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Gunn, Murray Alexander

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 - 2014

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

GUNN, Murray Alexander interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 55
Identifier: H0581
Overview For most of his life, the Hollyford Valley has played a significant role in Murray's life. As a boy it was a distant place where his father, Davey Gunn, tried to make a living as a high country farmer. On the other side of the country, Murray grew up in Oamaru surrounded by women, his mother, aunt and two sisters. His first visit to the Hollyford was as a schoolboy in the late 1930s when he was one of a party on a walking holiday. The contrast between his home environment and that of his...
Dates: 2008