Scope and Contents South, Central and North blocks, Dee Street Hospital, bordered by Leven, Gala, Victoria and Dee Streets.

Featuring: Early Dee Street Hospital, Nurses and other on grassed area.

Scope and Contents Album containing 114 photographs of early Invercargill and surrounds. The location of the original negatives is unknown, but prints of many of the images can be found in other collections around the country. Some of the photographers have been identified but are largely unknown.See the Southland Times 9th and 10th of December 1924 'Years of Change' special report which features many of the photographs alongside updated views from 1924.Numbers drawn in ink...

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Scope and Contents Staff pose outside of the old hospital on Dee Street, Invercargill. Featuring nurses in uniform and possibly a Doctor and a Matron. Photographer unknown.

Scope and Contents Kew Hospital buildings featuring driveway and gardens. Photographer unknown.

Scope and Contents Features Kew Hospital Invercargill.

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...