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SPEIGHT, William Allan (Bill) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 47
Identifier: H0523

Overview

In this interview, Bill talks about his life on Redcliff Station, a vast sheep and cattle station bordering the Waiau River and Fiordland National Park on the west, and the Takitimu Mountains to the east. Bill discusses his early schooling by correspondence, then boarding at schools in Canterbury before going to university at Otago. Bill talks about growing fescue as an extra to sheep and cattle farming on the station and issues with rabbits. He goes on to talk about developments in the area, other families in the district and problems created by land development. His interview concludes with a discussion of to challenges to farming in the Te Anau basin.

Dates

  • 2004

Creator

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Extent

1 folder(s)

Language of Materials

English