Invercargill (N.Z.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1082 Collections and/or Records:
RAMSAY, Geddes Lees (Ted) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 29
Identifier: H0196
Overview
This interview is part of the "Discovering Glengarry’s Community Spirit" project. In this interview Ted talks of his early life on farms that his father worked as a labourer around Central Otago as well as his education and sports interests i.e., cricket and rugby. He goes onto to talk of his employment in forestry in Southland, Otago and South Canterbury. In 1970 Ted moved to Glengarry and he gives a snap shot of life in this area at this time e.g., children, neighbourhood support, socialising...
Dates:
2014
R.C. [Roman Catholic] Cathedral. Invercargill N.Z., c.1907
Item
Identifier: S27880003
Scope and Contents
Features St. Mary's Basilica, Tyne St, Invercargill.
Dates:
c.1907
R.D. Yule, Bank of N.S.W, and Police Station, Tay Street
Digital Image
Identifier: D27520001_013
Dates:
c.1870
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
Record Flood in Invercargill. Wednesday, 14 February 1940
Digital Image
Identifier: D00780031
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Invercargill City Libraries and Archives
REES, Jocelyn Lavinia (Joy) interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 34
Identifier: H0276
Overview
This interview is part of the Grand Hotel Project. In this interview Joy recalls working in the Snack Bar at the Grand Hotel. She decribes the food, the bar area and the kinds of people who came there. She also recalls some of the other bars in the hotel.
Dates:
2016
REID, Jessie Buchan (Sheena) interviewed by Merren MCallum
Record Group — Box 27
Identifier: H0177
Overview
Sheena looks at her family history in New Zealand after their immigration from Scotland i.e. her father’s occupation, setting up home and his employment with First Church; and her close association with first church from a baby. She went onto ring the bells and explains how to play these and the workings of First Church e.g. Communion, Sunday school and Bible Class. She attended Middle School and Southland Girls High School before going to Wellington to train as a dental nurse. On her...
Dates:
2012
RICHARDS, Elizabeth Gladys Mary (Gladdy) interviewed by Maree Wilks
Record Group — Box 27
Identifier: H0410
Dates:
2019
RICHARDSON, Shona Lydia interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group — Box 64
Identifier: H0594
Dates:
2023
ROBBIE, Elizabeth Ann interviewed by Cathy Macfie
Record Group — Box 61
Identifier: H0591
Overview
Ann talks family history, employment, interest and involvement in bag pipes and the Pipe Band, and incidents in her life that helped to form her beliefs and her commitment to being an advocate for vulnerable people. She became the first female Qualified Horticulturalist Arborist in NZ. She details her varied employment record and employers, marriage and family. Ann tells of the crippling interest rates in the 1980s and impacts on their farming. She goes on to tell of the hardships faced when...
Dates:
2022
Robert Keith Cook With His First Motorbike, a Honda NV 400
Digital Image
Identifier: DH04340005
Dates:
1994
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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