Abstract of James Columbian KILLEEN, 1999
Item — Box: 62
Identifier: H04460002
Abstract
H0446 JAMES COLUMBIAN KILLEEN
INTERVIEWED: 13/4/99
Interviewer: Madeline McGilvray
Abstractor: Madeline McGilvray
Tape Identification
00.0 Track 1, side 1
00.10 Father’s name and occupation, and where he lived.
00.42 Small holdings, cows and sheep and origin of the Steeplechase.
00.82 Mother’s name and story of picture on the wall.
01.24 Origin of JAMES’ name.
01.87 Village where he was born.
02.23 Beginning of why he came to NEW ZEALAND.
02.51 Black and Tans and borrowed passage money.
02.82 Left GALWAY 1929. Length of trip and sorrow at leaving his Mother.
03.23 Impression of INVERCARGILL when he arrived on New Year’s Eve 1930.
03.54 Accommodation at CRITERION HOTEL.
04.09 FORTIFICATION sawmill where he started work and loneliness.
04.09 Wages and working with his brothers.
04.42 Joined the Railway but didn’t enjoy it and returned to FORTIFICATION.
Track 1, side 2
04.90 Carpenter and buildings he worked on in INVERCARGILL.
05.19 First barrow load of concrete in the MUSEUM.
05.48 H & J SMITHS and war time.
06.07 TE ANAU - On the way through MOSSBURN which was just a wilderness.
06.35 Digging ditches - hard work and his mate pulled out of a dangerous situation in a water filled ditch.
06.54 300 men in the team working on the TE ANAU MILFORD ROAD.
06.69 Working and living conditions.
07.31 Job picking boulders off the road and 2/6 for a meal.
07.89 Saga of shifting ‘the tree’.
08.01 ‘Stumping’. Life with his brother.
08.22 Explosives and detonators and experiences.
09.91 Man who was going to kill him
03.36 Dream, The man from SEACLIFF who was later, his best man.
00.47 Women’s Borstal in WELLINGTON.
00.61 How he met his wife KATHLEEN LARDNER in RIVERTON.
Track 2, side 1
00.24 First V8 in INVERCARGILL and proposal to KATHLEEN.
00.44 About his children.
0110 Work at Borstal and experiences with prisoners.
01.87 Helped one young man.
02.33 Marriage and home.
02.95 Job at KEW HOSPITAL and other escapades.
03.76 Conclusion.
INTERVIEWED: 13/4/99
Interviewer: Madeline McGilvray
Abstractor: Madeline McGilvray
Tape Identification
00.0 Track 1, side 1
00.10 Father’s name and occupation, and where he lived.
00.42 Small holdings, cows and sheep and origin of the Steeplechase.
00.82 Mother’s name and story of picture on the wall.
01.24 Origin of JAMES’ name.
01.87 Village where he was born.
02.23 Beginning of why he came to NEW ZEALAND.
02.51 Black and Tans and borrowed passage money.
02.82 Left GALWAY 1929. Length of trip and sorrow at leaving his Mother.
03.23 Impression of INVERCARGILL when he arrived on New Year’s Eve 1930.
03.54 Accommodation at CRITERION HOTEL.
04.09 FORTIFICATION sawmill where he started work and loneliness.
04.09 Wages and working with his brothers.
04.42 Joined the Railway but didn’t enjoy it and returned to FORTIFICATION.
Track 1, side 2
04.90 Carpenter and buildings he worked on in INVERCARGILL.
05.19 First barrow load of concrete in the MUSEUM.
05.48 H & J SMITHS and war time.
06.07 TE ANAU - On the way through MOSSBURN which was just a wilderness.
06.35 Digging ditches - hard work and his mate pulled out of a dangerous situation in a water filled ditch.
06.54 300 men in the team working on the TE ANAU MILFORD ROAD.
06.69 Working and living conditions.
07.31 Job picking boulders off the road and 2/6 for a meal.
07.89 Saga of shifting ‘the tree’.
08.01 ‘Stumping’. Life with his brother.
08.22 Explosives and detonators and experiences.
09.91 Man who was going to kill him
03.36 Dream, The man from SEACLIFF who was later, his best man.
00.47 Women’s Borstal in WELLINGTON.
00.61 How he met his wife KATHLEEN LARDNER in RIVERTON.
Track 2, side 1
00.24 First V8 in INVERCARGILL and proposal to KATHLEEN.
00.44 About his children.
0110 Work at Borstal and experiences with prisoners.
01.87 Helped one young man.
02.33 Marriage and home.
02.95 Job at KEW HOSPITAL and other escapades.
03.76 Conclusion.
Dates
- 1999
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Extent
From the Record Group: 1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Creator
- From the Record Group: McGilvray, Madeline (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Southland Oral History Project Repository
