness. Recalls the children's farm jobs and his work driving a team of horses after leaving school. Recalls family holidays to Owaka, Otawa and Riverton. Describes music at the dances, meeting his wife, his engagement and wedding. Talks about conscription for World War II and being released to...
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
FRASER, Lovat Hugh interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 53
Identifier: H0563
Overview
A retired farmer, Lovat has experienced life on very different rural properties in the Te Anau Basin. As a child he and his brothers grew up amid the tussocks and sheep of a small pastoral run, The Gorge. During his early married life, he experienced farming in eastern Southland and at Mossburn until 1970 when he was one of the successful applicants of the ballot system for the government's new farm settlements in the Te Anau Basin. During this interview Lovat gives a personal account of the...
Dates:
2006
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
GALLAND, George Joseph William (Joe) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group — Box: 47
Identifier: H0524
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...
Dates:
2003 - 2004
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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