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HUGHES, Milton (Minty) interviewed by Madeline McGilvray
Record Group — Box: 63
Identifier: H0449
Overview
Minty Hughes was born in Otautau in 1911. In this interview Minty discusses his father and his work in the flax mill at Pukemaori and his mother's home near Monkey Island, Orepuki. He describes travelling by steamer to Port Craig in 1923 and attending school there. Minty talks about the sawmills at Port Craig, transporting the logs, the Percy Burn viaduct, loading the boats with timber, a brief history of the Craig family and how the settlement got its name. He mentions his job as whistle boy...
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
MARSHALL, John Bury interviewed by Denise Sanderson
Record Group — Box: 43
Identifier: H0439
Dates:
2020
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
McINTOSH, Murray interviewed by Anne McCracken
Record Group — Box: 29
Identifier: H0193
Overview
Murray was born in Riverton and attended Tuatapere School. In this interview he describes and details his extensive involvement in possum hunting. He also looks at his employment, business/farms owned and books written about himself and his wife and their possuming exploits.
Dates:
2014
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
STANCOMBE, Clara Faulds interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box: 28
Identifier: H0185
Overview
In this interview Clara recalls her early life, family, education, growing up around Tuatapere, employment, being a member of the Volunteer Aids Group during the war and marriage.
Dates:
2013
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
TEMPLETON, Allen James interviewed by Lynne Grove
Record Group — Box: 11
Identifier: H0165
Overview
In this interview Allen talks of his interest in poetry and writing his own poetry as well as detailed accounts of hunting trips taken as a child. He describes trapping possums, hunting pigs and deer and training hunting dogs. He tells of a trip to England by boat in 1963. On returning to Tuatapere he returned to possuming and worked at sawmilling. He goes onto to describe and explain the workings of the mill and machinery.
Dates:
2007
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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