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Meat industry and trade

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Ocean Beach Freezing Company Limited

 Record Group
Identifier: A0094
Overview Processing Note: This collection is still awaiting arrangement and description. Please see Archives Staff for details of collection content.
Dates: 1894 - 1975

Ocean Beach Freezing Works, bulk: c.1920 - c.1950

 Series
Identifier: S2877
Dates: Majority of material found within c.1920 - c.1950

PENISULA, Ioane Reuela (Johnny) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group
Identifier: H0057
Overview This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. In this interview Johnny tells of his early life, education and being introduced to art. He goes on to describe his life experiences in NZ i.e. employment and the development of his sculpturing through experimenting with different mediums e.g. steel, fibre glass, bone and using stones for craving. His work is based on myths and old stories of Samoa.
Dates: 2011

THOMAS, Edwin James (Ted) Interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group
Identifier: H0542
Overview Ted Thomas is a prolific artist of Fiordland landscapes. Before taking up the easel and brush, he was involved in a variety of different enterprises from building commercial properties to running a milk bar. This interview concentrates on his involvement in the Fiordland Venison Industry as a meat processing and packaging factory owner and operator. Starting in Mossbum and moving to Te Anau in the early 1960s, Ted provides some details about how he got into the business and who he worked with....
Dates: 2005

TOU, Maiatua interviewed by Lisa Essetera Tou

 Record Group
Identifier: H0062
Overview In this interview Maiatua talks of his early life, family, education and Sunday School on Mitiaro in the Cook Islands. He goes onto recall arriving in Auckland, his first impressions and employment and moving to Bluff to work at Ocean Beach and Alliance Freezing works. He talks of his life highlights and the building of a holiday home in Raratonga.
Dates: 2011

Verna Fraser (Bailey) Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: A0683
Overview This collection contains photographs and documents from the Bailey family of Bluff, as well as related families Fraser and Evans. It includes WWI and WWII service records, as well as images of Bluff, Stewart Island, Ocean Beach Freezing Works, and class photos from Bluff and Invercargill schools.
Dates: Majority of material found within c.1910s - c.1950s

Workers in boning section of Ocean Beach Freezing Works

 Digital Image
Identifier: D287700003
Dates: No Date

Workers in boning section of Ocean Beach Freezing Works, No Date, c.1950

 Item — Box 1: Series S2875; Series S2876; Series S2877; Series S2878; Series S2879; Series S2880; Series S2881; Series S2882
Identifier: S287700003
Scope and Contents Workers in boning section of Ocean Beach Freezing Works
Dates: No Date, c.1950