Farm life
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:
The Life of Jean Penman-Irwin (1925 - 2000). Narrated by Arthur Irwin
Record Group
Identifier: H0657
Dates:
2013
JEFCOATE, Pearl Margaret interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group
Identifier: H0379
Overview
This interview was recorded as part of the Gorge Road Project. In this interview Pearl describes growing up on the family farm at Mokotua. She details her mother’s chores which included washing using the copper, growing a vegetable garden, general cleaning and making butter. Pearl was educated at Oteramika School and Southland Technical College before becoming a housekeeper. She married Jim and they lived on the Jefcoate farm, which was dairy and sheep. Pearl describes how old phones worked and...
Dates:
2018
Jim and May Bruce with Robina Bruce (Front) at Milking Time
Digital Image
Identifier: DH04540007
Dates:
c. 1940s
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Jim and May BRUCE with Robina BRUCE (Front) at Milking Time, c.1940s
Item
Identifier: H04540007
Dates:
c.1940s
JOHNSTON, Hazel Winifred interviewed by Stephanie Herring
Record Group
Identifier: H0048
Overview
Hazel talks about the formation and early activities of Gore Historical Society, the acquisition of museum artifacts, the formation of Hokonui Pioneer Park, and the major role played by Win Hamilton and Norman Hamilton. She also talks about early life during the Second World War, her school days, the loss of her mother at an early age and its impact on her life, her father’s work in the electricity industry, and her employment as an office girl at solicitors Smith & Dolamore.
Dates:
2011
JONES, Catherine Allison Phyllis interviewed by Judith Thomas
Record Group
Identifier: H0672
Dates:
2024
KIRKWOOD, Thomas Steadman (Tom) interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group
Identifier: H0561
Overview
Forty years ago the Te Anau Basin underwent dramatic change as a result of some large government projects. The country's biggest farm development scheme had begun in the Te Anau Basin the previous decade, but its real effects on the landscape and community was not apparent until the 1960s and 1970s. As a farm manager and field officer for the Department of Lands & Survey during that time, Tom recalls what was involved in the development of the area he was appointed to oversee - the...
Dates:
2006
LAKE, Sadie Margaret interviewed by Janice Templeton
Record Group
Identifier: H0084
Overview
This interview of a Waipango/Riverton native covers her family, her home at Birch Bush farm in Waipango, Southland, her grandmother’s home in Riverton, domestic life, her schools, her family’s farm and its workers. Also covers her early employment, start in nursing, illness with tuberculosis, and experience as both a patient and nurse at Orangapai Sanatorium in Waipiata; her marriage to Charles Lake; and their life as a hired farming couple on several different farms in the Southland and...
Dates:
2011
LAMB, Agnes Jean interviewed by Jane Craske
Record Group
Identifier: H0225
Overview
Agnes recalls family history, moving to Balclutha, education and employment there. She became a nurse working at Balclutha hospital where she met her husband who was a farmer. She gave up nursing to work on the farm and talks of their home, birth of their children, farm work, the children’s education and employment.
Dates:
2014
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