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Western Southland (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:

Map of Aparima, Oreti and part of Jacobs River Hundred, July 1896, additions to October 1920, 1925

 Component — Map-box 7: Series S0010
Identifier: S00100002_av
Scope and Contents Map of the Aparima, Oreti Hundreds, with part of Jacob's River Hundred.
Dates: July 1896, additions to October 1920; Publication: 1925

Map of Lake Te Anau and Environs [NZMS 155], 1959

 Item — Map-box 7: Series S0080; Series S0924
Identifier: S00800072

Maps, 1896 - 1944, 1896, bulk: 1920 - 1944

 Series
Identifier: S0822
Dates: 1896 - 1944; 1896; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1944

Marriage Register, 1906 - 1993

 Series
Identifier: S2409
Dates: Majority of material found within 1906 - 1993

Marriage Registers, 1862 - 1935

 Series
Identifier: S2303
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The marriage registers include marriages for St Faith's Church (Orepuki), St Leonard's Church (Thornbury), St George's Church (Tuatapere), and Holy Trinity Church (Winton), from around the 1890s to 1930s. There are also a number of marriages in private residences.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1862 - 1935

MATHIESON, Ruth interviewed by Carolyn Deverson

 Record Group — Box 16
Identifier: H0304
Overview In this interview Ruth Mathieson talks about her father Vic Stevens. Vic was the 13th of 14 children and was born in 1905. He attended Wild Bush, Riverton and Oraki Schools. When he left school he went to work on the family farm in Longwood and then he was employed by Parkinsons, an electrical installation company, in Invercargill. He worked with a gang getting houses "hooked up to the electric". Vic then mobved to the West Coast and played rugby for the Star Rugby Club and he met and married...
Dates: 2006

McALISTER, John Francis interviewed by Nancy Burnett

 Record Group — Box 20
Identifier: H0137
Overview This interview is a topic based interview about the 1984 flood and was recorded following the 25th anniversary of the flood. In this interview John talks of his work with Southland District Council as a water operator and prior to that as an electrical contractor. The subject of the interview is a flood and its effects on Otautau, Western Southland and his own work efforts during this time. John was working for the Wallace County Council at the time and looks at how they got the Water System...
Dates: 2009

McGruer, Taylor and Co., Orepuki Store, c.1900

 Item — Box 5: Series S0079; Series S0094; Series S0924
Identifier: S00940048
Scope and Contents One man, four ladies and a boy stand out front of the Orepuki McGruer Taylor & Co store [presumably owner and staff]. Their annual fair/sale is clearly advertised in the windows. Photographer unknown.
Dates: c.1900