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COLLINSON, Mary Ellen Wenham (Nellie) interviewed by Edith Ruddenklau
Record Group — Box: 24
Identifier: H0377
Overview
Nellie was 95 at the time of this interview. She talks about her parents coming to New Zealand from the UK and arriving in Bluff. Her father was involved in the building part of the hospital in Invercargill when it was sited in Dee Street, the Mataura freezing works and the Royal Mail Hotel in Lumsden. Her mother, Grace Wilson, was very good at needlework. Nellie talks about her school days and games played as a child. On leaving school, Nellie went to work for H&J Smiths. She then nursed...
Dates:
1993
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Otatara Bush School
Record Group
Identifier: A0366
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1878 - 1924
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Otatara School
Record Group
Identifier: A0264
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1895 - 2004
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
St Luke's Anglican Church (Otatara)
Record Group
Identifier: A0594
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1956 - 1967
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
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