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Balfour (N.Z.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Admission, Progress, and Withdrawal Register [Photocopy], bulk: 1918 - 1963

 Item — Box 1: Series S0033; Series S2775
Identifier: S27750002
Scope and Contents From the Series: Admission, Progress, and Withdrawal Registers generally record a students' name, date of admission, name and address of parent or guardian, standards passed each year, and date of departure. Previous school and destination upon leaving may also be recorded. Contains APWs for consolidating schools - Sandstone West, Glenure, Longridge North, and Ardlussa.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1918 - 1963

Admission, Progress, and Withdrawal Register [Photocopy], bulk: 1963 - 1976

 Item — Box 1: Series S0033; Series S2775
Identifier: S27750003
Scope and Contents From the Series: Admission, Progress, and Withdrawal Registers generally record a students' name, date of admission, name and address of parent or guardian, standards passed each year, and date of departure. Previous school and destination upon leaving may also be recorded. Contains APWs for consolidating schools - Sandstone West, Glenure, Longridge North, and Ardlussa.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1963 - 1976

Admission, Progress, and Withdrawal Register [Photocopy], bulk: 1886 - 1925

 Item — Box 1: Series S0033; Series S2775
Identifier: S27750001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Admission, Progress, and Withdrawal Registers generally record a students' name, date of admission, name and address of parent or guardian, standards passed each year, and date of departure. Previous school and destination upon leaving may also be recorded. Contains APWs for consolidating schools - Sandstone West, Glenure, Longridge North, and Ardlussa.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1886 - 1925

Admission, Progress and Withdrawal Registers , bulk: 1886 - 1976

 Series
Identifier: S2775
Scope and Contents Admission, Progress, and Withdrawal Registers generally record a students' name, date of admission, name and address of parent or guardian, standards passed each year, and date of departure. Previous school and destination upon leaving may also be recorded. Contains APWs for consolidating schools - Sandstone West, Glenure, Longridge North, and Ardlussa.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1886 - 1976

Annual Classification Returns [Annual Examination Reports], bulk: 1887 - 1954

 Series
Identifier: S0033
Scope and Contents Annual Classification Returns, or Annual Examination Reports, record the details of individual classes. Student’s names, ages and their grades are listed as well as the teacher’s name. Sometimes there might be comments by the teacher or inspector.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1887 - 1954

BAKER, Russell Victor interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box 53
Identifier: H0568
Overview The Baker family's connections with the Te Anau Basin go back more than half a century when Russell's father worked on the electrical supplies during the last stages of the Homer Tunnel construction. By 1964 Te Anau had become the family's permanent home and it wasn't long before Russell combined two of his favourite pastimes deer-hunting and aviation. In the late 1960s he was involved in venison recovery as a meathunter and after passing his commercial pilot's licence in 1975 he used fixed...
Dates: 2007

Balfour School

 Record Group
Identifier: A0133
School status Open school [1886 - present]
Dates: Majority of material found within 1887 - 1976

GRANT, Jeffrey James (Jeff) interviewed by Valmai Redhead

 Record Group — Box 9
Identifier: H0064
Overview This interview was recorded as part of the About Us Voices of Southland collection. This interview looks at the Grant family first settling in Balfour in 1876, the opening of a store and purchase of farm land. He looks at his own connection with the farm: growing up there, the diversity of farming practices, and effects of climate. In the 1980s he became interested in politics being elected to parliament in 1987 and serving 2 terms. He talks of his life after this, his involvement on various...
Dates: 2011

ROBB, Agnes Joyce interviewed by Jenny Campbell

 Record Group — Box 14
Identifier: H0242
Overview Agnes discusses life on ‘Glenaray Station’ sheep station where her father was Head Shepherd. She goes on to talk about her education through to Gore High School before going onto teacher training in Dunedin. Agnes taught at Balfour School before her marriage. Her husband had a farm. She returned to teaching after children and retired in 1997. She tells of her involvement in Rural Women. Tells of her children and their careers.
Dates: 2016