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Meat industry and trade

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 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
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives / Ocean Beach Freezing Company Limited

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
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / PENISULA, Ioane Reuela (Johnny) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

SLEE, Sydney interviewed by Philip Hoskin

 Record Group — Box 60
Identifier: H0515
Dates: 2022
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / SLEE, Sydney interviewed by Philip Hoskin

THOMAS, Edwin James (Ted) Interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box 50
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
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / THOMAS, Edwin James (Ted) Interviewed by Morag Forrester

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
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / TOU, Maiatua interviewed by Lisa Essetera Tou

Verna Fraser (Bailey) Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: A0683
Processing information The arrangemenmt and description of this collection is currently in progress. Please contact Archives staff for details of collection content.

It contains family photographs and records from the Bailey family of Bluff and around Southland. Includes WWII records from Leon Herbert Bailey (1921-2012), Bluff and Invercargill South school class photos, and Ocean Beach Freezing Works photos.
Dates: Majority of material found within c.1910s - c.1950s
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives / Verna Fraser (Bailey) Collection

Workers in boning section of Ocean Beach Freezing Works

 Digital Image
Identifier: D287700003
Dates: undated
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives

Workers in boning section of Ocean Beach Freezing Works, undated

 Item
Identifier: S287700003
Scope and Contents Workers in boning section of Ocean Beach Freezing Works
Dates: undated
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives / A0683, Verna Fraser (Bailey) Collection / Ocean Beach Freezing Works

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