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Invercargill (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1181 Collections and/or Records:

Waihopai Side School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0292
Dates: Majority of material found within 1914 - 1941
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives / Waihopai Side School

Waikiwi School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0150
Dates: Majority of material found within 1872 - 2004
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives / Waikiwi School

WALKER, Ronald Lancelot interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group
Identifier: H0012
Overview This interview cover’s Ronald’s early life in Riverton and account of parents and siblings interests and achievements. Ronald talks of training to be a school teacher, and his contribution to education in Southland i.e. teacher, University Extension, WEA and Enrich Centre. He also talks of his own strengths, interests and philosophy in relation to education delivery; as well as his Imperial Relations Bursary.
Dates: 2010
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / WALKER, Ronald Lancelot interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

Walter Guthrie and Company, corner Spey and Dee Streets

 Digital Image
Identifier: D27520001_057
Dates: c.1880
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives

War Memorial [Cenotaph, Dee Street], c.1940

 Item — Box 1: Series S2619; Series S0504; Series S0602; Series S2754; Series S2776; Series S2777; Series S2778
Identifier: S27760001_g
Scope and Contents Photo of the Invercargill Cenotaph taken from the corner of Dee Street and Victoria Avenue. Gala Street is in the background. Photographer unknown.
Dates: c.1940
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives / A0291, Invercargill and Southland Photograph and Postcard Collection / Invercargill and surrounds / Set of 12 small black and white Invercargill photographs

WARBURTON, Warren Gilbert interviewed by Maree Wilkes

 Record Group
Identifier: H0400
Dates: 2019
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / WARBURTON, Warren Gilbert interviewed by Maree Wilkes

WARBURTON, Warren Gilbert interviewed by Beth Cairns

 Record Group
Identifier: H0470
Overview In this interview, Warren, who was born in Invercargill in 1921, recalls his childhood in the suburb of Heidelberg and his schooling. He mentions local small farms, Chinese gardeners, rabbiting and ferrets. Warren discusses home deliveries of bread, fish and milk. He talks about playing cricket and being a junior representative. He describes going to the Dunedin Exhibition in 1926. Warren talks about the drowning of his brother Len in 1925 while rowing on the estuary. He also mentions that his...
Dates: 1998
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / WARBURTON, Warren Gilbert interviewed by Beth Cairns

WARDEN, Gregory Francis interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

 Record Group
Identifier: H0195
Overview This interview covers Gregory's early life in London and his time working and travelling in Europe and his move to New Zealand and then discusses living in Glengarry from the 1980s.
Dates: 2014
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / WARDEN, Gregory Francis interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen

WARREN, Dorothy May interviewed by Gill Poplur

 Record Group
Identifier: H0280
Overview In this interview Dorothy covers many and varied topics including: historical buildings around Invercargill, the Gap Road Flax Mill, her education and the school frame work of the time, the Depression, preparations for war and hearing news of the war via the radio and cinema. As well as her social interests, marriage, life in the Winton Community and hobbies, which include antiques and genealogy. Dorothy established and managed the school Canteen at Central Southland College.
Dates: 2017
Found in: Southland Oral History Project / WARREN, Dorothy May interviewed by Gill Poplur

Water Tower, 1929

 Item — Box 7: Series S0078; Series S0094
Identifier: S00940054
Dates: 1929
Found in: Invercargill City Council Archives / A0010, Invercargill Public Library Collection / Scenic Photographs of Invercargill and Southland District

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