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CARRAN, Christopher (Chris) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 54
Identifier: H0574
Overview Fifty years ago, while the politicians and planners made board table decisions about the future development of what was one of New Zealand's remotest regions, Chris Carran and his brothers were working on those changes from the ground up. As agricultural contractors, in the mid-1950s they were hired to clear the land and plough paddocks that would permanently alter the topography of former run country in the Te Anau Basin. From those inauspicious beginnings as a teenager, Chris returned to Te...
Dates: 2009
Found in: Southland Oral History Project

Grant Postcard and Photograph Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: A0637
Overview Processing Note: This collection has been partially arranged and described. A large amount of unprocessed material remains in Accession ICF70. Contact Archives staff for details.Contains 204 digital copies of black and white and colour postcards from around Invercargill and Southland. Includes Estuary, Botanic Gardens, Tay, Dee and Esk Streets, Cathedral, Hospitals, Post Office, Oreti Beach, Town Hall, views from Water Tower, Thomson's Bush, Makarewa Bush,...
Dates: Majority of material found within c.1910 - 2000
Found in: Invercargill City Libraries and Archives

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

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