CHARLOTTE ANNE PETRIE

Interviewer: Edith Ruddenklau

Recorded: 17 June 1993

Abstracter: Edith Ruddenklau (Retyped by Jean Hawkes)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIMINGS RELATE TO THE ORIGINAL TAPE RECORDINGS

NOTES: Further research by Jean Hawkes gives following details regarding siblings of CHARLOTTE PETRIE ALEXANDER ADAM – Born 1881 – Died 1882 (aged 11 months) ARNOLD JAMES – Born 1893 – Died 18 April 1918 – Medical Corps WW1 (CHARLOTTE ANNE fits here) GLADYS VICTORIA CRUICKSHANK – Born 15 November 1898 – Died 1990 FRANCIS ROBERTS SALISBURY – Born 1900 – Married HURA LILBURNE 1926 – Died 1970

TAPE 1 Side 1

00:09 MOTHER'S 100th BIRTHDAY – 80 people to afternoon tea Doctor – Dentist – Moderator of church – Attended

00:27 Self and sister (GLADYS) travelled a lot Visited brother's grave in FRANCE – Aged 21 signed on for World War One

01:38 GLADYS – Gold medal for singing – Aged 15 – Youngest in NEW ZEALAND – Diploma in Music at MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM

00:55 Self did not want sweethearts – Battled on her own

00:61 In AUSTRALIA – GLADYS' singing interrupted – Examined bombs in munitions factory Stayed till end of war – Continued to sing – Taught two deaf and dumb children to read and write After nose operation GLADYS advised to return to mountains in FRANCE for a year

01:21 CHARLOTTE PETRIE born INVERCARGILL 20 July 1894 [FATHER]: ISAAC LAWRENCE PETRIE – Sea Captain – Took sailing ship and steam ship around SOUTH POLE – Shipwrecked on GUAM – Blown overboard from sailing ship – Swam after ship

01:61 ISAAC'S brother – Sea Captain – His father also ISAAC had Master's Tickets for Steam Ships and Sailing Ships

01:83 Sailed clipper ships – CHINA to ENGLAND with tea – Chased by brigands

02:12 ISAAC returned to INVERCARGILL – Local BOROUOGH COUNCIL – Life Member St JOHN AMBULANCE – Chairman of WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION (W.E.A) – Free Mason

02:30 ISAAC travelled the WORLD with Compass and little Box – Oldest living member of ARBROATH SOCIETY – Also of Free Masons

02:40 In AFRICA ISAAC met H M STANLEY (Explorer)

02:67 Aged nine ISAAC hid in a barrel on board sailing ship – Reached port – Sent back to school

02:84 [MOTHER]: JESSIE ANN CRUICKSHANK born 1856 in ONTARIO, CANADA to NEW ZEALAND when aged four years – Died in INVERCARGILL 1957

TAPE 1 Side 2

00:12 ISAAC sold SUN ASSURANCE in INVERCARGILL – Riding horse across WAITUNA swamp almost caught in quicksand

00:40 [MOTHER]: Love of poetry – Still learning when aged 100 – Remembered INVERCARGILL as a village on edge of bush – No footpaths

00:76 [GRANDFATHER]: 6 feet 8 inches = 203cms

01:00 Father bought animals for children to play with

01:15 Beautiful GERMAN dolls

01:33 Bought live KING PENGUIN (with gold front) and a mate – They were stuffed when they died

01:46 Two big shells from MADAGASCAR – Canaries – Doves – Birds from AUSTRALIA

01:96 Self talk of books she had read

02:28 One brother died as a baby after vaccination

02:52 Own brother ARNOLD boarder at KNOX COLLEGE, DUNEDIN – Bachelor of Arts – Four years service World War One – Killed in FRANCE 1918 – Singer

02:91 An uncle supervised building of walls at DUNKIRK and ANTWERP – Title from KING of BELGIUM

03:29 Own brother FRANCIS – Died about 62 – Sold Real Estate – An Artist

03:75 Self had Art Exhibition in INVERCARGILL – About 120 pictures

TAPE 2 Side 1

00:01 Self attended SLADE SCHOOL (Art), LONDON – Awarded certificates for Drawing and Painting – Taught at ST JOHN'S SCHOOL, INVERCARGILL

07:78 Talked about underground trains in LONDON – Her travels

01:11 Invitation to BUCKINGHAM PALACE – HORSE MILLENERY (?Millinery)

01:70 Watched SILVER COINS being made – Done with SILVER fingers

02:08 Visit to CITY GUILD – Described

02:51 GLADYS nearly caught by WHITE TRAFFICKERS – Described

03:16 Fashions – Wonderful theatre – Described

03:54 Coming to NEW ZEALAND on ship RUSSIAN lady delirious – Stabbed her nurse – Nurse buried at sea

TAPE 2 Side2

00:13 Self asked to exhibit at BRITISH WOMEN ARTISTS EXHIBITION

00:63 Self not expected to live past age of two years

00:90 Mother and self had palms read in DUNEDIN

01:32 Changes in own life-time – Prices – Services – Described

01:50 Gas lighting – Described Electricity – Two sources

01:76 Self taught painting and drawing in INVERCARGILL

02:38 Talked of painting in own room

03:80 Parents looked over BATTLE FIELDS – Their comment “What a waste of life”

End of Tapes

NOTE: Charlotte died in 1994