Overview In this interview, Terry outlines the history of his family in New Zealand. His Grandfather was Ernie Govan who leased the Te Anau Hotel and administered the Milford Track. Terry's early years were spent in Mossburn but due to ill health he also spent time in Te Anau. Terry took over his father's transport business in 1953. The business prospered due to the increased activity in the Te Anau area and in 1964 he amalgamated the business into Northern Southland Transport, where he stayed until...

Overview In this interview Kathy talks about her early years in Timaru and Invercargill. After leaving school Kathy worked for an accountancy firm. On her first visit to Te Anau in 1953 she met Terry Gilligan who had just started a transport business in the town. They were married in 1957 and Kathy moved to Te Anau. Conditions in the town at that stage were very different from Invercargill. Kathy found work in the local post office exchange and for Fiordland travel and in 1960 she became involved in the...

Overview In this interview, Jock talks about his early life in Fairfax. His first job on leaving school was at a saw mill near Otautau. Jock worked at other mills as he became more experienced. When he was 19 Jock joined the army and spent about 18 months in Japan. From an early age Jock got involved with deer hunting and on his return from Japan he became a deer culler for the Department of Internal Affairs and worked for 5 years without a break. Jock married in 1960, He then became involved in a...

Abstract Person recorded: Kathlyn Anne (Kathy) Gilligan Date of Interview: 16 February 2004Interviewer and abstractor: Morag ForresterTape counter: Sony Cassette Corder TCM 393Tape 1 Side A Starts004: Begins by giving DOB: born in 1933 and that she was born in TIMARU as KATHLYN ANNE SWAIN. The family lived in TIMARU for about three years then moved south by which time she had a younger BROTHER (JOHN). 016: Gives...

Abstract Person recorded: John Robert (Jock) MurdochDate: 14 January 2004Interviewed and Abstracted by Morag ForresterTape Counter: Sony TCM 939Tape 1 Side A002: Talks about place of birth - OREPUKI before shifting to FAIRAX at the age of two. It was a bush farm in the LONGWOODS district.009: Mentions going to primary school at FAIRFAX before going to work in the SAWMILLS. There were about fifty pupils at the school. ...

Abstract Person recorded: Terence John (Terry) Gilligan Date of interview: 9 February 2004Interviewer and abstractor: Morag ForresterTape counter: Sony TCM 393Tape 1 Side A001: Opens giving his full name: TERENCE JOHN GILLIGAN, born in 1929 in INVERCARGILL. His parents lived in MOSSBURN. 013: Says his FATHER was a TRANSPORT OPERATOR; he’d started a business in MOSSBURN.018: Mentions his FATHER (FREDERIC ERNEST,...

Overview In this interview Joe talks about his early life in Otago, Waikouaiti and then Dunedin. On leaving school Joe took up shearing. Joe then recounts his experiences of WWII in some detail. Joe served in the air force and was prisoner of war from 1943 to the end of the war, after his plane was shot down in Egypt. On his return Joe married and took on a lease for Elmwood Station at The Key. Initially Jo grew fescue, which was exported to the US, and made more money than sheep. Joe goes on to...