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McMILLAN, Mary Ferguson interviewed by Ailsa Dawson

 Record Group — Box: 38
Identifier: H0373

Overview

Mary describes growing up and family life on a farm on the Morton Mains Estate, near Waituna. Her parents died when she was 20 years old and she and her 18-year-old sister brought up her younger siblings. She talks about the opening of the Oteramika Hall. Mary describes industries in the area: dairy factories, the sugar of milk factory at Edendale and a tinned rabbit factory and linen flax mill in Woodlands. She married a neighbour, Alexander McMillan and moved to his farm in Waituna where she stayed until moving into Invercargill in later life.

Dates

  • 1998

Creator

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Extent

1 folder(s)

Language of Materials

English

Creator

Title
McMILLAN, Mary Ferguson
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Southland Oral History Project Repository