HENDERSON, Muriel Jane interviewed by Beth Cairns
Record Group — Box: 38
Identifier: H0369
Overview
Muriel Henderson was born in 1917. In this interview she describes her schooling. She talks about her brothers Gordon and John who were drowned at Omaui. She mentions the Riverton Rocks area and Thomson's Bush, motorbike racing, boxing, school picnics and opera. She discusses broadcasting at 4YZ radio station and mentions Bill Cherry. She describes her interest in duck shooting, the fishing hut at Awarua and rabbits and ferrets. Kauri trees were planted at Stewart Island for the brothers. Muriel talks about the De Cliffords at the Wallace County Hotel, prohibition and the breweries. She discusses her career nursing and as a sales representative. She recalls the Huia Club and gondolas on the Otepuni River and mentions fencing with her daughter Jane. Muriel describes the family's musical involvement and the music lessons of brother Alex Lindsay, first violinist with the Symphony Orchestra. She mentions Thomas Anthony, the O'Byrne School of Music, May Jones and Billy Ferguson. She talks about learning the cello. She discusses the Alex Lindsay Music Suite at Southland Boys High School and the Alex Lindsay's scholarship to the Royal Academy in London and his MBE for being leader of the orchestra.
Dates
- 1998
Creator
- Cairns, Beth (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This material is copyright of the Invercargill City Libraries and Archives. In accordance with agreements held with interviewees, it is strictly prohibited to reproduce (copy) oral history recordings, abstracts, audio extracts or photographs without prior written consent. Applications for the reproduction of these recordings and associated materials, in whole or part, must be made in writing to the Southland Oral History Project Coordinator, c/o Invercargill City Libraries and Archives.
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
- Henderson, Muriel Jane (Interviewee)
- Invercargill (N.Z.)
- Music
- Oral history
Creator
- Cairns, Beth (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- HENDERSON, Muriel Jane
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Southland Oral History Project Repository