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KILLEEN, James Columbian interviewed by Madeline McGilvray
Record Group
Identifier: H0446
Overview
In this interview James gives details of his parents' backgrounds, the village in Galway, Ireland where he was born in 1906 and why he came to New Zealand. James describes leaving Galway in 1929 and his impressions of Invercargill on arriving in 1930. He describes working at the Fortification sawmill before labouring on buildings in Invercargill. He describes working on the Te Anau to Milford highway in very difficult working and living conditions. He notes that three hundred men worked on the...
Dates:
1999
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
KING, Colin Maxwell interviewed by Morag Forrester
Record Group
Identifier: H0558
Overview
As a young teenager, Colin left school to pursue his ambition to become a farmer. Starting out at Lynwood Station as a farmhand, he eventually worked on various large properties throughout the southern South Island; mustering, shearing, ploughing and learning first hand what farm work involved. By his mid-twenties, he was married with a young family and on his own small farm back home in Greenhills. The family moved to Castlerock and eventually to the Lillbum Valley where for more than...
Dates:
2005 - 2006
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
KING, Edith Maud interviewed by Russell King
Record Group
Identifier: H0047
Overview
In this interview Edith talks of her early life and family in Otautau and their move to West Plains where she attended school and later Tech. The topics covered included: employment, marriage children and various family members.
Dates:
1980
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Kingston Community Association Inc.
Record Group
Identifier: A0731
Processing Information
This collection is awaiting arrangement and description. Please contact Archives Staff for details of collection content.
Dates:
Majority of material found within c.1974 - 2019
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
Kingston School
Record Group
Identifier: A0260
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1892 - 1983
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
Kingswell High School
Record Group
Identifier: A0017
Overview
PROCESSING NOTE: There is material awaiting arrangement and description in Accessions ICA01-159 (photos 1970s-1990s) and ICE91 (assorted). Please contact Archives Staff for additional details of collection content.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1971 - 1998
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
Kinloch School
Record Group
Identifier: A0261
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1886,1917-1928
Found in:
Invercargill City Council Archives
KIRBY, Lillian Jean (Lilla) interviewed by Paulette McFarland
Record Group
Identifier: H0622
Overview
Lillian Kirby was born in Gore in 1906. Describes her home, schooling, leaving school and being employed at H and J Smith's department store. Describes hours, wages, the various departments in the shop, staff social events, balls in Gore, her ball dress, and reasons for leaving the shop. Gives reasons for stopping work when she married. Talks about the main street in Gore and the shops. Recalls her wedding including the service, clothes and attitudes to engagements. Describes changes brought...
Dates:
1998
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
KLEMICK, Margaret Rose interviewed by Jenny Campbell
Record Group
Identifier: H0091
Overview
In this interview Mrs Klemick discusses her involvement and subsequence work with Schizophrenia Fellowship which was formed on 8 July 1988. This group was later re-named Supporting Families For Mental Wellness. She describes the conditions and care of patients before de-intitutionalisation; work done by the group e.g. sourcing accommodation, fundraising etc. She discusses hospital facilities, support and staff involved.
Dates:
2012
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
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